Cricket

194 all out

Good times.

[Won last night so we're through to the semi-finals of the play-offs. Two juicy cover drives for four resulted in my top score for the season of 8. Out bowled having completely lost track of where the ball was. Bowled one and dropped a catch off my own bowling. Conceded rather a lot of extras. Good times.]

LOL

Haha, Channel 5 had the gall to reunite Harmison and Boycott, once so animated in another's offence! The kiss and make up ceremony as conducted by Sparky Nicholas. Dear me!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ynu0LWd0iqY

kp dropped twice.

Century for KP

KP out

Typical. He is incapable of doing anything without drama!

HOW DARE HE SACK HIM

Seriously I can't get angry at a man who's just made a hundred but come on Kev, make some double tons.

I'm not saying that's a bad thing! Flintoff is looking in the mood...

huge 6!

flintoff out

gah

Time for Broadys 1st century

I'll venture to say we'll have a new keeper for the winter tour.

Not gonna be much of a lead. Shocking stuff since KP got out

Is Anderson finally going to get his first duck?

useless cunts

you can bet the sa opening partnership will soon rattle off the lead.

Can we have a teeny bit of positivity? Batting isn't that easy out there, and yr talking like a tabloid headline. Plus, Anderson's avoided the duck again!

I mean there's no sophistication to your game analysis, it's always absolutes. A very immature mentality.

Is that a joke or should I start Googling GIFs of pots and kettles?

Since when has my cricket analysis been comprised of non-jokey absolutes?

I mean there aren't many topics on ILX where I consider myself to be an authority, hence I'm almost always content to defer to those of greater knowledge/experience. But, fuck, not cricket.

No need to be calling people immature just because you disagree with them though.

It's not so much disagreement as exasperation at the whole "stupid cunts mess up again grumble grumble we're the worst team in the world" attitude that Mr. Neuname is espousing. He's not alone either. We don't know whether England will win this Test, but what's clear is that they are very much on top with a 100-run first-innings lead at least (more if Harmison keeps firing).

But it's not "immature". Pessimistic perhaps, but not immature.

Yeah, I was more talking about

A very immature mentality.
A very immature mentality.
A very immature mentality.
A very immature mentality.
A very immature mentality.

and, to a lesser extent

it's always absolutes
it's always absolutes
it's always absolutes

Yeah, and I was only talking about those things in a cricketing context. You're a little guilty of ad hominem in this case, caek.

Harmison misses a 50 in the most predictable manner imaginable. Monty really is the biggest spacker in the universe. Bastards. String 'em up.

Not Panesar's fault that Harmison was desperate to get his 50.

They should both be hung from the players' balcony.

Anderson, OTOH, should be knighted forthwith.

Doing a Hoggard v Hayden on Smith!

Yeah, and I was only talking about those things in a cricketing context.

Try not to tell people they deal in absolutes and are immature in any context. This is good advice for anyone. (It's particularly good advice for you, so I guess that makes it an ad hominem.)

251-7, new ball, no second slip for de villiers and anderson swings one and it goes straight to where 2nd slip wouldve been.

Kerr, Tom D, yr team is shite

Trescothick = cheat. Yep.

A great player - I'm glad he seems to be happier now. We could really do with some Tresco-like performances from our current openers in the coming year.

haha wtf 84 all out and I missed it!

SOUTH AFRICA INNINGS

"Have the England team been at the Murray Mints again?"
Cookie Wookie in the TMS inbox

"Jacques Kallis said in the paper today that their last match was their worst yet. I wonder what he will say about this one!"
David, Aylesbury in the TMS inbox

1626: You won't see that again in a hurry - Broad finishes with 5-23 from 10, Harmison 2-4 from one, Flintoff 3-29 from seven, Anderson 0-26 from five. We'll have a 10-minute break before England's openers return to the fray.

83 all out actually and Nel was the top scorer with 13.
England 77-0. The games gonna be over in 40 overs. I don't suppose the crowd will mind.

37.1 overs all in. 10 wkt win

As someone on the BBC text commentary said, they could have that 20-20 game now!

So freakish one-off, or a brave new dawn for English cricket? I'm thinking the former...

it's just nice to not be on the receiving end of a result like this for a change.

well done matt prior for his 6 catches and one of them was spectacular to say the least.

SA just haven't turned up since going 2-0 up in test series.