Cricket Thread

[Speakman]

this is interesting. extremely interesting. half a day left and we start our final innings

~5 an over, 41 remaining

[peter_panzer]

yea i would love to be watching it but looks like that sky network live streaming on the last day is for NZ only i can no longer view it pricks i sent them the bitchiest email

[kilabee]

Picked a good day to knock off early.Beers and Cricket ohhhhh yeah!:rnr:

[Speakman]

looks like we finally have a set of decent test openers. he's doing well

[peter_panzer]

bloody rain

[Zarkov]

Turned out a good test apart from the rain.

Makes a change to say that about the black caps.

[Goldo]

^

It was a fairly classic test match and I'm just happy that we seem to have found a solid opening pair.  If it wasn't for the weather interference would have been a thrilling finish

[Speakman]

Windies - Aussie game is getting interesting.

Lunch On Day 4 - Aussie 520/7 declared, windies responded 312, aussies batted again for 150, now the windies have a run chase.

1 day and 2 sessions left, they are chasing, 291 runs to win, 7 wickets in hand. should be good, but they have already lost Gayle...

[kilabee]

Don't put the Jonty hex on them!  lol

[Speakman]

havent chosen who i'm cheering for, so its fine haha

[SteddieEddie]

wadda ya mean.

One team is Australia. I hope they get thrashed.

[Speakman]

all i can say is jesus christ, very interesting

[TofuEater]

200 years of convicts breeding convicts and the useless cunts are even cheating using technology. No wonder everyone hates them so much. :cussing:

[Speakman]

oh god i lol'd. i take it you saw it? i only read it, and i was angry

Bollinger to Roach, OUT, high drama! Australia have appealed for a caught behind and Roach has been given, he wants a review, it's so marginal, can't really tell if he nicked it or not, replays aren't conclusive and in such cases I think the on-field decision should stay, Roach fended at the ball off the back foot as it angled across him ... the Australians were extremely confident ... Hot Spot shows nothing much ... the wait is long and tense ... and he's been given ... fair call too since there was no evidence either way

[TofuEater]

"There was no evidence either way". What a bunch of bollocks. There was nothing on the hotspot - not even the faintest of edges. The TV replay showed that the ball had gone past the bat before there was any appearance that it was "hitting". There was absolutely NO deviation of the ball on its axis as it went through. The batsman appealed immediately, because he KNEW he hadn't hit it.

In fact the only two people who thought he'd hit it were Billy "Blind Pew" Bowden and the Australian umpire who wanted to get an early flight out of Perth. It was the worst decision in cricket since Martin Snedden's disallowed catch in the "underarm" game.

[Spork]

In fact the only two people who thought he'd hit it were Billy "Blind Pew" Bowden and the Australian umpire who wanted to get an early flight out of Perth. It was the worst decision in cricket since Martin Snedden's disallowed catch in the "underarm" game.

Cricket Thread

[Zarkov]

Caught behinds that rely on noise only, are pretty suspect imo.

Although he may have hit it, if the crowd noise was loud enough, he would never have been given.

Says it all really.

[Spork]

Caught behinds that rely on noise only, are pretty suspect imo.

Although he may have hit it, if the crowd noise was loud enough, he would never have been given.

Says it all really.

That's a first, a Kiwi not jumping on the Australia's a bunch of cheating tossers bandwagon.

[kilabee]

Australia's a bunch of cheating tossers .

I spy a new Sig :sly:

[SteddieEddie]

What about Bollinger claiming that catch when he grounded it.

 You can't tell me he didn't have an inkling that it might have touched the ground first.

Then for the commentators to say he wouldn't have known, what a load of bollocks

[Scunner]

I sometimes wonder about those replays. There's so many times where the player claims the catch but the replay looks as though the ball hit the ground first. I took a catch like that a few games ago, where I knew I caught it because I got my fingers under the ball and I felt it land on them, but it would've been interesting to see what a replay would've shown.

[TofuEater]

IIRC, you're Australian. The replays would have showed it bounced three feet in front of you.

[Spork]

What about Bollinger claiming that catch when he grounded it.

 You can't tell me he didn't have an inkling that it might have touched the ground first.

Then for the commentators to say he wouldn't have known, what a load of bollocks

IIRC, you're Australian. The replays would have showed it bounced three feet in front of you.

Lol, this happens in every sport, and not just when Aussies are involved, there will always be times when a team will 'lie' to get the advantage, such as diving in soccer.

[Scunner]

IIRC, you're Australian. The replays would have showed it bounced three feet in front of you.

Oh shit, you were at the game?

[TofuEater]

I was the batsman.