BS: Bury the Ashes?

Subject: RE: BS: Bury the Ashes?
From: GUEST,Ralphie
Date: 22 Jul 13 - 02:10 AM

Highlights are on 5OD...(All 4 days)

Subject: RE: BS: Bury the Ashes?
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 22 Jul 13 - 07:34 PM

The one-day internationals? Via Google's Blogspot, my poem "Sunday Cricket and Berries" - http://walkaboutsverse.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/walkaboutsverse-115-of-230.html

Subject: RE: BS: Bury the Ashes?
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 02 Aug 13 - 08:09 AM

"There was daylight between bat and ball - there was no Hotspot and no noise," (Shane Warne re the dismissal of Khawaja)...in which case he had made a WORSE effort than managing to get an edge! Silly game.

Subject: RE: BS: Bury the Ashes?
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 02 Aug 13 - 09:29 AM

As to whether a player should walk ...

With each team having a limited number of appeals available, it makes sense to stand your ground. If not given 'out' (possibly because it was a 'no ball') then the opposition have to consider using up one of their appeals. If given 'out' (and you think there's any room for doubt) then your team may consider using up one of their appeals.
If you know for certain that you should have been out then you can choose whether to walk before, or after, an appeal. Your team captain may have his own view on your decision!

Subject: RE: BS: Bury the Ashes?
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 02 Aug 13 - 06:34 PM

I.e. vis modern technology close scrutinisation these days as to whether the batsman was good enough to at least get a faint edge on the ball, rather than safely miss it completely. Silly game.

Subject: RE: BS: Bury the Ashes?
From: GUEST,Ralphie
Date: 03 Aug 13 - 03:14 AM

WAV. If it's such a silly game, why do you watch it? I don't like horse racing or American football. So I don't watch it. It's very easy. Just leave it to people who find it interesting for them. Anything you say here will make no difference whatsoever.

Subject: RE: BS: Bury the Ashes?
From: Pete Jennings
Date: 03 Aug 13 - 06:32 AM

Whose brilliant idea was it to send in Bresnan with half an hour to go? Asking for trouble...

Subject: RE: BS: Bury the Ashes?
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 03 Aug 13 - 07:16 PM

I just hear the results on the news, Ralfie, and intend to watch the limited-over highlights; we agree on horse racing, by the way - my pome "Horses for Courses?": http://walkaboutsverse.blogspot.co.uk/2010/10/walkaboutsverse-146-of-230.html

Subject: RE: BS: Bury the Ashes?
From: GUEST,Ralphie
Date: 04 Aug 13 - 07:18 AM

WAV. Whatever.....Leave the real cricket to those of us who understand it. And please, no more of your tiresome doggerel. I gave up reading it years ago. Uninteresting tosh.

Subject: RE: BS: Bury the Ashes?
From: MikeL2
Date: 04 Aug 13 - 02:01 PM

hi

I have been at the Test at Old Trafford for the past four days. It is some years since I saw a live Test Match. I have watched them on TV of course.

What a difference. The atmosphere was gripping and completely different from watching at home. I felt part of the game.

Australia were by far the better team for the first 2 1/2 days. Defeat appeared to be staring England in the face. Then came the Pietersen/Bell stand and things looked up from then.

They fought and avoided the follow-on and then this afternoon they bowled and fielded brilliantly.

Pity that both bad light and then rain interrupted - the game was heading to an enthralling finish.

Fine weather tomorrow may still provide an exciting day - at the moment I would say Australia are just favourites with a draw the next best. An England win would be fantastic but at this stage I believe that is just beyond them.

I hope I am wrong and have already packed my gear ready for tomorrow.

I got the tickets for the game because my son had to have an operation this week and was unable to go. I am pleased to report that he has had the op and although he is very sore he is home and everything is fine.

Just hope England can do it; that would be a great tonic for him.

By the way if anyone was watching on TV I was the one with a white sun hat and sunglasses...lol

Cheers

MikeL2

Subject: RE: BS: Bury the Ashes?
From: Pete Jennings
Date: 05 Aug 13 - 12:52 PM

Nail-biting morning with England at 37 for 3, but the rain ensured a draw and the retention of The Ashes.

