Official Cricket Thread Part 302 - Page 3

Vlad n U 2 · 11-28-2015, 01:20 AM

Naturally Lyon starts fluking shots after he was supposed to be given out.

What a joke.

Axver · 11-28-2015, 01:26 AM

Ugh hurry up and get a bloody wicket lads. This is silly.

Vlad n U 2 · 11-28-2015, 01:31 AM

Bloody sick of everything to do with Lyon. Would have to be close to my half dozen least favourite Australian cricketers.

Axver · 11-28-2015, 02:02 AM

With every run I get more filthy about Lyon not being dismissed.

Axver · 11-28-2015, 02:04 AM

I've never heard Warne get passionate about how an Aussie should've been out before!

Disappointed we've given up the lead.

Axver · 11-28-2015, 02:15 AM

Oh FINALLY. Conceded about fifty more runs than we should've.

Axver · 11-28-2015, 03:59 AM

I'm not sure Guppy is up for Test opening duties. His ODI average is 41.16, but in Tests just 29.12. Surely we can produce better than that?

Axver · 11-28-2015, 04:07 AM

Oh hell and there goes Latham too. Our openers fail us, infuriatingly not an unusual position to be in. Save us, Kane and Ross.

Vlad n U 2 · 11-28-2015, 04:31 AM

NZ (and I guess that one decision) have messed up their chances of winning unfortunately. At least it looks so at this stage. NZ's inability to have two in form openers at test level is their achilles heel and has been for as long as I recall.

Vlad n U 2 · 11-28-2015, 04:38 AM

Siddle keeping the stache thing going after Johnson's departure I see.

Vlad n U 2 · 11-28-2015, 04:52 AM

According to Slats the sub fielder is Australia's team massage therapist.

Axver · 11-28-2015, 04:53 AM

I've gone to bed. With Kane gone, so probably is the game, so what's the point?

Vlad n U 2 · 11-28-2015, 04:59 AM

You know things are shit when Mitch Marsh is taking wickets.

youarenotimmune · 11-29-2015, 01:46 AM

Both Warner and Steve Smith gone now! NZ in with a serious chance here. Great game!

Axver · 11-30-2015, 04:36 AM

All I will say in the wake of this Test is that Nigel Llong is fucking lucky New Zealanders don't quite follow cricket with the same degree of religious fervour as they do rugby, or he would have to call Wayne Barnes to get some pointers.

(Though the key difference is that Llong is normally a good umpire, while Barnes is a shit referee even if you ignore that 2007 rugby quarter-final.)

MadForIt · 12-02-2015, 06:42 PM

NZ got robbed
2-0 is pretty harsh

If they had a proper warm up for the series they would have won

Hopefully 2-0 to NZ in NZ - i am off to the basin. The test in CHCH will be good too. CHCH is actually still a nice city despite the quakes. Better looking than Welly. Nice lush green parks and wide tree lined streets. A lot like Adelaide.

Sri Lanka up next for NZ... just like last year. They are here every 5 mins.

Axver · 12-02-2015, 09:34 PM

Wouldn't say that about Christchurch being better looking - and I say this as somebody who just got off the plane from there, and who spent a few days in Wellington over the weekend. It's flat as a fucking pancake, so for scenic value Wellington's hills and harbour win by a mile. Go up Mount Vic and you get treated to a much better looking city than if you go up the Port Hills and look back to Christchurch.

Christchurch certainly shits on everywhere else in New Zealand for great parkland though. The new ground at Hagley Park is possibly the best cricket venue in the country, maybe behind the Basin since the latter has all the tradition.

MadForIt · 12-02-2015, 11:06 PM

I had low expectations for ChCh when I went. The cbd is a mess but I do like the odd old building that has survived like Canterbury Museum and Christs college. Sumner and the posh suburbs like Merivale look great. Eastern suburbs are a state post quakes. A ghost town in places.

I like welly still but this wind here is just getting to me. Nearly blown into the road today. If it's like this for the test it'll be over in 2 days. Boult with a 10 wicket haul.

Hagley Oval does look nice. If I had some leave I'd go to that test too. Christchurch will be booming when rebuild is done. Wouldn't mind living there then. Great old villas around the place.

Axver · 12-04-2015, 12:06 AM

Hahaha, sign I'm a born and bred Wellingtonian: it's nice to come back to a decent breeze.

