Idle cricket musing

[Fear 'n boozin]

am amzed by that result...

[Brendan]

That South African cunt you have as captain is an ungentlemanly, unsportsmanlike etc. etc. cunt etc.

[Brendan]

Those grapes were sour anyway.

[Ted Max]

Ian Healey to Ranatunga:

"You don't get a runner for being a fat, unfit, c*nt"

Strauss yesterday:

"I felt that at the end of a long game, after a long innings, you're going to be tired. Cramping to a certain extent is a preparation thing. To a certain extent, it's a conditioning thing. I didn't feel that he merited having a runner at that stage."

That's the stuff, Andrew.

[Brendan]

All fair points and I would agree entirely if it had been Andrew Strauss playing a captain?s innings against SA but in the case of yesterday?s match I don?t think they hold up as valid arguments.

[Fear 'n boozin]

Ted Max Wrote:

> Strauss yesterday: > "I felt that at the end of a long game, after a long innings, you're going to be tired. Cramping

> to a certain extent is a preparation thing. To a certain extent, it's a conditioning thing. I didn't feel that he merited having a runner at that stage."

I read that as: 'I let that Sri Lankan fellow off the hook, I'm not bloody doing the same for the Safas'.

[Brendan]

Did anyone hear or have a clip of the Anthem singer at the match singing ?John Save the Queen? ?

[Brendan]

Sooooo.... Can we cement England's one-day revival with a win against Aus this afternoon and, dare I say it, a little bit of silverware from a win in the next game?

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Not sure we will do it, but wouldn't it be luvverly?

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

For Nelly's Sake - I pop out for an hour and it's practically over!

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

The end of the world is nigh: a commentatrix on TMS!

[Brendan]

Bloody hell, are they that desperate to have a weekend off to piss it up in Jo-burg.

[Brendan]

Oh, wait. Hello what have we here. Could be pushing 300 at this rate.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Mebbe. Bresnan's done well.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

I'm sorry but "Brett Lee fist pumps down the centre" from a female commentator is just not right.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Just woken up from a disco nap that went slightly awry. Looks like we were slaughtered.

As my chum, Doris, said to me the other day: que sera sera!

[Mick Mac]

I was there tonight to buy your double whisky PGC.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Not my day is it? I'm wide awake now, though!

[Mick Mac]

ill courier it round.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

"A review of ?crown jewel? events which must be shown live on terrestrial television, led by David Davies, the former Football Association executive, is understood to recommend that the Ashes be made free to air.

Ministers will fully back the review?s recommendations on the Ashes."

This can only be good!

[Brendan]

So who is the best player of the last decade?

Article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2009/nov/10/best-cricketer-of-past-10-years

Poll: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/poll/2009/nov/10/best-cricketer-decade-spin-poll

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Without thinking about it, I immediately thought Warne and Lara. But as the article says, the last 10 years wasn't their finest hour.

In the interests of fairness, I voted for Glen McGrath cos I've had a pash on him for years. How's that for considered, intellectual process?

[Brendan]

Whoohoo! http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/front_page/8356391.stm

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Oh that has cheered me up!

[Ted Max]

Zoots Loots!