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[justin.au]

Justin, they can't use the colours because the States won't let them.

Ah, righto.

But still, Victorian domestic teams playing in red and green? Lunacy. NSW teams in electric pink and green? HERECY! SA in blue!? WHAT IS THIS MADNESS!?

They should have just tweaked the colours and team names slightly, e.g. the Melbourne Outlaws wearing cobalt blue and the Melbourne Criminals wearing sapphire blue; the Brisbane Heffers wearing cardinal red; the Perth Combatants wearing gold; the Adelaide Daddy Longlegs wearing a lovely Venetian red, etc.

I'm pretty good at this, I wonder if it's too late to get involved in organising the whole deal.

 

[midonnay]

In Tendulkar country very good article.

goddamn that was a long read..... but the part about England v India put a smile on my face

 

[justin.au]

Oh dear, Haddin needs some aggressive shots that don't involve him backing away from the stumps.

Ponting in to bat as non-captain for the first time in 7 years (I think that was what I read).

 

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

Hrmmmm Ponting is going guns.

 

[justin.au]

You can be run-out of a free hit. Can you be stumped?

 

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

Dont think so, cant see anything in the rules i just looked at. Ponting and Watto are carving up.

 

[justin.au]

Dont think so, cant see anything in the rules i just looked at. Ponting and Watto are carving up.

Yeah, I thought Greg Matthews was making a good point in arguing that they should take the batting powerplay now. They're right on top and if they take it now they can sink the game.

Watto just ran Ponting out. smh. Can't take the powerplay now.

 

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

Ah wells, he looks in good form. See how the rest go now :/

 

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

Look at White go..................................

 

[justin.au]

Kamram Akmal right there.

 

[justin.au]

Piggy Smith, tut tut. Not making a great case for his inclusion in the squad.

 

[tri_willy]

farken whitey and smithey... im hoping for banga to win this one so they can fuck off those 2 useless cunts atm

well done on the ton clarkey, will give u props on this one

 

[justin.au]

Well done Michael Clarke. 101 on your proper debut as captain.

 

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

Good performance by Clarke. White for sure has to go. Smith can bowl a bit so dunno.

 

[justin.au]

Good performance by Clarke. White for sure has to go. Smith can bowl a bit so dunno.

It's the way White has been hitting them. I've been saying it for months now, I can't remember the last time that he middled one through a gap. He knows he's out of form, the team know he's out of form, the opposition knows he's out of form, etc. Just send him over to England to play county cricket for a while and see if he can start hitting the ball properly again.

 

[jambo]

Awesome captain's century from Clarke, well done Pup.

 

[justin.au]

Brilliant catch, Piggy. That partnership was looking dangerous, but we should be pretty safe now. Good knock from Iqbal.

 

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

Weak chase. Bowling seemed alright.

 

[justin.au]

Weak chase. Bowling seemed alright.

Yeah, the bowling wasn't bad (Mitch was on song), but we didn't bowl them out. That's pretty weak IMO. To have 'em 3/50-odd and not be able to finish it off isn't a great effort.

Nevertheless, a win's a win.

 

[artist]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbpA1Ie6xGA

 

[JonnyBrad]

Feels like summer in Wales now

Just got my tickets for day 3 at the Cardiff Test Vs Sri Lanka. Can't wait for the proper cricket to start again!

 

[DeSo]

http://world.ipl.indiatimes.com//

IPL online, the quality is tops.

Oh and yeah, we beat Bangladesh. White did nothing with the bat, won't lose his spot because he's T20 captain, yada yada yada..

 

[justin.au]

http://world.ipl.indiatimes.com//

IPL online, the quality is tops.

Cheers, great link. Nice replacement from One HD.

Feels like summer in Wales now

Just got my tickets for day 3 at the Cardiff Test Vs Sri Lanka. Can't wait for the proper cricket to start again!

Genuine question (not taking the piss), what does summer is Wales feel like? Mid to high twenties (celcius)?

 

[justin.au]

Gee, Steyn is good. Rarely strays of his intended line-and-length.

