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littlepieces
Joined: 10 Jan 2010 Posts: 1098 Location: Lowestoft
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Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2010 12:24 am Post subject: I love cricket |
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and im not ashamed to admit it.Forget football forget rugby.This is the proper game.I was made redundent a month ago which means i can watch most of the ashes.I have over 40 books on cricket and my g/f always takes the p**s but i dont care.When you have australia 4-3 i dont care _________________ I found out how you can hurt an insect.It's the bees knees |
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becky sharp
Joined: 01 Dec 2008 Posts: 6847
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Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2010 11:21 am Post subject: |
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And there is much to love with England playing as they are at the moment, littlepieces....
Aggers did a Dan Maskell ..."Oh I say" when the early wickets were tumbling last night ...but I just know he was jumping up and down,inside, with joy, as I was......
I want to 'hate' the Aussie commentators on TMS but I can't ... they're all much too nice and fair.....
It's fantastic being an England cricket supporter at the moment
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littlepieces
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Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2010 2:56 pm Post subject: |
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I watch sky but mainly have tms on, there is a second delay on the screen but i find the commentry so much better _________________ I found out how you can hurt an insect.It's the bees knees |
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Schizoidman
Joined: 20 Sep 2010 Posts: 1140 Location: Rural West Sussex
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Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 7:24 pm Post subject: |
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Where are all the Aussie fans? Have they given up already?
All I can see and hear when watching on Sky in the early mornings is the Barmy Army. |
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becky sharp
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littlepieces
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Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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England were great Australia poor and i think botham could have chappell _________________ I found out how you can hurt an insect.It's the bees knees |
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becky sharp
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Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 8:50 am Post subject: |
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Another enthralling day down under and Ponting has gone early on,again..... |
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MadeinSurrey
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 3130 Location: The Beautiful South
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Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 9:11 am Post subject: |
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Such a shame about Ponting... _________________ MiS |
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littlepieces
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Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 12:56 pm Post subject: |
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Not a good day today,but if we lose this it does set up the boxing day test at the mcg which can hold 90'000 _________________ I found out how you can hurt an insect.It's the bees knees |
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becky sharp
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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 3:04 pm Post subject: |
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Game over ...barring miracles.. one of the commentators (English I think) on TMS said it would be better if the score was even going on to the MCG, or the series would fall flat.....I could just have gone for that, I think.... but fair do's the Aussies have come back with a vengeance ..and who really thought they'd roll over?... |
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littlepieces
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Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 2:41 pm Post subject: |
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I must admit i didnt see much of this test but have just watched 2 hours of highlights on sky and i have to say i'm worried.The aussies outplayed us and we looked quite poor.Bell needs to move up the order at the expense of collingwood _________________ I found out how you can hurt an insect.It's the bees knees |
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becky sharp
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Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 2:17 pm Post subject: |
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littlepieces wrote: | I must admit i didnt see much of this test but have just watched 2 hours of highlights on sky and i have to say i'm worried.The aussies outplayed us and we looked quite poor.Bell needs to move up the order at the expense of collingwood | Sounds like that will happen, littlepieces. |
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littlepieces
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Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 3:05 pm Post subject: |
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im hoprfull becky _________________ I found out how you can hurt an insect.It's the bees knees |
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Gnasty Gnome
Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Posts: 313 Location: West Wales
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littlepieces
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Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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Class _________________ I found out how you can hurt an insect.It's the bees knees |
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becky sharp
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 12:13 pm Post subject: |
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98 all out ...what a sweet ring those words and numbers have ..a friend of mine in Oz said in an email this morning not to mention the cricket...as if I would gloat...
All for the love of this...
Great stuff lads!! |
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littlepieces
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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 12:50 pm Post subject: |
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I went down to london yesterday and was so tired i missed the action!
Never mind very happy today _________________ I found out how you can hurt an insect.It's the bees knees |
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becky sharp
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Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 2:31 pm Post subject: |
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Think the Australian journalist who wrote this back in November of last year will be in hiding today.....
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/cricket/reasons-why-poms-wont-win/story-e6frey50-1225955985591
10 reasons Poms won't win
1 Overrated
They walked around The Oval after their dominant home summer like they were God's gifts to Wisden. Here's who they really beat. No one. Nuffies and cheats. England clean-swept the worst team on the planet, Bangladesh, and then won three out of four Tests against rotten Pakistan. Now they're portrayed as superstars.
2 Kevin Pietersen
He might be growing a moustache for a very good cause but he's still getting around looking like Dirk Diggler out of Boogie Nights. His most recent Test efforts have been the biggest joke. John Buchanan was right with his assessment of Pietersen. Buchanan was panned because the truth hurt. There's more than one 'I' in Kevin Pietersen and it hurts morale.
3 No top speedster
Jimmy Anderson, Stuart Broad and Steve Finn are respectable quicks. But they lack the fear factor. Every truly great attack has someone pushing 150km/h, like Mitchell Johnson does for Australia. None of the touring fast bowlers are frightening. Away from swing and seam-friendly England, that doesn't leave them with much.
4 Passive captain
Andrew Strauss has to lead by example because his introverted demeanour doesn't get the blood pumping too much. Only his scores do. He leads with quiet assurance when things are going well. But he comes across as introverted and submissive when things start going pear-shaped.
5 No superstars
Pietersen is as good as anyone when he's in the mood, but he hasn't been in the mood for a long time. He couldn't make a hundred against Bangladesh - his 99 was close but no cigar - and Doug Bollinger, Ben Hilfenhaus and Johnson can smell blood. Graeme Swann is the only Englishman to make a world XI right now.England are successful because they know their limitations. Which means there are limitations.
6 Over-analysis
They've faced bowling machines with footage of Australian speedsters running in at them - and still didn't want to know about Mitchell Johnson. They've given themselves three weeks in Australia to acclimatise but haven't played on pitches like the monster they'll encounter at the Gabba. Every breath they take is a part of a suffocating plan. There's no freedom, nothing instinctive or adventurous. Paralysis by over-analysis.
7 No depth
In such a cramped schedule, injuries are bound to hit both camps. England are in serious strife if they lose any of their first XI. There's a vast gulf between their top-tier players and those on the standby list. Australia can only hope and pray that off-spinner Monty Panesar is called in for Graeme Swann. Australia have eight Test-standard speedsters in the queue.
8 Chokers
This is England we're talking about. Losing is a tradition. Think soccer World Cups. Think Tim Henman at Wimbledon. Think every cricket tour of Australia since 1986-87. They always arrive talking themselves up, vowing they won't wilt under the heat and pressure and scrutiny, then wilt under the heat and pressure and scrutiny. They've hired a self-described Yips Doctor - because they need one.
9 Warm-ups
Everyone keeps rattling on about England's perfect preparation. They must be having a laugh. A few of them made runs at Adelaide Oval. It's like batting on the Hume Highway. Anyone seen the scorecards? Western Australia rolled England for 223. South Australia dismissed them for 288 on the Hume. And Australia A ripped through their top order in Hobart A yesterday. Perfectly prepared? Piffle.
10 Scars
Five of their top six batsmen are the same lot who stumbled and bumbled through the 5-0 loss on England's last trip to Australia. The scarring is deep and real. Jimmy Anderson's memories of Australia are all nightmarish. He averaged 45.16. Broad and Finn are yet to play a Test series in Australia. Hard surfaces jarring bones and muscles, oppressive heat - they won't know what or who has hit them. |
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