i'm going to ignore you until you use the specific thread
― Just got offed, Friday, 11 July 2008 11:46 (fifteen years ago) link
did someone speak?
― Herman G. Neuname, Friday, 11 July 2008 11:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Fuck david cameron on TMS.
― Jarlrmai, Friday, 11 July 2008 12:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Agreed.
― Neil S, Friday, 11 July 2008 12:16 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm glad I have sky sports then
― Herman G. Neuname, Friday, 11 July 2008 14:50 (fifteen years ago) link
I'd rather a fly in my ointment than be smeared with shit ;)
― Jarlrmai, Friday, 11 July 2008 14:52 (fifteen years ago) link
As long as that cunt stays away from sky sports coverage
― Herman G. Neuname, Friday, 11 July 2008 15:35 (fifteen years ago) link
Well done Bell, shame about the double hundred miss -- but I'm glad he actually made a great contribution when I didn't believe he could. Hopefully he'll go on now and that 199 won't be read any other way, should he not go on an be amazing for England.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 11 July 2008 19:19 (fifteen years ago) link
It's a real shame he didn't get the 200. I remember when Gooch was out for 196 against Australia in 1985. And of course his 333 4 years later.
― Herman G. Neuname, Saturday, 12 July 2008 20:10 (fifteen years ago) link
5 i mean
And he was dropped on 30 by the Indian wicketkeeper
― Herman G. Neuname, Saturday, 12 July 2008 20:11 (fifteen years ago) link
bah, Eng bowling economically with little cutting edge and SA bore on towards a draw...
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 13 July 2008 13:30 (fifteen years ago) link
the problem is it's still a great batting track, SA are going to be much tougher on a second innings, all down to Monty at the moment but this is where you need a Flintoff to get you a wicket or 2.
― Jarlrmai, Sunday, 13 July 2008 13:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Yay for the return of The Sheffield Shield!
― SeekAltRoute, Wednesday, 16 July 2008 09:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Freddie definitely playing tomorrow, then.
― Neil S, Thursday, 17 July 2008 15:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Did Mark Pougatch's commentary on TMS in the 1st Test annoy other people as much as it annoyed me?
― Tom D., Thursday, 17 July 2008 15:33 (fifteen years ago) link
He should stick to football.
― Neil S, Thursday, 17 July 2008 15:41 (fifteen years ago) link
He wasn't that bad! Arlo White, now he's a (thankfully absent) disgrace to the profession. None of the BBC lot even approach Talksport's Andrew McKenna when it comes to sheer fist-in-mouth terribleness, though.
― Just got offed, Thursday, 17 July 2008 15:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Can't we take all this to the series-specific ILC thread?
NO!!!!
― Jarlrmai, Thursday, 17 July 2008 15:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Easier to use this thread as a rolling cricket thread isn't it?
― Neil S, Thursday, 17 July 2008 15:48 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't do other boards, dear boy.
Pougatch was just trying FAR too hard, I AM TALKING LOUDLY ALL THE TIME BECAUSE THIS IS "SPORTS" AND IT IS EXCITING. Boycott such an arsehole too.
― Tom D., Thursday, 17 July 2008 15:51 (fifteen years ago) link
Now this is where we're gonna have to fall out a little. Boycott is the best. He's also very, very rarely wrong, and surprisingly progressive/liberal in his thinking.
― Just got offed, Thursday, 17 July 2008 15:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Cricket chat should be for everyone not sub boards that noone else reads
― Herman G. Neuname, Thursday, 17 July 2008 15:55 (fifteen years ago) link
but, you see, everyone can access the sub-boards, everyone can see what's on the sub-board...it wouldn't be the biggest mental leap imaginable to check I Love Cricket if you wanted to talk about cricket
also if you're not using site new answers by now you're a total stone-age spacker
― Just got offed, Thursday, 17 July 2008 15:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Boycott: you're right he's rarely wrong, but it's his air of absolute certainty, along with his constantly claiming the wisdom of hindsight, that makes him annoying. Worth listening to when Agnew's winding him up though.
― Neil S, Thursday, 17 July 2008 15:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Progressive about cricket I take it you mean, certainly not politics! He might know about cricket but he's a charmless arrogant twat
― Tom D., Thursday, 17 July 2008 16:03 (fifteen years ago) link
really we only need one cricket thread, no point having a whole sub board for it.
Aggers' sense of humour is sublime
― Jarlrmai, Thursday, 17 July 2008 16:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Tom D very OTM here.
― Ed, Thursday, 17 July 2008 16:04 (fifteen years ago) link
(xp) Whereas Boycott's barely exists beyond, "Ha ha, Agnew, you only took 3 test wickets, that's rubbish that is, I wish I'd played against you"
― Tom D., Thursday, 17 July 2008 16:05 (fifteen years ago) link
WHAT?! Boycott and Aggers are great together, but for PRECISELY the opposite reason! I like his air of absolute certainty, because I reckon he backs his chat and he doesn't baulk from voicing what he feels, unlike the Sky Sports fudgers.