 

[JonnyBrad]

Genuine question (not taking the piss), what does summer is Wales feel like? Mid to high twenties (celcius)?

Standard British Weather 20-27 usually but we get 30 sometimes. Rain is more of the issue. lol

 

[DeSo]

Love Steyn, beat Dravid all ends up. Blessing for the Royals, couldn't believe Dravid played IPL, definitely not known for his strike rate.

 

[justin.au]

Ahh, Rajasthan just about got this wrapped up. 33 off 25; too easy.

 

[DeSo]

Yeah, they should have this.

I'm just loving this quality, mad props to India Times.

 

[justin.au]

No room to do anything with that. Only 54% of people rate him as the world's best? The rest must be joking/so one-eyed.

 

[Cerebral Assassin]

No room to do anything with that. Only 54% of people rate him as the world's best? The rest must be joking/so one-eyed.

I love the commentary, "46% of those haven't played cricket"

 

[DeSo]

LOL Seriously. The percentage was pretty disturbing. Suppose Zaheer is okay but Steyn... come on, best in the world.

Tight game, tighter than I thought it would be.

Edit: BIGGIE BIGGIE BIGGIE

rofl

 

[justin.au]

Yeah, lol. That was Mark Nicholas-esque.

"WHOA! Well then! Would you look at that! We have a game!"

 

[DeSo]

That'll be it. Great innings from Botha.

Seriously Warnie has looked fitter in the IPL than he did playing for Australia.

 

[justin.au]

Yeah, since when can Botha do that? I've never rated him as that great of a batsman.

 

[DeSo]

Yeah, since when can Botha do that? I've never rated him as that great of a batsman.

You and me both!

I'll look at him a bit different.

(not just a chucker I'M KIDDING I'M KIDDING)

 

[justin.au]

Malinga is just shutting down the game with his toe-crushers; four batsmen bowled by yorkers so far. Great stuff from the man with the worst action.

 

[whatsinaname]

Malinga is just shutting down the game with his toe-crushers; four batsmen bowled by yorkers so far. Great stuff from the man with the worst action.

?

Something wrong with his action? Or are you just saying it looks ungainly?

 

[justin.au]

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Something wrong with his action? Or are you just saying it looks ungainly?

Ungainly, ugly, overly strenuous etc. Not the "worst" in terms of getting wickets, but just not pretty.

Good showing by Mumbai.

 

[Cerebral Assassin]

LOL Seriously. The percentage was pretty disturbing. Suppose Zaheer is okay but Steyn... come on, best in the world.

Watching today perhaps they were thinking of Malinga?

That'll be it. Great innings from Botha.

Seriously Warnie has looked fitter in the IPL than he did playing for Australia.

Wouldn't most people if they had Liz Hurley as an exercise machine?

 

[whatsinaname]

Ungainly, ugly, overly strenuous etc. Not the "worst" in terms of getting wickets, but just not pretty.

Good showing by Mumbai.

True, but it does seem to be effective. It's not chucking though.

Was just watching a few youtube videos of Akram and Imran Khan. Such amazing bowlers. Unfortunate that a lot of their better performances were against India.

 

[artist]

Paupers XI Punjab represent!

Bevan is coaching this team, right?

 

[justin.au]

Watson doing all sorts of things to Bangladesh. Bangers managed to set a decent-ish total, but they sure aren't doing a good job of defending it.

 

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

Damn why isnt this on TV. 27 runs with four sixes in a row.

 

[justin.au]

Watson has hit 11 sixes now; an Aussie record for an innings.

 

[DeSo]

Damn stream failed me, would love to have seen this innings.

 

[justin.au]

13 sixes now; outright world record holder.

They've been pretty big as well. Good on you son.

 

[chicko1983]

unbelievable hitting by watson, shame the Bangladeshies didnt score more as watto could have set a new record.

 

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

Demolition.

 

[midonnay]

holy fucking shit

15 fours 15 sixes

 

[justin.au]

Such a shame we didn't have 60-70 mpre runs to chase. Watto would've got ~220.

Fantastic knock.