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Post by Okie Stokie. on Aug 5, 2013 16:42:31 GMT
And who said this could not be achieved without. COMPTON.Nobody said that as I can remember ? Are you sure Bish?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2013 16:43:00 GMT
Let's all raise a bourbon to this superb day Sod it if the rain secured the ashes.....up yours Aussies It's the two previous two tests that we won that secured the ashes mate
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2013 16:49:36 GMT
Let's all raise a bourbon to this superb day Sod it if the rain secured the ashes.....up yours Aussies It's the two previous two tests that we won that secured the ashes mate Definitely but the rain secured the retention of the ashes....we were on the ropes!
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Post by slozenger on Aug 5, 2013 16:55:02 GMT
For the 3rd Test on Friday, Onions & Tremlett are the 2 additional players named in the squad along with the starting XI for this test.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2013 17:02:43 GMT
It's the two previous two tests that we won that secured the ashes mate Definitely but the rain secured the retention of the ashes....we were on the ropes! We were but who is to say that we would not have saved it anyway ? Bell is playing well enough, I think we would have hung on....but we will never know ...I will take the rain gladly
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2013 17:06:01 GMT
Nobody said that as I can remember ? Are you sure Bish? Positive .....when did i ever say otherwise Okie ?I never had any doubts that we would retain the Ashes , I've only ever expressed the view that Nick Compton deserved better treatment than he received from the selectors .....and you of course !
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2013 17:09:56 GMT
Let's all raise a bourbon to this superb day Sod it if the rain secured the ashes.....up yours Aussies Not drinking again....! Oh well if we must , I will force myself ....
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2013 17:11:09 GMT
Ashes Retained! Wishful thinking I am afraid ....
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2013 17:12:29 GMT
Definitely but the rain secured the retention of the ashes....we were on the ropes! We were but who is to say that we would not have saved it anyway ? Bell is playing well enough, I think we would have hung on....but we will never know ...I will take the rain gladly True, we shall never know for sure! I was panicking as the 3rd wicket fell
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2013 17:13:14 GMT
Let's all raise a bourbon to this superb day Sod it if the rain secured the ashes.....up yours Aussies Not drinking again....! Oh well if we must , I will force myself .... A drink is a must for today
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2013 17:13:42 GMT
Blimey they're rowdy at the moment, listening to the radio interview with Michael Clarke at the moment and there are fans still there who are proper giving him loads. Firstly giving him the "WHO ARE YA WHO ARE YA WHO ARE YA!" then "IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIVE, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIIIIIVE, YOU LUCKY BASTARD IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIVE!" That's just not cricket! No it isn't .....it would have been ok if it was Ponting though !
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2013 17:14:55 GMT
We were but who is to say that we would not have saved it anyway ? Bell is playing well enough, I think we would have hung on....but we will never know ...I will take the rain gladly True, we shall never know for sure! I was panicking as the 3rd wicket fell As you will know , I wasn't .......
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2013 17:15:34 GMT
Not drinking again....! Oh well if we must , I will force myself .... A drink is a must for today If you insist ....
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2013 17:15:53 GMT
True, we shall never know for sure! I was panicking as the 3rd wicket fell As you will know , I wasn't ....... No....it's going to take something for you to start panicking in a cricket game
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2013 17:21:49 GMT
As you will know , I wasn't ....... No....it's going to take something for you to start panicking in a cricket game Things can change so quickly in cricket, you have to keep calm .....but sometimes the unthinkable does happen
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Post by Okie Stokie. on Aug 5, 2013 17:49:21 GMT
Are you sure Bish? Positive .....when did i ever say otherwise Okie ?I never had any doubts that we would retain the Ashes , I've only ever expressed the view that Nick Compton deserved better treatment than he received from the selectors .....and you of course ! Do you know how sickening it is, Bish. Whatever you say it turns out right.
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Post by Squeekster on Aug 5, 2013 18:30:15 GMT
I'm pissed off!! I wanted us 8 down when the rain came in,now that would of ripped the heart and soul out of em!!!!
