Cricket Yaaaaaaah!

[Panda]

At least the Ashes is approaching.

Can somesome tell me when it starts & who the teams are? I'm finding problems sourcing any reliable informtation thus far ... Surely it's not long away before they start ... :)

[bblaze]

Ashes
Aust v Eng

[Tusker]

WWOS.com.au - Cricket Calendar (http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/cricket/calendar.aspx)

Bring it on

Regards
Max P

[Panda]

exactly bring it on ... the countdown is on! Thanks for the calendar Max .:)

WWOS.com.au - Cricket Calendar (http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/cricket/calendar.aspx)

Bring it on

Regards
Max P

[Panda]

Max, do you know who the teams are that have been selected? I heard Smmons is out, & Brett's foot surgery is going to be interesting, considerating the weight he pounds on that leg.

And the English captain is having problems as well, having to have cortisone injections ... so it may be doubtful he will play the Test.

Any more news I haven't heard about?:)

[mjm295]

Any more news I haven't heard about?:)
Yeah - the POMS are gonna win.:p

[weeds]

did i see somewhere that it is being televised on SBS

[Panda]

:Rolling::Rolling:Yes, I know that ... I meant to say, who's been selected for both teams. :D


Ashes
Aust v Eng

[Tusker]

No I haven't followed it that closely, only what's in the Herald... Roy's replacement's been named & I've forgotten already.. Saun Tait?

Derby County have offered some extra warm up games, arising from the 20/20 early exit..

SBS are advertising Ashes coverage. They televised it last time too, but only the sessions after lunch.

Regards
Max P

[Panda]

well I guess that would make a change ... rumour has it, they can't even win against the Dutch, which as a very, very, small population of cricket players ... :Rolling::Rolling:


Yeah - the POMS are gonna win.:p

[Panda]

I hope so ... I can see LOTS of sickies coming up .................. :wasntme:


did i see somewhere that it is being televised on SBS

[Panda]

Well that' no bloody good ... only after lunch! I can see I'll have to find a good pub that has pool tables & televises the cricket ... :D


No I haven't followed it that closely, only what's in the Herald... Roy's replacement's been named & I've forgotten already.. Saun Tait?

Derby County have offered some extra warm up games, arising from the 20/20 early exit..

SBS are advertising Ashes coverage. They televised it last time too, but only the sessions after lunch.

Regards
Max P

[hiline]

fingers crossed it might be on 1HD :D:D:D

well here's hoping ................

love my cricket

[Panda]

Let's hope so .... I too love my cricket, I get in awful trouble from all the noise I make and even more trouble when I go screaming around the house ... :angel::wasntme:How many more days is it now???


fingers crossed it might be on 1HD :D:D:D

well here's hoping ................

love my cricket

[MickS]

rumour has it, they can't even win against the Dutch, which as a very, very, small population of cricket players ... :Rolling::Rolling:

Oi, don't knock the dutch till you've tried it!! And we look good in orange...:cool:

We've got edam, gouda, dykes and bikes...and more bikes, and even more bikes...oh, and "coffee" shops :angel: Pass the dutchie....:Rolling::Rolling:

Oh, back to the cricket....:zzz::zzz:

[Pedro_The_Swift]

did i see somewhere that it is being televised on SBS

EVERY match,,
LIVE!

SBS Rocks!:cool:

[MickS]

I'll be sure to dress for the cricket though....let's see, the cream, bone, white, off-white, ivory or beige? :D

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Well that' no bloody good ... only after lunch! I can see I'll have to find a good pub that has pool tables & televises the cricket ... :D

MARRY ME PANDA!!!!:ohyes:

[Panda]

Yes, and evidently from recent form, you can play better cricket than the POMS! I never thought I'd see the day ...