Only been watching the channel 5 highlights in the evening, having had work to do.

MikeL2: I saw you! (Glad your son is okay).

Subject: RE: BS: Bury the Ashes?
From: GUEST,Raggytash
Date: 05 Aug 13 - 02:46 PM

Pete, you got the Nelson !!

Subject: RE: BS: Bury the Ashes?
From: The Sandman
Date: 06 Aug 13 - 03:27 AM

will autralia win the next test?what do people think?

Subject: RE: BS: Bury the Ashes?
From: GUEST,Raggytash
Date: 06 Aug 13 - 03:56 AM

Autralia ............... probably not, however Australia seem to be getting their act together and to my mind England are still frail in the batting department. The tests at Durham and the Oval should be close matches.

Subject: RE: BS: Bury the Ashes?
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 06 Aug 13 - 06:22 AM

Ralphie ~~ I don't read WAV's verse either. But your injunction to him, 'no more of' it, because you don't happen to like it, is a bit inconsistent, is it not?, with your injunction to him to stop commenting on the cricket, but just to ignore it if he doesn't find it interesting. A strong tu quoque to you re his verse. I gather, in fact, that you don't read it; so what skin is it off your nose if he goes on posting it or not?

Just asking. Consistency matters.

~M~

Subject: RE: BS: Bury the Ashes?
From: Pete Jennings
Date: 06 Aug 13 - 09:46 AM

The Nelson, Raggy? What's that?

Subject: RE: BS: Bury the Ashes?
From: GUEST,Raggytash
Date: 06 Aug 13 - 01:16 PM

One hundred and eleven, eye eye eye or aye aye aye, the fabled unlucky number for English cricket teams and a reference to our famed Naval Commander who only had one, eye that is. It's amazing just how many wickets fall when teams are on 111. Such is the power of superstition.

Subject: RE: BS: Bury the Ashes?
From: MikeL2
Date: 06 Aug 13 - 02:32 PM

Hi

I managed to watch all of the Game - I even went on the last day with fingers crossed. I am not sure whether this was for hope of an Englang victory or for rain !!

Rain it was, and we know that England survived and hold on to The Ashes.

There is no doubt that Australia gained a moral victory with a much improved performance. They were by far the much better team in all departments.

Can they reproduce that performance for the last two tests??

I believe that England will re-group and produce the form that enabled them to win the first two games.

Yes their batting is very suspect. In six innings in these tests they have not reached 30 runs with the fall of three wickets. Yet they won two of the matches with these poor starts.

I think that the batting will click and give their superior bowling attack the chance to win the games.

For all this poor play there is no doubt that it has produced very exciting and absorbing cricket.

With a little more consistency from the first five batsmen England will in my view run out winners in the next two games.....weather permitting of course.

Pete I am glad you saw me......I felt that you were waving....lol

Cheers

MikeL2

Subject: RE: BS: Bury the Ashes?
From: Pete Jennings
Date: 07 Aug 13 - 11:23 AM

Agh!! Not THAT Nelson...not sure I'd have posted if I'd seen the 110. Still, nothing fell or broke nor did anything bad happen. Remember the umpire who used to hop about when 111 was on the board?

Subject: RE: BS: Bury the Ashes?
From: SPB-Cooperator
Date: 08 Aug 13 - 08:12 AM

The only problem with test cricket is unless I go to a pub all day that is showing it I am not allowed to watch it.

Subject: RE: BS: Bury the Ashes?
From: Pete Jennings
Date: 08 Aug 13 - 11:08 AM

Going to the pub all day is a PROBLEM???

Subject: RE: BS: Bury the Ashes?
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 09 Aug 13 - 07:33 AM

The "hot-spot" argument over how to determine whether a batsman was good enough to at least get and edge, rather than SAFELY miss the thing completely, moves to County Durham!

Subject: RE: BS: Bury the Ashes?
From: GUEST,Raggytash
Date: 09 Aug 13 - 08:56 AM

WAV ........... give it a rest mate, it's getting tedious.

Cheers

Raggy

Subject: RE: BS: Bury the Ashes?
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 11 Sep 13 - 06:39 PM

...but now the far-less "tedious" & far-more meaningful Limited Over Series is on, Raggy - how the Ashes should be fought for...