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Post by peetee on Jul 4, 2008 17:47:07 GMT
Who will come best in the forthcoming Test Series between England & South Africa.
I wonder if Peter Farrelly likes cricket ;D
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Post by fazza on Jul 5, 2008 7:02:31 GMT
Oh yes (as the Churchill Doggie would say). And now after a long-awaited installation of Sky, will be watching closely live, instead of just "watching" it on Ceefax.
As for "Who will win?", I'll have a tanner each way on England.
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Post by Hon Vice President (R.I.P.) on Jul 7, 2008 11:29:28 GMT
That confident, eh Pete? ;)
England can't seem to win at Lords, so it'll be all uphill after the first test. And if Ponting is head-honcho Mr Nasty when it comes to arrogant captaincy; Graeme Smith runs him a close second, so expect fireworks. Vaughan is crocked again, Freddie is a disaster waiting to happen should when we lose the first one; all in all, not overly promising.
Mind you, if Broad Junior carries on impersonating his old man with the bat - and he & the remaining bowlers all do their bit, we might be competitive! A damn good pointer for next summer!! 8-)
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Post by davemay on Jul 9, 2008 10:21:17 GMT
2nd place in a 2 horse race
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Post by bigtj on Jul 9, 2008 10:27:05 GMT
Maybe the weather will win the first test.
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Post by davemay on Jul 9, 2008 10:29:29 GMT
I forgot that scenario, so make it 3rd from a 3 horse race.
1 SA
2 The Weather
3 us
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Post by specialone on Jul 9, 2008 16:07:10 GMT
Steyn 90 mph, Morkel 95 mph, Ntini quality. Collingwood and Bell look fragile, Petersen will get all short stuff and be out hooking more than once. Hope I am wrong but I think we will get blown away. S.A. have won 6 of their last 7 series, would have beaten India but for a blatently under prepared wicket. We did not look great against N.Z., and they are piss poor at the moment.
See Freddie has joined up with the squad. His batting is not good enough at the moment, and has not been for nearly 3 years. However he will bowl well until he gets injured.
Spin and Monty are where we look better than them, however as I look out of the window |I am not sure if we can prepare 4 slow,dusty, turning wickets.
S.A. are around 11/8 for the series, fill yer boots?
Not me. Do not want to profit from England getting wacked.
Come on England!
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Post by peetee on Jul 11, 2008 12:55:42 GMT
Steyn 90 mph, Morkel 95 mph, Ntini quality. Collingwood and Bell look fragile, Petersen will get all short stuff and be out hooking more than once. Hope I am wrong but I think we will get blown away. S.A. have won 6 of their last 7 series, would have beaten India but for a blatently under prepared wicket. We did not look great against N.Z., and they are piss poor at the moment. See Freddie has joined up with the squad. His batting is not good enough at the moment, and has not been for nearly 3 years. However he will bowl well until he gets injured. Spin and Monty are where we look better than them, however as I look out of the window |I am not sure if we can prepare 4 slow,dusty, turning wickets. S.A. are around 11/8 for the series, fill yer boots? Not me. Do not want to profit from England getting wacked. Come on England! Wrong so far Pieterson 152 Bell not out 118 ;) |
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Post by specialone on Jul 11, 2008 15:20:54 GMT
Very wrong so far, and I hope to be wrong for the rest of the summer, however it is a marathon and not a sprint. Stuck at home today with my daughter who has tonsillitus. She has taken ownership of the sky remote so I have not watched the test today, however have watched some facinating episodes of Scooby Do. Just off now to go and hang myself.
If you can't do the time
Don't do the crime
Theboredsenclessone
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Post by fazza on Jul 11, 2008 19:43:13 GMT
TheboredsenSElessone should be pleased to watch Scooby Doo rather than be out in the pissing rain all day 0915 - 2015 like me. Swap yer?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2008 19:46:55 GMT
TheboredsenSElessone should be pleased to watch Scooby Doo rather than be out in the pissing rain all day 0915 - 2015 like me. Swap yer? Quite right, I can't even throw a sickie at the moment as I'm up to my ar$e in alligators at work. I'd watch Scooby Doo at home any day. ;D |
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Post by specialone on Jul 12, 2008 20:28:31 GMT
I don't do things by half. When I'm wrong I'm really wrong. However I must point out that I was correct with pieterson being out hooking.
