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 All beer a bargain £4.40 per pint plus a £1 refundable deposit on return of the plastic "glass". That was the size of the queue at 10:45 AM. By mid-afternoon it was massive and a 15 minute wait was more likely to occur. Couldn’t be arsed with it myself.  We took up our seats in the morning on the lower deck of the two storey County Durham Stand to the left of the floodlight. However any limited sunlight was blocked out by the upper deck and the wall at the rear of the stand was partially open which allowed a freezing breeze through. So after freezing our bollocks off during the morning session, after lunch we moved to the North East Terrace where there were empty seats. There was little or no breeze here and when the sun came out it was quite pleasant. In fact, got a bit of sunburn.   Sliding stop by Moheen Ali who was King for the day after scoring 155 not out.  Long jet black silky hair, is that a puying? Probably not.  Quick look at the old scoreboard. Yes Sri Lanka are still being pissed on.  |
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He might get his 10,000 today
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Great photo Reg. They almost got a full days play in so all was not lost. SL played well Following On showing they may put up a better show at Lords. Hopefully. I think SL have severely underperformed and have more been done over by the bowling conditions that have been brilliantly exploited by England’s seamers, especially Anderson. As a result they lost confidence and their entire game just went to shit. |
Nice one Reg :tiphat:
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I'd almost given up on seeing much cricket but nearly got full day out of it got to meet captain cook (he will probably write on his memoirs that some northern monkey he met on the pavilion steps spurred him on to get his 10,000 test runs)
Big thanks to Jake and his mate George for putting up with me and getting me right on the steps of the pavilion :thumbsup: Cooky en route to 10,000 runs  |
So it's Cooky now is it?
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You can ask jake Wasn't sure how to get his attention so I shouted oi cooky any chance of a photo and he said "yes no bother mate " he said it not me dancing |
I thought you might have used the Abbo Gaz approach.
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Whoops I got that all wrong England do go to the sub-continent this year to play Tests against India and Bangladesh. India play some Tests against the Windies next month as well. The ICC are SLOWLY updating their website. Amazingly they have dates on their website for ODIs in June 2017 yet nothing on the upcoming English tour to India And Glenn McGrath reckons Anderson will go past his total of Test wickets Anderson Can Beat my Record :toot: |
I tried looking up stats to see how many wickets Anderson has took outside England but couldn’t find any. My gut feeling is that he takes way more wickets in England than abroad, as the conditions, unsurprisingly, suit him.
So to me it’s difficult to predict, barring injuries, how many wickets he could end up with. Great watching him bowl though when the ball swings/seams. Unplayable. |
Another ODI series win to the Aussies. :yay:
Gee the Poms are in for a busy schedule. After they finish playing Sri Lanka, they have Tests, ODIs and T20 against Pakistan which takes them to the 7th Sept. After that, on Sept 30 they arrive in Bangladesh for a month tour of 3 ODIs and 2 Tests. After that it is a full blown tour of India in early November. I hope they like curries!! It will be an arduous tour Hard to believe that the Bangladesh tour was only announced yesterday with only tentative dates and it is only 3 months away. No dates for the Indian tour yet either. Bangladesh Tour Australia's tours and playing dates are usually announced nearly a year in advance. speed_eek |
Won't see much action if the weather doesn't sort itself out
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I'm a fucking retard. Sat in a pub in Cardiff wondering where all the people just turned up from when I realised I had the date wrong. Had tickets for me, my dad and the missus for the match today but thought it was next week. Bollocks :kickcan:
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I was thinking of getting a train to Southampton to watch it mate good job I went to work today or I'd have had a boring day on the south coast , could have swore it said Southampton on the tv yesterday
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I'm blaming the football. I can't concentrate on other sports at the minute.