Oi, don't knock the dutch till you've tried it!! And we look good in orange...:cool:

We've got edam, gouda, dykes and bikes...and more bikes, and even more bikes...oh, and "coffee" shops :angel: Pass the dutchie....:Rolling::Rolling:

Oh, back to the cricket....:zzz::zzz:

Oi, wake up! Cricket's far more entertaining than that football rubbish ... (talk about gorillas in the mist ...)

[MickS]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/06/642.jpg

The cake's ordered Pedro!! :Rolling::Rolling:

[Panda]

:Rolling::Rolling:

Let me see ... do you have a pool table? Do you have the fridge well stocked with Tooheys Old... do you drive a Land Rover ??? Do you want to go and see the cricket? Hmmmmmmmmm, I'll have to sleep on that one!:Rolling::Rolling::Rolling::Rolling::Rolling:: Rolling::Rolling::Rolling:

ps what do you drive again???

Only kidding people, only kidding ...


MARRY ME PANDA!!!!:ohyes:

[mjm295]

well I guess that would make a change ... rumour has it, they can't even win against the Dutch, which as a very, very, small population of cricket players ... :Rolling::Rolling:

Granted, we lost to the dutch, but we still won our group, where did your lot finish?:wasntme:

[MickS]

Granted, we lost to the dutch, but we still won our group, where did your lot finish?:wasntme:

I don't recall, I was at the "coffee" shop :angel::Rolling::Rolling: Pass de dutchie.....oh, and some more gouda alstublieft :cool:

[Panda]

"England crashed to one of their most ignominious cricketing defeats of all time, as the Netherlands won the ICC World Twenty20 curtain-raiser at Lord's by scoring two runs off the final ball amid scenes of scarcely believable drama ...

Chasing a target of 163, which would have been much higher had England batted with any conviction in the second half of their innings, the Dutch stayed up with the required run-rate throughout.
Tom de Grooth's 30-ball innings of 49 was the chief catalyst to a famous victory, and the sheer adventure shown by the Dutch was best exemplified by the four sixes they hit. England had failed to hit a single one. ...

and, in truth, the night was as much about a brilliant team performance from the Dutch as the desperately lacklustre cricket England produced..."

I'm such a little stirrer ...

:Rolling::Rolling:

[MickS]

"Ah, The Netherlands. Famous for Vincent van Gogh and other arty things, windmills, tulips, wooden clogs, their orange sporting kits, and now. Now, they are famous for having a cricket team! That can beat England! Well... That's not particularly difficult. Or surprising, given that England seem to heap a lot of their failure on themselves." :D:D

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/06/641.jpg

[Sleepy]

Ah the time of year when I live up to my name.


Ashes
Wimbledon
Tour de France



I like the cricket coverage on TV, but love the ABC radio broadcast too!

[Panda]

Wimbledon? Isn't that stupid game where they keep hitting a ball backwards & forwards over a dumb net? And what the hell is Tour de France? Does it involve tourists? (I would put a smiley face but ...)


Ah the time of year when I live up to my name.


Ashes
Wimbledon
Tour de France


I like the cricket coverage on TV, but love the ABC radio broadcast too!

[Sleepy]

Tour de FRance is lovely scenery - ignore the bikes.





:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: :eek: (Sorry !)

[Panda]

Yes, I admit ... I like table tennis, after a couple of beers, it's quite hysterical ...



Yes,that's Wimbledon,obviously more stupid than a game that goes for five days and ends in a draw.:o

Tour de France is an expo of performance enhancing drugs.(ditto with the smilies)

PSSST Panda,does table tennis use a smart net?(She likes TT)

[MickS]

Ahh, the Tour de France...bicycle bells and sportsmanship..:D

YouTube - Bicycle race on the bridge... Ops

[MickS]

Yes, I admit ... I like table tennis, after a couple of beers, it's quite hysterical ...

Be the ball.....:cool:

YouTube - funny table tennis

[Panda]

Now that kind of Tour de France I could quite enjoy ...