Pete, 915-2015 would be thought of as part-time in my industry. Short shifts of such sociable hours are much sought after in my line of work, and very hard to come by.
Tommo as for wanting to watch Scooby Do, I think I can be of help. Google 'Care in the Community' and they will sort you out.
Specialone
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2008 20:38:45 GMT
Tommo as for wanting to watch Scooby Do, I think I can be of help. Google 'Care in the Community' and they will sort you out. Specialone Actually, your daughter shows quite a mature taste in her viewing. My granddaughter-sitting duties usually involve watching Horrid Henry or Spongebob Squarepants. ::) |
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Post by specialone on Jul 12, 2008 20:51:35 GMT
My appologies. Now i know where you are coming from. Did the Spongebob thing a few years ago, and thinking back it helps you to apreciate just how good Scooby Do is. The subtle variations in the plot, mixed in with a bit of political satire. QUALITY
theenjoyingmyhomebrewone.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2008 22:22:58 GMT
thinking back it helps you to apreciate just how good Scooby Do is. The subtle variations in the plot, mixed in with a bit of political satire. QUALITY theenjoyingmyhomebrewone. Yeah, that Daphne's a bit of a babe....you'll have to make do with Velma. ;) thewaitingtillnextyearwhenhebecomesamanofleisure sothathecanstartmakinghishomebrewagainone. ;) |
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Post by specialone on Jul 13, 2008 13:07:34 GMT
Daphne likes hunks and Velma likes the intelligent sort, so I think they would BOTH be best off with me.
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Post by peetee on Jul 14, 2008 12:41:41 GMT
TheboredsenSElessone should be pleased to watch Scooby Doo rather than be out in the pissing rain all day 0915 - 2015 like me. Swap yer? I'm singing in the rain I'm singing in the rain ;D |
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Post by fazza on Jul 14, 2008 14:17:28 GMT
I'll have just half a pint of whatever you are on
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Post by specialone on Jul 14, 2008 22:03:32 GMT
You can't buy it, I brew it myself
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Post by specialone on Jul 14, 2008 22:09:20 GMT
Why has my avatar been removed? Hope I have not done anything Naughty.
Thewherehasmypiggoneone
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Post by Chris_Sav on Jul 14, 2008 22:39:09 GMT
Why has my avatar been removed? Hope I have not done anything Naughty. Thewherehasmypiggoneone It's not been removed, it's no longer on the imageshack hosting (temporarily or permanently) As I've said before regarding posting results etc as free images on imageshack, tinypic etc. They will only last as long as the freehosting company wants them. They will disappear! Sav |
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Post by peetee on Jul 15, 2008 18:21:24 GMT
Well back to Cricket i might have to bite my tongue South Africa after their brilliant 2nd innings to save the match are going to be a difficult side to beat this so called summer.
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Post by specialone on Jul 31, 2008 8:39:40 GMT
Marathon not a sprint.
11/8 Fill yer boots?
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Post by specialone on Aug 2, 2008 9:39:59 GMT
Fantastic effort from Collingwood, hope it helps prove me wrong.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2008 19:12:19 GMT
Disappointing.
Tuned in with the match delicately poised (or so I thought) with S.A. still needing 174 to win with 6 wickets left.
Apart from the anger of Kellis when he was out to a full toss from Freddie, there was nothing consoling about our performance, we didn't even come close.
Still think we had a rough deal in the first innings, though, both Vaughan and Pietersen being wrongly given out to 'catches' that had got nowhere near the bat. >:(
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Post by bigtj on Aug 3, 2008 6:47:06 GMT
Smith just world class, and weare a mile behind the South Africans even if at one stage it did look as though wewere going to compete.
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Post by peetee on Aug 3, 2008 14:00:55 GMT
We were simply not good enough thats another dissapointing Summer series over :(
Bring on the soccer season :)
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