faraway saint Posted January 4, 2014 Report Share Posted January 4, 2014 You have more posts on this thread than anyone, from the Gabba to the SCG you've been there sounding bemused and bereft of understanding. I've tried to instruct you on the rhythm and romance of the game and this is classic Test Match cricket with one team imposing it's will on and then finally breaking the spirit of the other. Then there's the pan-dimensional aspect of the game and current series which even as I type will be receiving intense scrutiny from in distant galaxies - who knows there's probably an alternate universe where England are winning - nah that's just too far-fetched. I'm confused, when does it go to penalties? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscar Posted January 4, 2014 Report Share Posted January 4, 2014 England getting pumped again. 155 all out. Test nearly all over in 2 days!!! Aussies already over 300 ahead. England no chance :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted January 4, 2014 Report Share Posted January 4, 2014 (edited) Finished my night shift stint but I'm staying up late with a few cans of cider to listen to TMS - excellent! Kevin Pietersen on before Borthwick this morning - Harkinesque! Lunch Down Under - bedtime for me. Australia 248/7 (108/3 off 27 overs in this session). Almost nonchalant cricket from Australia who know they'll be able to polish England off easily when it's their turn to bowl. England already require 419 runs which is more than any team has made in a Fourth Innings to win a Test Match and England don't look like a team capable of rewriting the record books. The perils of being an early riser, it's all over - Australia win 5-0 England bowled out in the Second Innings in 31.4 overs. Factoids - Australia only fourth team to go through an Ashes series unchanged. England lose all 100 wickets for first time in 5 match series. Edited January 5, 2014 by Bud the Baker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscar Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 They think it's all over.........it is now. AUSTRALIA 5 ENGLAND 0 :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 They think it's all over.........it is now. AUSTRALIA 5 ENGLAND 0 :-) Brilliant, close this pish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Brilliant, close this pish. Not at all, there's the One-Dayers, the T20's and then in the summer we have India & Ceylon touring plus these's the IPL & I like to throw in the odd post (occasional & peculiar) about the West Indies. I don't like cricket, I love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barney Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 They think it's all over.........it is now. AUSTRALIA 5 ENGLAND 0 :-) what a very happy last month that has been! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Dear oh dear - don't let shull read this! Alastair Cook's Ashes warriors take off for Australia tomorrow night with English cricket’s first salary millionaires on board. Skipper Cook heads for Heathrow with 11 core players, including Kevin Pietersen, having signed 12-month central contracts which finally gives them wage parity with their Aussie counterparts. Experienced players on the top band of the Lord’s pay scale who play Tests, one-day internationals and Twenty20 will be nudging £1 million-a-year under the incremental agreement which will run until October 2019. Well that certainly incentivized (horrible word) 'em! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Dear oh dear - don't let shull read this! Well that certainly incentivized (horrible word) 'em! No wonder they get stressed, counting all that money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Under the Southern Cross I Stand A sprig of wattle in my hand, A native of my native land, Australia you little beauty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seaside Nipper Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Whitewash ........ Shambles of a series. Feel sorry for the genuine barmy army that travelled for that circus. As for the players, shameful and shambolic. A jolly down under.........and one retires and one gets stressed........there's the problem right there. Weakness and lack of backbone and focus. Some of them Millionaire's in the making , but lacking any heart or dig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Whitewash ........ Shambles of a series. Feel sorry for the genuine barmy army that travelled for that circus. As for the players, shameful and shambolic. A jolly down under.........and one retires and one gets stressed........there's the problem right there. Weakness and lack of backbone and focus. Some of them Millionaire's in the making , but lacking any heart or dig. A mate of mines attended the 4th "match" and said the England supporters hardly give a fcuk, it's only lone drunken holiday. Winning or losing isn't THE be all and end all. Suppose you'd need to be pished sitting watching that mince all day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 (edited) A mate of mines attended the 4th "match" and said the England supporters hardly give a fcuk, it's only lone drunken holiday. Winning or losing isn't THE be all and end all. Suppose you'd need to be pished sitting watching that mince all day. You wouldn't have enjoyed this match then.................... England 316 and 654 for 5 (Edrich 219, Hammond 140, Gibb 120, Paynter 75, Hutton 55) drew with South Africa 530 and 481 Scorecard Preparing the pitch at the start of the tenth and final day © Cricinfo Enlarge After ten days and some 46 hours of cricket, the Timeless Test ended in the one result that few would have thought possible - a draw. The sad thing was that when rain came as the players headed off for tea, the match was at its most tantalising with England, who finished within 42 runs of victory with five wickets in hand, firmly in the driving seat. It was clear from the start this would have to be the final day if the tour party were to be bale to undertake the 1000-mile train journey to Cape Town in time to catch their boat home on March 17. There was the added worry that rain was forecast, making the 200 runs still needed by England a difficult proposition. South Africa, whose fielding throughout has been excellent, kept England in check in the first hour when only 39 runs were scored. Norman Gordon, who had bowled without luck, was particularly effective at limiting runs with a leg-stump line, and it was only in the second half of the session that Wally Hammond and Eddie Paynter were able to up