Official Cricket Thread - Adelaide

dave_r · Post by **dave_r** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 12:17 am

Can we start a Cricket thread?

Currently the forces of darkness* are 2-3

* your view on this may vary dependent upon nationality

navigator · Post by **navigator** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 12:56 am

not any more 40-3 great first three overs

dave_r · Post by **dave_r** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 1:52 am

It's now 76-3 and I'm still happy with that!

hammy · Post by **hammy** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 7:05 am

250-8 with two runouts :O

nikgaukroger · Post by **nikgaukroger** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 8:32 am

245 all out

God knows how Hammy got them to 250-8 ...

2 run outs in a test is criminal ineptitude.

Mind you, never draw conclusions until both sides have batted IMO.

MatthewP · Post by **MatthewP** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 9:09 am

Mind you, never draw conclusions until both sides have batted IMO.

Oh come on Geoffrey, enjoy it while you can.

hammy · Post by **hammy** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 10:43 am

nikgaukroger wrote:245 all out

God knows how Hammy got them to 250-8 ...

2 run outs in a test is criminal ineptitude.

Mind you, never draw conclusions until both sides have batted IMO.

I got confused, I heard 244-8 and one of them hit a 6 so I assumed 250...

Methinks 245 is not a bad result for England.

I agree that 2 runouts is inneptitude although England seem from what I have heard to have fielded rather well.

navigator · Post by **navigator** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 12:00 pm

from what you have heard... you mean you didnt stay up to watch? There's more to life than toy soldiers you know... Nick will vouch for that with his facebook pictures

hammy · Post by **hammy** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 12:09 pm

navigator wrote:from what you have heard... you mean you didnt stay up to watch? There's more to life than toy soldiers you know... Nick will vouch for that with his facebook pictures

Err, no. I didn't stay up to watch. I did listen to the first half hour before I went to sleep and the last 45 minutes before I headed off to face the joys of the British railway system and my rather unpleasant 3 hour commute to Liverpool

The only reason for my post at 7:05 was that I was checking which trains had been cancelled. Sadly the website lied and the train I went to catch was cancelled as was the train before it and that meant that by the time the next train arrived it was fuller tha a full thing so I ended up walking an extra mile or so to Stockport station in the hope of getting a better service there.

Remind me again, why did I decide it was a good idea to get a 'real' job

Not having Sky doesn't help on the watching front either.

MatthewP · Post by **MatthewP** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 1:50 pm

Whenever we are bowling and i am listening we never take any wickets. I went to bed at 10-30 last night woke up this morning and whoppee we're winning. Might stay up to night though.

guthroth · Post by **guthroth** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 3:48 pm

MatthewP wrote:Might stay up to night though.

I'm certainly planning to stay up tonight for a couple of hours.

Christmas shgopping can go hang ...

peteratjet · Post by **peteratjet** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 5:30 pm

Non-Sky-Sports-users can get Radio 5 Live Sports Extra Test Match Special for free - with added Sir Geoffrey

It's actually better, as you can listen while you paint. That's my plan anyway. On my last 18 Perry men-at-arms, with just the belts, scabbards and other accoutrements to go.

navigator · Post by **navigator** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 7:28 pm

Hammy, as far as i am aware you got a real job so you can go play toy soldiers in australia....

peterrjohnston · Post by **peterrjohnston** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 8:30 pm

peteratjet wrote:Non-Sky-Sports-users can get Radio 5 Live Sports Extra Test Match Special for free - with added Sir Geoffrey

Alas "due to rights restrictions" I can't listen to TMS, and unfortunately the beeb is wising-up to proxies and VPNs

These things annoy me, I'd quite happily pay to listen to TMS.

MatthewP · Post by **MatthewP** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 9:45 pm

Its still on radio four longwave if you can get that. You just have to put up with the shipping forecast.

durrati · Post by **durrati** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 9:52 pm

Viking
North Utsire
South Utsire
Forties
Cromarty
Forth
Tyne
Dogger

Put up with? Pure poetry...........

timmy1 · Post by **timmy1** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 10:02 pm

Yes but just imagine that you heard the poetry of Viking... instead of the bardic lyricism of 'Ponting, caught Swann, Bowled Anderson, nought'. If I knew how I would make it the ring tone on my mobile...

peteratjet · Post by **peteratjet** » Sat Dec 04, 2010 3:36 am

I haven't fully thought it out yet, but I have a concept for a FoG camp that features Kevin Peterson, with pads on, waiting patiently like Arthur or Barbarossa for his nation's call, as the years pass and his beard grows longer.

countadam · Post by **countadam** » Sat Dec 04, 2010 5:55 am

peteratjet wrote:Kevin Peterson, ...waiting patiently...for his nation's call...

What South Africa?

Go the forces of darkness..

Paul from Sydney

guthroth · Post by **guthroth** » Sat Dec 04, 2010 8:23 am

countadam wrote:
Go the forces of darkness..

Paul from Sydney

The Forces of Light seem to have the whip hand this morning ...

Pete from London