England v India, 4th Test, Old Trafford, 7-11 August, 2014

So one day of Test viewing?   

Cheers Bas.   

skully wrote:

Onto more important matters, how's the Mancunian weather looking for the Test?

Mancunian. Some rains on days 3, 4, 5. Could be showers. Could be deluges.

As usual, all UK weather predictions subject to change.

Basil wrote:

skully wrote:Can anyone recall an actual fair dinkum cricket comment from the Fark-knuckle?

Why is he here?? Is this the only forum that hasn't banned him??

Onto more important matters, how's the Mancunian weather looking for the Test?

Thursday is ok, Friday is shoite, and apparently the remnants of Hurricane Bertha are heading our way for Sunday!

Hurricane. Phurt.

We had a earthquake here yesterday.

buckSH wrote:
But no arguments regarding James "f***ing p**ck" and a "f***ing c**t" Anderson, for he is the purest form of cricket.

this is the distilled essence from the purest exponent of the purest form of the game.

Anderson didn't contest the charge that he called Jadeja a "f***ing p**ck" and a "f***ing c**t".

http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-india-2014/content/story/766457.html

And Jadeja didn't contest the charge that he is a "f*cking prick" and a "f*cking c*nt".

So the point is: black helicopters.

taipan wrote:

Basil wrote:

skully wrote:Can anyone recall an actual fair dinkum cricket comment from the Fark-knuckle?

Why is he here?? Is this the only forum that hasn't banned him??

Onto more important matters, how's the Mancunian weather looking for the Test?

Thursday is ok, Friday is shoite, and apparently the remnants of Hurricane Bertha are heading our way for Sunday!

Hurricane. Phurt.

We had a earthquake here yesterday.

Jacques Kallis tripped over a bucket of chicken?

Dello wrote:

taipan wrote:

Basil wrote:

skully wrote:Can anyone recall an actual fair dinkum cricket comment from the Fark-knuckle?

Why is he here?? Is this the only forum that hasn't banned him??

Onto more important matters, how's the Mancunian weather looking for the Test?

Thursday is ok, Friday is shoite, and apparently the remnants of Hurricane Bertha are heading our way for Sunday!

Hurricane. Phurt.

We had a earthquake here yesterday.

Jacques Kallis tripped over a bucket of chicken?

Nah, it only registered 5.5

skully wrote:Can anyone recall an actual fair dinkum cricket comment from the Fark-knuckle?

Why is he here?? Is this the only forum that hasn't banned him??

Onto more important matters, how's the Mancunian weather looking for the Test?

I have Farkwhistle blocked - but out of curiosity opened the post immediately above yours!
I have to say that, whilst gratingly irritating, he can amuse with his off-tangent ramblings!

WTF Darrel Hair has to do with anything beats the hell out of me ...
Other than to revive memories of the great man kicking subbi arse during his reign as an umpire.

If only we had more of his like - it would be Jadeja who'd be on a plane back to Kerala or such parts
for his part in inciting a riot. Dhoni would be on a final warning and Jimmeh would be totally exonerated
of all charges brought against him by those despicable Bannies.

skully wrote:Can anyone recall an actual fair dinkum cricket comment from the Fark-knuckle?

Why is he here?? Is this the only forum that hasn't banned him??

I f*cking love that guy. That's why he's here. Because I f*cking love the guy.

Can confirm. All prospective members are put through the Monkey love filter before being green lit to join.

I'm exempt - which explains why I'm still allowed to post.

I don't know what happened with horrie. Glitch in the system, I guess.

Dello wrote:So the point is: black helicopters.

that you are the purest fan of the game.

Merlin wrote:
WTF Darrel Hair has to do with anything beats the hell out of me ...
Other than to revive memories of the great man kicking subbi arse during his reign as an umpire.

