There's so many characters in the sport of cricket, and their stories deserve their own thread. I was going to post a video of Kerry O'Keefe's funniest moments, but instead opted for a funny telling of the legendary event that is David Boon sinking 52 cans of beer on the flight from Sydney to London. The teller is Dean Jones, probably my biggest hero when I was a lad (beside Dennis Lilley, Greg Chappell and Alan Border). I didn't realise that he was such a good story teller. I had the impression that he was a bit of a wanker in real life. Anyway, the story starts proper at about the 2 minute mark. Stay till the end for his funny story about the game they had to play the very next day after winning the Ashes for the first time in 17,000 years. . On stage there is his former captain, Alan Border (Captain Grumpy), fellow team mate Rodney Hogg, and I don't know who the guy on the far left is.
Future additions to this thread could include the day they released a pig onto the field of the Gabba(?) with Botham written on the side of it while Ian Botham the legendary English boor was batting, anything from Kerry O'Keefe and Rodney Hogg, and of course The 12th Man.
Sent from my penis using wankertalk. "The Western world is fucking awesome because of mostly white men" - DaveDodo007. "Socialized medicine is just exactly as morally defensible as gassing and cooking Jews" - Seth. Yes, he really did say that.. "Seth you are a boon to this community" - Cunt. "I am seriously thinking of going on a spree killing" - Svartalf.
"Oh look! Bazza nicked one to the boundary! Amazing, Baz. Why couldn't you do that before you were demoted to #7?"
Regional match at Baddeley Park, Cessnock in 2002. The backdraft kept sucking the bails off the stumps, so it was decided to continue play without them. Still, the proceedings came to a premature end when the flames started burning the outfield and the pitch began to emit wisps of steam. The umpire declared the game "burnt out".
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops. - Stephen J. Gould
Sent from my penis using wankertalk. "The Western world is fucking awesome because of mostly white men" - DaveDodo007. "Socialized medicine is just exactly as morally defensible as gassing and cooking Jews" - Seth. Yes, he really did say that.. "Seth you are a boon to this community" - Cunt. "I am seriously thinking of going on a spree killing" - Svartalf.
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops. - Stephen J. Gould
Sent from my penis using wankertalk. "The Western world is fucking awesome because of mostly white men" - DaveDodo007. "Socialized medicine is just exactly as morally defensible as gassing and cooking Jews" - Seth. Yes, he really did say that.. "Seth you are a boon to this community" - Cunt. "I am seriously thinking of going on a spree killing" - Svartalf.
Sent from my penis using wankertalk. "The Western world is fucking awesome because of mostly white men" - DaveDodo007. "Socialized medicine is just exactly as morally defensible as gassing and cooking Jews" - Seth. Yes, he really did say that.. "Seth you are a boon to this community" - Cunt. "I am seriously thinking of going on a spree killing" - Svartalf.
Animavore wrote:I went to a cricket match last Summer with a friend. I asked loads of questions, much to his chagrin. I came away understanding nothing.
rainbow wrote:The big mistake was introducing the game to Yorkshire in the mid 18th century.
Biggest mistake ever. Any such attempt should have been boycotted.
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops. - Stephen J. Gould
Rationalia relies on voluntary donations. There is no obligation of course, but if you value this place and want to see it continue please consider making a small donation towards the forum's running costs.
Details on how to do that can be found here. .
"It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice.
There are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia."
Frank Zappa
"This is how humanity ends; bickering over the irrelevant."
Clinton Huxley » 21 Jun 2012 » 14:10:36 GMT
. On stage there is his former captain, Alan Border (Captain Grumpy), fellow team mate Rodney Hogg, and I don't know who the guy on the far left is.
