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hatler · « **Reply #2000 on:** 26 August, 2019, 08:14:05 pm »

Could it be a tribute to Brian perhaps ? Have the crowd found their one true leader ?

spesh · « **Reply #2001 on:** 26 August, 2019, 08:40:57 pm »

Quote from: hatler on 26 August, 2019, 08:14:05 pm

Could it be a tribute to Brian perhaps ? Have the crowd found their one true leader ?

Ben's mum: Now, you listen here: 'e's not the Messiah, 'e's a very naughty boy! Now, go away!

~~Brian~~ Ben Stokes: I'm not the Messiah!
~~Arthur~~ Hatler: I say you are, Lord, and I should know, I've followed a few!
Crowd: Hail, Messiah!
~~Brian~~ Ben Stokes: I'm not the Messiah! Will you please listen?! I'm not the Messiah, do you understand?! Honestly!
Woman: Only the true Messiah denies his divinity!
~~Brian~~ Ben Stokes: What?! Well, what sort of chance does that give me?! All right, I am the Messiah!
Crowd: He is! He is the Messiah!
~~Brian~~ Ben Stokes: Now, fuck off!

<Silence>

~~Arthur~~ Hatler: How shall we fuck off, oh Lord?
~~Brian~~ Ben Stokes: Oh, just go away! Leave me alone! Before I fill you all in you [deleted. Teh Invigilators]!¹

¹ May contain traces of dialogue rejected by Monty Python².

¹ May contain traces of LIE.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #2002 on:** 26 August, 2019, 09:12:51 pm »

Quote from: Nuncio on 26 August, 2019, 07:49:05 pm

‘Shoes off, if you love Ben Stokes, shoes off, if you love Ben Stokes, shoes off, if you love Ben Stokes, shoes off, if you love Ben Stokes’ and repeat, ad nauseum, to the tune of Go West by the Pet Shop Boys while holding aloft a shoe. Despite a degree of inebriation I seem to have been able to commit the lyrics to memory.

The problem being that, although I think I have heard of the Pet Shop Boys, I have never knowingly heard any of their oeuvres.

farfetched · « **Reply #2003 on:** 26 August, 2019, 10:02:30 pm »

The original was by the Village People in the 70's .... You know YMCA and all that.
Must have heard of them

Wowbagger · « **Reply #2004 on:** 26 August, 2019, 11:31:40 pm »

Quote from: farfetched on 26 August, 2019, 10:02:30 pm

The original was by the Village People in the 70's .... You know YMCA and all that.
Must have heard of them

I have!

andyoxon · « **Reply #2005 on:** 31 August, 2019, 09:14:19 am »

Stokes on his 'LBW'... http://www.espncricinfo.com/video/clip?id=27462101 'DRS I think has got that completely wrong, as it flicked my front pad first, didn't spin...' 'crucial to use reviews carefully'

Changes afoot for the DRS? Apparently the umpires Wilson and Gaffaney have been removed from the Ashes due to their poor record.

Jaded · « **Reply #2006 on:** 31 August, 2019, 12:54:38 pm »

I'm sure Hawkeye is fallible. There have been several Wimbledon challenges where the TV footage doesn't match Hawkeye.

Still, it is fallible for both sides, I guess.

mattc · « **Reply #2007 on:** 31 August, 2019, 01:05:10 pm »

Quote from: Jaded on 31 August, 2019, 12:54:38 pm

Still, it is fallible for both sides, I guess.

Yes that's the key really. Ball *prediction* can never be perfect; the ball is spinning, and thus swerving* about. Plus often the predicted path is much long than the measured one (e.g. forward defensive to a slow-bowler) so the errors become much larger. People see these beautiful graphics and come to assume the system is 100% accurate.

So nothing's perfect ... which brings us to Umpires ...

IMHO as long as they're not biased, they're probably making no more errors than most players. It's a game about human beings ; some make mistakes ; get on with it! (I'd say the same in all sports.)

*And if the ball strikes bat AND pad the computers really have no hope.

Jaded · « **Reply #2008 on:** 05 September, 2019, 02:32:15 pm »

Stephen Fry is here. Seen him a couple of times. He’s quite a bit thinner than when I last saw him.

We need some wickets.

andyoxon · « **Reply #2009 on:** 05 September, 2019, 04:17:33 pm »

Smith is stumping England's bowlers...

