No- one's mentioned the cricket!
What a truly excellent test series! Part of me wanted Vaughan to declare at tea time to get a run chase going....
But mostly it's nice to beat the aussies at cricket (much like the germans or argies at football...)
cheers
Bob
I agree - I've never been even vaguely interested in cricket but this series has had me on the edge of my seat!
Pete
Bob - that's probably cos knowone is interested. Shhh... don't wake 'em up!
Still bleary eyed from watching the Pieterson innings last night.....
I think it's time for a swap - how about Pieterson and Freddy for Gilchrist and Lee?
Has there been cricket on TV ? Must have missed it. Anyone good playing ?
Sport should evolve and I think I've cracked this cricket lark.
Why don't they change the rules so that only 4's and 6's count. Forget single runs. Topless umpires would also help
Like watching paint dry
I bet this bloke got excited yesterday... £79,000 excited...
[Edited on 13/9/05 by David Jenkins]
snore snore.............
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Originally posted by fesycresy
Topless umpires would also help
Cricket????? Whats that???
apparently it's an exciting English sport
But most people think it's a load of bowls
Still by all acounts from those interested they did do well so i suppose we should grudgingly congratulate them
WELL DONE
Some funny Q&A
Q. What is the height of optimism?
A. An English batsman putting on sunscreen.
Q. What would Glenn McGrath be if he was English?
A. An all rounder.
Q. What is the main function of the England coach?
A. To transport the team from the hotel to the ground.
Q. Why is Darren Gough the unluckiest bowler on tour?
A. Because he was born in England.
Q. What's the English version of a hat trick?
A. Three runs in three balls.
Q. Why don't English fielders need pre tour travel injections?
A. Because they never catch anything.
Q. What's the English version of LBW?
A. Lost, Beaten and Walloped.
Q. What do you call a Englishman with 100 runs against his name?
A. A bowler.
Q. What's the most proficient form of footwork displayed by Stewart?
A. The walk back to the pavilion.
Q. Who has the easiest job in the England touring party?
A. The guy who removes the red ball marks from the bats.
Q. What advantage do Nasser Hussein, Mark Ramprakash, Dean Headley, Alex Tudor and Graham Hick have over the rest of their team mates?
A. At least they can say they're not really English.
Q. What does "Ashes" stand for?
A. Another Sad Horrific English Series.
Q. What do English batsmen and drug addicts have in common?
A. Both spend most of their time wondering where their next score will come from.
Q. Why are English batsmen looking forward to the new millennium?
A. So they can at least say they passed a century.
Q. Who spent the most time at the crease of anyone in the English world cup squad?
A. The lady who ironed the cricket whites.
Q. Why are English cricketers cleverer than Houdini?
A. Because they can get out without even trying.
Q. What does Gough put in his hands to make sure the next ball almost always takes a wicket?
A. A bat.
At least it's not curling
ATB
Simon
quote:
Originally posted by scotlad
Cricket????? Whats that???
What a miserable lot you all are.
Our boys did a magnificent job in winning the Ashes back.
I for one was on the edge of my seat cheering them on and it is good to put one over on the arrogant Aussies.
Arrogant Aussies?
certainly not the fans. Radio 5 live was interviewing in Sydney, and every member of the public said - "well done england" or words very
similar.
The Radio 5 guy was trying desperately to get some bad reaction.....
Cricket
Is that the game where the pitcher rubb the ball against his own balls,runs a few steps and then just before he stumble throw that ball in a very
unnatural manner?
If a game has to be played with a bat than it's called baseball!!
I shudder when I recall I actually played cricket for the school team many overs ago. It's a mind-numbingly boring and pointless game in which
there seems to be some hatred directed at the little red ball. One lot keep throwing it away, while the other lot keep trying to whack it away from
the otherwise perfectly useable lawn.
The game may also be summarised in the following manner. You have two sides, one out in the field and one in.
Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out.
When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side thats been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out.
Sometimes you get men still in and not out.
When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in.
There are two men called umpires who stay out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out.
When both sides have been in and all the men are out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not
out, that is the end of the game!
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Originally posted by Cita
Cricket
If a game has to be played with a bat than it's called baseball!!
I played baseball for a couple of years and one of the coaches said that the Brits did'nt play baseball because they where to stupid to
understand the rules
As a 12 year old kid we believed that big American coach who worked for GM in Antwerp