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| Author: | Cuddly1 [ Sat May 09, 2009 8:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Never mind F1, what about CRICKET? |
Is there no culture on this site?
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| Author: | Captain Fantastic [ Sun May 10, 2009 5:52 pm ] |
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I've tried getting the phillistines on here interested before, but I don't think any of them have an attention span long enough for a proper game of cricket! Impressive start to the summer with a comfortable win over the Windies, long may it continue. An Ashes summer is one of life's great pleasures (especially when the teams are quite evenly matched) and I expect to be spending many happy afternoons down the pub watching events unfold this summer! 
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| Author: | Cuddly1 [ Mon May 11, 2009 11:11 am ] |
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I've agonised long and hard about buying Ashes tickets (Egbaston) as I was a preferential customer but decided not to, thinking I'd do the same as you and spend the days when the matches are on at the pub. Got 2 tickets on e bay last night for the ODI at Headingley next week for £48.00 although test match cricket is my personal favourite. It better not bloody rain. It's good to see that at least one person on her has some class teehee 
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| Author: | Captain Fantastic [ Mon May 11, 2009 5:13 pm ] |
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Headingley is one of my favourite venues - used to work there as a steward for the test matches in my student days - got to watch cricket all day and get paid for the privilege! |
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| Author: | Cuddly1 [ Mon May 11, 2009 6:13 pm ] |
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I think, on balance, it is my favourite ground too. It's proximity to the shops and local bars etc for some decent lunchtime grub is unrivalled. Followed closely by Edgbaston where I was invited up into the TMS box in 2006 to meet Aggers, CMJ and the others who were commentating. Enjoyed Old Trafford too but mainly because I witnessed Harmy's demolition of Pakistan in 2006. |
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| Author: | Captain Fantastic [ Tue May 12, 2009 12:41 pm ] |
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I've never actually been to Edgbaston - that and The Oval are still on my "to do" list. Most impressive cricket ground I've ever been to is the MCG, have also visited the SCG and Adelaide Oval. One of my ambitions is to take in a test series in the Caribbean - some of the grounds there just look fantastic! |
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| Author: | Cuddly1 [ Tue May 12, 2009 3:37 pm ] |
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Presumably not the Recreation Ground Antigua though? Do stupid people deserve to get ripped off? The bidding on 4 tickets to Headingley next Thursday have been bid up to £155 on e bay with over 1 day to go on the auction. 4 tickets in the same stand are available direct from Headingley for £140. |
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| Author: | Captain Fantastic [ Fri May 15, 2009 10:49 am ] |
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Great start to the second test - good to see some of the top order hitting form ahead of The Ashes....looks like Bopara has nailed down that number 3 position. |
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| Author: | Cuddly1 [ Fri May 15, 2009 7:02 pm ] |
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Yes it was good to see him cement his position. No play today as it rained all day. How on earth did we ever invent the game of cricket in England? |
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| Author: | Captain Fantastic [ Sat May 16, 2009 12:13 pm ] |
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Chester-le-Street in May was always going to be a bit dodgy weather-wise! Hope we get some play today - maybe a chance for some aggressive captaincy from Strauss.... |
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| Author: | Cuddly1 [ Sat May 16, 2009 8:41 pm ] |
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Looking good now. 70/3 with (hopefully) 2 full days to bowl them out twice. |
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| Author: | Cuddly1 [ Sun May 17, 2009 8:01 pm ] |
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Woohoooooooooo Go boys. 94/3 in the second innings and a full day to go. |
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| Author: | Cuddly1 [ Mon May 18, 2009 7:49 pm ] |
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Whoohoo Go boys. Just need to rip through the convicts now and bring those Ashes home. |
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| Author: | Captain Fantastic [ Tue May 19, 2009 3:07 pm ] |
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Cracking performance - sets us up nicely for the summer. Batting order looking quite settled, but I'll be very interested to see what bowling attack we go with against the Aussies... |
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| Author: | Cuddly1 [ Tue May 19, 2009 8:49 pm ] |
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From what I'm reading on the cricket site I use (I just soak up the experts opinion) then we may well go with 2 spinners at Sophia Gardens as it's a pitch that has been turned to spin very nicely. Anderson has been brilliant in both innings of this match. |
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| Author: | Cuddly1 [ Fri May 22, 2009 10:59 am ] |
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What a wash out. At least I shall get a £70 refund on the tickets I paid £43 for off e bay. |
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| Author: | Captain Fantastic [ Fri May 22, 2009 11:14 am ] |
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 How long did you stick around for?