Ahh, the Tour de France...bicycle bells and sportsmanship..:D

YouTube - Bicycle race on the bridge... Ops (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FVUa4lTLoM)

[Panda]

:Rolling::Rolling:

très bizarre!!



Be the ball.....:cool:

YouTube - funny table tennis (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyOF2ItLXsM)

[Panda]

:Rolling:Keep dreaming ...


Yeah - the POMS are gonna win.:p

[Panda]

Yea beautie!


EVERY match,,
LIVE!

SBS Rocks!:cool:

[Panda]

And you'll carry a certain amount of deportment with you when the cricket is on ... except behind doors of course ... that's different.


I'll be sure to dress for the cricket though....let's see, the cream, bone, white, off-white, ivory or beige? :D

[Panda]

And your problem is .... ??? Nowt wrong with a bit of decorum :p

Better than the pansy football players :tease:


I'll be sure to dress for the cricket though....let's see, the cream, bone, white, off-white, ivory or beige? :D

[MickS]

Better than the pansy football players :tease:

Dem's fightin' woids.... :eek2::bat::bangin::D

[V8Ian]

And your problem is .... ??? Nowt wrong with a bit of decorum :p

Better than the pansy football players :tease:
Real men don't eat quiche, they watch Queensland flog NSW ai State of Origan:p Cricket is for girls, Panda's proof of that. ;)

[V8Ian]

and you got that wrong NSW will flog QLD you wait and see....I hope

:D
:Rolling::Rolling::Rolling:In ya dreams lady :p

[Panda]

:Rolling::Rolling:There's far more skill involved in cricket than those other games, anyway, their uniforms are much nicer :p


Real men don't eat quiche, they watch Queensland flog NSW ai State of Origan:p Cricket is for girls, Panda's proof of that. ;)

[Panda]

Oh Mr Cooper ... so you do watch the cricket then? Some of the best parts of cricket is watching the umpires & the bitching & moaning about their various calls ... I tell you cricket's got it all, history, comedy, skill, patience, good physiques in stylish uniforms ... especially good in slo mo :Rolling::Rolling:hell, you even get to listen to a good debate every now and again when the commentators get yabbering. The only other sport worth watching is horse racing ...

Now tell me what football has to offer??? :D



The skill of staying awake perhaps,the biggest action is when the umpires finger goes up.With good reason i should think,especially if you are the "uppee":o

[Panda]

:Rolling::Rolling:No way NM! That's like comparing apples to bananas ... cricketer's have much better physiques than football players, finely tuned, svelte, perfect lines ... like race horses, I could sit & watch a good bowler all day ... such powerful forearms. :Rolling::Rolling::Rolling::Rolling:

Now footballers on the other hand .... yuk!


you mean like as many fine physiques and blokes standing around doing nothing in colourful clothing trying to look intelligent as there is in cricket?

[Panda]

:clap2::clap2::Rolling:Okay 1 point to you! I must be blinkered! As a rule, NM, as a rule ... :Rolling::Rolling::Rolling:



Yeah...OK...you got me.....great physique :D:D

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n74/numpty_01/fatcricketer.jpg

[MickS]

:Rolling::Rolling:No way NM! That's like comparing apples to bananas ... cricketer's have much better physiques than football players, finely tuned, svelte, perfect lines ... like race horses, I could sit & watch a good wicket keep all day ...

Now that you mention it, so could I, I, I ca rumba!!!!:D

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/06/591.jpg

[MickS]

:Rolling::Rolling: anyway, their uniforms are much nicer :p

You're right of course...just look at the openers for England...those uniforms...those sublime forearms...:Rolling::Rolling:You could crack walnuts on those... :Rolling::Rolling:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/06/592.jpg

[MickS]

Doesn't appear to be wearing her box.:angel:

Hmmm, yes...it has me stumped.....:cool:

[V8Ian]

especially good in slo mo :Rolling::Rolling:
Without altering the speed of the video, or are they still using super 8 :p

[V8Ian]

