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[Cricket] A wonderful series comes to an end

5-Mar-14 5:04

Here[^]

Hoover Fake

Mike Hankey5-Mar-14 5:02

Mike Hankey

5-Mar-14 5:02

It's definitely a fake[^]

dan!sh 5-Mar-14 4:54

5-Mar-14 4:54

Absolutely incredible test cricket series between South Africa and Australia. Loved every bit of it. I guess it was test cricket at its best. Incredible!

I still don't think we can decide the better team. It was just so close.

Blue Waffle5-Mar-14 5:05

5-Mar-14 5:05

err the team that won was the better team (and it pains me to say it)

dan!sh 5-Mar-14 5:08

5-Mar-14 5:08

Well, yeah, I wanted SA to draw the game. They did put in insane amounts of concentration.

Blue Waffle5-Mar-14 5:25

5-Mar-14 5:25

d@nish wrote:
I wanted SA to draw the game.

Out of interest. Why? They were unbeaten for something like 6 years it was good to see them lose for once, gives the rest a chance.

dan!sh 5-Mar-14 5:38

5-Mar-14 5:38

That's the team I support. I always want them to win. Now that Sachin doesn't play any more, I don't care if they beat India as well.

Blue Waffle5-Mar-14 5:46

5-Mar-14 5:46

Assumed being Indian you would support India.

dan!sh 5-Mar-14 7:08

5-Mar-14 7:08

Well, I would have if we still had someone like Ganguly leading us. He was a real fighter and changed the moral altogether. Now, I feel, these youngsters think they are awesome just because they have performed in sub continent. They were thrashed in England, SA and NZ. Hell, they cannot even handle sub-continent any more. See what happened in Asia cup. They surely do not deserve the praise they get.

Similarly, players from SA, NZ and Aus must be able to perform on square turning tracks in order to prove their mettle worldwide.

Dinesh.V.Kumar5-Mar-14 18:25

Dinesh.V.Kumar

5-Mar-14 18:25

d@nish wrote:
Well, I would have if we still had someone like Ganguly leading us. He was a
real fighter and changed the moral altogether.

I am an Indian and would support India any day..but then Ganguly was my all time favorite captain...He didnt win the world cup for us..but for the team to be in current position he was the only one responsible!!with out him we would still be not in this position at all....[No offence to Dhoni however]...

But yes the next team I like is South Africa and it pained to see them lose the test after a great fight...

_Damian S_5-Mar-14 13:16

_Damian S_

5-Mar-14 13:16

d@nish wrote:
I wanted SA to draw the game.

I didn't... nothing more terrible and almost unsportsmanlike than becoming a blocky bastard to attempt to salvage a draw when there was a full day to play.

Quad skating his way through the world since the early 80's...

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dan!sh 5-Mar-14 17:14

5-Mar-14 17:14

Draw is valid result in test cricket. You are not just playing for win here. And SA recently tried to score 450+ and could not get there against Indian bowling attack. Why would they risk anything against a far better bowling attack?

_Damian S_5-Mar-14 17:45

_Damian S_

5-Mar-14 17:45

d@nish wrote:
Draw is valid result in test cricket.

Yes, but only if played in the correct spirit... Attempting to bat out an entire day without even trying to make the score required is a sad way to finish what otherwise would be a good match. This is vastly different to playing "normally" and running out of time to achieve a win (hence ending in a draw).

Just my opinion, of course.

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Gregory Gadow5-Mar-14 7:46

Gregory Gadow

5-Mar-14 7:46

Test cricket? As distinct from production cricket? Confused | :confused:

dan!sh 5-Mar-14 7:49

5-Mar-14 7:49

No[^]

Gregory Gadow5-Mar-14 9:16

Gregory Gadow

5-Mar-14 9:16

Some people just cannot find amusement in the ambiguities of the English language. Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

Hoover Fake!

S Houghtelin5-Mar-14 4:32

S Houghtelin

5-Mar-14 4:32

It's a fake[^]

It was broke, so I fixed it.

Dalek Dave5-Mar-14 4:39

Dalek Dave

5-Mar-14 4:39

That sucks.

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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.

OriginalGriff5-Mar-14 4:46

OriginalGriff

5-Mar-14 4:46

So does Paris.

I mean, have you been there? There is even a medical condition associated with how much it sucks: Paris Syndrome

Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)

Dalek Dave5-Mar-14 4:48

Dalek Dave

5-Mar-14 4:48

Leaving the train at the Gare Du Nord, the first thing my wife and I saw was a tramp s(h)itting in the street.

Merde!

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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.

_Maxxx_6-Mar-14 15:54

_Maxxx_

6-Mar-14 15:54

Dalek Dave wrote:
the first thing my wife and I saw was a tramp s(h)itting in the street.

Did it have subtitles?

S Houghtelin5-Mar-14 4:50

S Houghtelin

5-Mar-14 4:50

Nothing worse than a phoney windbag. Mad | :mad:

It was broke, so I fixed it.

M@dHatter5-Mar-14 4:51

M@dHatter

5-Mar-14 4:51

Does it cut while it sucks?

Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors. Smile | :)