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Watched it for an hour or so through Star Sports India last night. Now I know why I could not see you in the crowd. dancing Always easy to see Reg these days now that he has his new best mate Cooky. Soon he will be up on the balcony with the whole team and that traitor Bayliss :crosstorture: swapping "war stories" and swigging on a bottle of cider. :unionjack: |
Bazza Alistair cook since meeting me has became the youngest player to score 10,000 test runs and got a CBE from the queen I hope he remembers these facts
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Look at these two bastards
Look at the smug look on Jone's face :angry: Shoot Bayliss as well for wearing the 3 Lions :2guns:  :kenny::kenny::kenny: |
Ancestry is a wonderful thing , jones is probably related to Gonzo down the line you need some abbo's in your team bazzap
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Can't see why we can't be number 1 for the rest of the year after the final test against Pakistan then beating India down there
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You have to beat Bangladesh first in their own patch. Not as easy as you may think. You could always do what Australia did and cancel for "security reasons". The way we play on the sub-continent it might have been a good call. How the fuck does India get 13 Tests in a home season? The most England and Australia get is 6 Tests in a home season. Money talks I suppose Years ago they sent Bangladesh to Australia in the off season and played Tests in North Queensland and the Northern Territory. After embarrassingly easy results to Australia, that was never tried again. :toot: |
Sure I read that there was still doubts about the Bangladesh tour
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Racism is still alive in South African cricket.
CSA sets selection targets for national teams Quotas for SA Cricket 45 years ago they were kicked out of international cricket. Betcha fuck all happens now though Looks like the Poms might get a few more players coming their way. They rarely come to Australia though. Not good enough. :jump::jump::jump: |
Well unless they only select a “coloured” team for low ranking fixtures and then pick players based on solely ability for the real competitive stuff SA cricket will suffer. Which is a pity as they produce good cricketers and should have a strong presence at International level.
I remember a few years back and SA were going on a tour to Oz. Bowler Charles Langeveldt (classed as coloured) hadn’t made the Training Camp held in SA before selecting the squad to tour. The squad was then selected but later reviewed owing to injuries to some players. The final squad was selected and all the players were white, so the SA Sport Minister intervened and ordered at least one coloured player to be added. Langeveldt was told he would be selected so he promptly retired from International cricket as he believed SA sportsman should only be selected on ability not colour or race. A young inexperienced “coloured” batsman went instead and had the piss absolutely ripped out of him by Warne and Co in every game he played. Watched an interview with former SA Captain Graham Smith and he was asked if SA could ever field an International team of only white cricketers. He just burst out laughing then added “No” at the end. Says it all really. |
Question for the Convicts. Gillespie is leaving Yorkshire (can't blame him for that) and returning home to the Penal Colony. Is he being lined up to be the next Oz Head Coach?
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Yes. That is what I meant about Langer being next in line. He has already been in charge on overseas tours while Lehman was having a break |
Watched most of the England v. Pakistan T20 game on Wednesday night. Don’t know if anybody else watched but it was played at Old Trafford, Manchester. I would guesstimate the capacity crowd comprised of at least 75% Pakistan supporters. Amazing support for an away game. :thumbup1:
It must have cost them a mint just to travel for the 1 game and the airlines would have had to put extra flights on to cope with the big increase in passengers. There again maybe not. Perhaps just a little insight as to what the future holds for the UK. :confused1: :paranoid: |
Aw geezus!!! We've had "The Chucker" Now we have a Rhodesian Pom telling us how to bat
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Just goes to show how bad you've become Bazza word is it was a toss up between graham hick and coco the clown
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Although Hick has impressive FC stats he is generally considered to be a failure at Test level as he never came anywhere close to producing the same form. You need mental toughness to be successful at Test level and Hick’s Test stats indicate he couldn’t hack it.
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Sounds like Matthews has made Dean Jones’s epic innings into a pissing contest. Pity really.
Reading articles like that always puts me off ever going to India. Although it was 30 years ago a mate of mine (who is forced to go there by his employer) reckons it’s still an absolute shithole, but over time some parts have improved. |
MHN Walker
The Bagman put a comment in the Shout Box that old Max had passed on. Well I thought Max was worth a post on. I remember Max bowling in an Ashes Series in England, him being first change with Lillee and Tommo opening the bowling. He had a very odd bowling action that nobody could ever be coached or even advised to adopt. But I have never seen any bowler seam/swing the ball as much as Max could. Every single ball he bowled did something.
I was a young lad at the time and was completely mesmerised by every delivery. Inswinging leg cutters, outswinging off cutters, Max was just about unplayable. Maybe his bowling technique was more suited to England conditions but he could certainly make the ball talk. Don’t think Max quite got the recognition he deserved playing second fiddle to Lillee and Tommo but he was definitely a class act.:bravo: |
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