Now that you mention it, so could I, I, I ca rumba!!!!:D

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/06/591.jpg
Must be off season:eek:
There's an opening for you Coop;)

[V8Ian]

Are you expecting me to make some tasteless comment about her wearing pads?Well i'm not going to so there.:twisted:
Off the top of my head....................
She's too small to be a prop, must come from the back of the scrum, hooker perhaps?;)
Like to meet her in season.:p
Opening for you Cooper, lucky bugger.:D

[V8Ian]

With a name like Annie, you can't be my straight man.:p
I'm disappointed duckie;)

[Panda]

:Rolling:You are a sorry lot! Each to their own ... 20 days & counting ... :D

[Panda]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo :(:(:(:(

"SHANE WATSON has suffered another setback on the eve of the Ashes and on Tuesday was having a knee injury examined while his Australian teammates trained at HoveSHANE WATSON has suffered another setback on the eve of the Ashes and on Tuesday was having a knee injury examined while his Australian teammates trained at Hove ..."

Anyone got Fox??? I want to know all the details about the first match in Sussex today ... (please!)

:)

[V8Ian]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo :(:(:(:(

"SHANE WATSON has suffered another setback on the eve of the Ashes and on Tuesday was having a knee injury examined while his Australian teammates trained at HoveSHANE WATSON has suffered another setback on the eve of the Ashes and on Tuesday was having a knee injury examined while his Australian teammates trained at Hove ..."

Anyone got Fox??? I want to know all the details about the first match in Sussex today ... (please!)

:)
Sussex? :D Probabley....................rain.......no play:p:twisted:
The important game is on free to air tonight :);):eek::eek::eek:

[Panda]

Not funny ... (well, maybe a bit! :D)

What important game? ... you're not still going on about the bloody football. I get enough about it at work ... they've been trying to convert me for years ... with no success I might add ... :Rolling:


Sussex? :D Probabley....................rain.......no play:p:twisted:
The important game is on free to air tonight :);):eek::eek::eek:

[Panda]

Sussex v Australia 59/2 Katich 23 Hussey 6 ... :D

[Panda]

:Rolling:Ponting got out for 8 ... gee that' a surprise, surprise it wasn't a duck! :( and Hughes for 15 ... bloody hopeless!

66/2



How many fence lines were scored.;)

[V8Ian]

:Rolling:Ponting got out for 8 ... gee that' a surprise, surprise it wasn't a duck! :( and Hughes for 15 ... bloody hopeless!

66/2
Then the hussies came out?:confused::o

[Panda]

:Rolling:Huss is only on 16 ... they're on a lunch break at the moment


Then the hussies came out?:confused::o

[EchiDna]

Sorry if this sounds picky Panda, but how long have you followed cricket and how closely?

To be 2/60 odd is nothing unusual on the first day of a the first tour match for any touring team in any country. If Oz makes 250 or less in both innings of this match and follows up with worse or not much better in the next match while the opposition racks up much larger scores, you may have something to crow about prior to the opening test match. However, IMHO, you are jumping the gun just a little very early in the season...

[V8Ian]

:Rolling:Huss is only on 16 ... they're on a lunch break at the moment

:no2:JAIL BAIT:nazibanned:

[Panda]

That's okay ... you can be picky :D

Usually only watch the test matches, but am interested to see how we play leading up to Cardiff & who gets selected bowling wise.

349/7 at end of play ... I think we did well for the first day, considering a rather unconvincing start.

Yes, I always jump the gun ... I know it's early days yet :D


Sorry if this sounds picky Panda, but how long have you followed cricket and how closely?

To be 2/60 odd is nothing unusual on the first day of a the first tour match for any touring team in any country. If Oz makes 250 or less in both innings of this match and follows up with worse or not much better in the next match while the opposition racks up much larger scores, you may have something to crow about prior to the opening test match. However, IMHO, you are jumping the gun just a little very early in the season...

[Rudolf]

Only Rugby.
Lions tour.