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Title: On winning the cricket…
Post by: Barman on December 01, 2007, 07:30:41 AM
I don’t suppose…?  rubschin:
Title: Re: On winning the cricket…
Post by: Snoopy on December 01, 2007, 10:19:27 AM
It's only Sri Lanka ........ 182 for 8 at the moment when it was 42 for 5 earlier ~ hardly showing the killer instinct needed are we. ::)
Title: Re: On winning the cricket…
Post by: Barman on December 01, 2007, 10:22:32 AM
It's only Shri Lanka ........ 182 for 8 at the moment when it was 42 for 5 earlier ~ hardly showing the killer instinct needed are we. ::)
Nope... I posted when it was 42 for 5...  ::)
Title: Re: On winning the cricket…
Post by: Snoopy on December 01, 2007, 10:27:09 AM
Never count your bails before they fall  ;)
Title: Re: On winning the cricket…
Post by: Barman on December 01, 2007, 10:29:13 AM
Never count your bails before they fall  ;)
Indeed...  noooo:
Title: Re: On winning the cricket…
Post by: Snoopy on December 01, 2007, 02:52:24 PM
Sri Lanka 188 all out.
England batting are 40 for 1 (Cook out for a duck)
Play stopped for bad light 10 overs short of a full day.
Title: Re: On winning the cricket…
Post by: Barman on December 01, 2007, 03:09:52 PM
Full of confidence tomorrow I reckon 135 all out and red faces all round…  whistle:
Title: Re: On winning the cricket…
Post by: Snoopy on December 01, 2007, 03:35:41 PM
I fear you may be right.  tunble:
Title: Re: On winning the cricket…
Post by: Snoopy on December 02, 2007, 01:29:48 PM
After Lunch on the second day ~ Rain has stopped play for the day~ we are still two runs short of the Sri Lankan total and we have lost all but one of our main batsmen...... Only two more days of rain can ensure this match reaches the fifth day.  ::)
Title: Re: On winning the cricket…
Post by: Barman on December 02, 2007, 02:46:27 PM
 cussing:
Title: Re: On winning the cricket…
Post by: Nick on December 02, 2007, 09:03:54 PM
Wot cricket? rubschin:
Title: Re: On winning the cricket…
Post by: Barman on December 03, 2007, 01:07:23 PM
Wot cricket? rubschin:
The big England Cyprus match...
Title: Re: On winning the cricket…
Post by: Snoopy on December 03, 2007, 01:09:10 PM
 Banghead
Title: Re: On winning the cricket…
Post by: Snoopy on December 05, 2007, 10:23:42 AM
England need 123 to win (122 to tie) have four wickets remaining and 1 hour 37 mins to survive until close of play for a draw
Title: Re: On winning the cricket…
Post by: Barman on December 05, 2007, 10:24:31 AM
England need 123 to win (122 to tie) have four wickets remaining and 1 hour 37 mins to survive until close of play for a draw
They can still lose if they try...  whistle:
Title: Re: On winning the cricket…
Post by: Snoopy on December 05, 2007, 10:27:47 AM
I do believe you are going native ~ where's that good old British phlegm?

















I know ~ on Wenchy's chest  ::)
Title: Re: On winning the cricket…
Post by: Barman on December 05, 2007, 10:30:40 AM
I do believe you are going native ~ where's that good old British phlegm?



I know ~ on Wenchy's chest  ::)
Sorry...  redface:
Title: Re: On winning the cricket…
Post by: Snoopy on December 05, 2007, 10:52:09 AM
We've lost another wicket .... just under an hour to go (depending on the light) and three wickets left ... Can we hang on? Do we care?
Title: Re: On winning the cricket…
Post by: Barman on December 05, 2007, 10:53:11 AM
We've lost another wicket .... just under an hour to go (depending on the light) and three wickets left ... Can we hang on? Do we care?
Do you have any rain you can send over?  rubschin:
Title: Re: On winning the cricket…
Post by: Snoopy on December 05, 2007, 10:54:08 AM
Nope ~ Blue skies and sunshine in North Wales at the moment
Title: Re: On winning the cricket…
Post by: Barman on December 05, 2007, 10:56:26 AM
Nope ~ Blue skies and sunshine in North Wales at the moment
It's pissing down here but I'm not sure we can spare it - not for the cricket anyway...  noooo:
Title: Re: On winning the cricket…
Post by: Snoopy on December 05, 2007, 10:58:33 AM
Another wicket down ~ Bell this time ... the last of the batsmen.... we now depend on the bowlers keeping it going to close of play.
Title: Re: On winning the cricket…
Post by: Barman on December 05, 2007, 11:02:40 AM
Another wicket down ~ Bell this time ... the last of the batsmen.... we now depend on the bowlers keeping it going to close of play.
noooo:
Title: Re: On winning the cricket…
Post by: Snoopy on December 05, 2007, 11:05:39 AM
Sidebottom and Hoggard are at the crease .... all to play for.
Title: Re: On winning the cricket…
Post by: Snoopy on December 05, 2007, 11:11:48 AM
The light is going and S & H are still there.

