haha but of course I am not in favour of reducing the Test roster on principle. tier 2 tests - would these count for one's official stats? Darren Bravo'd make a killing
― lovely cuddly fluffy dope (imago), Sunday, 19 January 2014 13:54 (ten years ago) link
I dont like the idea myself. the other nations are just gonna go fuck it lets concentrate on 20/20
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 19 January 2014 15:41 (ten years ago) link
looks like Pakistan are going to chase down 302 in Sharjah
― Kim Wrong-un (Neil S), Monday, 20 January 2014 13:41 (ten years ago) link
am watching, it's been an amazing effort, abetted by hilariously shit & negative tactics from SL. will these fucks (ever international team except aus & nz) never learn?
― lovely cuddly fluffy dope (imago), Monday, 20 January 2014 13:43 (ten years ago) link
pretty dark now is it? Azhar Ali has just gotten out
― Kim Wrong-un (Neil S), Monday, 20 January 2014 13:45 (ten years ago) link
Misbah's the man, yet again!
― Kim Wrong-un (Neil S), Monday, 20 January 2014 13:50 (ten years ago) link
all over, umpires took no shit from SL re: bad light due to timewasting. very similar to England chase in Pakistan 13 years ago to win final Test, except the chase was twice as big this time :D
― lovely cuddly fluffy dope (imago), Monday, 20 January 2014 13:51 (ten years ago) link
you think south africa arent?
I was thinking more of the crowds who attend test matches, I don't think too many do in SA (I could be wrong though). They certainly don't in NZ.
― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Tuesday, 21 January 2014 14:15 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Np4BciX.jpg
― ۩, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 15:16 (ten years ago) link
too small; didn’t read.
― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 22:07 (ten years ago) link
tour back on track, it's all looking rosy now!
― Kim Wrong-un (Neil S), Friday, 24 January 2014 10:55 (ten years ago) link
VICTORY!!!
― Kim Wrong-un (Neil S), Friday, 24 January 2014 11:13 (ten years ago) link
well i'm glad.
― estela, Friday, 24 January 2014 11:41 (ten years ago) link
all is well cook must stay etc etc
― ۩, Friday, 24 January 2014 11:59 (ten years ago) link
knighthood for ashley giles
yeah flippancy aside it was a good win, Buttler looks like the real deal. Cook did captain pretty well from what I gathered from TMS.
― Kim Wrong-un (Neil S), Friday, 24 January 2014 12:06 (ten years ago) link
yeah flippancy aside it was a good win
― yuoowemeone, Friday, 24 January 2014 12:19 (ten years ago) link
zing
― Kim Wrong-un (Neil S), Friday, 24 January 2014 12:26 (ten years ago) link
yeah cook can put away the yellow pages now
― ۩, Friday, 24 January 2014 14:18 (ten years ago) link
Great to get all those warm-up games out of the way just in time for the first proper one.
― Chewshabadoo, Saturday, 25 January 2014 20:42 (ten years ago) link
noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooNOT ASHLEY NEGATIVE WORST SPINNER EVER FUCKING GILES
― ۩, Friday, 31 January 2014 16:07 (ten years ago) link
who would you have then?
― Kim Wrong-un (Neil S), Friday, 31 January 2014 16:21 (ten years ago) link
Doesnt matter as the jobs his. He's been trained up for it. Lets hope his coachings better than his bowling.
Im thinking Flowers jumped before being pushed.
― ۩, Friday, 31 January 2014 16:45 (ten years ago) link
Am more amused by the thrashing Glorious India just copped off a semi-pro b-tier Unimportant Nation
― 141 Jute Gyte - Discontinuities 142 drake - nothing was the same (imago), Friday, 31 January 2014 16:48 (ten years ago) link
xp not sure he's a shoo-in to be honest. I would have Thorpe maybe? I know you've got a thing about the King of Spain but he wasn't a bad bowler.
There was a hilariously one-eyed article in the Age when I was out there for the the Ashes, in which Dean Jones picked his next England coach. His suggestions were: SK Warne, Mike Hussey, Tom Moody, and oh I don't know maybe that Michael Vaughan bloke?
― Kim Wrong-un (Neil S), Friday, 31 January 2014 16:48 (ten years ago) link
warne would be worth it just to wind up the Aussies I suppose
― ۩, Friday, 31 January 2014 18:42 (ten years ago) link
Moody has been rumoured to be up for coach since before fletcher
Giles has it simply because they have stated they want one coach in charge of all 3 formats
― ۩, Friday, 31 January 2014 18:43 (ten years ago) link
and he was an awful bowler.
