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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 18, 2021 14:24:13 GMT
Cricket being the national sport of Afghanistan (apart from horrible buzkashi), perhaps the taliban will show the world how the sport should be played.
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Oct 17, 2021 18:47:41 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 17, 2021 18:47:41 GMT
The 20/20 World Cup started today with a big upset, Scotland beating Bangladesh.
GOJOX!
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Oct 18, 2021 16:48:35 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 18, 2021 16:48:35 GMT
Today ireland beat Netherlands.
GOPADS!
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Oct 19, 2021 20:03:38 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 19, 2021 20:03:38 GMT
Scotland beat Papua New Guinea today.
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Oct 20, 2021 18:55:00 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 20, 2021 18:55:00 GMT
Ireland well beaten by Sri Lanka
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Post by questa on Oct 21, 2021 11:49:06 GMT
Any players stand out enough to make me sit up and take notice?
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Oct 21, 2021 12:50:45 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 21, 2021 12:50:45 GMT
No individuals but the Scotland side look decent and they beat Oman today.
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Post by questa on Oct 21, 2021 20:42:45 GMT
Of course Oman has such a long history of grade cricket...not!
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Oct 30, 2021 16:57:58 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 30, 2021 16:57:58 GMT
England absolutely thrashed Australia.
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Post by lugg on Oct 30, 2021 19:13:40 GMT
England absolutely thrashed Australia. My son is very happy
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Post by questa on Oct 30, 2021 21:14:25 GMT
Oh Dear! what can I say? Eng = lethal bowling, accurate batting. Aus = could have phoned it in.
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Oct 31, 2021 9:26:47 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 31, 2021 9:26:47 GMT
Shane Watson who was commentating said that in this format Australia aren’t a team. Just a collection of individuals whereas England are very obviously a team.
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Nov 10, 2021 19:15:14 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 10, 2021 19:15:14 GMT
England lost the plot against New Zealand and are out,
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Post by questa on Nov 10, 2021 23:49:43 GMT
RATS! I wanted to see some action before the real season started. Several commentators have made that observation. I would have thought that with all the episodes of being isolated and forced to live with each other, the team would have developed more team-thinking rather than every man for himself. They should watch the women's games!
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Nov 20, 2021 15:00:02 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 20, 2021 15:00:02 GMT
BUt they beat NZ in the final!
I see a tearful Tim Paine has resigned as captain. Aussie cricketers seem to beca very lachrymose bunch.
I just hope the big cheat Smith doesn’t get the job.
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Post by questa on Nov 20, 2021 21:44:55 GMT
They are a blubbery lot, are't they? Remember Kim Hughes back in the day when he lost captaincy of the official Aus team and all the Packer rebels were welcomed back into the fold? Kim howled on TV like a baby.
Considering that the Captain of Aus is the highest honour in Aus and has to be earned, not just selected on form. How the Skipper conducts him/herself off the field is taken into the choice of leader.
Would England choose a captain who sent porn to a lady even though she told him to stop?
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 21, 2021 10:00:26 GMT
What a pillock.
We aren't exactly covering ourselves in glory though.
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Post by questa on Nov 21, 2021 11:04:50 GMT
Looks like the Barmy Army will be watching from home this series...a great pity 'cos we luv'em. If our borders are opened in time, they stand a chance but it is touch and go today.
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Post by questa on Dec 12, 2021 11:58:28 GMT
I went out to do some shopping, and when I came home...What happened?
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Dec 12, 2021 12:44:19 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 12, 2021 12:44:19 GMT
I went out to do some shopping, and when I came home...What happened? We fell apart. Again.
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Dec 12, 2021 13:04:46 GMT
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Post by whatagain on Dec 12, 2021 13:04:46 GMT
This thread makes me realise i never watched 5 min of a match of cricket.
I once went to a match of baseball and was bored to death. The only things i liked and understood were the hotdogs.
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 12, 2021 13:56:36 GMT
You're Belgian. It's to be expected.
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Post by questa on Dec 12, 2021 20:09:27 GMT
If Afghanistan can play cricket at a reasonable level, anyone could. In Nepal I saw many times small groups of lads practising bowling or batting techniques, with the ground full of rocks and rubbish. One solo man was bowling against a derelict wall of a wrecked house, then fielding the ball's return.
MMM...I'm not sure about Belgium though.
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 13, 2021 5:48:07 GMT
The cricket teams in Calais are made up of Afghan migrants.
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Post by questa on Dec 14, 2021 23:59:59 GMT
I don't really know why, but I would be most upset if USA ever got into World level cricket. I think the slowness of the 5 day test would act as a deterrent and the game would change to the bells and whistles of "Big Bash" which I can only think of as 'a cricket-based game with baseball overtones' Now our Women's teams are doing so well many kids are joining the various cricket clubs and getting proper coaching. There is an Indian girl about 14 who is shy and demur and can hit an adult bowler out of the grounds.On TV they showed her just trickle the ball behind the stumps which I thought was pretty sophisticated for her age.
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 15, 2021 9:22:41 GMT
It won't happen. 20/20 is about as far as it would go. No way can they concentrate longer than that.
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Post by onlyMark on Dec 15, 2021 16:07:12 GMT
The first thing they'd do is have separate teams for offense and defence.
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 17, 2021 11:49:41 GMT
We are on course to be thrashed in the second Test by Australia. We look appalling.
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Dec 20, 2021 21:53:37 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 20, 2021 21:53:37 GMT
We lost. This is one of the weakest English teams I have seen. Not sure where they can go from here.
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Dec 25, 2021 10:23:52 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 25, 2021 10:23:52 GMT
I see Ireland and USA are playing a series of 1 day Internationals after Xmas. Should be interesting.
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