Official Cricket 09/10 Thread

[Angela Harlem]

that might somehow be worse than the hack fleming, but just barely.


i won't dignify the rest of your post with a reply

There is nothing wrong with a jumper! And fans can work! If you're a tightarse who doesn't want to pay a $500 electricity bill

 

[bono_man2002]

What a great one day game! Pity nobody will give a fuck about it tomorrow in the media, in Oz. Cause y'know. One Day cricket is sooo fucking boring...

 

[coolian2]

There is nothing wrong with a jumper! And fans can work! If you're a tightarse who doesn't want to pay a $500 electricity bill

my fan takes the hot air and redistributes it very slowly elsewhere!

embrace technology! although yeah, the electricity bill would be daunting.

 

[MadForIt]

come on NZ
what happened between styris and johnson?

Bangladesh gave england a run for their money. Good job the Irishman was there to save them

 

[cobl04]

You know what's worse than Mark Taylor hocking off Fujitsu?

Ricky Ponting spruiking for Suisse vitamins. The amount of times I nearly put my fist through the television this summer ...

"Can you hit the roof Ricky?"

"You'll feel better, on Suisse!"

 

[bono_man2002]

 

[cobl04]

ooh yeah anna, look at that thigh and leg, ohh...

 

[coolian2]

had a lot of confidence in us chasing down the target in napier. not feeling as certain today.

capacity crowd of 13,000 at eden park

 

[cobl04]

zimbabwe beat windies in the T20 and the one-dayer.

 

[coolian2]

quality effort by our top order leaves the middle/tail with too much to do....as usual.

 

[coolian2]

oh, and this sky commentary is deadset woeful.

who decided to let simon doull back near any form of broadcasting? ugh.

 

[Axver]

Well, as per usual, Daniel Vettori is a class act. What an effort; can't believe how close we got in the end.

The rubbish in the top order needs to be discarded post-haste.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

That was a ripping catch by Vettori, caught a bullet firmly in the palm of his hand. I can't believe I used to hate this guy.

 

[Axver]

I cannot think of a single reason to dislike Vettori.

Honestly, he's my favourite cricketer by a country mile.

 

[Vlad n U 2]

A cricketer who wears specs, too. I appreciate that.

 

[cobl04]

where was Ross Taylor?

 

[coolian2]

where was Ross Taylor?

injured, damn it. we definitely missed him - we were one decent stand by a top order player away from going 2-0 up.

 

[cobl04]

Rana, Malik get one-year bans, Younis and Yousuf axed from teams | Pakistan Cricket News | Cricinfo.com



this is a huge story!!!

how very sad...

 

[Vlad n U 2]

Wow, that was uncalled for.

 

[MadForIt]

Pakistan go from one extreme to the other
its all about 'izzat' for them - when means honour/respect
If one play dishonours the team in some trivial meaningless way, they get axed

they cant replace younus and yousuf
Expect them to be rubbish for the next 5 years or so now

 

[coolian2]

Expect them to be rubbish for the next 5 years or so now

so a continuation of what's been going on for some time.

 

[Axver]

Holy shit Pakistan, could you possibly self-destruct any more?

 

[cobl04]

i don't understand how this isn't getting more coverage. this is a fucking gigantic story.

 

[Axver]

Probably because everybody expects the PCB will revoke the bans as soon as Pakistan has another crushing loss and everybody's all "where the fuck are Younis and Yousuf!"

 

[coolian2]

i don't understand how this isn't getting more coverage. this is a fucking gigantic story.

probably because bangladesh are more relevant in the cricket world than pakistan.

 

[coolian2]

we finally drop ingram and have a good start, just like almost all of the odis so far. it's a matter of time until the top order throw their wickets away, though.

 

[Axver]

And what a shock, New Zealand did indeed throw their wickets away and fall over in a heap.

Bring on some bowling magic?

 

[Axver]

Well so much for that positive start to the series. New Zealand lose 3-1.

 

[coolian2]

damn it auckland. the only two days all month it's rained and it still wasn't enough to wash the games out.

given how it was raining in the innings break i'm disappointed and surprised they got any more play in.

 

[1stepcloser]

KP gets clean bowled on 99 in his 1st innings in the 1st Test against Bangladesh.

He could comfortably had more than the 16 centuries he currently has if he'd played just a bit more sensibly.