Cricket

anything straussy can do i can do better KP style hehe

haha the ball is lost

out next ball

KP not allowed to bat until 5 wkts are down

ggs

yay an England win by 9 wickets.
It all looked so different when Gayle was smashing the ball out the ground after wrongly being given not out earlier.

Bucknors last game.

strauss >>>>> gayle

also wtg steve

one of the better umpires tbh. Sad to see him go.

Hasn't been so consistent in his later years, but has never really courted controversy.

Former Test cricket umpire Steve Bucknor has revealed he was the victim of racist abuse earlier in his career.

The Jamaican, 62, retired as an elite umpire on Sunday after standing in 128 Tests and 181 one-day internationals.

He told BBC's Test Match Special: "Nobody made me feel black on the field but I did get a letter in London saying 'you black b******' or 'you n*****'.

"You don't want to talk about it but people write these things. You have to let these things lie. I grew up tough."

Bucknor, who grew up in poverty, added in a wide-ranging interview with the BBC's Kevin Howells: "I have no fears in talking about what I went through as a youngster.

"They were very, very tough times. I had one pair of shoes to go to school in, to go to church, to go anywhere. I didn't eat until I got home in the evenings."

He also said that although many people had tried to persuade him to continue his career, he felt he had reached a natural time to retire.

"There are some who would want me to stay around, my body feels good but 63 ought to be the cut-off age. I have seen people go beyond that age and have suffered because of their inability to see properly, hear properly. I am pretty close to that age now."

Bucknor, who stands an imposing 6ft 3in, had a distinctive way of delaying his decisions, a mannerism that earned him the nickname "Slow Death".

He stood in five World Cup finals, the last of those in Barbados, which was also the venue of his final match - an England win against West Indies.

A former football referee, he once officiated in a World Cup qualifier.

And despite retirement from cricket, he is likely to remain busy in other fields, particularly athletics. He is being invited to work in development programmes in Jamaica, and serve as a track official.

KP is at it again, he has said he will never spend 11 weeks away from his wife again.
Now there will be speculation about him not touring again(therefore surely he cant play for England at all since they didnt let tres play home games only)

KP is at it again, he has said he will never spend 11 weeks away from his wife again.

Awwwwwww, diddums

Wonder if KP will get the same flak from louis that Harmison got when he complained about being homesick.

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_pDuf6-A6hCs/SXjVw2Ljj9I/AAAAAAAAAII/QDq9G-NpXwg/s800/harmyhelmet.jpg

Kevin Pietersen has said he would not go on another extended England tour like the one in West Indies, without his wife, singer Jessica Taylor.

Explaining his comments on Saturday that he was "at the end of his tether" he said it was partly down to frustration at England's poor results.

He added: "I've never said I want to miss a tour and there's no way I will ever miss a tour. I love touring.

"But there's no way I'll be without my wife for 11 weeks again."

Pietersen, 28, will be fit to play in the one-day series decider, and tour finale, in St Lucia despite a back spasm sustained on Sunday.

He said the England team's general failure to win matches, whether in India before Christmas under his leadership - or in the West Indies since then - had left him drained.

He said: "The first half of the winter was a shambles under my leadership. We didn't come close to winning a game in India and we didn't come close to winning a game here before we won on Sunday - except for the mathematical error on the West Indies' part in Guyana.
"The comments were born from the frustration of that. We all want to go home, but it does not stop the commitment we all put in on a daily basis.

"I am absolutely 100% passionate about playing for England. I absolutely never take it for granted about wearing the three lions on my chest.

"The second part of the frustration was I hadn't seen my wife since 21 January. It's the longest period of time I've been away from her."

Pietersen also explained how he sat down with the tour management to request a 48-hour break between Test matches to be with wife Jessica, 28, who used to be with group Liberty X, who he married in December 2007.

"We decided it probably wouldn't be a good idea for the team going forward," he said. "There were no arguments, no nonsense, no disappointment on my behalf.

"I have been totally supportive of everything that has happened on this tour."

Why cant they just let wives go on tour with them?

So he won't be going to Sarf Ifriker for the IPL then?

that's only for 3 weeks (plus i assume his wife will be allowed to go too)

Anyway, his wife couldn't have gone, she was doing that Dancing On Ice shit

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A49290555

cmon let's end the winter with a thrilla

this is exciting

nah it's not going to be particularly close

When I suggested "England might win this series" with us having gone 2-1 down to Gayle's assault, an MSN buddy of mine questioned my sanity

west indies fans leaving

HAT-TRICK!

knew that was gonna happen tbh :P

and 1 more ball left

I can confidently say that that was the most nonchalant hat-trick celebration in the history of international cricket

it was classy

how must Dyson be feeling

it's all over

Flintoff denied an almost certain 6-fer by the worst end to a match I've ever seen

SUMS UP THE WINTER AMIRITE

look on the bright side, fred mightve injured himself bowling and missed the Ashes or something. If only he could stsy fully fit for a few years.

a valid point

and sammy the cheat didnt get a win for his "catch"

I have just played my first match of pakistani style (tennis ball wrapped in electrical tape) cricket here at CMU. Despite protesting that I can't bowl I was discovered to be my teams third best bowler, I managed three no balls in my first over and managed 6 full tosses in my second all swatted to the boandary. Clean bowled for 8 with the bat.

lol waht http://content.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/current/story/401169.html

He's no Jody Craddock.

jody craddock's paintings are terrifyingly good

nonetheless i am not unintrigued by this

Onions tearing things up down at what yesterday looked like a flat track at Taunton.

Christ, that sentence looks like it belongs in the cryptic crossword thread.

pick him for england! oh wait

bopara choice probably otm

Yes, it's fair enough. Bell's early season form was greeted with a sigh weary at the inevitability of it all round our office, so it's quite nice to see him getting a chance. Confidence should be up after the IPL as well.

lolz

Awaiting on another exciting Best of 2 Test series that I'm sure England will fuck up!