[the saint]

If all we have now is 4 months of one-day cricket before the next season, I think its best as an England fan to just go into hibernation...

[the hog]

nickf, on Jan 5 2007, 11:18 AM, said:

/gloat

nickf, on Nov 23 2006, 10:14 AM, said:

not me, I'm hoping for a 5-0 drubbing.

nickf
sydney

/endgloat

5 Jan 2007
Obituary
English Cricket
Died (again) 5 Jan 2007
The body will be cremated and the ashes gratefully reclaimed by Australia.

nickf
sydney

I'm disappointed Nick. This Australian team is one of the most unsportsmanlike group of players around. They are only moderately better that under Waugh. Martyn's performance in Asia was a total disgrace.

[the saint]

20-20 International

Aus 221-5 off 20 Overs - England doing a fine line in dropped regulation catches.

England currently 5-2 of 1.2 overs. Will we get past 50? Place your bers here...

[Walddk]

the saint, on Jan 9 2007, 12:26 PM, said:

England currently 5-2 of 1.2 overs. Will we get past 50? Place your bers here...

You mean beers?

What a misery for England. 44-3 now with Flintoff and Pietersen out. It's all over. All sorts of records in Australia's innings:

14 sixes, the highest number in 20/20 internationals. And Anderson now holds the record of having conceded most runs: 64 in 4 overs! That takes some effort. The Aussies' 221 not a record though. Somerset made 250 last year.

Roland

[Walddk]

54-4 now. After this match they will likely rename the format when England are involved, batting last. 20/12

Roland

[nickf]

Walddk, on Jan 9 2007, 08:43 PM, said:

The Aussies' 221 not a record though. Somerset made 250 last year.

Roland

it is however, the highest score in a 20-20 international.

nickf
sydney

[the saint]

Although as I recall, Somerset's 250 was mainly the work of two Aussies - Justin Langer and Cameron White...

[jikl]

Was that the one where White somehow got 141?

Sean

[Walddk]

Not quite. White blasted an unbeaten 116 off 53 balls, while Langer marked his first ever game of Twenty20 with 90 off 46 deliveries in an astonishing total of 250-3.

Langer needed 10 off the final over to follow his partner to three figures, but was bowled by the first ball from Ian Harvey (also an Aussie), who finished with 3-46. It ended with a 117-run demolition of Gloucestershire at Taunton.

Roland

[sceptic]

SYDNEY - A seven year old boy was at the centre of a Parramatta, NSW
>courtroom drama yesterday when he challenged a court ruling over who
>should have custody of him.
>
>The boy has a history of being beaten by his parents and the judge
>initially awarded custody to his aunt, in keeping with child custody
>law and regulations requiring that family unity be maintained to the
>degree possible.
>
>The boy surprised the court when he proclaimed that his aunt beat
>him more than his parents and he adamantly refused to live with her.
> When the judge then suggested that he live with his grandparents,
>the boy cried out that they also beat him.
>
>After considering the remainder of the immediate family and learning
>that domestic violence was apparently a way of life among them, the
>judge took the unprecedented step of allowing the boy to propose who
>should have custody of him.
>
>After two recesses to check legal references and confer with child
>welfare officials, the judge granted temporary custody to the
>English Cricket Team, whom the boy firmly believes are not capable
>of beating anyone.

[jikl]

If reports are true and Pietersen is attempting to come back to Australia for the ODI finals, he is a fool on two counts.

1: England won't make the finals, New Zealand will easily make it. (Yes I am suggesting that Australia has already made the finals since England will not win 2 games.)

2: To risk himself for a nothing tournament with the World Cup coming up is moronic. Without him they have no chance of getting out of the group stage. With him they might possibly do it.

On a separate note...

What is Bopara like?

And anyone notice the backhander to Fletcher that none of his golden boys even made the World Cup squad?

Sean

[the saint]

Bopara has been great for us (Essex). HAven't seen him play, but we have been probably the best one-day side in England over the last two years and he has been a big part of that.

[the saint]

jikl, on Jan 15 2007, 07:37 AM, said:

1: England won't make the finals, New Zealand will easily make it. (Yes I am suggesting that Australia has already made the finals since England will not win 2 games.)

Super Fred is back!!

England vs Australia Final here we come.

[jikl]

Well, the odds have changed quite a bit since then:

Australia 1.10
England 11.00
New Zealand 11.00

So despite New Zealand now being behind by one game to England, they are still equal non-favourites to take out the series.

Sean

[the saint]

Yeah we batted like morons, but if the umpires insist on continually giving crap decisions - like the Hussey one today, countless not given lbws during the test series or every dismissal Strauss has had on Australian soil, what chance do we stand. Its hard enough to beat this lot on an even playing field even before the umpires add a couple of extra men to their side.

Rant over.

[Walddk]

120 against the Kiwis the other day, now 110 vs. Australia in 34.3 overs. England can sack Fletcher all they like (and heaven knows they should), and they can of course dump the whole team.

"If all we have now is 4 months of one-day cricket before the next season, I think its best as an England fan to just go into hibernation", Alan said 3 weeks ago. Well said; this is a disgrace, and I am perhaps the biggest idiot of them all, getting up at 4:15 in the morning to watch this nonsense.

After the match Freddie and Collie will once again tell us about how great the spirit is in the dressing room and that they will pick themselves up.

Embarrassing. 6 weeks to go before the World Cup, and England have no team. They can save the embarrassment and lots of £££ if they withdraw. "Sorry folks, we can't field 11 decent players. Well, to be honest, hardly a single capable player".

Next time we will hear this announcement from the middle:

"England won the toss and elected to withdraw"

Roland

[the saint]

We're ***** and we know we are.

We are a two man team and one of them is injured. How crap is that?

[nickf]

the saint, on Jan 27 2007, 08:37 AM, said:

How crap is that?

buddy, on a stink-o-meter scale of 1 to 10, your team is about a 28.

nickf
sydney

[jikl]

Are the tabloid writers running out of adjectives yet?

Sean

[paulg]

jikl, on Jan 27 2007, 12:15 PM, said:

Are the tabloid writers running out of adjectives yet?

Sean

Worse as they've stopped covering it and Platini, being French and trying to reduce the number of teams in the Champions League, is a much easier target for the next week.

Then the Six Nations starts and I'll need to decide whether I'm English or Scottish for the tournament. Decision next Saturday at 6pm!

I'll start discussing cricket again when we have a team.

p