Dave Graveney versus Flaming Bails

Batfink Begins wrote:

eowyn wrote:We could make an ace cornbeef hash with all that lot, better than making a hash of the cricket, me thinks.

With what lot?

that lot.

lardbucket wrote:No, Read's no good, he averaged 50 in County Cricket ... I guess that just 'proves' that CC is 'shit' ... in his case at least.

Oh sweetheart. He averaged 50 in CC last year, came in and sh@t himself.

What it proved was, no matter how well he was doing in CC, he just wasn't up to the task of Test cricket.

eowyn wrote:

Batfink Begins wrote:

eowyn wrote:We could make an ace cornbeef hash with all that lot, better than making a hash of the cricket, me thinks.

With what lot?

that lot.

I don't put either Broad beans, Colly flower or Hog roast in my corned beef hash. Possibly mustard, but only if I'm feeling silly.

Now i've seen everything, a team without Monty in it.

Come back David Graveney, all is forgiven...

JKLever wrote:

Augustus wrote:That's not really my team. I accidentally picked Ian Bell. I'd go with:

Alastair Cook
Michael Vaughan
Owais Shah
Kevin Pietersen
Paul Collingwood
Dijon Mustard
Adil Rashid
Stuart Broad
Matthew Hoggard
James Anderson
Monty Panesar

mustard at 6?

A bloke who has averaged 25 in FC cricket this year? May as well play Read.

Mustard is good and he was my pick for the ODI side but not a 6 in test cricket

Swap him with Rashid then. Rashid is a better bat, but I'm not sure about him being second spinner, and batting at 6. Like you said when I compared him to Freddie - he's not the new Freddie. I wasn't really keen on picking Mustard at all, but it's going to be him or Prior, so...

Can't think of much worse than hard hands batting or keeping in SL. Something about hard hands.

I am very glad to see very few people with Tremlett in their side...

Thank the Lord!!!!

Augustus wrote:

JKLever wrote:

Augustus wrote:That's not really my team. I accidentally picked Ian Bell. I'd go with:

Alastair Cook
Michael Vaughan
Owais Shah
Kevin Pietersen
Paul Collingwood
Dijon Mustard
Adil Rashid
Stuart Broad
Matthew Hoggard
James Anderson
Monty Panesar

mustard at 6?

A bloke who has averaged 25 in FC cricket this year? May as well play Read.

Mustard is good and he was my pick for the ODI side but not a 6 in test cricket

Swap him with Rashid then. Rashid is a better bat, but I'm not sure about him being second spinner, and batting at 6. Like you said when I compared him to Freddie - he's not the new Freddie. I wasn't really keen on picking Mustard at all, but it's going to be him or Prior, so...

6 batsmen, Mustard then Rashid I can live with....

Batfink Begins wrote:

eowyn wrote:

Batfink Begins wrote:

eowyn wrote:We could make an ace cornbeef hash with all that lot, better than making a hash of the cricket, me thinks.

With what lot?

that lot.

I don't put either Broad beans, Colly flower or Hog roast in my corned beef hash. Possibly mustard, but only if I'm feeling silly.

Picky so and so.

For what it's worth my fantasy test team for Sri Lanka would be...

Cook
Key
Vaughan
Pietersen
Bell/Collingwood
Fred
Foster
Rashid
Sidebottom/Hoggard
Anderson
Panesar

Who has corned beef with their hash anyway? usually it's pizza ...

lardbucket wrote:Who has corned beef with their hash anyway? usually it's pizza ...

Tea's quite good. I once had hash and vodka gravy. In a mug. With broccoli and cauliflower bits.

lardbucket wrote:Who has corned beef with their hash anyway? usually it's pizza ...

Depends if Danny's doing the cooking.
Ref his English stir fry!

Phurt. Just because I don't have rabbit with root veg broth. WTF would fry corned beef?

You should all stop eating meat.
That's why there's all these scares, Foot and Mouth, Blue Tongue, WTF is that anyway, BSE.
It's a sign from GOD.
Fancy eating little rabbits.

Demelza wrote:You should all stop eating meat.
That's why there's all these scares, Foot and Mouth, Blue Tongue, WTF is that anyway, BSE.
It's a sign from GOD.
Fancy eating little rabbits.

Better than eating cats

Danny's gone and tac's not here so no inuendo about eating pussy.
Suppose I'd better do it.

Wasn't going to say anything of the sort. Was just going to berate veggies.

I'm not a veggie.
I eat fish.
Just don't see the need to eat meat.

Demelza wrote:I'm not a veggie.
I eat fish.
Just don't see the need to eat meat.

I don't see the need to eat fish, personally. But you don't get me banging on like a fascist about it.

lardbucket wrote:

Henry wrote:In batting order-

Cook
Vaughan(c)
Shah
Pietersen
Collingwood
Bell
Foster+
Swann
Tremlett
Hoggard
Sidebottom

Foster would be a fair pick. But you'd ditch Panesar?

Shit. Panesar for Sidebottom considering we'll need Tremlett's height and bounce to try and unsettle the Lankans a bit.

Henry wrote: considering we'll need Tremlett's height and bounce to try and unsettle the Lankans a bit.

Aye, they'll be so scared of his bouncers two feet outside off-stump and one foot over their heads. They may not even try to lift it over the slips.

To be fair to Tremlett, he was pretty damn impressive in the Tests. Deserves another go ahead of 'will he, wont he' Harmison.

Henry wrote:To be fair to Tremlett, he was pretty damn impressive in the Tests. Deserves another go ahead of 'will he, wont he' Harmison.

He was alright/quite good. If he made the batsmen play he looked good. As it was, the Indian bats could leave for balls an over, when we needed them to play at every ball.

Meh. I can't think of a sensible one, so here's a totally pointless fark-continuity selection

Cook
Vawn
Ramps
KP
Sales
Colly
Rashid
+Read
Tremlett
Hoggy
Panesar

I'm not even going to bother to justify any of it.