the tempo. They took every run on offer without taking risks, and Hammond farmed the strike to good effect. The South Africans visibly wilted and heads dropped. Alan Melville persevered with his pace attack for much of the day, as much to eat into the time available as anything. England's target had fallen under 100 when Paynter was well caught low down by the wicketkeeper off Gordon - his first wicket of the match - but by now the weather was closing in. Hammond kept attacking in between two brief interruptions for rain, until, chasing quick runs, he danced down the pitch to try to loft Eric Dalton back over his head and was stumped. His innings has lasted almost six hours and yet contained only seven fours. His attitude appeared to be that if he stayed, England would win. The runs would come as a consequence, and he was outstanding at placing the ball for the single. Les Ames was equally cavalier as the clouds darkened, Bryan Valentine should have been stumped off his first ball when he too was beaten by Dalton, and as the players headed off for tea, the heavens opened. The rain eased off after the interval but as the players trooped back down the pavilion steps, it started pouring again. This time there was little chance of a resumption. The captains consulted and, for a time, it seemed as if the MCC management and South African board were considering extending the game to the Wednesday lunchtime, what would have been the 11th day. There was even talk that the squad could go on and leave the two not-out batsmen and the four yet to bat behind to play on, or even that a plane could be chartered to replace the train. But England had to be on the train leaving Durban at 8.05pm in order to catch the Athlone Castle and so the game had to be abandoned as a draw. A draw was agreed after 12 days, 10 playing and 2 rest days, that's cricket for ya - a real man's game. Edited January 5, 2014 by Bud the Baker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 You wouldn't have enjoyed this match then.................... You do know I didn't even attempt to read that shite? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendo Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 They think it's all over.........it is now. AUSTRALIA 5 ENGLAND 0 :-) Only 5-0 I thought that both teams would score hundreds and hundreds of runs. To win 5-0 sound like it was a low scoring game. England's batters must be hopeless to score 0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendo Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 (edited) You do know I didn't even attempt to read that shite? :lolIt's obvious you didn't go to private school like most on here. Edited January 5, 2014 by Kendo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendo Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 (edited) Oops Edited January 5, 2014 by Kendo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 Only 5-0 I thought that both teams would score hundreds and hundreds of runs. To win 5-0 sound like it was a low scoring game. England's batters must be hopeless to score 0. You're funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 (edited) England Team Director Andy Flower has been told he must stand down from his current role. http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/story/714429.html Edited January 31, 2014 by Bud the Baker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 England Team Director Andy Flower has been told he must stand down from his current role. http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/story/714429.html Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Where have all the Flowers gone? Long time passing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Hughes in BlueSuedeShoes Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 I would just like to point out that I have absolutely no interest in cricket whatsoever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 I would just like to point out that I have absolutely no interest in cricket whatsoever. Boo, give it a chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Hughes in BlueSuedeShoes Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 Boo, give it a chance. I HAVE given it a chance and my name is not Boo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted February 13, 2014 Report Share Posted February 13, 2014 (edited) Moving off topic Australia finished Day 1 of their Test against South Africa on 297/4 with Shaun Marsh called up from The Big Bash making 146 and counting not bad for a 30-y-o with a Test Average of under 30 prior to this Test - can't wait to see how Saffers bat without Jacqes Kallis............. Meanwhile to return to the vanquished they have sacked their best player, demoted their coach and Cap'n Cook is taking a time out! *********************************** Australia collapse a bit from 331-4 to 397 all out. Brad Haddin out for a duck after his red hot streak in The Ashes. Enter Mad Mitch........... 1.4 Johnson to Smith, OUT, ripsnorting short ball, Smith in all sorts of trouble - gone! Johnson packed his jalapeños, as SK Warne would say, bringing the pace and bounce of his Ashes barrage across the Indian Ocean. It was slung down at about 143kph, got BIG on Biff very quickly and he was too late in trying to evade, clattered into the bat handle and flew over the cordon, Marsh did really well to take the catch running, tumbling back GC Smith c Marsh b Johnson 10 (8b 2x4 0x6) SR: 125.00 Yeehaw.................. Followed by 5.3 Johnson to Petersen, OUT, oh no, Alviro, what have you done?! Short and slightly wide and Petersen feathers a nick behind trying to cut! No obligation to play, probably wasn't quite enough room for the shot and Johnson's pace does for another, just a scrape and Haddin grabs it, punches the air in familiar fashion. That's what happens when you're stuck on the back foot, clenching like nobody's business AN Petersen c †Haddin b Johnson 2 (12b 0x4 0x6) SR: 16.66 next 7.1 Johnson to du Plessis, OUT, and another! This is brutal from Johnson - 151kph! Du Plessis had no idea, the ball reared at him from short of a length, it wasn't a full-on bouncer, and all he could do was spar at it with his gloves in front of his face and the ball flew off the shoulder of bat to second slip. Fabulous, breathtaking fast bowling. F du Plessis c Clarke b Johnson 3 (5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 60.00 Edited February 13, 2014 by Bud the Baker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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