I will explain .. O mighty blocker.   

fact is for the first time in their life, the stanis were playing fair and that too under Inzimam no less, and they were winning, it is then during that match that Sir Hair decided to strike. I hear reports that apparently Duncan Fletcher, the then England coach was seen having some hush-hush chats behind the scene with Hair before all controversy happened, Hair suddenly decided that the stanis were tampering with the ball and awarded the match to england even without a decent enquiry.

Later Hair was kicked out, when it was found that he had acted out of blatant racism and there was no basis to his claim of ball tampering, unless Inzimam was tampering his own balls.

It is in the same spirit that Sir Darell Hair should be recalled to teach the subis a lesson again.

Bring Back Hair
Bring Back Hair
Bring Back Hair

etc etc

Yep, Hair was a cheat alright. He cost SA a series in Aus when he gave 10 2nd innings batsmen out LBW.

Brass Monkey wrote:

skully wrote:Can anyone recall an actual fair dinkum cricket comment from the Fark-knuckle?

Why is he here?? Is this the only forum that hasn't banned him??

I f*cking love that guy. That's why he's here. Because I f*cking love the guy.

Me too. I think I have had a soft spot for him ever since he called me a white imperialist pig or something similar.

It's always a more interesting place when he is around.

Yeah. A nutter always livens up the place.

Dello wrote:Can confirm. All prospective members are put through the Monkey love filter before being green lit to join.

I'm exempt - which explains why I'm still allowed to post.

I don't know what happened with horrie. Glitch in the system, I guess.

huzzah...I always aspired to be a glitch....

hope the rain does not overly interfere with play

Don't mind me, everyone. Farky is welcome to post. I just got a bit bored with his Ukraine/MH17 conspiracy theory ramblings, and merely thought he might get more engagement on the subject on any number of other more appropriate forums. It's not for me to tell him what he can or cannot post.

In this instance I thought his Darrell Hair rant was a particularly lame troll attempt.

And yes, Merls, I too have the lad on Ignore, but given the low traffic ATM, I had resorted to opening of few of his posts just for a peek. So my own fault, really.

taipan wrote:Yep, Hair was a cheat alright. He cost SA a series in Aus when he gave 10 2nd innings batsmen out LBW.

A review of the scorecard reveals they actually choked







...possibly on a small hairball

the way Anderson got away scot free of any charges .. and England being a pet peeve with every other cricketing nation, nobody is going to bother if BCCI really took a strong stand in the matter and didn't let them off easy with farcical coverups or comical 'rulings', I thus concur that BCCI indeed CORIAB.

Only real question for England is whether Finn will play ahead of Jordan or Woakes, or even Broad getting a rest... a few uncertainties about the Indian line-up though in terms of the top of the order, and particularly the bowling attack and balance of the side. Gambhir in for Shitcar? Ashwin to finally get a game?

vilkrang wrote:

Brass Monkey wrote:

skully wrote:Can anyone recall an actual fair dinkum cricket comment from the Fark-knuckle?

Why is he here?? Is this the only forum that hasn't banned him??

I f*cking love that guy. That's why he's here. Because I f*cking love the guy.

Me too. I think I have had a soft spot for him ever since he called me a white imperialist pig or something similar.

It's always a more interesting place when he is around.

Seems we're a minority. Must be that Northants supporting mentality. That or past experimentations we conducted on ourselves.

A little bit sad today - this time last year I was in Manchester watching the cricket.

This year I seem to be dealing with farkwit clients and their lawyers.

Watching cricket vs working (shitty clients or no) - NO CONTEST!!!

JGK wrote:A little bit sad today - this time last year I was in Manchester watching the cricket.

This year I seem to be dealing with farkwit clients and their lawyers.

You are literally the first person in the history of recored time to lament not being in Manchester.

Covers are off. Rain has abated. 11:30 start.

Tossing is underway.

Dello wrote:Covers are off. Rain has abated. 11:30 start.

Tossing is underway.

It hasn't stopped since the 1st test.