The Cricket Thread: Second Innings

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Re: The Cricket Thread: Second Innings

Post by JimC » Sun Nov 24, 2013 4:29 am

England made a pretty good fight of it so far in their second innings. Currently 4/142, with a rain delay, but play is expected to resume...
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Re: The Cricket Thread: Second Innings

Post by JimC » Sun Nov 24, 2013 6:54 am

A big haul of wickets after the rain delay.

England now 8 for 160

Another rain delay followed, but there is a chance for 30 minutes of play or so, to put the poms out of their misery...
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Re: The Cricket Thread: Second Innings

Post by Hermit » Sun Nov 24, 2013 9:43 am

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Xamonas Chegwé wrote:Surprised there's no comment from Jim or anyone. :tea:
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Re: The Cricket Thread: Second Innings

Post by JimC » Sun Nov 24, 2013 8:21 pm

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Post by Jason » Sun Nov 24, 2013 8:25 pm

Send another one over?

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Post by klr » Sun Nov 24, 2013 10:42 pm

An English double collapse when you least expected it ... well I never. :whistle:
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Re: The Cricket Thread: Second Innings

Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Mon Nov 25, 2013 12:07 am

Nice to see the Australians winning with good grace... :roll:


FFS, you'd think you'd won a series the way you're carrying on. Still a few more games to go. :tea:
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Re: The Cricket Thread: Second Innings

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Xamonas Chegwé wrote:FFS, you'd think you'd won a series the way you're carrying on.
...And you crowed with each of the first wickets that fell on the first day of the first test as if the poms had as good as won this series. :hehe:
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Re: The Cricket Thread: Second Innings

Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Tue Nov 26, 2013 3:46 pm

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Xamonas Chegwé wrote:FFS, you'd think you'd won a series the way you're carrying on.
...And you crowed with each of the first wickets that fell on the first day of the first test as if the poms had as good as won this series. :hehe:
I was referring to the Australian team mostly. Crowing from fans is fine - and expected. Some of the comments (by David Warner especially - and for which he has since apologised) were way beyond the pale.
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Re: The Cricket Thread: Second Innings

Post by Hermit » Tue Nov 26, 2013 7:49 pm

Xamonas Chegwé wrote:
Hermit wrote:
Xamonas Chegwé wrote:FFS, you'd think you'd won a series the way you're carrying on.
...And you crowed with each of the first wickets that fell on the first day of the first test as if the poms had as good as won this series. :hehe:
I was referring to the Australian team mostly. Crowing from fans is fine - and expected. Some of the comments (by David Warner especially - and for which he has since apologised) were way beyond the pale.
Ah, yes. Warner's comment was bullying, immature and unnecessary.
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Re: The Cricket Thread: Second Innings

Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Wed Nov 27, 2013 12:46 am

Hermit wrote:
Xamonas Chegwé wrote:
Hermit wrote:
Xamonas Chegwé wrote:FFS, you'd think you'd won a series the way you're carrying on.
...And you crowed with each of the first wickets that fell on the first day of the first test as if the poms had as good as won this series. :hehe:
I was referring to the Australian team mostly. Crowing from fans is fine - and expected. Some of the comments (by David Warner especially - and for which he has since apologised) were way beyond the pale.
Ah, yes. Warner's comment was bullying, immature and unnecessary.
Somebody should punch him... :shifty:
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Re: The Cricket Thread: Second Innings

Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Thu Dec 05, 2013 1:52 am

What's with all this rain? :lay:

We have an excuse. We live on a tiny island subject to many meteorological vagaries. You live on a fucking continent, parts of which have not seen rain since the Eocine! Surely you can site your pitches a tad better? :tea:
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Re: The Cricket Thread: Second Innings

Post by JimC » Thu Dec 05, 2013 2:05 am

Xamonas Chegwé wrote:What's with all this rain? :lay:

We have an excuse. We live on a tiny island subject to many meteorological vagaries. You live on a fucking continent, parts of which have not seen rain since the Eocine! Surely you can site your pitches a tad better? :tea:
Now you can see for yourself:

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR643.loop.shtml#skip

It's been raining on and off in Melbourne, too. It is a bit unusual for this time of year - typically, hot and sunny for days at a time, interrupted by occasional thunder storms...
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Re: The Cricket Thread: Second Innings

Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Thu Dec 05, 2013 5:26 am

Ooh, a mini-collapse. Just as I was thinking things were looking bleak Englandwise. Long way to go yet though...
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Re: The Cricket Thread: Second Innings

Post by JimC » Fri Dec 06, 2013 3:16 am

Currently 5 for 415...

Mini-collapse repaired...

The question will be when to declare... :zilla:
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