Yeah I do mean about cricket. I don't think he applies his arrogance to other people. And he's far from charmless, he's very entertaining and I'd say charismatic in his own way.
That sort of baiting isn't representative of Boycott's deepest grasp of humour ffs, it's just a way of keeping Eeyore in check! :D
― Just got offed, Thursday, 17 July 2008 16:06 (fifteen years ago) link
I have found that when I read a Boycott article in the paper, I can hear his voice in my head. He's great, he walks really fast too, he whizzed past me at Lord's once.
― jel --, Thursday, 17 July 2008 16:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Of course, but it doesn't work because he has so little charm and such little grasp of the mechanics of humour, I agree that he's interesting to listen to however!
― Tom D., Thursday, 17 July 2008 16:09 (fifteen years ago) link
Boycott doesn't NEED Aggers' smug public-school nuance and underhand wit, though, because JUGGERNAUT RIGHTEOUS CANT will always defeat the former. And Aggers carries on moaning and being conservative and not understanding spin, and the world stays on its axis.
― Just got offed, Thursday, 17 July 2008 16:11 (fifteen years ago) link
That's not JUGGERNAUT RIGHTEOUS CANT so much stereotypical blustering bolshy Yorkshire windbagisms, a la Trueman and Illingworth and take yer pick
― Tom D., Thursday, 17 July 2008 16:14 (fifteen years ago) link
oh come now, boycott is a completely different animal to illingworth, he's very supportive of all the current players, and their individual techniques, he's a fan of innovation on the game (such as 2020) and expressive strokeplay, he understands all the things that make cricket great, be they dashing innings in limited overs games or tense periods of knife-edge test cricket
― Just got offed, Thursday, 17 July 2008 16:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Darren Pattinson????
― Neil S, Friday, 18 July 2008 10:36 (fifteen years ago) link
lol australia
― Just got offed, Friday, 18 July 2008 10:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Tremlett, Jones, Hoggard, Harmison and about 20 other bowlers must be feeling pretty annoyed right now.
― Neil S, Friday, 18 July 2008 10:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Tremlett - crap + injury prone Jones - not ready yet Hoggard - finished Harmison - should have played here, but you can understand the selectors being thoroughly sick of him by now.
― Dr.C, Friday, 18 July 2008 10:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Harmison should never play for England again. There is no forgiveness as far as I'm concerned. The man is a weak-headed idiot and he does not deserve a dime of recognition from the selectors.
― Just got offed, Friday, 18 July 2008 10:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Tremlett seems a pretty good prospect to me, was intermittently very good last summer.
Probably agree re. Jones.
Hoggard's home ground, expected to swing, still think he has test match cricket left in him. If they were looking for a horses for courses pick, he would seem to be the metaphorical horse for this course.
― Neil S, Friday, 18 July 2008 10:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Harmison should never play for England again.
SUPER-REAL TALK
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 18 July 2008 10:47 (fifteen years ago) link
I have a lot of time and love for Hoggard (by FAR the best and most interesting personality in recent England teams for a start), and I think he's been unlucky to be ignored thus far. If he really turns it on for Yorkshire over the next couple of months I can't see him being ignored for the winter tours.
― Just got offed, Friday, 18 July 2008 10:48 (fifteen years ago) link
I think Hoggard's a bit of a one-trick pony but the competition ain't fierce, y'dig?
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 18 July 2008 10:49 (fifteen years ago) link
NV, as a friend of mine said, "Harmison really is shit. What a total fucking idiot. Send him to Afghanistan."
― Just got offed, Friday, 18 July 2008 10:50 (fifteen years ago) link
Trem is the least threatening 6 foot 8 bowler you could imagine - just doesn't have the (controlled) aggression that he needs to make an impact.
x-post Hard to disagree with you on Harmison. I suspect that Vaughan and Moores don't want him, and they're in the best position to judge. He has stayed fit and taken wickets this season though.
― Dr.C, Friday, 18 July 2008 10:51 (fifteen years ago) link
I have some sympathy for Harmison, but I figure his head has been destroyed to the point where he will never be a big game player ever again.
― Noodle Vague, Friday, 18 July 2008 10:51 (fifteen years ago) link
Hoggard expanded his range in the last couple of years, though. He bowled very accurately with a bit of cut on unforgiving surfaces and reaped rewards. He's at his best when it swings, sure, but there's no denying his great skill. True, he looked bad against NZ in that one Test but I'm certain that was a blip rather than a permanent loss of bite.
The thing with Harmison is that much as he's stayed fit and taken a few wickets (no five-fer tho) this season, he quite simply doesn't deserve to return after the manifest weak-headedness and run-candy-to-top-level-batsman waywardness we've witnessed over the last three years.
― Just got offed, Friday, 18 July 2008 10:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Ambrose at 6 worries me in this match.
― Dr.C, Friday, 18 July 2008 10:54 (fifteen years ago) link