chesilbeach Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 It's supposed to be around 41 degrees at the cricket today. Those poor chaps! Given that cricket is played in some of the hottest countries around - India, Australia etc, you'd think they'd play it during the cooler months! I feel sorry for the spectators too. Whenever I've gone to see a game, I always try to get a seat in the shade, so the heat doesn't matter too much. I've only had to sit in the sun once, and that was for the Ashes a few years ago, when it was really difficult to get tickets. I remember the temp was only in the late 20s on that day, but my Mum and I were so hot sitting in the sun all day that we ended up leaving before the end of the day because we just couldn't stand the heat anymore. I don't know people will cope today! And I bet there will still be people wearing heavy banana costumes or dressed in hot onesies! They've just done the classic trick on the UK broadcast, and fried an egg on the manhole cover outside the ground - it must be sweltering! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted December 15, 2013 Author Share Posted December 15, 2013 Haha. Yes, I saw that too! Yummo. Could probably fry some bacon too and have a bacon and egg roll. Mmm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsa Orlong Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Congrats to the Aussies - out-played us on every level. Would've been nice if we'd put up a bit of a fight but maybe the humiliation will do some of those players a bit of good (I'm not looking at you, Kevin Pietersen, oh no ). As an aside, some of those bounces off the cracks in the pitch were hilarious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted December 17, 2013 Author Share Posted December 17, 2013 Yay us! (Trying so hard not to go overboard with my excitement - although you may have heard my screams of happiness from there.) I nearly started getting worried. That English chap was going very well (Stokes? Was only half paying attention because I was working). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted December 17, 2013 Author Share Posted December 17, 2013 Oh, I can't remember if I've mentioned this already, but I've bought my BF and his son (and me, of course) tickets to see the T20 match in Sydney in early February. BF is not interested in any sports whatsoever. Like too many people, he doesn't 'get' cricket, which is why I'm taking him to the faster and shorter version of the game. As far as I know, BF's son doesn't know anything about cricket, but he plays soccer (which I loathe), so I'm going to try to convert them both. What do you think my chances are? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 ^ Twenty-20.It would have been nice if England had actually shown up. It's bad enough to watch your team lose when they are outgunned, but when you know they are the better side and they just fail to perform on any level it's very disappointing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted December 18, 2013 Author Share Posted December 18, 2013 Ooh, I don't know about that! I think Australia was definitely the better side. England was outplayed in every aspect of the game. If they were the better side, they would have won, wouldn't they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 They were the better side in practice, undoubtedly!In 30 individual performances across the three tests I think England have managed less than half a dozen decent knocks.If Cook, Trott, Root, Pietersen and Bell had shown up, played consistently and put together some meaningful innings I don't believe the current score line would be 3-0. Winning the toss three times undoubtedly helped Australia, but that's no excuse for the complete failure of our top order batsmen to perform (though with the exception of Bell, they weren't that consistent in the summer, either). And our bowlers (with the exception of Broad on the first day of the first test) who saved us in the summer, have been pretty poor this time as well. Australia are still building their side, with a couple of exceptions the England players are well established and they should have done a lot better than they have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsa Orlong Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Arrogant. Complacent. Pathetic. Think that about sums England up. Well done the Aussies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsa Orlong Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 What just happened? Did we win a game?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timstar Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 ... doesn't sound like us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 We felt sorry for you and threw you a bone. (And some of our players were being rested.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 'cause they've had such a hard summer, bless them . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsa Orlong Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Our players have been having a rest all tour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 Haha! A couple of days ago Australia regained the #1 spot in the One Day rankings...and thanks to our loss last night we've already moved back down the ladder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Yay! We retained the Ashes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsa Orlong Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Nice to see we're improving . . . "Netherlands 133-5 (20 overs) beat England 88 (17.4 overs) by 45 runs" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted March 31, 2014 Author Share Posted March 31, 2014 Hahahaha! Really? And I thought Australia was bad having already been kicked out. At least we lost to 'proper' teams! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsa Orlong Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Excuses excuses When we lose, we lose in style. Not a good style, but still a style Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted March 31, 2014 Author Share Posted March 31, 2014 I was just reading about England's loss, and apparently there are three Australians in the Dutch team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 (edited) Doesn't look like NZ are having a great game at the moment, either. Edited March 31, 2014 by chesilbeach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted March 31, 2014 Author Share Posted March 31, 2014 NZ is playing Sri Lanka, I think? I guess they'll be knocked out then if they don't win. Wouldn't it be cool if the Netherlands made it to the final? I love 'underdog' stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 NZ were 60 for 9 (one batsman had to go to hospital after dislocating a finger while fielding) losing to Sri Lanka by 59 runs. I love an underdog story too, and it'd be great to see The Netherlands in the final. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie9 Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 i dont like (or understand) cricket but i was listening to talksport last night and england were getting a lot of criticism for losing to holland. Dont understand a national team not playing to there full potential. Reminds me of the England football team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Arse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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