07-08 Summer of Cricket

Nigel · Post by **Nigel** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 5:55 pm

It has been a good game.

Post by **Hz-Lab** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 6:33 pm

talk about unlikely heroes.. lmao. Mitchell & Clark are having a ball.

would be awesome if they can stick it out.

Post by **Hz-Lab** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 6:59 pm

BUGGA!!
lol

well damn, that was good stuff. Woulda loved to see the tail enders win it for Aus, but I reckon an Indian win will benefit the game a little more. Especially after the recent bullshit. Well done.

Wonder what Adelaide will bring.

Post by **Bauer** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 7:04 pm

yeah WD india

that should shut the curry munchers up for a while. about time a country of 27 billion produced a team that could beat our team derived from 21 million odd

bengatta · Post by **bengatta** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 7:05 pm

Wow, what is the world coming too... first they win an A1GP race, now a bloody game of cricket???

Hazelb · Post by **Hazelb** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 7:12 pm

Yeah

They hold the ICC to ransom...get their way and win a game...Woohoo

Should of told em to piss off after Sydney...

Tossers...

r8response · Post by **r8response** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 7:36 pm

Hz-Lab wrote:Wonder what Adelaide will bring.

Late starts and early knock offs.

Boss is flying down on Tuesday

Nigel · Post by **Nigel** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 6:33 pm

Symonds walks up to Harbhajan at the end of an over.

Symonds: "Go and yell at your teammates .... You called me monkey again."

Matthew Hayden: "Twice. You've got a witness now champ."

Hayden approaches Harbhajan.

Hayden: "That's the last time."

Harbhajan: "No listen he started it."

Hayden: "Doesn't matter mate, it's racial vilification mate. It's a shit word and you know it."

Soon after, Michael Clarke approaches umpire Mark Benson.

Clarke: "It's not the first time. He done it in India and got into strife. That's the second time he's done it."

Captain Ricky Ponting walks up to Benson and gestures towards fellow umpire Steve Bucknor.

Ponting: "Go and tell him. Go and tell him straight away."

Sorry but that has to the the soocki-est load of shit ever. Acting like a bunch of fucking school girls. I was half expecting Clarke to be poking out his tongue "Coz got Harbhajan in trouble with teacher".

Exar Kun · Post by **Exar Kun** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 6:47 pm

pfft - pretty over it really. I think both sides were acting like school girls - India's attitude of boycotting a series if they didn't get their way was hardly any better.

I reckon bigger news is that Shaun Tait has quit cricket indefinitely. Hopefully he can recover and come back stronger. It leaves Australia with an even less experienced one day squad which should be interesting to watch. This CB series should hopefully be really close.

Post by **norbs** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:38 pm

Funny. I wonder if Ponting, Hayden or Clarke have ever made a racist remark on the cricket field. I don't condone racism, or though I have been known to said the odd racist thing every now and then, but I love the fact Harbhajan gave it to the Aussies. Instead of carrying on like spoilt brats, they should have sucked it up and got on with it. Ponting is fine when things are going his way, but a prick when they aren't. Our weakest cricket captain for a bloody long time in my book. Fuckin top batsman though.

Bacchulum · Post by **Bacchulum** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:42 pm

I still say Ponting's 100 times better, and more Australian, than that Hewitt fuckwit, and everybody loves him.

Nigel · Post by **Nigel** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 5:29 pm

I don't. I hate Hewitt. He really is a fuckwit. Right up there with "The Poo".

Nigel · Post by **Nigel** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 7:42 pm

Australia can't do anything wrong at the moment. And India look like there team is made up of under 12s.

w00dsy · Post by **w00dsy** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 7:56 pm

wow that was unreal. Clarke was on fire.

Nigel · Post by **Nigel** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 8:09 pm

It might not always go that well for Clarke, but that sure was an indication of where Australia should be looking towards for the next captain.

Montey · Post by **Montey** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:06 am

Just got back from the 20/20 game. Got myself a free corporate hospitality spot, so meal, free beer all night and a seat precisely 90 degrees from the dead-center of the pitch.

Crowd was awesome, totally deafening at times. India were complete shite!

nutty · Post by **nutty** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:45 am

I went to the ODI here in Brissy between Australia and India, shame abotu the washout but some very good cricket in between rain breaks.

Does anyone know the full story with Shaun Tait, I must have missed the news but he retired from cricket already? at 24? wtf

Vilante · Post by **Vilante** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:57 am

I heard that he wanted a break from international cricket (due to stress) so asked for his name to be removed from contention for selection.

I think he'll be back though.

Jiminee · Post by **Jiminee** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:00 am

Yeah something not quite right there, he never really gave the impression of someone who enjoyed his sport or was 100% committed to it. I would imagine injuries can have that effect, taking away your confidence and motivation. Plus it never really seemed to click for him, remember it was 2005 that he was the hot new thing, now its 2008 and he had not really progressed.
May have also lost faith with coaches and selectors etc as he did get messed around a lot and was made to look bloody ordinary in Perth.
Could be a similar situation to Harmison and Trescothick, some people just do not cope well with the constant criticism of trying to play at that level.