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Its Summer! - the Fever Cricket Thread. (Part 1)

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almost 16 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History
won't happen - Modi will be scapegoated, most of it will be swept under the carpet, and the next corrupt prick will come in and make money hand over fist while corrupting the game.
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almost 16 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History
nice feel good story to see the afghan cricket team at the T20 world cup
 
really hope they do well
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almost 16 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History
Downey26 wrote:
nice feel good story to see the afghan cricket team at the T20 world cup
 
really hope they do well
they seem nice and confident in themselves, good to see
out of interest is anyone getting up to watch the balck caps or does no one really care? i think i will but only really cause i have work right after so would be getting up not much later anyway
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almost 16 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History
I personally hate 'hit and giggle' with a passion
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almost 16 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History
YUS
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almost 16 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History
Great Start.
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almost 16 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History
Hah, I didn't even realise this was on today.

Shows how much I care about hit and giggle.
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almost 16 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History
I would trade a World 20/20 championship with a test series win against any of the other top 7 test playing nations.
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almost 16 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History
Paulinho wrote:
I would trade a World 20/20 championship with a test series win against any of the other top 7 test playing nations.
agree, was just saying to downey the other day that even if we won this it would sorta be like oh yep, so whats next, just no emotion with it
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almost 16 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History
Sort of like when we won the champions trophy, but without the excitement of it being our first ever tournament win.
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almost 16 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History
5 wicket maiden in the last over of Aussies innings against the Pakis

God this hit and giggle sh*t is a joke

Three for me, and two for them.

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almost 16 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History
Booked my trip recently to go to the last 3 tests of the Ashes series, always been a dream of my Dad and I to be at the MCG on Boxing Day for an Ashes test - will be there this year, very special!
 
Hopefully England can be 1 or 2 up by the time I arrive in Perth. Excited to see what comic wit the Barmy Army will come up with for Douggie.

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almost 16 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History
Awesome!  Am very jealous. 
 
I was at the MCG for the Boxing Day Test in 06, saw Warne get his 700th wicket.  Magic.
 
Ashes test at Lords is on my bucket list...
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almost 16 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History
Paulinho wrote:
I would trade a World 20/20 championship for a 3 match test series at home against Australia.
 
I would say 5 but...


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almost 16 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History
Less people excited by this than I thought... watched a bit of our innings and the last over. Was good for result but generally we played quite poor.
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almost 16 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History
He wouldn't make the test team as a batsman, who cares if he will do well in T20 and ODI. Waste of talent.

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almost 16 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History
I just told my boss I won't be doing the hard parts of my job anymore.
 
She pointed to the door.
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almost 16 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History
he's basically weakening our team by either one specialist middle order batsman or an extra bowler. we need our keeper to be batsman first, keeper second. not keeper first, batsman second [hopkins]. next he'll be asking for time off [like the aussies do] in the chappell-hadlee.
Fruglo on 15.01.2013 wrote:

Fuck this stupid game

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almost 16 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History
This is bullsh**. I would be putting a lot of pressure on him now, if his batting isn't up to scratch get rid of him.
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almost 16 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History
I can understand his position, but it really is selfish. I would say that it threatens his test position, but I don't think he gives a sh*t - he was considering not signing a central contract and just whoring himself out to all the different T20 leagues around the world anyway.
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almost 16 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History
aitkenmike wrote:
I can understand his position, but it really is selfish. I would say that it threatens his test position, but I don't think he gives a sh*t - he was considering not signing a central contract and just whoring himself out to all the different T20 leagues around the world anyway.
 
This
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almost 16 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History
Think he's been past it for a while. Still bitter at the BCCI about those 2 years...
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almost 16 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History
Even a past it Bondy > the rest of our pace bowlers combined.
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almost 16 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History
Hes an odd one for timing Bondy, 10 months away from a World Cup you retire, surely you hang on for a year? Retires from test cricket on the eve of the biggest series a Black Cap can play arguably, Australia at home.
 
Odd

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almost 16 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History
I swear Jesse has spent more time injured than actually playing for the Black Caps.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/3703648/Another-injury-blow-for-Jesse-Ryder


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almost 16 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History
White Ferns (?) dropped the ball against Aussie- Resticted them to a measly 106 then came short by three runs in this mornings 20/20 WC final
 
boo hoo
 
But wll done ladies, better than the boys

Salmon swim upstream

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almost 16 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History
England hosting Bangladesh. 1st day of the test, playing at Lords. Live on sky sport 1 now

Bangladesh won the toss and are bowling. going to be a long 5 days for them!

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almost 16 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History
Test cricket 

Three for me, and two for them.

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almost 16 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History
so nice to watch proper cricket again, especially at lords, albeit with bangladesh involved
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almost 16 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History
1st ODI between England and Australia starts at 1:30am 23rd June! Whoo hoo. Shame it's at the same time as WC but something to watch between games.

Picking Australia to win the 1st one.

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over 15 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History
https://www.blackcaps.co.nz/news/taylor-to-lead-blackcaps-in-sri-lanka/7159/article.aspx

The following players have been selected to travel to Sri Lanka and contest the Tri-Nations series against Sri Lanka and India in July. Teams will play each other in two ODIs with the final being contested by the top two qualifiers.

Ross TAYLOR (captain)
Grant ELLIOTT
Martin GUPTILL
Gareth HOPKINS
Nathan MCCULLUM (N)
Andy MCKAY
Kyle MILLS (vice-captain)
Jacob ORAM
Jeetan PATEL
Jesse RYDER
Tim SOUTHEE
Scott STYRIS
Daryl TUFFEY
B.J. WATLING
Kane WILLIAMSON

Vettori and McCullum will not be going for family reasons.


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over 15 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History
Watching a bit of 20/20 cricket between Pakistan & Aus this morning.
A Pakistani guy holds up a big banner saying "The Guy Behind Me Can't See The Game".

"Sharing rewards the weak"- Steven Colbert

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over 15 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History
Quality.
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over 15 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History

B Macs book released today. I presume it is titled "I have enormous potential and could be one of the greats but will never live up to it because I am a numpty"

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over 15 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History
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over 15 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History
Twenty20 in the title. I won't buy it for that reason. When he releases his Brendan McCullum - Inside Test Cricket, then I will buy it, out of principle.
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over 15 years ago · edited about 5 years ago · History
Aussie bowled out for 88 overnight against the Pakis 

Three for me, and two for them.

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