And here's a newsflash for everyone - people don't appear interested in attending an inevitably lopsided Test against a poorly organised minnow sending out what is effectively its B team: Future of Test cricket in Hobart on line with crowd of less than 10,000 projected

cobl04 · 12-06-2015, 10:52 PM

Reckon there's a solid chance it will be the smallest Boxing Day crowd ever, too. I struggle to think of a harsh enough adjective for the West Indies' performance against the CAXI.

11-28-2015, 01:20 AM	#41
Vlad n U 2 Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 28,387 Local Time: 04:30 PM	Naturally Lyon starts fluking shots after he was supposed to be given out. What a joke. __________________

11-28-2015, 01:26 AM	#42
Axver Vocal parasite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 1853 Posts: 152,977 Local Time: 04:00 PM	Ugh hurry up and get a bloody wicket lads. This is silly. __________________ __________________ "Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard Ian McCulloch the U2 fan: "Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat." "And as for Bono, he needs a colostomy bag for his mouth." U2gigs: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database! Gig pictures \| Blog

11-28-2015, 02:02 AM	#44
Axver Vocal parasite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 1853 Posts: 152,977 Local Time: 04:00 PM	With every run I get more filthy about Lyon not being dismissed. __________________ "Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard Ian McCulloch the U2 fan: "Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat." "And as for Bono, he needs a colostomy bag for his mouth." U2gigs: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database! Gig pictures \| Blog

11-28-2015, 02:04 AM	#45
Axver Vocal parasite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 1853 Posts: 152,977 Local Time: 04:00 PM	I've never heard Warne get passionate about how an Aussie should've been out before! Disappointed we've given up the lead. __________________ "Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard Ian McCulloch the U2 fan: "Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat." "And as for Bono, he needs a colostomy bag for his mouth." U2gigs: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database! Gig pictures \| Blog

11-28-2015, 02:15 AM	#46
Axver Vocal parasite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 1853 Posts: 152,977 Local Time: 04:00 PM	Oh FINALLY. Conceded about fifty more runs than we should've. __________________ "Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard Ian McCulloch the U2 fan: "Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat." "And as for Bono, he needs a colostomy bag for his mouth." U2gigs: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database! Gig pictures \| Blog

11-28-2015, 01:31 AM	#43
Vlad n U 2 Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 28,387 Local Time: 04:30 PM	Bloody sick of everything to do with Lyon. Would have to be close to my half dozen least favourite Australian cricketers.

11-28-2015, 03:59 AM	#47
Axver Vocal parasite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 1853 Posts: 152,977 Local Time: 04:00 PM	I'm not sure Guppy is up for Test opening duties. His ODI average is 41.16, but in Tests just 29.12. Surely we can produce better than that? __________________ "Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard Ian McCulloch the U2 fan: "Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat." "And as for Bono, he needs a colostomy bag for his mouth." U2gigs: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database! Gig pictures \| Blog

11-28-2015, 04:07 AM	#48
Axver Vocal parasite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 1853 Posts: 152,977 Local Time: 04:00 PM	Oh hell and there goes Latham too. Our openers fail us, infuriatingly not an unusual position to be in. Save us, Kane and Ross. __________________ "Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard Ian McCulloch the U2 fan: "Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat." "And as for Bono, he needs a colostomy bag for his mouth." U2gigs: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database! Gig pictures \| Blog

11-28-2015, 04:31 AM	#49
Vlad n U 2 Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 28,387 Local Time: 04:30 PM	NZ (and I guess that one decision) have messed up their chances of winning unfortunately. At least it looks so at this stage. NZ's inability to have two in form openers at test level is their achilles heel and has been for as long as I recall.

11-28-2015, 04:38 AM	#50
Vlad n U 2 Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 28,387 Local Time: 04:30 PM	Siddle keeping the stache thing going after Johnson's departure I see.

11-28-2015, 04:52 AM	#51
Vlad n U 2 Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 28,387 Local Time: 04:30 PM	According to Slats the sub fielder is Australia's team massage therapist.

