The Official Cricket '07/'08 thread!!

[cobl04]

First Ashley Giles, now Graham Swann.

You don't bowl with sunnies you fucking wankers.

England should be very concerned that we only fell 115 short of chasing a 500+ target.

You do realise that had we only been chasing 406 that it would have been the equal third highest fourth innings run chase of all time.

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[Vlad n U 2]

Not to be too whiny but England were practically aided by 3 umpiring blunders.

 

[bono_man2002]

and a couple of hundred run lead that England took into their second innings....

 

[1stepcloser]

First Ashley Giles, now Graham Swann.

You don't bowl with sunnies you fucking wankers.

England should be very concerned that we only fell 115 short of chasing a 500+ target.

You do realise that had we only been chasing 406 that it would have been the equal third highest fourth innings run chase of all time.

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So what? We got the job done.

Australia are the number one ranked team in the world. I expected nothing less than a determined fightback.

 

[MadForIt]

You can post all the stats you want

Only one matters

1-0

I got tickets for Edgbaston Day 4!

£75 though!

 

[1stepcloser]

I got tickets for Edgbaston Day 4!

£75 though!

lucky bastard! i live about 2 miles from edgbaston and the fuckers sold out months ago. and i have no money

 

[MadForIt]

lucky bastard! i live about 2 miles from edgbaston and the fuckers sold out months ago. and i have no money

Call them!

They are not sold out
Some of my mates got some yesterday

 

[cobl04]

yeah.

bangladesh just beat the west indies, they won their third test overall, their first overseas test series, and the first time they've ever won consecutive tests. given the windies team was deplorable, but still a good achievement.

 

[1stepcloser]

KP ruled out of the series.

he's clearly struggled with that injury and comes as a shock but not a surprise. I thought he might miss a test or two but not the series. Presumably Bell will come in although I don't know what number he'll bat at.

Australia's batting line up looks stronger than Englands now i think for sure (discounting phil hughes). Vice versa with the bowling assuming flintoff stays fit.

 

[MadForIt]

Ian Bell at 3 And Ravi drops to 4

 

[intedomine]

First Ashley Giles, now Graham Swann.

You don't bowl with sunnies you fucking wankers.

BONO would.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Bono would bowl out the whole English side easily.

 

[cobl04]

But we already know he's a wanker...

How about droping Ravi Shitcunt altogether and give Darren Pattinson or whatever his name was another go...

 

[Vlad n U 2]

How about they lift Onions up the order. He seems to make a decent batsman, well for Englands standards anyway.

 

[MadForIt]

Good point Vlad

He's more threatening than Phil Hughes

Even I am

 

[dan_smee]

^ underestimate hughes at your peril.

No-one would argue that South Africa have the best bowling attack in the world, and he score 400 against them in 3 tests.

He's in a pretty horrid run of form. He is smashing the ball, but look at his dismissals. An inside edge caught behind off an innocuous Flintoff ball. Caught off the glove down leg side while hooking. "Caught" at first slip off Flintoff".

He has more ability and talent than the entire England side, and he will come good

 

[1stepcloser]

He has more ability and talent than the entire England side, and he will come good

everyone said that about ian bell a few years ago. he hasn't exactly set the world on fire.

 

[dan_smee]

everyone said that about ian bell a few years ago. he hasn't exactly set the world on fire.

Difference between Bell and Hughes - Bell scored his runs against Bangladesh.

Hughes scored his against Steyn, Ntini, Morkel, Harris and Kallis

 

[intedomine]

But we already know he's a wanker...

How about droping Ravi Shitcunt altogether and give Darren Pattinson or whatever his name was another go...

Pattinson vs Siddle - Victorian vs Victorian - i would sit on the fence in this match.

 

[MadForIt]

But we already know he's a wanker...

How about droping Ravi Shitcunt* altogether and give Darren Pattinson or whatever his name was another go...

*Its Bopara

Racist
Even though i do understand that shitcunt is the common name given to all asians by the aussies...

Must have been tough for this guy touring Australia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krishnamachari_Srikkanth

 

[cobl04]

*Its Bopara

Racist
Even though i do understand that shitcunt is the common name given to all asians by the aussies...

Must have been tough for this guy touring Australia
Krishnamachari Srikkanth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I wasn't being racist, I was trying, without subtlety, to say that he is a "shit cunt". I've never known that term to be racist.

Hughes only made 10 against Northants.

And I'd like to see you make 400 runs against South Africa there champ.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

They probably have a Graham Onions repellant spray ...

 

[dan_smee]

Watson in for Hughes. Johnson stays in, Clark misses out. Congrats on winning the ashes England.

 

[cobl04]

Horrendously disappointing. Fucking joke. Watson had his chance.

They had to make a change. But instead of biting the bullet and doing the right thing, they stick with a (currently) wayward change bowler who they have opening and drop the man they're investing their future in.

Ponting'll bowl if he wins this toss.

 

[1stepcloser]

weather's been fucking shit here. don't know if we'll see any play. just glad i didn't fork out £55 for a ticket

is shane watson really going to open the batting?

 

[MadForIt]

Good day for Aussies
Watson did well

Hughes must have been sent back to Big Brother or wherever the Aussies plucked him from

I'm there sunday

Shit uk summer as usual - rain rain rain

As Sir Noel Said
"I lost my faith in the summer time
'Cause it don't stop raining
The sky all day is as black as night"

 

[1stepcloser]

Hughes must have been sent back to Big Brother or wherever the Aussies plucked him from

 

[intedomine]

Great weather

 

[cobl04]

fuck what time did the game start? i got home at 1 and mythbusters was on...


edit - haddin broke his finger after the toss, during a quick warm up.... crazy. manou to debut. poetic justice, it was haddin who rolled the ball that mcgrath stood on in 05.

 

[1stepcloser]

Just the 7 wickets this morning then.

onions

jimmy