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| Author: | Cuddly1 [ Fri May 22, 2009 6:23 pm ] |
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Didn't even bother going all the way. Was on the M62 when TMS started on the radio and the way they were talking made me think play wasn't going to happen so we went to the Trafford Centre and I had a new skirt and top and sat in the car park eating our packed lunch. Finally decided to go home at 2.30 and it was the right decision as it was called off at 3. |
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| Author: | Captain Fantastic [ Sat May 23, 2009 11:05 am ] |
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Could have been worse then - I've sat in grounds for hours in the hope of seeing play a few times, and it's a shocknig way to spend a day! |
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| Author: | Cuddly1 [ Sun May 24, 2009 5:14 pm ] |
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Me too. Was at Edgbaston in 2006 when England were playing Sri Lanka in the test. Play didn't start until nearly 5 o'clock and we were soaked because there is virtually no shelter there. |
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| Author: | Cuddly1 [ Sun Jun 07, 2009 11:09 pm ] |
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Great match tonight. England redeemed themselves from Friday when they were a bigger embarrassment than Gordon Brown. |
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| Author: | tanny [ Mon Jun 08, 2009 8:32 am ] |
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Sorry I seem to have missed all the feedback about the cricket on friday. What actually happened, who were they playing when they were so cruelly humped by the Dutch. I hope each of the England players will be awarded a Dutch Cap. |
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| Author: | adfam [ Mon Jun 08, 2009 9:26 am ] |
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Hey - it's not all about England!! South Africa destroyed the mighty Scotland , although that Scot with the suspiciously South African-sounding name, Kyle Coetzer, made one of the best catches of all time! Can't wait till we play England !!Malc |
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| Author: | tanny [ Mon Jun 08, 2009 9:32 am ] |
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Malc, we conceed we are gash at cricket, after all its just big boys rounders!!! we stick to mens games like. Club the polis. Sheke doon the post office. Demolish the buckfast in 24 seconds. etc etc But good luck against the English. No on second thoughts save your luck for a hard team as the English will simply wither away before the mighty Sarf Efriga. |
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| Author: | tanny [ Mon Jun 08, 2009 9:33 am ] |
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ps where are you! Arentyou meant to be working...... |
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| Author: | Captain Fantastic [ Mon Jun 08, 2009 10:26 am ] |
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Cuddly1 wrote: Great match tonight. England redeemed themselves from Friday when they were a bigger embarrassment than Gordon Brown. I'm still not sure what Stuart Broad was thinking in that last over!  Good to see KP back and in form though, gives us a decent chance.... |
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| Author: | adfam [ Mon Jun 08, 2009 10:30 am ] |
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tanny wrote: ps where are you! Arentyou meant to be working...... In Best Western Hotel, Gatwick (great value, and much better than I expected, for future reference), just about to travel into London, but even now it's only 8:30 and I've been up since about 4:30! I thought I heard Sky Sports say we were playing England in the Super 8, so that should be fun!! |
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| Author: | Cuddly1 [ Mon Jun 08, 2009 11:03 am ] |
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Captain Fantastic wrote: Cuddly1 wrote: Great match tonight. England redeemed themselves from Friday when they were a bigger embarrassment than Gordon Brown. I'm still not sure what Stuart Broad was thinking in that last over! Good to see KP back and in form though, gives us a decent chance.... It was unbelievable. I felt like throttling him. I love watching KP. He makes matches really exciting to watch. |
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| Author: | Cuddly1 [ Mon Jun 08, 2009 11:45 am ] |
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adfam wrote: tanny wrote: ps where are you! Arentyou meant to be working...... In Best Western Hotel, Gatwick (great value, and much better than I expected, for future reference), just about to travel into London, but even now it's only 8:30 and I've been up since about 4:30! I thought I heard Sky Sports say we were playing England in the Super 8, so that should be fun!! This was puzzling me as we could still be either 1st or 2nd in the group but I have picked this up from a cricket site so it explains it. ........I thought so too, but was reading a fixture the other day and it said seedings are predetermined, if a minnow gets through they take the seeding of the team who misses out so if they all got through, SA, Aus, Eng and India are all in the same group and cant end up in the other....... Which is rather silly because you end up with one very tough group and one relatively easy group thus ensuring that one of the relative minnows gets through. |
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| Author: | Cuddly1 [ Mon Jun 08, 2009 7:16 pm ] |
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Well done to Ireland who send the Bangas crashing. |
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| Author: | Cuddly1 [ Mon Jun 08, 2009 8:48 pm ] |
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Convicts struggling now. Would be good to see SL win. |
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| Author: | Cuddly1 [ Mon Jun 08, 2009 10:46 pm ] |
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Hope that defeat doesn't fire them up for next month. Bye bye Aus tee hee |
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| Author: | Captain Fantastic [ Tue Jun 09, 2009 10:05 am ] |
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Always sad to see the Aussies taking a beating. 
