Idle cricket musing

[david_carnell]

Oh, go on then:

Intensive Poker

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

You can ring my Bell ..

[david_carnell]

And Bell gets his ton. Well played that man.

When Alan Donald said he was the man the Safas feared the most, how we laughed. Now Donald appears to have magical powers of perception.

[Brendan]

Alan Donald hasn?t been right in the head since Andre Nel knocked him over with a bouncer.

You can?t believe the rubbish they write in the press these days. I?m convinced the Guardian obo commentary is just a pack of lies. I?m going to have to head down to Lords to see what is really going on. 391 for 3? My bum!

[Floating Onion]

And Pietersen is gone.

[Brendan]

Listen here I don?t want to fucking talk about it OK!

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Hee, hee - I had to go out for a few hours and feared the worst.

Well done Mr Broad.

MichaelPolyanthus knows how to do a rain dance.

[david_carnell]

Bell to get 200?

Broad on for his 1st ever test century?!!

And possibly a couple of wickets if we declare in time.

Could it have gone any better?

[Keef]

So, a nice follow on for SA and England not bothering to bat again? ;-)

[Brendan]

It?s looking a bit like rain. Should we just call it a draw?

[david_carnell]

If the weather holds tomorrow lunchtime in the EDT will see a forum contingent gallantly cheering on the teams.

All are welcome.

Except Aussies. If there's one thing that's gonna spoil an England celebration......

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Smashing innings by Broad, shame he didn't make his century.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

My nerves are shattered. Three runs to go for Bell's 200 and they stop for a piddling raindrop.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

bastard bugger bollocks

[anagram of P L Harris]

[Keef]

That was just plain mean!

[bignumber5]

david_carnell Wrote:

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> Bell to get 200?

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> Broad on for his 1st ever test century?!!

Well jinxed, that man ;-)

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Well, the morning's just perked up. Who will be at the EDT?

[Brendan]

I will be down there shortly. Just busy dealing with the world's bigest hangover. I think this is even larger than the great hangover crisis of June 2007.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Well done Mr Prince (esp after a nasty bash to the box!]

[Keef]

Bloody stubborn gits!

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Absolutely - did they clone the team overnight?

[Brendan]

I'm off to find some wet paint I can watch dry.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Nice to see Mr McKenzie acknowledge his 100 with restraint. A true gent.

[Brendan]

Keef Wrote:

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> That was just plain mean!

Ah diddums. If he didn?t want to go out he shouldn?t have hit the ball straight back to the bowler now should he.

It?s not like he doesn?t know how to make a run. He?d just made 199 of them.

[david_carnell]

Feeling cocky all of a sudden are we, Brendan?

Only nine wickets to try and hold out for the rest of the day on an increasingly soft pitch.

Dullest. day. ever.

Boycott'll love this.