Jaded · « **Reply #2010 on:** 05 September, 2019, 04:19:34 pm »

That wasn’t a very good session for England.

andyoxon · « **Reply #2011 on:** 06 September, 2019, 11:56:40 am »

Rain may turn out to be England's friend in this test match.

Jaded · « **Reply #2012 on:** 06 September, 2019, 01:41:36 pm »

Oops.

andyoxon · « **Reply #2013 on:** 06 September, 2019, 02:51:03 pm »

Here's hoping (yep that hope again) the remaining recognised England batsmen make-like Stokes and take it slow and steady to begin with, then build some big partnerships.

spesh · « **Reply #2014 on:** 06 September, 2019, 06:56:47 pm »

Quote from: andyoxon on 06 September, 2019, 02:51:03 pm

Here's hoping (yep that hope again) the remaining recognised England batsmen make-like Stokes and take it slow and steady to begin with, then build some big partnerships.

<checks score>

I hate to break it to you but...

Jaded · « **Reply #2015 on:** 06 September, 2019, 07:32:13 pm »

It was going well until it stopped going well.

Basil · « **Reply #2016 on:** 06 September, 2019, 07:45:11 pm »

Quote from: Jaded on 06 September, 2019, 07:32:13 pm

It was going well until it stopped going well.

That's always England. Bummer when that's in the second over sometimes.

andyoxon · « **Reply #2017 on:** 07 September, 2019, 12:07:29 pm »

Once again, how long can Stokes stay in and get runs...

edit. not long

Can Buttler save the 'follow-on'?

Von Broad · « **Reply #2018 on:** 07 September, 2019, 12:38:14 pm »

oh dear...

they take us right up there, to unknown heights.....then they bring right down again...

Peter · « **Reply #2019 on:** 07 September, 2019, 01:55:36 pm »

It's a testament to the significance of Steve Smith that England are "struggling" on 280 - 300, which would often be a pretty useful score.

Von Broad · « **Reply #2020 on:** 07 September, 2019, 02:11:13 pm »

Quote from: Peter on 07 September, 2019, 01:55:36 pm

It's a testament to the significance of Steve Smith that England are "struggling" on 280 - 300, which would often be a pretty useful score.

Yes, that's right.
And although I haven't had the chance to listen to this test as much as I'd have liked, I haven't heard so many reports of the England batsmen getting out to 'bad shots'.

I can't recall a player being so dominant in a team so consistently for some time.

andyoxon · « **Reply #2021 on:** 07 September, 2019, 06:34:14 pm »

0-2

Basil · « **Reply #2022 on:** 07 September, 2019, 06:37:21 pm »

Quote from: Basil on 06 September, 2019, 07:45:11 pm

Quote from: Jaded on 06 September, 2019, 07:32:13 pm
It was going well until it stopped going well.

That's always England. Bummer when that's in the second over sometimes.

No need to wait for the second over.

Von Broad · « **Reply #2023 on:** 07 September, 2019, 07:26:00 pm »

Save the unforgettable, miraculous performance at Headingley, I think the Aussies deserve the Ashes.

But.....it would be so cool, if England could, possibly, save this game, and go to the Oval with all to play for.
It's a huge ask, but it would be so fitting for the end of summer, and for me, there's always a kind of melancholy with the advent of the last test of the summer. F*** football, it can wait.....let cricket play out the natural closing of summer.

spesh · « **Reply #2024 on:** 07 September, 2019, 07:35:28 pm »

Quote from: Von Broad on 07 September, 2019, 07:26:00 pm

Save the unforgettable, miraculous performance at Headingley, I think the Aussies deserve the Ashes.

But.....it would be so cool, if England could, possibly, save this game, and go to the Oval with all to play for.
It's a huge ask, but it would be so fitting for the end of summer, and for me, there's always a kind of melancholy with the advent of the last test of the summer. F*** football, it can wait.....let cricket play out the natural closing of summer.

Having - sort of - quoted 'Life of Brian' up-thread, there's another movie involving John Cleese that springs to mind:

Quote from: Clockwise

Brian Stimpson: It's not the despair, Laura. I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand.

That's the problem with that amazing Headingley test, it gave us hope, when all it did was stave off the inevitable series win of, TBH, a somewhat superior team.