2010/11 Summer of Cricket

DexterPunk · Post by **DexterPunk** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 7:36 am

It would be, except for the fact that England has already won what matters.

bengatta · Post by **bengatta** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 5:50 pm

The walk to the cricket ground was quite pleasant today...

Vilante · Post by **Vilante** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 7:31 pm

How many times does Clark have to fail before he hits the bench?

Enforcer-J · Post by **Enforcer-J** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 8:42 pm

He obviously didn't take the advice onboard from that journalist in the press conference the other day....

Vilante · Post by **Vilante** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 8:46 pm

Enforcer-J wrote:He obviously didn't take the advice onboard from that journalist in the press conference the other day....

hehe

Post by **Hz-Lab** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 8:49 pm

Looks like we're going to get away with this one... wouldn't of thought it an hour or so ago.

DexterPunk · Post by **DexterPunk** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 9:11 pm

I would actually like to know how many coin tosses England has one from the last two ashes and this ODI series.

Post by **Bauer** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 9:23 pm

Vilante wrote:How many times does Clark have to fail before he hits the bench?

ah fuck. I went and had a shower and missed him bat again!!!

Enforcer-J · Post by **Enforcer-J** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 9:25 pm

bengatta · Post by **bengatta** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 9:36 pm

DexterPunk wrote:I would actually like to know how many coin tosses England has one from the last two ashes and this ODI series.

VT might not know the answer to that, but I am sure he has a comment...

Post by **Hz-Lab** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 9:50 pm

has one what?

Johnny X · Post by **Johnny X** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 10:27 pm

again

DexterPunk · Post by **DexterPunk** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 6:52 am

Hz-Lab wrote:has one what?

Please excuse... was fairly intoxicated.

***won.

Johnny X · Post by **Johnny X** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:50 pm

Finally got one back

Post by **Hz-Lab** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:56 pm

lol, it was bound to happen eventually

bengatta · Post by **bengatta** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 3:37 pm

A policeman in Sydney pulls over a male driver who has been weaving in and out of traffic, approaches the car window and says to the driver: "Sir, I need you to blow into this breathalyser." The driver reaches into his pocket and produces a doctor's note, on which is written: 'This man suffers from chronic asthma. Please do not make him perform any action that may leave him short of breath.' The policemen says: "Okay but I need you to come and give a blood sample." The man produces another letter, on which is written: 'This man is haemophiliac. Please do not cause him to bleed in any way.' The policeman says: "Right. In that case I need a urine sample." The man produces a third letter from his pocket on which is written: 'This man plays cricket for Australia. Please do not take the piss out of him.

Post by **Bauer** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 8:04 pm

So.... The world cup has come and gone and no real post about it.

Anyhow, did anyone catch Wattos innings just now? Must have been a ripper to watch even if it was against the bangers. I just logged in to see how we were traveling and it was all over

185 off 96 balls is some good hitting.

Post by **norbs** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 8:11 pm

Bauer wrote:So.... The world cup has come and gone and no real post about it.

Anyhow, did anyone catch Wattos innings just now? Must have been a ripper to watch even if it was against the bangers. I just logged in to see how we were traveling and it was all over

185 off 96 balls is some good hitting.

Well, Gillespie did score a Test double hundred against them.

Hazelb · Post by **Hazelb** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 10:11 pm

My dog George could get runs against them! Still good hitting though...

Post by **Bauer** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 10:46 pm

Hazelb wrote:My dog George could get runs against them! Still good hitting though...

until one of the bangers snuck up behind him and said "boo" that'd fuck him.

Jiminee · Post by **Jiminee** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 11:27 pm

Just found some of the highlights, that was some woeful bowling but amazing hitting. That should shutup the nonsense about letting the minnows into the World Cup again really, I mean there are 2 test teams that should not be there next time.
Awesome effort by Watto, smashed them by 9 wickets with 24 overs to spare and the game was not as close as that score might suggest!

Hazelb · Post by **Hazelb** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 7:16 am

Bauer wrote:
Hazelb wrote:My dog George could get runs against them! Still good hitting though...
until one of the bangers snuck up behind him and said "boo" that'd fuck him.

LOL - Indeed it would!

DexterPunk · Post by **DexterPunk** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 7:28 am

Jiminee wrote:Just found some of the highlights, that was some woeful bowling but amazing hitting. That should shutup the nonsense about letting the minnows into the World Cup again really, I mean there are 2 test teams that should not be there next time.
Awesome effort by Watto, smashed them by 9 wickets with 24 overs to spare and the game was not as close as that score might suggest!

Do you mean teams like Bangladesh shouldn't be allowed to play in the world cup? Yes they get smashed by the top sides, but how else are these teams going to improve unless they get to play the better teams as well.

Jiminee · Post by **Jiminee** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 9:07 am

Not all of them should be there. Some sort of qualifying tournament with the best 2 getting through should be enough.
If there was any sign of progress then things might be different but it has been over 20 years now and their standard has not improved. Sri Lanka started out at a similar level and now look at them, within 10 years they went from easy beats to respectable. Just can not say the same about Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, who are in fact going backwards.

matticooper · Post by **matticooper** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 10:07 am

The 2011 World Cup was a disgrace. It took over 1 month just to get to the Quarter finals - in comparison, the footy World Cup deals with 32 teams and they have everything over and done with in 1 month for the whole comp. The Cricket World Cup needs to be streamlined A LOT and they either need to decide for the next World Cup to either to follow the Football World Cup (have groups of 4 - 4 groups of 4 if there's enough interest) OR possibly even have qualifying matches or take the results from the previous 12 months to World Cup itself to give your nation/team a ranking and the Top 10 make it. Rest can GTFO.

Once you get the desired number, the round robin shit should only take 7 - 10 days. Then you decide the Quarters, play them over 2 days. Take a day to rest, play the semis over 2 days, take a day or 2 to rest and then the GF.

Doing the math - with 8 teams you could do the round robin thing (everyone playing everyone!), with Semi Finals and a few allocated rest days in 3 weeks.
With 10 teams, you can do the 2 Group thing with Quarters, Semis and the GF in less than 3 weeks with Rest Days and byes (odd numbers in each group - but a rest period ensured for teams!)
And doing 4 x 4 groups like the Footy World Cup, You'd have Round of 16, Quarters, Semis and GF in 3 weeks.

I don't know how it was so wrong in India. Oh wait, they wanted to get as much money as possible through accommodation.

A.R.S.E.