11-28-2015, 04:53 AM	#52
Axver Vocal parasite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 1853 Posts: 152,977 Local Time: 04:00 PM	I've gone to bed. With Kane gone, so probably is the game, so what's the point? __________________ "Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard Ian McCulloch the U2 fan: "Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat." "And as for Bono, he needs a colostomy bag for his mouth." U2gigs: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database! Gig pictures \| Blog

11-28-2015, 04:59 AM	#53
Vlad n U 2 Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 28,387 Local Time: 04:30 PM	You know things are shit when Mitch Marsh is taking wickets.

11-29-2015, 01:46 AM	#54
youarenotimmune Refugee Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Binghamton, NY Posts: 1,801 Local Time: 11:00 AM	Both Warner and Steve Smith gone now! NZ in with a serious chance here. Great game!

11-30-2015, 04:36 AM	#55
Axver Vocal parasite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 1853 Posts: 152,977 Local Time: 04:00 PM	All I will say in the wake of this Test is that Nigel Llong is fucking lucky New Zealanders don't quite follow cricket with the same degree of religious fervour as they do rugby, or he would have to call Wayne Barnes to get some pointers. (Though the key difference is that Llong is normally a good umpire, while Barnes is a shit referee even if you ignore that 2007 rugby quarter-final.) __________________ "Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard Ian McCulloch the U2 fan: "Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat." "And as for Bono, he needs a colostomy bag for his mouth." U2gigs: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database! Gig pictures \| Blog

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12-02-2015, 06:42 PM	#56
MadForIt Refugee Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: New Zealand Posts: 2,248 Local Time: 06:00 PM	NZ got robbed 2-0 is pretty harsh If they had a proper warm up for the series they would have won Hopefully 2-0 to NZ in NZ - i am off to the basin. The test in CHCH will be good too. CHCH is actually still a nice city despite the quakes. Better looking than Welly. Nice lush green parks and wide tree lined streets. A lot like Adelaide. Sri Lanka up next for NZ... just like last year. They are here every 5 mins.

12-02-2015, 09:34 PM	#57
Axver Vocal parasite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 1853 Posts: 152,977 Local Time: 04:00 PM	Wouldn't say that about Christchurch being better looking - and I say this as somebody who just got off the plane from there, and who spent a few days in Wellington over the weekend. It's flat as a fucking pancake, so for scenic value Wellington's hills and harbour win by a mile. Go up Mount Vic and you get treated to a much better looking city than if you go up the Port Hills and look back to Christchurch. Christchurch certainly shits on everywhere else in New Zealand for great parkland though. The new ground at Hagley Park is possibly the best cricket venue in the country, maybe behind the Basin since the latter has all the tradition. __________________ "Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard Ian McCulloch the U2 fan: "Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat." "And as for Bono, he needs a colostomy bag for his mouth." U2gigs: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database! Gig pictures \| Blog

12-02-2015, 11:06 PM	#58
MadForIt Refugee Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: New Zealand Posts: 2,248 Local Time: 06:00 PM	I had low expectations for ChCh when I went. The cbd is a mess but I do like the odd old building that has survived like Canterbury Museum and Christs college. Sumner and the posh suburbs like Merivale look great. Eastern suburbs are a state post quakes. A ghost town in places. I like welly still but this wind here is just getting to me. Nearly blown into the road today. If it's like this for the test it'll be over in 2 days. Boult with a 10 wicket haul. Hagley Oval does look nice. If I had some leave I'd go to that test too. Christchurch will be booming when rebuild is done. Wouldn't mind living there then. Great old villas around the place.

12-04-2015, 12:06 AM	#59
Axver Vocal parasite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 1853 Posts: 152,977 Local Time: 04:00 PM	Hahaha, sign I'm a born and bred Wellingtonian: it's nice to come back to a decent breeze. And here's a newsflash for everyone - people don't appear interested in attending an inevitably lopsided Test against a poorly organised minnow sending out what is effectively its B team: Future of Test cricket in Hobart on line with crowd of less than 10,000 projected __________________ "Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard Ian McCulloch the U2 fan: "Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat." "And as for Bono, he needs a colostomy bag for his mouth." U2gigs: The most comprehensive U2 setlist database! Gig pictures \| Blog

12-06-2015, 10:52 PM	#60
cobl04 45:33 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: East Point to Shaolin Posts: 59,235 Local Time: 05:00 PM	Reckon there's a solid chance it will be the smallest Boxing Day crowd ever, too. I struggle to think of a harsh enough adjective for the West Indies' performance against the CAXI. __________________