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Post by slozenger on Aug 5, 2013 19:07:30 GMT
Blimey they're rowdy at the moment, listening to the radio interview with Michael Clarke at the moment and there are fans still there who are proper giving him loads. Firstly giving him the "WHO ARE YA WHO ARE YA WHO ARE YA!" then "IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIVE, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIIIIIVE, YOU LUCKY BASTARD IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIVE!" That's just not cricket! No it isn't .....it would have been ok if it was Ponting though ! I know, to be honest i was a bit uncomfortable hearing it. How terribly prudish of me, not like a football fan eh? But this is cricket and i have respect for Michael Clarke and think he conducts himself very well as captain of his country. Ponting can bugger off though, and Warner. Just looking at him makes me angry, same with their ODI wick keeper, Wade. Jumped up little pillock he is
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Post by slozenger on Aug 5, 2013 19:07:57 GMT
I put wick keeper, and i don't want to edit it, so i wont
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2013 22:46:33 GMT
Positive .....when did i ever say otherwise Okie ?I never had any doubts that we would retain the Ashes , I've only ever expressed the view that Nick Compton deserved better treatment than he received from the selectors .....and you of course ! Do you know how sickening it is, Bish. Whatever you say it turns out right. Dreadfully sorry if that seems the case Okie..... it surely must be a coincidence ?
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Post by Okie Stokie. on Aug 5, 2013 23:00:05 GMT
Do you know how sickening it is, Bish. Whatever you say it turns out right. Dreadfully sorry if that seems the case Okie..... it surely must be a coincidence ? No your not you bloody love it......
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2013 23:05:24 GMT
Dreadfully sorry if that seems the case Okie..... it surely must be a coincidence ? No your not you bloody love it...... How can you say such a thing ! Under the guise of four smiley faces too.....I am shocked ...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2013 2:28:43 GMT
Really, everyone is just about as happy as could be expected. We retain the Ashes, which is half the job done as early as possible. We can still win the ashes. The Aussies get to whinge - and they like nothing better than a good ol' whinge - that we only retained them because of the weather And, to be fair, if Monday had been fine, all day, I don't think they're wrong. Looked to me like we'd gone and even Belly would have struggled to bat for two sessions. Still, as said above, we'll never know and all right-thinking Englishmen shouldn't be giving a toss, either way
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Post by dexter97 on Aug 6, 2013 10:20:03 GMT
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Post by harrysburrow on Aug 6, 2013 10:46:17 GMT
I'm in Portugal for a couple of weeks now chaps. Dependent on you lot for 4th Test Updates! (No Sky or Channel 5)!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2013 11:28:50 GMT
I'm in Portugal for a couple of weeks now chaps. Dependent on you lot for 4th Test Updates! (No Sky or Channel 5)! Count on it mate ... enjoy yourself
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Post by Okie Stokie. on Aug 6, 2013 12:11:32 GMT
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Post by bayernoatcake on Aug 6, 2013 16:01:00 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2013 8:36:37 GMT
+1 The technology nearly works (98% and all that ...) the rules it is being used by are not "equally fair" 1. There is no advantage to the batsman, if the onfield ump has given him out (no hot spot does not mean no hit ... there cannot be evidense to over turn the onfield decision ... BUT a hot spot does mean a hit, with or without sound) 2. It just means the onfield ump being second guessed by someone with a laser-targetting-prediction wotsit and 4 replays in super slow-mo ... Camera foreshortening, 98% accuracy, no use of snicko - May as well just let the onfield ump decide and do away with the Big Screen Advertising Opportunity* 3. It (tech and rules) is/are no more guaranteed to be right than the bloke stood behind the wickets at the bowler's end was before the system came to be - And if it isn't guaranteed-right, what is the point of it? 4. If it didn't make for sexy TV*, no one would have invented it in the first place - And now they still have something to moan about on air (just like they did with old school umpires) It's bollox, fk it off ... * Ah ... I cracked it
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2013 11:06:45 GMT
+1 The technology nearly works (98% and all that ...) the rules it is being used by are not "equally fair" 1. There is no advantage to the batsman, if the onfield ump has given him out (no hot spot does not mean no hit ... there cannot be evidense to over turn the onfield decision ... BUT a hot spot does mean a hit, with or without sound) 2. It just means the onfield ump being second guessed by someone with a laser-targetting-prediction wotsit and 4 replays in super slow-mo ... Camera foreshortening, 98% accuracy, no use of snicko - May as well just let the onfield ump decide and do away with the Big Screen Advertising Opportunity* 3. It (tech and rules) is/are no more guaranteed to be right than the bloke stood behind the wickets at the bowler's end was before the system came to be - And if it isn't guaranteed-right, what is the point of it? 4. If it didn't make for sexy TV*, no one would have invented it in the first place - And now they still have something to moan about on air (just like they did with old school umpires) It's bollox, fk it off ... * Ah ... I cracked it You know , I won't argue with any of that .....
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