http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...smiles/mad.gif Don't anyone dare say anything about the cricket!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Just stopping in to say HELLO to my friend Memnoch http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...iles/smile.gif

Um, okay, I won't, Mems, but er, WHAT exactly is it I'm not saying anything about?

StormQueen, confused http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...miles/eek7.gif

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As a brit i like to say http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...smiles/485.gif http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...s/biglaugh.gif http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...hterpurple.gif http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...l_laughter.gif http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-.../1orglaugh.gif http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-.../1grlaugh2.gif http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...miles/hihi.gif Mind you I don't even follow ******.

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Okay, here's some food for thought...

Australia's 1st innings - 4 lbw decisions
India's 1st innings - 1 lbw decision
India following on - NO lbw decision
Australia's 2nd innings - 5 lbw decisions!!! http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-.../angryfire.gif

Anyone can make 281 on a flat wicket http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...es/biggrin.gif




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Hello Relic http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...es/biggrin.gif Don't YOU dare say anything about the cricket http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...les/tongue.gif




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<font size="+3">Hi Memny!</font>
What's wrong with crickets? I love their sound on the late summer nights even though it means the end of summer... (har!) http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...miles/wink.gif

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I have to concede that at least you didn't say anything about the *******


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LadyRae, seeing as you are posting from the US and not a nation which plays the "gentleman's game" I will forgive you your indiscretion. http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...es/biggrin.gif

People from India are encouraged NOT to post on this thread - at least until the start of the third Test match when you are going to be most welcome again! http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...miles/wink.gif

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Isn't that like croquet and baseball put together?
or little black bugs that hide under rocks and chirp all night?
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Oh, hi as well!! http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...es/biggrin.gif

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Memny... You still there?

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Hmmmm. Guess the board has turned into 'ghost-town' again... http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...les/crying.gif Maybe I'll see you all tomorrow... http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...s/rolleyes.gif

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I love cricket http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...es/biggrin.gif

What do you have if you have a cricket ball in your right hand and a cricket ball in your left hand?..............A very worried cricket http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...es/biggrin.gif

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I like crickets also, if you grab a bunch and throw them into the river, you can see if the fish are rising for bugs to eat, or just the fun of it, then you know what flies to tie.http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...es/biggrin.gif

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crickets are noisy and stuff... cool. hehe hai! http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...es/biggrin.gif

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As a patriotic Aussie, I am a passionate follower of our great cricket team... 16 wins in a row... geez.
(They are actually a pretty bad tempered lot, and I don't support them that much)

Yeah, India kinda did blitz the Aussie's in the second innings... With mr. Laxatives scoring a big 280+ or something.

I think that there has been some rather confused people on this thread, so in the spirit of the moment:
Crickets are great little things, and I even have a pet one, which lives in my backyard, with all of the other spiders and evil things... not really, ,but it sounded good

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i dont get cricket that much... how do you reach 200-255-375 in one game? the only term i know, i think, is a century. am i correct? can someone please enlighten me here? http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...iles/smile.gif

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You are already halfway to being an expert Bahamut!

A century is when a batsmen scores 100 runs, without being dismissed, or without going out.

A century = 100 runs
A half-century = (Well, you work it out)


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Hey Memmy I thought that cricket were for old ladies http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...iles/smile.gif

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<marquee><font color="red"><h1>SACRILEGE!!!!!!!!</h1></font></marquee>

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I welcome comments from Donut on this topic, just as long as they're not about cricket


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Sorry LadyRae, I had to leave work...because it was 6 pm and the end of a 65-hour working week!

Hope to see you again soon though, I commend you for not mentioning the cricket http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...iles/smile.gif

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I know you've been waiting for me Memnoch! So here goes:

Did you know that it is only the third time that a team following on has won a test match; and that on both previous occasions Australia were the losers? I don't suppose you are old enough to remember Headingly in 1981.

Listening to your excuses about decisions reminds me of a bygone age when it was the Poms that whinged. http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...iles/smile.gif

I watched some of the Sri Lanka/England game this morning. Hussain edged one to slip, the fielder (to his credit) indicated that it didn't carry, the umpire STILL gave him out, Hussain 'appeals' against the decision and the third umpire reverses it. Then, Trescothick middles one, it misses the fielder at forward short leg by centimetres but gets caught in his shirt (which is about two sizes too big)like a net. Out!

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Memnoch,

In -

Magilla (about time)
Martyn (next in line)
Funky (more flexibility)

out -

Hollywood (has a lot to prove over there but has been found wanting EVERY time. It's not as if spinners didn't feature at all, is it?)
Junior (never has fun on the subcontinent)
Casper (dodgy shoulder and it showed out)

thoughts?

