South Africa v Bangladesh, 1st Test, Bloemfontein, Nov 19-23

^^ Gloomy? And here I thought they all looked like they were just ready for a jolly roger.

PlanetPakistan wrote:Miss Red,

1 request for you.

Next time when you choose an avatar girl please pick one who is smiling because lately i have noticed you have put up a lot of "gloomy" faces as if the girls were watching AUS play in IND.

I thought they were sultry.

furriner wrote:^^ Gloomy? And here I thought they all looked like they were just ready for a jolly roger.

Red wrote:
I thought they were sultry.

sometimes i miss those signals...

Red wrote:

taipan wrote:

Red wrote: Harris has a broken thumb so the quicks may be in for some work.

Wrong again

Paul Harris broke his thumb before play on the first day, but still claimed the wicket of Imrul Kayes, South Africa v Bangladesh, 1st Test, Bloemfontein, November 20, 2008

NEWS


Harris Breaks Thumb
Posted: Thu 20 Nov, 2008, 01:38PM



South Africa's Test spin bowler Paul Harris has broken a bone at the base of his left thumb.



Where was I wrong with the thumb assertion? Perhaps cricinfo was, or perhaps you deny their assertion that he broke his thumb.

Um the bit about the fast bowlers.

I said they may be in for some hard work, may being the operative word.

Hey, red, smile if you got it all this morning.

furriner wrote:^^ Gloomy? And here I thought they all looked like they were just ready for a jolly roger.

Sage

Supposedly it is set to rain in Bloemfontein for a few days (although BBC's weather predictions for my town are surprisingly poor, even though there is a Met Office here somewhere, so who knows how accurate they are for SA)

So... draw?

Siddons hopes his batsmen are learning.

At 97/7, I think he's realised that is a somewhat forlorn hope...

Bangladesh are truly Awful.

Fiver for Steyn

Pathetic again from the Bangles.

The Bangers would be very happy with effort. Making over 150 in both innings & restricting the opposition to under 450. They will be dancing in the streets of Chittagong tonight.

They did ok in "restricting" SA to 441 for 9, bearing in mind SA passed 300 with only one down, but it all went south after that.

Time to strip the minnows (Zim, Bangs, NZ, Windies) of Test status...

Surprised you didn't add England to that list.

eponymous wrote:Time to strip the minnows (Zim, Bangs, NZ, Windies) of Test status...

No need for anything that drastic - just create a two tier test match structure. In any event, I have a hunch that the Windies have bottomed out and will start to improve - just so long as it starts AFTER England's tour!

Test cricket would be better allround if NZ&WI were the weakest teams currently - At least within their sides they do have some talent and are always semi-competitive.

Personally i've never seen the need for expansion in cricket if it lowers standards - Baseball doesn't need it, nor does cricket IMO