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Offline beet1e

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« on: July 23, 2004, 11:35:02 AM »
Oh what a cracking start! England finishing on 568 in the first innings. The famous England batting collapse did not start till about 390 - lol. Windies now 169-4; looking like they'll be struggling to avoid the follow on.

Any Ozzies here following this? We STILL have Richie Benaud as commentator - he's been doing it for about 100 years. Heard he actually PLAYED for OZ c1956?

Classic quote: "I used to wish I didn't have so much grey hair. Now I wish I had more of it" - Richie Benaud today at Lords. :lol
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« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2004, 11:55:27 AM »
Windies entire cricket program is a disaster.

If England don't win easily they should be ashamed of themselves.
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« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2004, 12:01:13 PM »
Crickets is fishbait :D
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« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2004, 12:03:33 PM »
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Crickets is fishbait :D


Crickets ARE fishbait.:p
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« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2004, 12:30:56 PM »
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Crickets ARE fishbait.:p


They is ifn u from GA
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« Reply #5 on: July 23, 2004, 12:35:54 PM »
Cricket is NOT a sport. It is a confusing jumble of pseudo-rules and madeup phrases that the Brits used to confuse and sublimate their colonies. Notice how it didn't catch on here? We were smart enough to morph it into baseball... a real sport.

Now go throw a googlie.
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« Reply #6 on: July 23, 2004, 01:49:02 PM »
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Now go throw a googlie.


Now go BOWL a googlie.:p
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« Reply #7 on: July 23, 2004, 03:09:43 PM »
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Now go BOWL a googlie.:p


SEE!!!!
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« Reply #8 on: July 23, 2004, 03:45:07 PM »
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the Brits used to confuse and sublimate their colonies.  


The Brits vaporised their colonies? Wow! How aggressive!

BTW, what sort of test do you give crickets? Do you try to stomp them and see if they leap out of the way? Or is it a written test?

If a cricket scores 100 on the test, does he get a good job?

How's this whole "testing of crickets" thing work, anyway? Do you guys test other insects as well?
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« Reply #9 on: July 23, 2004, 03:55:41 PM »
LOL Mr. Toad! :lol

When are you next coming to England? You should try to be here a fortnight on Thursday - the Glorious Twelfth! :cool:
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« Reply #10 on: July 23, 2004, 03:58:00 PM »
Nice try Mr. Toad... but there is an alternative meaning...

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To divert the energy associated with (an unacceptable impulse or drive) into a personally and socially acceptable activity.


So there :p
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« Reply #11 on: July 23, 2004, 06:19:09 PM »
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Oh what a cracking start! England finishing on 568 in the first innings. The famous England batting collapse did not start till about 390 - lol. Windies now 169-4; looking like they'll be struggling to avoid the follow on.

Any Ozzies here following this? We STILL have Richie Benaud as commentator - he's been doing it for about 100 years. Heard he actually PLAYED for OZ c1956?

Classic quote: "I used to wish I didn't have so much grey hair. Now I wish I had more of it" - Richie Benaud today at Lords. :lol



Richie is a living legend , still going strong at 73. The Poms giving the calypso lads a thrashing, how the mighty have fallen !

Just as well the colonials are still around to put you back in your box   ;)







    
   

Name: Richie Benaud, OBE

DoB: 6.10.1930

Known as: Richie, The voice of cricket


Cricket CV: Leg-spinning all-rounder who captained Australia in 28 of his 63 Tests, never losing a series while in charge. Became the first Test player (in 1963) to complete the double of 200 wickets and 2,000 runs, ending his Test career with 248 wickets at 27.03 and 2,201 runs at 24.45. Represented New South Wales when not on international duty and remains one of only 10 Australians to have scored more than 10,000 runs and taken over 500 wickets in first-class cricket. Began his broadcasting career on BBC Radio in 1960 and then moved across to BBC Television three years later. Has been working for Australia's Channel 9 since 1977 and joined Channel 4 in 1999.
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« Reply #12 on: July 23, 2004, 06:51:52 PM »
Cricket??????    Oh sorry, I thought this was about perch bait.
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« Reply #13 on: July 23, 2004, 07:52:03 PM »
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Originally posted by midnight Target
Cricket is NOT a sport. It is a confusing jumble of pseudo-rules and madeup phrases that the Brits used to confuse and sublimate their colonies. Notice how it didn't catch on here? We were smart enough to morph it into baseball... a real sport.

Now go throw a googlie.


  Let me get this right, the other countries (oz, NZ, india, w. indies, pakistan, bangladesh, south africa, sri lanka etc etc)   who had no problem adopting cricket with all its "complicated" rules are stupid but the US who had to simplify it untill it resembles rounders, a game played by primary school girls (aged 5-11) are smart and manly.

I think i see.

 :)

On a slightly more serious note here is an introduction to cricket for americans
http://slate.msn.com/id/100692
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« Reply #14 on: July 23, 2004, 08:05:33 PM »
The Windies are 208-4 at stumps on day two (having been 118-0 at one point). Lets hope England can force the follow-on tomorrow.
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