test matches shouldn't be over in 2/3 days
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 14 May 2009 15:22 (seventeen years ago)
Judging by things thus far this one won't be over in 8 days though.
― zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Thursday, 14 May 2009 15:23 (seventeen years ago)
Bring on the dancing girls...
― Dante ... Bruno . Vico .. Passantino (Tom D.), Thursday, 14 May 2009 15:30 (seventeen years ago)
Bring on the dancing girls horses...
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 14 May 2009 15:31 (seventeen years ago)
and there's actually far more going on in a test and it becomes somehow faster.
This is true. Although there are slow periods of play, but these are interesting because you sense the teams battling for momentum, often testing each other's patience.
I was sitting next to a chap once at Lord's who had this knack of snoozing off and then waking up just when things were about to happen, then drifting off again. Must have watched so much cricket he was psychically linked to the tempo of the game.
― The Fairy Josser (GamalielRatsey), Thursday, 14 May 2009 15:49 (seventeen years ago)
Cook gets his century.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 14 May 2009 16:04 (seventeen years ago)
lol nervous nineties
― sorry for british (country matters), Thursday, 14 May 2009 16:08 (seventeen years ago)
ravi just went 4-6-4(nearly c&b) who said nothing was happening?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 14 May 2009 16:09 (seventeen years ago)
dude, nothing the fuck is happening, the pitch is fucking RIP, the batsmen are filling their boots, the bowlers are completely uninspired
― sorry for british (country matters), Thursday, 14 May 2009 16:11 (seventeen years ago)
100 for ravi, 3rd in a row against the windies
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 14 May 2009 16:11 (seventeen years ago)
Ravis is either gonna smash another 50 tonight or get out to a stupid shot.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 14 May 2009 16:12 (seventeen years ago)
England should have bowled first, would have at least given the game a modicum of excitement
― sorry for british (country matters), Thursday, 14 May 2009 16:13 (seventeen years ago)
Who'd be a bowler these days?
― Dante ... Bruno . Vico .. Passantino (Tom D.), Thursday, 14 May 2009 16:13 (seventeen years ago)
...and we might have learned something
bowling first would've been stupid and would've rightly have been criticised. England can(hopefully)put up a big score and put pressure on the WI and see how the pitch changes the last 3 days.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 14 May 2009 16:22 (seventeen years ago)
but what's the point in doing that?
― sorry for british (country matters), Thursday, 14 May 2009 16:29 (seventeen years ago)
It'll really annoy Chris Gayle
― Dante ... Bruno . Vico .. Passantino (Tom D.), Thursday, 14 May 2009 16:29 (seventeen years ago)
the point is you try to win the test match and win the series 2-0. Not fart about with nonsensical experiments just "to see what happens". Thank fuck youre neither an england captain/coach.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 14 May 2009 16:33 (seventeen years ago)
It's not an experiment! It's bowling first. And it's probably the best way to ensure an England win rather than a draw.
― sorry for british (country matters), Thursday, 14 May 2009 16:37 (seventeen years ago)
by watching the windies rattle up 500 on an "RIP pitch"
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 14 May 2009 16:39 (seventeen years ago)
a mentally-shot WI against a hungry England bowling attack? no chance.
― sorry for british (country matters), Thursday, 14 May 2009 16:40 (seventeen years ago)
it's not a good pitch but the WI aren't exactly trying to get much life out of it
― sorry for british (country matters), Thursday, 14 May 2009 16:41 (seventeen years ago)
basically i want our bowlers to be genuinely challenged coz that's where the ashes is being lost & won
Bopara out. Here's KP who needs a score.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 14 May 2009 16:51 (seventeen years ago)
nope, it's jimmy as nighwatchmen to protect KP. Can he keep his run going etc.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 14 May 2009 16:52 (seventeen years ago)
should do on this pitch
― sorry for british (country matters), Thursday, 14 May 2009 16:54 (seventeen years ago)
;-)
fidel is now flying
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 14 May 2009 16:57 (seventeen years ago)
jimmy edges and it drops short of the keeper. edwards is making the pitch look wild now
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Thursday, 14 May 2009 16:58 (seventeen years ago)
and there we go
― sorry for british (country matters), Thursday, 14 May 2009 17:12 (seventeen years ago)
You two are the Boycott and Agnew of ILX.
― zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Friday, 15 May 2009 08:53 (seventeen years ago)
looks like no play today
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 15 May 2009 10:47 (seventeen years ago)
Jaggers and Pfunkboycs
― Dante ... Bruno . Vico .. Passantino (Tom D.), Friday, 15 May 2009 10:49 (seventeen years ago)
tom d is much more boycottesque
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 15 May 2009 11:12 (seventeen years ago)
Is Boycott too stubborn to admit that he's dead already?
― Everybody Wants To Shag King Boy Pato (King Boy Pato), Friday, 15 May 2009 11:16 (seventeen years ago)
I say: probably.
Lizzen, what I don't know about grigid threads - goundy grigid OR tezd grigid - isn't worth knowing, how many posts have you made to this grigid thread? You're rubbish you are.
― Dante ... Bruno . Vico .. Passantino (Tom D.), Friday, 15 May 2009 11:18 (seventeen years ago)
Roobish shurely?
― zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Friday, 15 May 2009 11:23 (seventeen years ago)
Bloody roobish at that!
Shocking shot by KP trying to hit a 6 to bring up his 50 and hes out caught.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 16 May 2009 12:50 (seventeen years ago)
this is a cracking spell by Broad, the way he got Sarwan out was the way Harmison used to bowl. God i wish Harmison could come back and bowl like this.Broad really is improving. He's become englands go to bowler with fred out.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 17 May 2009 11:59 (seventeen years ago)
Well done to strauss for implementing that plan and to broad for bowling superbly.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 17 May 2009 12:00 (seventeen years ago)
I think LJ mustve enjoyed that
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 17 May 2009 12:01 (seventeen years ago)
i enjoyed the way it sounded on the radio :P but credit to broad rather than strauss imo
anderson is england's go-to bowler imo
― BIG CHOO-CHOOS aka the steamtraindriver (country matters), Sunday, 17 May 2009 12:04 (seventeen years ago)
well actually maybe not, anderson's probably still the strike man, and broad the turn-to man
anyway i am going to play some cricket of my own now
― BIG CHOO-CHOOS aka the steamtraindriver (country matters), Sunday, 17 May 2009 12:07 (seventeen years ago)
Was going to be playing today as well, but our match in Potter's Bar was cancelled :-(
― zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Sunday, 17 May 2009 12:58 (seventeen years ago)
So Broad and Anderson's bowling this match is making me feel slightly more optimistic about the Ashes. Get Freddie and Sidebottom in and that's a pretty menacing, as well as varied, attack.
― zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Monday, 18 May 2009 12:13 (seventeen years ago)
I've seen more menace from turtles on valium than that proposed bowling attack.
― Everybody Wants To Shag King Boy Pato (King Boy Pato), Monday, 18 May 2009 12:41 (seventeen years ago)
I can tell you're worried.
― zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Monday, 18 May 2009 12:42 (seventeen years ago)