Australia v Sri Lanka, 1st ODI, Melbourne, Nov 3, 2010

More crabbing from Pup?

be interesting to see the crowd figure, since CA were purely scheduling the game for the day after Melb Cup Day to get a boost in numbers.

So are Melbourne bosses gonna let their drunken employees take three arvos off in a row (The Cup, the JAMODI, and the Oaks). Oh, that's right - Tues is a public holiday in Melbourne - no?

yeah, public holiday tomorrow been 5 day long weekend for me.

Ponting not playing, attending funeral (presumably not the funeral relating to the death of Australian cricket)
http://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/australia/ricky-ponting-to-miss-australias-first-one-dayer-with-sri-lanka-attending-grandmothers-funeral/story-fn2mcu3x-1225946673857

OK, I know that funerals have to be held, but surely it wouldn't have been too difficult for the family to think 'Hang on, her grandson's the captain of the Australian cricket team maybe we should have the service on a day when the national team isn't playing cricket...

I mean, it's not like his grandmother will be any less dead on Thursday.

Perhaps the church was fully booked on Thursday?

Or maybe his family has some Sri Lankan blood.......

Zat wrote:OK, I know that funerals have to be held, but surely it wouldn't have been too difficult for the family to think 'Hang on, her grandson's the captain of the Australian cricket team maybe we should have the service on a day when the national team isn't playing cricket...

I mean, it's not like his grandmother will be any less dead on Thursday.

Harsh but fair, Zoggy.

Well I had to say something of that ilk, and Smerky wasn't around to target.

Watson interviewed just before. Says he's 'in a good space' atm and he has aspirations regarding the captaincy.

Watto has aspirations of captaincy?? Farkin airhead.

Red wrote:Watson interviewed just before. Says he's 'in a good space' atm and he has aspirations regarding the captaincy.

Lee Furlong's c*nt- The "space".

skully wrote:Watto has aspirations of captaincy?? Farkin airhead.

at least it ensures continuity of the cerebral quotient

Zat wrote:OK, I know that funerals have to be held, but surely it wouldn't have been too difficult for the family to think 'Hang on, her grandson's the captain of the Australian cricket team maybe we should have the service on a day when the national team isn't playing cricket...

I mean, it's not like his grandmother will be any less dead on Thursday.

Even Ricky's family realise it's only a JAMODI

Aussie's batting.

Doherty keeps the Tozzie quota going.

Watto out, Pup next in - let the crabbing begin.

At least he is batting whilst I am at work

we suck

Did you type that before or after we lost 2 in 2?

after

There is only around 15,000 people in the MCG, and around 10,000 are Sri Lankan supporters.

There's a match in progress, in Australia, and no posts here for 45 minutes. OD cricket is dead.

Much like Australia in the 50 over form.

The crowd would confirm that. Lots of wide open spaces in the MCG.

Paris confirming his spot in T1 with this knock.

And as Woodie says, we suck.

The little Dubber champ is gone.

Hastings batting behind Midge. As I say, WTF is he in the side?

Hussey has always maintained his good form in ODIs.