Re your decisions conspiracy. It's getting up my nose how "our" team greedily takes any dodgy decisions, but won't cop them. There were some observations on that point throughout the radio commentary which were kinder than they should have been.

Heh, i was just kidding about the decisions thing. http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...iles/smile.gif We were beaten by Laxman, who would have ever predicted he would score a double ton. And Dravid as well! And don't forget Singh, 13 wickets for the match.

My 11 would be this:

M Slater
M Hayden (going well this tour)
M Waugh (put the pressure on him to bat well)
R Ponting (same as above)
S Waugh
D Martyn
A Gilchrist (unlucky 1st innings)
S Warne (even though he got flogged all over the place in Calcutta)
C Miller
J Gillespie
G McGrath

Sorry but I just don't like J Langer, he hasn't done much on tour (then again neither has Ponting or Junior).

Against the Poms we could send the Victorian Sheffield Shield team http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...es/biggrin.gif

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For people unsure about the rules of cricket I hope this clarifies things:

The rules of Cricket are quite simple.

You have two sides - one out in the field and one in.
Each man that is in the side that is in goes out and when he is out he comes in and the next man goes in until he is out.

When they are all out, the side that is out comes in and the side that has been in goes out and tries to get those coming in out.

Sometimes you get men still in and not out.

When both sides have been in and out including the not outs, that is the end of the game.


Notes:
1) By field is meant any relatively flat piece of land preferably covered with grass. Size and shape is not important.
2) The field is often bordered by roads on all sides which are called boundaries and a pond somewhere in the field is common.
3) A public house next to the field, to enable players who have either not yet been in, who are out or have been in and are now out to purchase liquid refreshments during the game, is very popular.
4) Chairs placed around the circumference of the field for the use of players in the outfield in the team that is out are also very popular.
5) International games, called Test Matches, can go through this procedure twice which takes up to five days with breaks each day for lunch and tea and often also for rain.


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ROTFL! Geez, Mems, you could have told us you meant those noise little summer bugs! I won't say a thing about them, but Charlie, this is funnnnnny! LOL

CB

Ahem....

Baseball fan

CloudConfused, how could you not love a game that goes on for 5 days and could still end up with no result? http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...es/biggrin.gif

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HUH?!?!? I guess it is one of those things that are easier to understand if you are watching then by abstract. Like PnP DnD. And I didn't even mention Cricket. Oops.

BK

In 1939 there was a 'timeless' test match, between South Africa and England which was meant to have been played to a finish. After eleven days the match was abandoned without a result because the tourists had to catch the 8.50 train to Durban for a 2 day train journey to catch the boat home.

Yorick - I expect you'll drop by this thread at some time. http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...iles/smile.gif Can I recommend the BGII board thread 'I just happened to cross'. Your favourite number is at it again, he is rewriting the history of Britain!!

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Having lived in both the US and Australia I can say that cricket, while it might not be the most immediately exciting game to watch, is so much a mental and strategic game. It's like playing chess. Look at Ganguly's decision to hold off his declaration till just before lunch on the final day, setting Australia a total of over 300 to get in 2 1/2 sessions. Obviously playing for a draw, he got lucky when the Australian middle order collapsed. That's what broke it for the Aussies, I think if Ganguly had declared earlier they would've gone for it and got it.

Oh, and for everyone else, I'm not talking about the little green things that make wierd noises outside your window. http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...es/biggrin.gif

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<font size =1> me too, <font size =2> but I am a fan of all sports. God Bless SportCenter . . .

BK

Hi Donut, Hi Memnie, I would certainly say something about cricket if I new the rules for a start ! (I don't expect really to understand them, since your English-derivated minds are soooo twisted ... http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...es/biggrin.gif )
I even might take a special pseudo, like '256' for example ! http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...es/biggrin.gif

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<font size=1> I really want to find the people who invented this game and beat some sense into them, why invent a game that last for days on end with only people throwing a ball at a bat?
It was denfinly made by the nobles because they were the only people that had such free time, and don't get me started on golf!

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Memnoch - baseball has it's good points as well. For instance it's one of only two sports where you can win the World Series without letting teams from any other countries compete (apart from Canada of course) http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...iles/smile.gif

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Donut, have I ever told you that I love your style? http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...miles/wink.gif

We'll still kick your ass in the Ashes though. Last I heard you'd lost 4 wickets in Sri Lanka? http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...es/biggrin.gif


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Memnoch - we're made of sterner stuff these days. 66 runs behind with 6 wickets in hand. Murawossisname turning it square.

Your boys are looking a bit low - do you think you've got a chance against us? http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...es/biggrin.gif

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