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| Author: | Cuddly1 [ Wed Jun 10, 2009 11:19 am ] |
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Unfortunately I missed the look on Punter's face as Mubarak swatted Brett Lee for another 6. Apparently it was priceless. Tickets available at TB tomorrow for Ireland v NZ and England v SA at £45. Am trying to keep my hands in my pocket at the moment but it is an appealing prospect. |
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| Author: | Cuddly1 [ Thu Jun 11, 2009 8:28 pm ] |
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Nooooooooooooooooooo We're getting slaughtered. |
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| Author: | adfam [ Thu Jun 11, 2009 10:46 pm ] |
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Cuddly1 wrote: Nooooooooooooooooooo We're getting slaughtered. I'm saying nothing!!!
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| Author: | Cuddly1 [ Thu Jun 11, 2009 11:28 pm ] |
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Well in the end it turned out a lot closer than I thought it was going to but...........we were rubbish. I'm glad I didn't go. Congratulations to you adfam (said through gritted teeth) |
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| Author: | Captain Fantastic [ Fri Jun 12, 2009 9:25 am ] |
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Lowest 20/20 score ever for England I believe?  Never mind, I'm sure we'll beat India easily enough.... |
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| Author: | tanny [ Fri Jun 12, 2009 9:27 am ] |
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Quote: I'm sure we'll beat India easily enough Why have they also entered the world tiddly wink championships.
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| Author: | Cuddly1 [ Fri Jun 12, 2009 11:00 am ] |
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Captain Fantastic wrote: Lowest 20/20 score ever for England I believe? Never mind, I'm sure we'll beat India easily enough.... Pigs watered and ready to fly. |
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| Author: | Captain Fantastic [ Fri Jun 12, 2009 11:58 am ] |
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Cuddly1 wrote: Pigs watered and ready to fly. A pig flu? Couple of months ago I wouldn't have believed it, but these days who knows....
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| Author: | Cuddly1 [ Fri Jun 12, 2009 12:12 pm ] |
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For England to beat India we'll need a whole squadron of them. |
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| Author: | Cuddly1 [ Sun Jun 14, 2009 11:02 pm ] |
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Oh yes yes yes. Go England.
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| Author: | Captain Fantastic [ Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:19 am ] |
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See, told you we would be fine! Listened to this one on the radio last night - atmosphere sounded brilliant and the lads did really well to hold their nerve - even with 19 needed off the last over I thought we were still going to blow it! |
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| Author: | Cuddly1 [ Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:40 am ] |
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It was agonising. On the cricket forum I use one of the guys said if we won he was going to gnaw his right arm off and eat it. He's now offered double or quits if we get through to the semis. |
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| Author: | Cuddly1 [ Mon Jun 15, 2009 11:08 pm ] |
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What a bunch of ******* *******. |
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| Author: | Captain Fantastic [ Tue Jun 16, 2009 9:17 am ] |
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Unlucky there I think - stitched up by the weather. The D/L calculation seemed well harsh to me - chasing down 80 in 9 is a lot easier than 160+ in 20 IMO, especially with the early wickets we got. |
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| Author: | Cuddly1 [ Tue Jun 16, 2009 9:45 am ] |
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Yes that's the conclusion we all came to. With 10 wickets to go at and only 9 overs to get through you can afford to be reckless. In this form of the game when innings always tail off when wickets are lost it is a very unfair method. However, our batting is rather lacking. |
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| Author: | Captain Fantastic [ Tue Jun 16, 2009 10:15 am ] |
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At least we can focus on the Ashes now.... Found out yesterday a couple of friends are coming to visit the week of the 2nd Test at Lords, and they're big cricket fans so I won't be venturing far from the pub that week!
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| Author: | Cuddly1 [ Tue Jun 16, 2009 10:55 am ] |
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That sounds like a real hardship CF. I feel for you. |
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