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Post by Worthy4England » Mon Aug 03, 2009 6:15 pm

jimbo wrote:No doubt people will say that the rain robbed England in this one, but I believe the opposite is true. Had we been coming back tomorrow England would have to finish Aus off and then chase somewhere near 300. Brilliant batting from them today, and some horrible one dimensional bowling from Mr Broad and Mr Flintoff and one dimensional captaincy from Strauss. Never mind - with the Oval being the bowler's graveyard that it is, it seems to be all on the Headingly test. Roll on Friday!
Yeah I'm not in the we were robbed camp on this one...

We'd certainly have been chasing a significant total on the last day.
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Post by superjohnmcginlay » Thu Aug 06, 2009 10:26 am

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/8185339.stm

Miserable bastards.
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Post by Athers » Thu Aug 06, 2009 4:20 pm

That West Stand at Headingley is hugely rowdy, great day out.
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Post by superjohnmcginlay » Thu Aug 06, 2009 4:54 pm

Athers wrote:That West Stand at Headingley is hugely rowdy, great day out.
Oh aye. Ive been pissed up there many a time. The bastards always take away our beer snakes.
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Post by William the White » Thu Aug 06, 2009 5:25 pm

superjohnmcginlay wrote:
Athers wrote:That West Stand at Headingley is hugely rowdy, great day out.
Oh aye. Ive been pissed up there many a time. The bastards always take away our beer snakes.
went there once in the 80s when we were playing west indies and getting the traditional toasting of those years... that west stand, when pissed, had more racists than a national front meeting... i never went again...

the abuse was routinely dealt with by an innings victory by the 'racial inferiors' ...
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Post by officer_dibble » Thu Aug 06, 2009 6:02 pm

West Stand was mental for the Lancs 20/20 I went to this year, about 12 pitch invasions, brawls about beer snakes (when the inevitable happened). Hope its a good atmosphere rather than stupid.
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Post by Athers » Thu Aug 06, 2009 6:07 pm

Went when played the Windies the other year, don't recall any racism, but when I was there a beer snake was described thus on the BBC text
1734 - WI 137-8: Huge cheers in the stands as two separate pint pot snakes come together in glorious unison to form one enormo behemoth. There's a third snake working its way round too - if that joins up too, we'll have one about 50 metres long. Yup - there it is...
It's all fun and games, and at £3 a pint pot I'm sure Yorkshire CCC weren't too worried. Was all good natured, didn't see any scraps.
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Post by Worthy4England » Thu Aug 06, 2009 10:08 pm

I think you have to bear in mind the general Yorkshire mentality too. They didn't allow anyone born outside Yorkshire to play cricket for them until 1992. (Although I think a couple slipped through the net over the years)...
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Post by Worthy4England » Fri Aug 07, 2009 9:52 am

Freddie looking doubtful....
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Post by superjohnmcginlay » Fri Aug 07, 2009 9:59 am

He's a bit more than doubtful:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket ... 186730.stm
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Post by thebish » Fri Aug 07, 2009 10:06 am

superjohnmcginlay wrote:He's a bit more than doubtful:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket ... 186730.stm

and now Matt Prior has hobbled off with a back injury - Collingwood has the gloves at the moment... (catching practice)
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Post by Tombwfc » Fri Aug 07, 2009 10:52 am

Strauss
Cook
Bopara
Bell
Collingwood
Prior
Broad
Swann
Harmison
Jimmy
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Wow, that is one weak batting line-up. And I still break out in a cold sweat any time I see Stuart Clark after '07.
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Post by thebish » Fri Aug 07, 2009 11:28 am

bollox - go out with the dog - come back and it's already 16 for 2
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Post by Bruno » Fri Aug 07, 2009 11:29 am

Great catch *applauds*
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Post by TANGODANCER » Fri Aug 07, 2009 11:35 am

Exciting stuff. Wonderful start. 2 wickets gone for only sixteen runs. Get in there lads........oh, wait a minute... :shock:
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Post by superjohnmcginlay » Fri Aug 07, 2009 11:40 am

Bopora. Is he really a cricket player? Or are we just having a laugh?
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Post by BWFC_Insane » Fri Aug 07, 2009 11:40 am

Tombwfc wrote:Strauss
Cook
Bopara
Bell
Collingwood
Prior
Broad
Swann
Harmison
Jimmy
Onions

Wow, that is one weak batting line-up. And I still break out in a cold sweat any time I see Stuart Clark after '07.
Interesting they didn't pick Lee.

Broad is in because he can bat a bit and for no other reason.

Looks like it could depend on who can bat the least shit. And that means we're fooked!
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Post by thebish » Fri Aug 07, 2009 12:10 pm

BWFC_Insane wrote:
Tombwfc wrote:Strauss
Cook
Bopara
Bell
Collingwood
Prior
Broad
Swann
Harmison
Jimmy
Onions

Wow, that is one weak batting line-up. And I still break out in a cold sweat any time I see Stuart Clark after '07.
Interesting they didn't pick Lee.

Broad is in because he can bat a bit and for no other reason.

Looks like it could depend on who can bat the least shit. And that means we're fooked!
just as bloody well - 39 for fecking three...
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Post by Tombwfc » Fri Aug 07, 2009 12:18 pm

What a shambles for a start.

Six batsmen - two abysmally out of form, an inconsistent Cook, Brigadier Block, a crippled wicketkeeper and then the Captain.

Who the feck picked that?

On the upside, we've got better bowlers and so should take wickets. Happen it'll be too late if we're 200 AO.
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Post by superjohnmcginlay » Fri Aug 07, 2009 12:24 pm

Im not overly optimistic that we're gonna make 200.
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