Re: England v Australia, 3rd Test, Edgbaston, Jul 30 - Aug 3

by Merlin Thu 30 Jul 2009, 12:15

Hurc wrote:

Well can you get a helicopter there fast because bloody SBS is replaying the horror of the last session of the first test.
I dont post much - was Hurc at C4 and played Naths fantasy cricket with my old ABC name ZZTop

And here on Sky they're repeating Edgbaston 2005!
You poor sods just can't (literally) win atm ... whichever way ....!

by Hurc Thu 30 Jul 2009, 12:21

Greg Mathews wants the crowd to go out and mop with their shirts

by Nath Thu 30 Jul 2009, 12:24

Hurc wrote:
Merlin wrote:The Harriers are occupied napalming caves in the Afgan mountains ... and anyway, Helicopters do a better job BTW ....

PS welcome Hurc ... who were you in a previous life?

Well can you get a helicopter there fast because bloody SBS is replaying the horror of the last session of the first test.
I dont post much - was Hurc at C4 and played Naths fantasy cricket with my old ABC name ZZTop

good times! Very Happy

by JKLever Thu 30 Jul 2009, 12:29

Doesn't sound good does it?

This from umpire Rudi Koertzen: ""We are concerned about the softness of
the ground at the moment. Our biggest concern is to the right of the wicket,
where there's a fairly muddy area. We will do everything to get the game on the
road as soon as we can. We believe it's not so good for the rest of the day. If
the sun comes out and we get some wind we might have something by mid-afternoon,
but we haven't at the moment. You'll probably have a problem with the grip under
the feet of the bowlers too."

by Hurc Thu 30 Jul 2009, 12:33

by JKLever Thu 30 Jul 2009, 12:33

The BBC test commentary is even more surreal than usual - they've been talking about oil paintings all morning
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/8175213.stm

by skully Thu 30 Jul 2009, 12:34

Nath wrote:
skully wrote:I would Nath, only they'd never air it.

i'm talking about the blog, not the show

Ah, I see. columbo

by Mick Sawyer Thu 30 Jul 2009, 12:34

and frankly, I will be cheering

You're a disgrace.

by Shoeshine Thu 30 Jul 2009, 12:37

JKLever wrote:The BBC test commentary is even more surreal than usual - they've been talking about oil paintings all morning
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/8175213.stm

That's Tom Fordyce for you!

He's a decent bloke actually. Ran into him in the Frog and Princess pub in Paris during the last rugby World Cup. What a messy evening that turned out to be.

by Bradman Thu 30 Jul 2009, 12:42

Someone said it earlier. We're carrying on like England. FFS! We should've won the first test (would've if qmyjr was captain or General Haig's pet tortoise Reggie) and we go into total meltdown.

Hope for five days of rain and sanity to prevail before the next test.

by skully Thu 30 Jul 2009, 12:45

Mick Sawyer wrote:
and frankly, I will be cheering

You're a disgrace.

Says the man who always hated Shane Warne. Rolling Eyes

by Mick Sawyer Thu 30 Jul 2009, 12:46

Bradman wrote:Someone said it earlier. We're carrying on like England. FFS! We should've won the first test (would've if qmyjr was captain or General Haig's pet tortoise Reggie) and we go into total meltdown.

Hope for five days of rain and sanity to prevail before the next test.

aye. Why the complaints that the sheila's have all left? I count a few about.

by Mick Sawyer Thu 30 Jul 2009, 12:47

Says the man who always hated Shane Warne

snorfle

by JKLever Thu 30 Jul 2009, 12:48

Bradman wrote:Someone said it earlier. We're carrying on like England. FFS! We should've won the first test (would've if qmyjr was captain or General Haig's pet tortoise Reggie) and we go into total meltdown.

Hope for five days of rain and sanity to prevail before the next test.

And the thing is we're laughing because we're not actually that crash hot atm. It's tres amusement.....

by Bradman Thu 30 Jul 2009, 12:49

And fark the choppers. Harriers after the pitch has been liberally doused in oil will do the trick.

Though sans harriers I think the oil thing has been done before.

by Brass Monkey Thu 30 Jul 2009, 12:51

Not really Lever. I don't want some pissy little draw just because a few weak dicks daredn't run on a soggy bunch of grass and mud. Pussies.

by JKLever Thu 30 Jul 2009, 12:55

Brass Monkey wrote:Not really Lever. I don't want some pissy little draw just because a few weak dicks daredn't run on a soggy bunch of grass and mud. Pussies.

Are you refering to a post a few pages back? Hey, i'd rather play but it's funny seeing the panic set in as the Ashes draws closer to the end with dubious weather forecast.

by Brass Monkey Thu 30 Jul 2009, 12:57

I wasn't really referring to anything. I was just saying that it's frankly ridiculous(bar the fact the ball may get wet) that the players are not allowed to run on a greasy pitch. Get the full spikes on and grit your teeth you bunch of pampered shitsuckas....

by Shoeshine Thu 30 Jul 2009, 13:04

Brass Monkey wrote:I wasn't really referring to anything. I was just saying that it's frankly ridiculous(bar the fact the ball may get wet) that the players are not allowed to run on a greasy pitch. Get the full spikes on and grit your teeth you bunch of pampered shitsuckas....

It's no different to the way they go off for bad light if the sun goes behind a cloud though, is it? Test cricket is its own worst enemy more often than not.

by Bradman Thu 30 Jul 2009, 13:04

A man after my own heart. Plus a soggy pitch gives you ample opportunity to more flexibly intepret the spirit of the game.

by Brass Monkey Thu 30 Jul 2009, 13:07

Shoeshine wrote:
It's no different to the way they go off for bad light if the sun goes behind a cloud though, is it? Test cricket is its own worst enemy more often than not.

Agreed.

Don't get me started on bad light... for the fielding side anyway... I've always found facing the ball in bad light a little like strobe lighting, apart from the ball is sped up and there's no light. Well, hopefully you get my meaning. Anyway, if the batsmen can see enough to bat on, the fielding side have an inordinately easier job. Ridiculous.

by beamer Thu 30 Jul 2009, 13:08

Brass Monkey wrote:I wasn't really referring to anything. I was just saying that it's frankly ridiculous(bar the fact the ball may get wet) that the players are not allowed to run on a greasy pitch. Get the full spikes on and grit your teeth you bunch of pampered shitsuckas....

Exactly what I said earlier in the thread, perhaps lost in all the Aussie whinging about TAYne POCson... get the football boots on if necessary. Those worried about injuries can bowl off 10 paces or let boundaries go past them without diving if they prefer, it's their own choice. If it's not actually raining they should be out there.

by Shoeshine Thu 30 Jul 2009, 13:12

Brass Monkey wrote:
Shoeshine wrote:
It's no different to the way they go off for bad light if the sun goes behind a cloud though, is it? Test cricket is its own worst enemy more often than not.

Agreed.

Don't get me started on bad light... for the fielding side anyway... I've always found facing the ball in bad light a little like strobe lighting, apart from the ball is sped up and there's no light. Well, hopefully you get my meaning. Anyway, if the batsmen can see enough to bat on, the fielding side have an inordinately easier job. Ridiculous.

Yup. You obviously get light so bad it's dangerous, and that's fair enough, but all too often you'll see the batsmen smashing the ball all over the park and then go off when offered the light. As if they're really having a problem?! And then they'll do it when there's a spinner on. Rolling Eyes

by Brass Monkey Thu 30 Jul 2009, 13:16

beamer wrote:
Exactly what I said earlier in the thread, perhaps lost in all the Aussie whinging about TAYne POCson... get the football boots on if necessary. Those worried about injuries can bowl off 10 paces or let boundaries go past them without diving if they prefer, it's their own choice. If it's not actually raining they should be out there.

Aye, I can't think of many other sports(bowls?) that would not start because of a bit of sogginess. I blame the old school.

Shoeshine wrote:
Yup. You obviously get light so bad it's dangerous, and that's fair enough, but all too often you'll see the batsmen smashing the ball all over the park and then go off when offered the light. As if they're really having a problem?! And then they'll do it when there's a spinner on.

I attribute it to nothing other than laziness and covering their own backs in case of something bad - bit like the health and safety brigade, or the PC brigade. No backbone whatsoever...

by Shoeshine Thu 30 Jul 2009, 13:28

Some sunshine at Edgbaston now, but the covers are still on as they try and get the water off them.

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