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citoyen

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Re: The cricket...
« Reply #1500 on: 05 December, 2017, 10:45:26 am »
we'll lose by less than 300 :P

It's saying something that this would look like a good result after how things stood at the end of the second day.
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« Reply #1501 on: 05 December, 2017, 10:51:28 am »
... and our 2nd Innings has now lasted longer than theirs  ;D
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Re: The cricket...
« Reply #1502 on: 05 December, 2017, 11:08:58 am »
Blimey half way there!
I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that.

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Re: The cricket...
« Reply #1503 on: 05 December, 2017, 12:28:49 pm »
I think we're 1 run short of half-way, but no matter!

Interesting betting odds factoid: England are 14/1 to win...

... This is the same as the odds for Ireland beating Pakistan.   At home.  In May 2018.
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Re: The cricket...
« Reply #1504 on: 05 December, 2017, 05:46:51 pm »
Terrific listening this morning, what a game!
Cracked me up with all reports of the BA making the DRS hand signals every time there was an appeal by the Aus bowlers.
All complete nonsense but great fun if you're out there :-)
You've still got to fancy the Aussies, but Smith could do well by ordering a few more rolls of toilet paper before the game's up.
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Re: The cricket...
« Reply #1505 on: 05 December, 2017, 06:25:22 pm »
Looks like BTSport have removed free access highlights.
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Re: The cricket...
« Reply #1506 on: 05 December, 2017, 10:39:11 pm »
Who knows if England can pull it off, but looking at the aussie press atm is quite fun.
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Jaded

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Re: The cricket...
« Reply #1507 on: 06 December, 2017, 03:47:17 am »
Oh dear. Back to sleep, I th8nk.
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Re: The cricket...
« Reply #1508 on: 06 December, 2017, 07:09:42 am »
I guess it was the most likely outcome.

Still, England will win at the WACA; they will...

</voice from the future> hahaha
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citoyen

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Re: The cricket...
« Reply #1509 on: 06 December, 2017, 08:53:27 am »
Woke up at 6. Put the radio on. Turned it off and went back to sleep.

The result was inevitable but I was hoping they’d at least make it to lunch.
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Re: The cricket...
« Reply #1510 on: 06 December, 2017, 10:05:58 pm »
Thing is though.......I loved the feeling of having a dream for those few hours - can they do it? Everybody's talking about it [well in my circles they were!] Dream on baby. Something out of the ordinary, something different, something almost impossible that was, all of a sudden, maybe just possible, and if it happens, imagine what it would be like to indulge in a different realm for just a few hours/days to brighten up the routine of a day that was most probably just the same as yesterday for most people.

As you were :-)

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Re: The cricket...
« Reply #1511 on: 06 December, 2017, 10:15:31 pm »
6am start on my bedside radio disabled.   :(
Admission.  I'm actually not that fussed about cake.

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Re: The cricket...
« Reply #1512 on: 06 December, 2017, 10:17:53 pm »
It’s OK. You have a week before the next pain.
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Re: The cricket...
« Reply #1513 on: 07 December, 2017, 08:27:06 am »
Thing is though.......I loved the feeling of having a dream for those few hours - can they do it? Everybody's talking about it [well in my circles they were!] Dream on baby. Something out of the ordinary, something different, something almost impossible that was, all of a sudden, maybe just possible, and if it happens, imagine what it would be like to indulge in a different realm for just a few hours/days to brighten up the routine of a day that was most probably just the same as yesterday for most people.

As you were :-)
Well put sir!

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Re: The cricket...
« Reply #1514 on: 13 December, 2017, 06:28:23 pm »
Not too hot in Perth, some rain towards the end of the test...  http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2063523

Bairstow going to No6 apparently.
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Re: The cricket...
« Reply #1515 on: 14 December, 2017, 10:01:17 am »
What time (GMT) did play begin?  I'm guessing 3am.  Would that be right?
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Jaded

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Re: The cricket...
« Reply #1516 on: 14 December, 2017, 10:07:06 am »
Maybe. It’s just finished for the day.
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essexian

Re: The cricket...
« Reply #1517 on: 14 December, 2017, 10:09:42 am »
What time (GMT) did play begin?  I'm guessing 3am.  Would that be right?

