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Cricket
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Blackface in crowd 129 55.36%
References to Lord of the Rings 104 44.64%
Total: 233 votes
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DON RAPER
Jan 1, 2011

Let me ask you something
what do women want?
cook will carry his bat whilst scoring a crucial captain's 150

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Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


TMS sounds like a Python sketch of cricket commentary. It's glorious.

Airstream Driver
May 6, 2009

Broken fucken' arm?

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
Blowers is a magnificent human being.

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
Cook gets belted on an unprotected arm and Healy feels that he needs to assure the Australian viewer that he isn't cheating by asking for the physio to check it out.

EDIT

Now Healy is outright suggesting that Cook is cheating.

auzdark
Aug 29, 2005

Mercy is the cry of the soul that stirred,
Mercy is the cry and it's never heard.
Goddamn the stump mic sound of the elbow hit makes me cringe. That poo poo can't feel nice.

monkeu
Jun 1, 2000

by Reene
Get on with it Cooky! Is it a broken fucken arm?! Pick up your bat and get on with it if it isn't!!

- Ian Healy.

Negligent
Aug 20, 2013

Its just lovely here this time of year.
Cook has so much inner steel a mere cricket ball can't hurt him.

Negligent
Aug 20, 2013

Its just lovely here this time of year.
Enforce the follow on or not?

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
Australians don't like doing it but I think its our best chance of winning the match. Depends how tired the bowlers are I guess. Obviously we need to bowl out England soonish though.

a real chump
Jul 30, 2003

noice
Nap Ghost
Does no one seriously have that McCullum rant its so versitile.

Negligent
Aug 20, 2013

Its just lovely here this time of year.
Mark Taylor visually reminding us why his nickname is Tubby

Lionel Richie
Nov 14, 2004

Bullshit rear end cunts pretending like that wasn't done on purpose. They bowled directly at his body and knew exactly what they were doing. gently caress Australia. gently caress them in their stupid loving asses.

a real chump
Jul 30, 2003

noice
Nap Ghost
Yay

Bharatrocity
Oct 20, 2005

One day son, all I own will still belong to the state

I am all in favour of hurting posh people with cricket balls

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
The rain probably won't be that bad tomorrow morning, Monday is a bit more unpredictable. I'd say they should enforce it, it's the most promising route to a win.

Josh Lyman
May 24, 2009


Loving Sam Mendes on TMS.

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
Yes.

Lionel Richie
Nov 14, 2004

Never mind Bairstow for Bell or Ballance, it'll be Bairstow for Buttler if he doesn't do something soon.

Lots of Bs.

tanglewood1420
Oct 28, 2010

The importance of this mission cannot be overemphasized

Lionel Richie posted:

Never mind Bairstow for Bell or Ballance, it'll be Bairstow for Buttler if he doesn't do something soon.

Lots of Bs.

Except that Buttler has a pretty decent record with the bat and is a better keeper than Bairstow?

Lionel Richie
Nov 14, 2004

I think they're about equal as keepers. I cba to look but I can't recall him doing anything particularly notable, he seems to score a lot of 20s and 30s.

Centusin
Aug 5, 2009
Apparently there was only one camera man following that and we don't need to see any other angles ever

Mister Chief
Jun 6, 2011

Scylo posted:

Apparently there was only one camera man following that and we don't need to see any other angles ever

You don't need any other angles.

Centusin
Aug 5, 2009
If the ball is clearly missing the bat on an lbw referral, we get a camera shot, snicko and hotspot just to be sure, same sort of thorough approach should be taken with everything. I'm not even questioning the decision, I just want to see a different angle.

o.m. 94
Nov 23, 2009

Buttler and Moeen are going to need to break personal high scores here

tanglewood1420
Oct 28, 2010

The importance of this mission cannot be overemphasized

Lionel Richie posted:

I think they're about equal as keepers. I cba to look but I can't recall him doing anything particularly notable, he seems to score a lot of 20s and 30s.

Five fifties in 14 innings before this test, averaging 46.

Bairstow has good hands but his footwork isn't as good as Buttler. Not that Buttler is brilliant himself, but he is a perfectly fine test level keeper - Bairstow currently is below average for me. Certainly neither are as good as Prior who turned himself into a truly excellent glovesman after starting out very poorly.

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
Mmm. Bit casual that.

Lionel Richie
Nov 14, 2004

I'd like to see him score a bit quicker. Obviously he won't score as quick as limited overs, but a batsman like Buttler going at a modern standard sort of strike rate of 60-odd looks to me like a lack of confidence against the red ball or he's holding back. I'd expect a player like him to play a bit like Warner does, ya get me

e: like it's been hammered into him that "oohh you can't play like that in test cricket!!!", well if you can then do it

Negligent
Aug 20, 2013

Its just lovely here this time of year.
Bowl at the stumps you fat

Negligent
Aug 20, 2013

Its just lovely here this time of year.
Marsh has these weird sloped shoulders it's just not the same as being bowled at by an athletic fridge like watto

MUSCULAR BEAVER
Dec 26, 2014

HENDO! HENDO!
Bowl at the beard

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
That's a lot of space to bowl at, you'll need to be more specific.

Mister Chief
Jun 6, 2011

Beard music.

Negligent
Aug 20, 2013

Its just lovely here this time of year.
Haha warney having a cry about drs.

Fanatic
Mar 9, 2006

:eyepop:
:lol: Cook doesn't get the century.

Mister Chief
Jun 6, 2011

That loving side by side. Needs a gif.

Airstream Driver
May 6, 2009

Watson really bending the back today.

monkeu
Jun 1, 2000

by Reene
HOLY loving :captainpop:

RIP Watto.

Lenin Riefenstahl
Sep 18, 2003

That's enough! Out of here, you tubs of beer!
Cook you cock

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Negligent
Aug 20, 2013

Its just lovely here this time of year.
Get ready for Test centurion Stuart Broad

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