Balls to the Aussies the cricket thread (Read 361897 times)

GraemeA · August 10, 2011, 01:07:25 pm

India 75-4 at lunch. Sehwag, Tendulkar and Dravid all gone

Am wondering whether it will last until day 4 as I have tickets $:-\$

danm · August 10, 2011, 01:10:44 pm

You could always start a riot so they postpone for a day.

GraemeA · August 10, 2011, 01:12:36 pm

Quote from: danm on August 10, 2011, 01:10:44 pm

You could always start a riot so they postpone for a day.

And get myself a new telly at the same time. Win win

Jaspersharpe · August 10, 2011, 02:39:30 pm

Best get rioting Graeme, it's 115/7!

dan lane · August 10, 2011, 02:42:49 pm

We'll be done by the end of tomorrow at this rate...

Grubes · August 12, 2011, 10:45:28 am

Quote from: GraemeA on August 10, 2011, 01:07:25 pm

India 75-4 at lunch. Sehwag, Tendulkar and Dravid all gone

Am wondering whether it will last until day 4 as I have tickets $:-\$

Looks like there may be some cricket tomorrow assuming england don't collapse for a measly sum of 500 and something
Just make sure you get there early as it may be over by lunch tomorrow

remus · August 12, 2011, 10:50:43 am

Love this from the bbc live coverage:

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Look - I don't want to get ahead of ourselves here, but could England today become the first team in Test history to score (adopts Dr Evil-style pinkie to corner of mouth) one million runs in a single innings?

andy_e · August 13, 2011, 04:30:11 pm

Good work Alistair Cook!

Grubes · August 22, 2011, 02:35:07 pm

So close but unlucky tendulcar gone for 91 in the last innings of the series ... oh well

He will get it in the ODI's

Come on England 5 more wickets

galpinos · August 22, 2011, 02:58:21 pm

'Sachin's saving 100th ton for ODI series "As a boy I dreamed of making 100 under lights in Cardiff wearing 3 sweaters late Sept'

@AlisonMitchell

Grubes · August 22, 2011, 03:44:22 pm

Woo Hoo!!

4-nil to the ingerlund, 4-nil to the ingerlung

Swann, Swann will tear you apart again

We're great and we know we are. We're great and we know we are

Woo hoo!!

Sorry India thanks for coming

Dolly · September 16, 2011, 10:37:40 pm

3 0 in the one day series as well as the test whitewash

How good was young Bairstow tonight ?
Saw him at Headingley in June and thought he looked the biz but he was great tonight

aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB · October 05, 2011, 03:50:02 pm

Graham Dilley - RIP

Died in Leicester "after a short illness" at the age of 52.

BB · October 06, 2011, 02:06:38 am

Quote from: aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB on October 05, 2011, 03:50:02 pm

Graham Dilley - RIP

Died in Leicester "after a short illness" at the age of 52.

Gutted. He was a childhood hero. During his time at Worcestershire in the late 80s, me and my school mates used to pretend to be him by aping his bowling style and pelting a tennis ball a hard as we could at the batsmen.

Many a bruise was had following the announcement that Graham Dilley, right arm fast was coming into the attack.

DaveC · October 06, 2011, 11:53:34 am

I remember this priceless moment from 1979, we'd all been waiting for it over here...

SA Chris · November 10, 2011, 03:43:05 pm

http://www.espncricinfo.com/south-africa-v-australia-2011/engine/current/match/514029.html

Proving to be a very interesting "test". 24 wickets in a day a counting.

Not often that only 4 batsmen reach double figures in 2 innings.

Be gutted if you planned watching day 4 or 5!

butters · November 10, 2011, 04:18:23 pm

Had that ticking away throughout the day - you hardly dare take your eyes off it during the afternoon session and the first part of tea. Been a bit boring since SA's second innings started though.

BB · November 11, 2011, 03:11:30 am

Only the second time in test history that parts of 4 innings have been played all in the same day. Needless to say, the cricket isn't getting a lot of press in Oz!

Grubes · November 11, 2011, 07:27:56 am

I see south africas second innings is starting better.

so whats happening? is the wicket just really shit? or are south africa and OZ just really shit?

SA Chris · November 11, 2011, 09:56:41 am

Well you would assume that if SA weren't doing so much better in their second innings. Almost scored more already than the previous 2 innings put together!

DaveC · November 13, 2011, 12:00:32 pm

Something of a shocking footnote to the Cape Town test, commentator & columnist Peter Roebuck has apparently committed suicide!
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-11-13/roebuck-death-not-suspicious-police/3663634
A fine writer and an interesting and distinctive character, it is a sad loss.

RIP

BB · November 14, 2011, 12:57:58 am

Quote from: Grubes on November 11, 2011, 07:27:56 am

I see south africas second innings is starting better.

so whats happening? is the wicket just really shit? or are south africa and OZ just really shit?

Breakfast TV over here interviewed Tubby Taylor who said he wasnt making up excuses but it was all because they used the wrong roller. Apparently they used the light one and they should have used the heavy one.

lol gotta love em.

Jaspersharpe · November 14, 2011, 09:58:02 am

You should start an "Australian Sporting Excuses" thread. The subject is a goldmine.

Jaspersharpe · January 09, 2012, 03:19:04 pm

CATCH IT!

Grubes · January 25, 2012, 01:44:39 pm

Nice to see monty back in and getting wickets shame he got knocked for 6 off both his last to balls of the day. Not a bad first day for England could be better like

Also for those interest and have not seen it yet tickets are on sale for the ODI and test at headingley http://www.yorkshireccc.com/tickets/s/5
Nice to see a test at yorkshire again I hope the ashes makes it back there at some point