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Unimpressed posted:Except that Hughes is young enough to still have a chance of getting better. I guess if England are using Compton as a stop-gap until they can find a good young opener, that's not too bad. It would just leave me wondering why they've got Chopra floating around the edges if they don't think he's ready. If he gets in the team and makes it, you could get 7 years out of him & Cook opening before either get too old. Compton = Hick.
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I don't know what Bumble and Nasser are talking about. That ball looked dead out to me. Another life for England. They're looking terrible here.
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May 16, 2013 13:55
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May 16, 2013 14:10
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Alistair Cook was batting like Chris Martin since lunch. Thank gently caress that's over.
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May 16, 2013 14:10
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I'm starting to think Australia made a bad decision by not including Johnson in the squad.
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May 16, 2013 14:21
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May 16, 2013 14:27
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There's a test match on. You can stop obsessing about the IPL now. 
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May 16, 2013 14:30
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gently caress, I think Cricinfo have disabled comments on their articles about IPL spot fixing. I was going to spend half a day reading Indian fans' conspiracy theories.
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May 16, 2013 14:33
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That's a shame. I remember the Pakistan spot fixing scandal and thoroughly enjoyed reading about how it was a Zionist conspiracy to undermine the status of the subcontinent.
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May 16, 2013 15:01
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Oh My God, why have England become so poo poo? Why? loving dickheads, there is nothing special about this attack. Have at them.
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May 16, 2013 15:13
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This is test match cricket and they're 105/2. New Zealand aren't exactly running rampant at the moment.
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May 16, 2013 15:17
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They need to grind something out to settle themselves down after the colossal loving up they produced in New Zealand.
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May 16, 2013 15:18
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notaspy posted:Oh My God, why have England become so poo poo? Why? loving dickheads, there is nothing special about this attack. Have at them. Slow pitch, heavy outfield combined with reasonably disciplined Kiwi bowling and overcautious batting with their NZ performances in mind. They're doing alright. Boycott is loving this.
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May 16, 2013 15:29
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May 16, 2013 15:32
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Has there been a rain delay or something
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May 16, 2013 15:33
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Painkiller posted:Slow pitch, heavy outfield combined with reasonably disciplined Kiwi bowling and overcautious batting with their NZ performances in mind. They're doing alright. The problem is, if you get a good ball like Trott just did, you've lost another wicket and you still haven't scored many runs. The bowling is disciplined, but there's a complete lack of effort to actually score runs from England. If they'd been aggressive earlier on, McCullum would have had to react. As it is, he's been able to do things his way all day long.
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May 16, 2013 15:34
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It's ok, little Joey Root will save us.
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May 16, 2013 15:35
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Lionel Richie posted:Has there been a rain delay or something Metaphorically speaking, sure.
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May 16, 2013 15:35
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Painkiller posted:Boycott is loving this.
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May 16, 2013 15:36
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Englands batsman accepting that their job is to set the foundation for Prior to get a quick 150 tomorrow morning.
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May 16, 2013 16:36
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Bell's going to look like a proper loving idiot when Boult & Southee take the new ball and he nicks one behind having blunted out 30 overs of shite from Martin & now Williamson.
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May 16, 2013 16:56
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They've scored 3 singles off Martin's 120 balls. 
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May 16, 2013 17:05
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Bit of a difference between this and the IPL.
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May 16, 2013 17:10
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Did they think it was going to rain or something? NZ haven't bowled badly I suppose but not to the extent to justify this sort of scoring.
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May 16, 2013 17:20
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kingturnip posted:Bell's going to look like a proper loving idiot when Boult & Southee take the new ball and he nicks one behind having blunted out 30 overs of shite from Martin & now Williamson. hahahahahaha
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May 16, 2013 17:22
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kingturnip posted:Bell's going to look like a proper loving idiot when Boult & Southee take the new ball and he nicks one behind having blunted out 30 overs of shite from Martin & now Williamson. Didn't even get to the new ball.
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May 16, 2013 17:22
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Lionel Richie posted:Did they think it was going to rain or something? NZ haven't bowled badly I suppose but not to the extent to justify this sort of scoring. I just came back from Kensington Gardens and it was raining a little, but also very sunny and pleasant. This session won't be delayed. E: on the other hand I think I can see rain on camera. So who knows! Play for the draw lads. E2: Well then. RideTheSpiral fucked around with this message at 17:31 on May 16, 2013 |
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May 16, 2013 17:25
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RideTheSpiral posted:I just came back from Kensington Gardens and it was raining a little, but also very sunny and pleasant. This session won't be delayed. Alright then mate, I trust you.
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May 16, 2013 17:31
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England's play today has been logical, but it's the same sort of logic that causes species on isolated islands serious problems when exotic species arrive.
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May 16, 2013 17:39
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Lionel Richie posted:Alright then mate, I trust you. I'm 2.5 miles from Lords and it is lovely and sunny. English weather. 
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May 16, 2013 17:40
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Quality play today. Loved every minute of it.
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May 16, 2013 22:34
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goatface posted:Bit of a difference between this and the IPL. Yeah IPL is poo poo and test cricket is awesome 
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May 16, 2013 23:45
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goatface posted:Bit of a difference between this and the IPL. Yeah no one would bother spot fixing this shite... Any true England fan (i.e. utterly pessimistic) would have to be thinking, if the Kiwis can make us bat this badly, the Aussies will bend us over the table and have their way with our lily white arses.
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May 17, 2013 00:14
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May 17, 2013 01:07
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Check out Shaun Tait's statement in regards to him not being involved in the spot fixing.http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-17/shaun-tait-speaks-on-india-scandal/4695394 posted:Tait released a statement late last night saying he was very distressed with the way the allegations were spread online. Now, I know statements to the press don't resemble normal speech, but isn't this taking it too far? I mean, I doubt he understands half of the words in this statement... On the up-side, at least he didn't say he was "disappointed".
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May 17, 2013 02:20
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So this 2.0 an over rabble is supposed to scare Australia into thinking an away Ashes win is impossible? lol
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May 17, 2013 06:20
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I don't know if you've realised this yet but New Zealand are better than Australia at test cricket right now.
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May 17, 2013 06:22
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Yeah I don't think so.
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May 17, 2013 06:24
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Why not? Australia are loving dreadful.
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England playing for the draw from ball 1 today, pathetic. Really don't know how anybody could be excited for the Ashes, textbook case of Two Bad Teams playing 10(!) loving tests against each other in one season.
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