― ۩, Friday, 31 January 2014 18:44 (ten years ago) link
i would rather Flower had stayed tbh unless he really did do a back me over KP thing.It seems its a case of there's nobody to replace Cook so Flower has to go. But there's noone really to replace him. Giles has done a poor job with 1 day and 20/20 too.
But Paul Downton obv wants his own man in charge.
― ۩, Friday, 31 January 2014 18:53 (ten years ago) link
you thought England couldn't become any more of a laughing stock? KP has been told his England career is over. Selvey rejoices.
― ۩, Tuesday, 4 February 2014 18:56 (ten years ago) link
a shame, but at least we won't have to hear about it ad nauseam any more
― Kim Wrong-un (Neil S), Tuesday, 4 February 2014 18:59 (ten years ago) link
whaaat
― imago, Tuesday, 4 February 2014 19:00 (ten years ago) link
fuck the ecb
― ۩, Tuesday, 4 February 2014 19:02 (ten years ago) link
sack the ecb lol xp
― imago, Tuesday, 4 February 2014 19:02 (ten years ago) link
sporting administrative body incompetent shockah
― Kim Wrong-un (Neil S), Tuesday, 4 February 2014 19:04 (ten years ago) link
we're still left with a shitty captain who lost the ashes 5-0
― ۩, Tuesday, 4 February 2014 19:05 (ten years ago) link
Brilliant, fantastic decision.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 4 February 2014 21:26 (ten years ago) link
Cook is just ruthless, my type of guy.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 4 February 2014 21:27 (ten years ago) link
yeah like it had anything to do with him
― ۩, Tuesday, 4 February 2014 22:05 (ten years ago) link
That will cut little ice with the majority of England cricket followers who expressed immediate opinion. Predictably, Piers Morgan was the most voluble, describing Alastair Cook, who as captain was involved in the discussions that led to the decision, as "a repulsive little weasel".
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/feb/04/kevin-pietersen-england-ecb
― Fizzles, Tuesday, 4 February 2014 22:38 (ten years ago) link
why is piers morgan shitting all over cricket, can't he stick to talent shows
― imago, Tuesday, 4 February 2014 22:41 (ten years ago) link
he's a handy shibboleth. you can divide cricketers and commentators between those who seem somehow to admire him and those who can't abide the fucker.
― Fizzles, Tuesday, 4 February 2014 22:51 (ten years ago) link
actually that's a good point. Brett Lee for instance confirmed as fuckwit numero uno of the recent Aussie retirees, ditto Flintoff. might repost that Iain O'Brien tweet
― imago, Tuesday, 4 February 2014 22:52 (ten years ago) link
Iain O'Brien @iainobrienIt’d be good if professionals could make the right decision all of the time, @piersmorgan.
Your bad decisions got people killed.
― imago, Tuesday, 4 February 2014 22:53 (ten years ago) link
it's strange, some people seem to think him imbued with special moral authority or glamour, such that they crave his good opinion, while he of course goes around grubbing-up whatever avatars of populism he can find to accrue to himself. an acrid little reduction of media-sport symbiosis.
ah yes, good to see that tweet again.
― Fizzles, Tuesday, 4 February 2014 22:59 (ten years ago) link
― ۩, Tuesday, February 4, 2014 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
It was the P Morgan tweet as reported but also the piece by Mike Selvey below:
The events of 2012 have been raked over and the truce, particularly with Andy Flower, was never an easy one, although they managed a professional working relationship. The decision of Strauss to retire was crucial to this for, had he stayed, it is unlikely that Pietersen would have been selected again on the back of such disrespect for his team and captain.Instead Cook, as the new captain, championed his cause and Pietersen was retained. That Cook has undergone such a change of mind since is as telling as anything.
Instead Cook, as the new captain, championed his cause and Pietersen was retained. That Cook has undergone such a change of mind since is as telling as anything.
Surely the ECB gave weight to Cook's opinion more than most.
Anyhow, this is some carnage - couldn't have seen both Flower and Pietersen going.
Will be sickening to read an account of this tour once the dust settles. Might be many years for that to happen though.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 4 February 2014 23:52 (ten years ago) link
swann's probably halfway thru publishing his tbf
― imago, Wednesday, 5 February 2014 01:38 (ten years ago) link
That full Selvey piece posted above is worth a read.
In the meantime, cricket goes on, Kumar Sangakarra has scored a triple century against the plucky Bangladeshis.
― Kim Wrong-un (Neil S), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 10:54 (ten years ago) link
RIP KP, heaven needed a South African dude that looked like a skunk on acid once.
― wow such doge of venice (King Boy Pato), Wednesday, 5 February 2014 12:39 (ten years ago) link