Oswaldtwistle
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Er, surely that is the point of competitive sport?
The Ashes 2009
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Er, surely that is the point of competitive sport?
And when neither side deserves to win?
paulhackett
voiced by strother martin
TV pays the bills and is king. Theoretically it is a maximum 450 over game used however it pans out, within that time limit.
I think they gave up after the timeless test in SA in 1939 where after 9 days England had to catch the boat back to the UK.. they were about 50 runs short with 5 wickets in hand of a near 700 total.
I imagine the police, as with football, require notice nowadays of crowd movements as well?
Leave it be
Its been doing fine for some time now as it is..
its one of many odd eccentricities of the sport and shouldnt be tinkered with. Play or watch Test match cricket long enough and you'll find as many 'escaped with a draw' as 'rain/bad light cost us' results
paulhackett
voiced by strother martin
they've put all of thursdays tms on iplayer - the bit with hayden and boycott starts around 1 hr in talking about hughes, haydens zzzzz comment about boycs is around 5 mins later and boycott leaves (quietly - didn't sound like a storm, just no handover) at about 1 15..
http://tr.im/uTUC
http://tr.im/uTUC
liquidlunch
fargonebeauty
He would block for 3 days of a 5 day test.Most of the games ended in draws because Sir Geoff the wifebasher was a slow scoring boring old cunt
paulhackett
voiced by strother martin
He would block for 3 days of a 5 day test.Most of the games ended in draws because Sir Geoff the wifebasher was a slow scoring boring old cunt
Wifebasher? No no no.. if you saw his response, the defence even from people who disliked him and the 'victim' being interviewed, you wouldn't believe that were true for a second.
Undoubtedly and egotistical sod, but he's softened and become a gentle parody of himself who will take a ribbing.
Dropped by England after scoring a double ton for slow scoring back in the 60s (yet capable of playing dashing innings to win a Gillette Cup Final) and him in Brearley potentially lost us the 79 WC Final by batting like twats, but if you play for a weak team such as Yorkshire, you have to change your style..
liquidlunch
fargonebeauty
I am 53 years old,saw Boycott at his best and worst.You had to have patience to watch him,paint drying was more attractive.Never once did i see him play what one would call a sparkling innings.A dour,gritty man who held up his end no doubt but boooooring to the max.Yawn,even get tired just thinking about him
toblerone3
Grrrrr
paulhackett
voiced by strother martin
Well.. fuck it. I was there and like everyone else was cheering King Viv et al.. and booing Boycs and Brearley off at tea. Thank God Big Bird shortened the day!
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
I know he was a great captain and all that, but was Brearley the worst batsman ever to play for England? He must have been the worst opening batsman ever, surely.
liquidlunch
fargonebeauty
I have just seen the highlights of day 2.Might i say that Rudy Kirtsen should be supplied with a seeing eye dog.I will only complain this once but for fucks sake,the doddering old cunt should not be at this level.Fuck fuck fuck,Rudy put your fucking glasses on you vain old ram
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
It was a shocker, wasn't it? 110-3 wouldn't be quite so comfortable. Even Bell's mum would have to concede that was out.I have just seen the highlights of day 2.Might i say that Rudy Kirtsen should be supplied with a seeing eye dog.I will only complain this once but for fucks sake,the doddering old cunt should not be at this level.Fuck fuck fuck,Rudy put your fucking glasses on you vain old ram
Usually when umpires get an lb wrong, you can kind of see what they're thinking – did it pitch in line, maybe a bit high, etc – but not there.
ETA:
In fact, I've just watched it again, and the ball swings in from outside off-stump before pitching in line. Maybe Rudi thought it had pitched outside off?
liquidlunch
fargonebeauty
whats the weather forecast today then in dreary old Englund?Any possability of play today??
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
strung out
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i wouldn't be surprised to see no play today. either that or they'll start early enough to get the 25 overs in so they don't have to refund tickets.
paulhackett
voiced by strother martin
Looks v unlikely to me. They were able to drop an umbrella into the turf and it stayed up vertically.. no breeze, no sun
Outside off doesn't matter; only matters if it hits him outside off and he's offering a stroke.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Yes, of course you're right.
Cock, my mate was meant to be going today.
Fucking bullshit weather!
TrippyLondoner
Well-Known Member
liquidlunch
fargonebeauty
fucking poms,fucking conspiricy,that fucking blimp is full of fucking water and your lot are fucking spraying it all over the place to get the draw.I should have known the depths to which you would stoop.English summer baahh.Next two tests are washed out and what happens?you take OUR ashes for winning one game
something smells and it aint your unwashed feet
something smells and it aint your unwashed feetYour lot should have tried a bit harder in Cardiff then.fucking poms,fucking conspiricy,that fucking blimp is full of fucking water and your lot are fucking spraying it all over the place to get the draw.I should have known the depths to which you would stoop.English summer baahh.Next two tests are washed out and what happens?you take OUR ashes for winning one game
fucking poms,fucking conspiricy,that fucking blimp is full of fucking water and your lot are fucking spraying it all over the place to get the draw.I should have known the depths to which you would stoop.English summer baahh.Next two tests are washed out and what happens?you take OUR ashes for winning one game
You stupid stupid stupid bitter bitter bitter bitter cocknosed cunt.
We all want to get on with playing, you arsewipe.
It's not our fault that the English weather sucks.
We want to get out there and smash you into oblivion.
What the fuck is wrong with you cunts anyway?
It's not as if you're India or some other place who we royally raped, the only Australians actually entitled to display genuine bitterness towards us are the aborigines, who you've treated like shit too, so there's no historical basis for your hatred.
Our team is firing, good, up for ti, and competing. Even if we lose I'll be happy cos we've made a real fist of it.
If you can find one single englishman who is happy with today i'll find you a beer in mecca.
