Aus vs India, 1st Test, Melbourne, 26-30 Dec (II)

spangler wrote:

eowyn wrote:

spangler wrote:How does one go about conducting a rain dance?

Waggle your tail feathers quite a bit, spang.

Does that mean I have to stick a feathered duster up my...?

No . . . one's enough.

Does the average sphincter have the ability to hold just one?

spangler wrote:Does the average sphincter have the ability to hold just one?

What else have you been shoving up there, spang?

I 'fell' on a bottle once.

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OK, Zat, I agree with you, get that half-witted Tasmanian out of there and give the captaincy to someone who isn't determined to throw away three days of hard graft.

The pitch is getting easier to bat on - not just to survive, but to score - the outfield's speeding up, the Indians are used to this sort of low, slow pitch, Tendulkar is there and in ominous form, there are two full days to go and we aren't even 500 runs up.

PONTING, YOU ARE A ****** MORON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Leo wrote:Basically, the Indians have to play to win. They have a batting team capable of making 500, and what Kumble should be telling them is that if they just play each ball on its merits and forget the situation anything can happen.

But it is highly unlikely. I'm not sure the pitch isn't slightly better for batting now than it was on Day 1, but by tomorrow afternoon it'll be a nightmare.

Now we're talking. There is simply no point in going for a theoretically impossible draw. Now, if India finish the next day on say 320-4 (which they are capable of doing), you can be sure Ponting will be getting his sook cue-cards ready for the following day.

There is no chance of India getting 500.

They don't need to, and yes there is.

Side bet?

Splitting straws.

taipan wrote:Side bet?

If you win, you sleep with taily. If you lose, you sleep with taily twice.

And if I win, I don't have to sleep with any of you ugly buggers.

freddled gruntbuggly wrote:And if I win, I don't have to sleep with any of you ugly buggers.

I thought you were hoping for some nookie?

freddled gruntbuggly wrote:And if I win, I don't have to sleep with any of you ugly buggers.

So you are accepting the bet?

tacky: I don't need to hope for it, I've been getting plenty.

taips: We're doomed. DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMED, I tell you. They'll thrash us.

freddled gruntbuggly wrote:tacky: I don't need to hope for it, I've been getting plenty.

taips: We're doomed. DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMED, I tell you. They'll thrash us.

Is that yes or no?

freddled gruntbuggly wrote:tacky: I don't need to hope for it, I've been getting plenty.

Didn't realize Trev was so virile . . .

It depends what sort of stake is involved.

Case of beer?

Two cases.

taipan wrote:Case of beer?

I don't drink.

Remember, I was ridiculed after disagreeing with the Pommy declaration in Adelaide last summer . . .

tac wrote:

freddled gruntbuggly wrote:tacky: I don't need to hope for it, I've been getting plenty.

Didn't realize Trev was so virile . . .

After the amount of time you've spent with him you two must know everything about each other.

freddled gruntbuggly wrote:

taipan wrote:Case of beer?

I don't drink.

Remember, I was ridiculed after disagreeing with the Pommy declaration in Adelaide last summer . . .

So choose your stake?

You offered the bet, you set the stake - it's just up to me to agree or refuse. So far, the stakes aren't tempting.

Not interested in the bet, but as regards the chase ...

I reckon the Indians would have to bat around 5 sessions to make the runs they need (150 overs).