The Ashes
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Ok, It starts today. No Brett Lee, ah, shame. No Shane Warne, Yippee! No Glenn McGrath, Thank the Gods. Now if someone will nobble Ponting we will be happier still! I predict England will regain the Ashes. However, what idiot made Wales the location for the first game between England and Australia? Have the authorities been upset by someone at Old Trafford?
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Dalek Dave wrote:
However, what idiot made Wales the location for the first game between England and Australia?
Umm, you do know the team called England really represents England and Wales, don't you? (There's no separate Wales team.) The ECB is actually the England and Wales Cricket Board.
Cheers, Vikram. (Proud to have finally cracked a CCC!)
Recent activities: TV series: Friends, season 10 Books: Fooled by Randomness, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
Carpe Diem.
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Ok, It starts today. No Brett Lee, ah, shame. No Shane Warne, Yippee! No Glenn McGrath, Thank the Gods. Now if someone will nobble Ponting we will be happier still! I predict England will regain the Ashes. However, what idiot made Wales the location for the first game between England and Australia? Have the authorities been upset by someone at Old Trafford?
------------------------------------ "When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest" Confucius 502BC
Also alas, no Harmison (bowling like a tit again), Simon Jones (so Ricky, he really was injured) or Flintoff (will probably be injured before we reach half way in the series). Much as I would love to agree that we'll win them back - who's going to take the wickets? Anderson can't bowl all day from both ends? Broad, I sadly suspect, will get demolished by the likes of Ponting. I would go with Sidebottom if he is in form and fit (I'm a bit out of touch) as a bit of swing does seem to unsettle the Aussies sometimes - they did lose a few wickets to Hoggard last time. I think we have the batsmen but the bowling is a concern. Re Cardiff, according to Lord Somebody on Radio 4 yesterday: money never came into it (honest guv). Cardiff won because all grounds are graded according to strictly measurable criteria and it outscored the likes of Old Trafford The city is also well used to catering for and transporting large crowds for rugby and soccer matches Also, God's own country is expected to remain dry today whereas England will be dotted with showers And finally, the Aussies are complaining because they aren't at Lord's. Anything that upsets them can't be such a bad thing can it? Rich
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Dalek Dave wrote:
However, what idiot made Wales the location for the first game between England and Australia?
Umm, you do know the team called England really represents England and Wales, don't you? (There's no separate Wales team.) The ECB is actually the England and Wales Cricket Board.
Cheers, Vikram. (Proud to have finally cracked a CCC!)
Recent activities: TV series: Friends, season 10 Books: Fooled by Randomness, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
Carpe Diem.
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
(There's no separate Wales team.)
I would beg to differ - they play as a minor county. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales_national_cricket_team[^]"> Rich
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Also alas, no Harmison (bowling like a tit again), Simon Jones (so Ricky, he really was injured) or Flintoff (will probably be injured before we reach half way in the series). Much as I would love to agree that we'll win them back - who's going to take the wickets? Anderson can't bowl all day from both ends? Broad, I sadly suspect, will get demolished by the likes of Ponting. I would go with Sidebottom if he is in form and fit (I'm a bit out of touch) as a bit of swing does seem to unsettle the Aussies sometimes - they did lose a few wickets to Hoggard last time. I think we have the batsmen but the bowling is a concern. Re Cardiff, according to Lord Somebody on Radio 4 yesterday: money never came into it (honest guv). Cardiff won because all grounds are graded according to strictly measurable criteria and it outscored the likes of Old Trafford The city is also well used to catering for and transporting large crowds for rugby and soccer matches Also, God's own country is expected to remain dry today whereas England will be dotted with showers And finally, the Aussies are complaining because they aren't at Lord's. Anything that upsets them can't be such a bad thing can it? Rich
Lord's is traditionally the Second Test anyway. I would love to see some swing, it has been wet so there will be some going on.
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Dalek Dave wrote:
However, what idiot made Wales the location for the first game between England and Australia?
Umm, you do know the team called England really represents England and Wales, don't you? (There's no separate Wales team.) The ECB is actually the England and Wales Cricket Board.
Cheers, Vikram. (Proud to have finally cracked a CCC!)
Recent activities: TV series: Friends, season 10 Books: Fooled by Randomness, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
Carpe Diem.
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
There's no separate Wales team
Ahem...It has existed since 1923!
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Lord's is traditionally the Second Test anyway. I would love to see some swing, it has been wet so there will be some going on.
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Dalek Dave wrote:
I would love to see some swing, it has been wet so there will be some going on.
Unfortunately it works both ways. I saw the Aussies a couple of times in '89 and a certain Mr. Alderman causing a few problems ... Rich
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Nope, time to watch a decent sport that takes less time to watch than growing a beard. Life is too short to have cricket in it.
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Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
There's no separate Wales team
Ahem...It has existed since 1923!
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Actually it was on Radio 4 this morning. Also, for cricket I don't use Wiki, I use Cricinfo.
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Also alas, no Harmison (bowling like a tit again), Simon Jones (so Ricky, he really was injured) or Flintoff (will probably be injured before we reach half way in the series). Much as I would love to agree that we'll win them back - who's going to take the wickets? Anderson can't bowl all day from both ends? Broad, I sadly suspect, will get demolished by the likes of Ponting. I would go with Sidebottom if he is in form and fit (I'm a bit out of touch) as a bit of swing does seem to unsettle the Aussies sometimes - they did lose a few wickets to Hoggard last time. I think we have the batsmen but the bowling is a concern. Re Cardiff, according to Lord Somebody on Radio 4 yesterday: money never came into it (honest guv). Cardiff won because all grounds are graded according to strictly measurable criteria and it outscored the likes of Old Trafford The city is also well used to catering for and transporting large crowds for rugby and soccer matches Also, God's own country is expected to remain dry today whereas England will be dotted with showers And finally, the Aussies are complaining because they aren't at Lord's. Anything that upsets them can't be such a bad thing can it? Rich
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Nope, time to watch a decent sport that takes less time to watch than growing a beard. Life is too short to have cricket in it.
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Ok, It starts today. No Brett Lee, ah, shame. No Shane Warne, Yippee! No Glenn McGrath, Thank the Gods. Now if someone will nobble Ponting we will be happier still! I predict England will regain the Ashes. However, what idiot made Wales the location for the first game between England and Australia? Have the authorities been upset by someone at Old Trafford?
------------------------------------ "When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest" Confucius 502BC
What is the issue with Wales hosting a match? Too far for supporters to travel? Doesn't have the infrastructure for the number of supporters? Or is the answer "it's not England", bearing in mind it's the England and Wales Cricket Board
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Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
There's no separate Wales team
Ahem...It has existed since 1923!
------------------------------------ "When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest" Confucius 502BC
Riding on technicalities, I see ;P Equally, I was talking about the present situation.
Cheers, Vikram. (Proud to have finally cracked a CCC!)
Recent activities: TV series: Friends, season 10 Books: Fooled by Randomness, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
Carpe Diem.
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Ok, It starts today. No Brett Lee, ah, shame. No Shane Warne, Yippee! No Glenn McGrath, Thank the Gods. Now if someone will nobble Ponting we will be happier still! I predict England will regain the Ashes. However, what idiot made Wales the location for the first game between England and Australia? Have the authorities been upset by someone at Old Trafford?
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What are you babbling on about? Wait a sec. England... game... Let me guess; this is either a cricket or a soccer/football post, right?
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