The first over on the BBC site was at 2.30am.

Not a bad first day.... I started listening at 7am when England looked in trouble but an excellent partnership later leaves the visitors in a reasonable place.  Who knows, England could go on and build a huge total and then bowl the Australians out for a couple of dozen.....  ;D

Edit to add.... I was joking above but according to the BBC, England have never lost at the Waca when they have scored 300 in the first innings so who knows......

Re: The cricket...
« Reply #1518 on: 14 December, 2017, 09:47:02 pm »
Can't help feeling we'll be waking up to early wickets having fallen, but you never know...
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essexian

Re: The cricket...
« Reply #1519 on: 15 December, 2017, 07:34:46 am »
Can't help feeling we'll be waking up to early wickets having fallen, but you never know...

Got up just after 3am for a toilet break and checked the scores..... 340 for 4 if I remember correctly. "Not bad" I thought.

Checked again at 7.15am...... "England being England" I noted with a sigh.   :facepalm:

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Re: The cricket...
« Reply #1520 on: 15 December, 2017, 07:35:51 am »
Can't help feeling we'll be waking up to early wickets having fallen, but you never know...

Only 8 wickets so far.

These were ours...

“Six wickets, 35 runs, 51 balls, 48 minutes.”

But at least we got two of theirs.
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Re: The cricket...
« Reply #1521 on: 15 December, 2017, 10:39:26 am »
Australia 203-3 at stumps.  Oh.
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Re: The cricket...
« Reply #1522 on: 15 December, 2017, 11:25:30 pm »
Michael Vaughan's comment: "Smith is 92 not out and he's played with a cigar in his mouth,"...was classic.
Nuff said.
Think Englands resort to sledging in the second test to get him out was at least this: very successful!
Bowling's a waste of time :-)
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essexian

Re: The cricket...
« Reply #1523 on: 16 December, 2017, 08:13:05 am »
Been watching the match on the Guardian site since I got up..... a few excellent updates to give a taste of the day...

115th over: Australia 421-4 (Smith 182, M Marsh 100) Broad ushers Marsh closer to his first Test hundred with a short, wide delivery that is flashed through backward point for four. That takes him to 96, and a fast-handed square drive for four brings up a brilliant maiden century! Well played Mitchell Marsh! He snaps his head back and lets out a primeval roar. Wonderful stuff.

That was a memorable celebration. He coudn’t get his helmet off fast enough; he was like a horny virgin in a teen film, frantically undressing lest the moment pass. Jonny Bairstow was among the England players to applaud a classic Waca hundred, full of emphatic cuts and straight drives. It took just 130 balls, with 17 pristine fours. And with that, it’s time for tea.



Then...

It’s been England’s session: they restricted Australia to 107 runs in the session for the loss of no wick- oh I can’t be bothered. Australia have been brilliant, England’s have been broken.

Finally...

126th over: Australia 460-4 (Smith 200, M Marsh 121) That’s it! Smith works Moeen to leg to reach an immense, inevitable double-century. It’s been a masterpiece of authority, ruthlessness and skill. He is an absolute genius, the best Test cricketer in the world by a million miles. And statistically, he is the greatest batsman since Don Bradman. Just let that marinate for a bit.

Right, off to do some shopping with just under 2 hours of the day left.... what's to say Australia bat for another hour and get 520 or so and then put England in.... 45 for 3 when I get back???



Jaded

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Re: The cricket...
« Reply #1524 on: 16 December, 2017, 08:15:51 am »
Hmmm. Today does look like it’s been a bit one sided.
It is simpler than it looks.