Quote
There's a breathless hush in the Close to-night --
Ten to make and the match to win --
A bumping pitch and a blinding light,
An hour to play and the last man in.
And it's not for the sake of a ribboned coat,
Or the selfish hope of a season's fame,
But his Captain's hand on his shoulder smote
"Play up! play up! and play the game!"
Title: Re: On winning the cricket…
Post by: Snoopy on December 05, 2007, 11:15:06 AM
Arrgh! Sidebottom is OUT ~ commentators are agreed he wuz robbed by a bad umpiring decision.
Hoggard needs a runner 'cos he is injured.
Panesar takes guard.

 scared2:
Title: Re: On winning the cricket…
Post by: Barman on December 05, 2007, 11:24:04 AM
 scared2:
Title: Re: On winning the cricket…
Post by: Snoopy on December 05, 2007, 11:25:57 AM
10 overs left ~ one wicket in hand and 90 needed to win.
Title: Re: On winning the cricket…
Post by: Snoopy on December 05, 2007, 11:28:06 AM
Hoggard is OUT!

Sri Lanka Win by 88 runs

 cussing: cussing: cussing: cussing: cussing: Banghead Banghead Banghead Banghead
Title: Re: On winning the cricket…
Post by: Barman on December 05, 2007, 11:42:05 AM
Wankers! (https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.freesmileys.org%2Fsmileys%2Fangry039.gif&hash=bd74ecd522c17cc8c3d4769abb1539470cbaa76a) (http://www.freesmileys.org)
Title: Re: On winning the cricket…
Post by: Snoopy on December 08, 2007, 11:59:51 AM
All starts again this week ~ Hoggard is out with a back injury .... wondr who will replace him and ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ do I care?
Title: Re: On winning the cricket…
Post by: Barman on December 08, 2007, 01:03:48 PM
All starts again this week ~ Hoggard is out with a back injury .... wondr who will replace him and ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ do I care?
I won't be getting my hopes up...  noooo:
Title: Re: On winning the cricket…
Post by: Snoopy on December 09, 2007, 02:18:11 PM
End of day one ~ another disaster in the making  evil:
Title: Re: On winning the cricket…
Post by: Barman on December 09, 2007, 02:21:18 PM
 evil:
Title: Re: On winning the cricket…
Post by: Snoopy on December 09, 2007, 02:40:14 PM
Batsman     Status                             Ru     Mi     Ba     4s     6s
AN Cook    lbw b SL Malinga                 81    -    234     8          0
MP Vaughan    c J Mubarak b M Muralitharan  87    163  139   12         0
IR Bell    c J Mubarak b M Muralitharan       15         82     62       1        0
KP Pietersen    c KC Sangakkara b WPUJC Vaas 1     6    5     0        0
PD Collingwood    notout                                  49      -    76     7    0
RS Bopara    bowled b SL Malinga               0           -       1     0        0
MJ Prior    notout                                      10         -        12     1        0


Perhaps we do it on purpose just to show the world what good losers we are.
Title: Re: On winning the cricket…
Post by: Snoopy on December 10, 2007, 12:46:03 PM
We would seem to be heading for a draw. noooo:
Title: Re: On winning the cricket…
Post by: Snoopy on December 12, 2007, 10:46:22 AM
What a joke ~ this has to be a draw now.
Title: Re: On winning the cricket…
Post by: Snoopy on December 20, 2007, 01:56:46 PM
Third and thankfully final Test in Sri Lanka latest at close of play on day four out of five:

Sri Lanka 499-8dec; England 81 & 2-0

ALL OUT FOR 81?

FFS!

In future I think all references to English Cricket should be made in the Comedy Room. evil:
Title: Re: On winning the cricket…
Post by: Barman on December 20, 2007, 02:57:41 PM
Third and thankfully final Test in Sri Lanka latest at close of play on day four out of five:

Sri Lanka 499-8dec; England 81 & 2-0

ALL OUT FOR 81?

FFS!

In future I think all references to English Cricket should be made in the Comedy Room. evil:
I agree...

I heard it first thing this morning when they'd only thrown a couple of wickets away... didn't look good then... noooo:

Did the two teams bat on different wickets perchance?  rubschin:
Title: Re: On winning the cricket…
Post by: Darwins Selection on December 20, 2007, 03:02:38 PM
Did the two teams bat on different wickets perchance?  rubschin:
Different planets I think.
Title: Re: On winning the cricket…
Post by: Snoopy on December 20, 2007, 03:11:04 PM
Ravinder Singh Bopara
Mudhsuden Singh Panesar
Owais Alam Shah

PLUS
Two South Africans (Prior & Pieterson)

Hardly an "English" team at all ~ perhaps that's the reason tho' I thought the first three above might have been in there to make sure we played the same as the Sri Lankans.
Title: Re: On winning the cricket…
Post by: Barman on December 22, 2007, 08:55:46 AM
Quote from: BBC Web Site
0840: More than that, the covers are coming off. We're going to get more play here, you know. England are so bad they can't even get a match abandoned properly any more.


 happy001
Title: Re: On winning the cricket…
Post by: Snoopy on December 22, 2007, 09:28:43 AM
It's beyond parody  evil: