Cricket Thread

[Archer]

lol i know i was kinda kidding, they did well i have to say

our bowlers are young so theyll learn from it

I think Hauritz was just tired , by the end he was bowling horrible deliverys that looked due to tiredness .

Its hard to bowl 37overs on that flat pitch

And I know you were joking , i will expect more excuses when we win 4-0 though :D

[Archer]

unless u guys magically take 20 wickets idk bout that guarantee lol

:sheep:

[davie]

Useful posts as always from RS, criticising what he doesn't understand.

England were lucky and used gamesmanship to draw that first test. Neither team's bowling attack looks great. Australia's batting looks better than England's.

I'm watching a masterclass right now from Younus Khan (joke, although he and Mohammad Yousuf are 2 and 1 in the ICC Test Batting rankings). Pakistan are 129-1, still trailing after only 90 from their first innings to which Sri Lanka replied with 240.

[RosettaStoned]

Useful posts as always from RS, criticising what he doesn't understand.

I don't care to understand more than I do. It's boring to watch, and an absurdly dumb premise for a sport.

[Archer]

I don't care to understand more than I do. It's boring to watch, and an absurdly dumb premise for a sport.

Its not doing bad in terms of popularity for such a dumb sport . Seeing as this dumb sport is more popular than most sports on the planet

But than again some people think Soccer is dumb , and that happens to be the most popular sport in the world

[kyhadley]

What happened thats being bitched about? (I'm still learning)

[Archer]

not just aussies who are pissed http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,...009880,00.html

Jason Gillespie said on Sky Sports News " I remember when we had to save a test in India and I pretended my shoe was untied and took 10 minutes to fasten it . You have to gain whatever advantage you can"

And lets move on to a non within the "spirit" of the game thing the Aussies have done

The opposition needed 3 to win off one ball and what does the aussie do

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Clips from 1981 , entitled the "Most disgraceful moment in cricket history"

Can somebody find the pot calling kettle black gif for me ?

[Archer]

i admit that was bad but it was a different generation to now where sportsmanship is higher on the list

i can understand the gloves coming out but not the physio, noone was injured and it was stupid

England basically just gave us even more motivation to win this series

They spilt liquid on the gloves first time , Why dont you beleive us?

:D

[Archer]

Looks like Harmison wont get in the team again

Hes basicly just in the 14man squad as a replacment for Flintoff who is expected to be fit

I hate English Selectors

[Archer]

there not playing 2 spinners again are they?

Onions will probably come in for Panesar

[davie]

Pakistan reached 285-1 in their second innings. Then collapsed to 320 all out.

Sri Lanka are 120-2, need just 51 runs to win the match.

[Archer]

Pakistan reached 285-1 in their second innings. Then collapsed to 320 all out.

Sri Lanka are 120-2, need just 51 runs to win the match.

Look at my "chuckers" doing me proud

[davie]

Look at my "chuckers" doing me proud

Darrell Hair should have umpired the game. Just for interest sake.

He would have called loads of no balls on Sri Lanka and then awarded them the game anyway once Pakistan had ball-tampered too much.

[davie]

interesting..murali wasnt even playing

He doesn't have to if Pakistan are going to be shit enough to only manage 90 in one innings.

[RosettaStoned]

Its not doing bad in terms of popularity for such a dumb sport . Seeing as this dumb sport is more popular than most sports on the planet

Things that are popular can't be dumb? I think Brittney Spears is dumb, but she's really fucking popular.

But than again some people think Soccer is dumb , and that happens to be the most popular sport in the world

I too think soccer is dumb. Way dumber than cricket.