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Re: Cricket Thread

Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Fri Apr 05, 2013 5:38 pm

Clinton Huxley wrote:
Xamonas Chegwé wrote:I appear to have acquired a ticket for the Saturday of the ashes test at Trent Bridge. :tea:
We shall expect live posts to the forum....
I expect that would be likely. :tea:
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Re: Cricket Thread

Post by klr » Fri Apr 05, 2013 10:05 pm

Xamonas Chegwé wrote:
Clinton Huxley wrote:
Xamonas Chegwé wrote:I appear to have acquired a ticket for the Saturday of the ashes test at Trent Bridge. :tea:
We shall expect live posts to the forum....
I expect that would be likely. :tea:
I except you to be mentioned on TMS in some form or another, but hopefully without "stewards" in the same sentence.
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Re: Cricket Thread

Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Thu Jun 13, 2013 4:38 pm

David Warner. :hehe:
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Re: Cricket Thread

Post by rainbow » Fri Jun 14, 2013 6:26 am

Xamonas Chegwé wrote:David Warner. :hehe:
Acting the Prick. :ab:
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Re: Cricket Thread

Post by JimC » Fri Jun 14, 2013 6:26 am

Xamonas Chegwé wrote:David Warner. :hehe:
He is a bit of a tool, but shit can he whack a cricket ball when he's in the groove...
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Re: Cricket Thread

Post by Clinton Huxley » Fri Jun 14, 2013 6:32 am

Australia in disarray. What I like to see.
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Re: Cricket Thread

Post by JimC » Fri Jun 14, 2013 6:35 am

Clinton Huxley wrote:Australia in disarray. What I like to see.
:lay:

But, you're right...

The halcyon days are gone for the nonce...

One day, the cycle will deliver an England with all the cricketing ability of Lichtenstein...
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Re: Cricket Thread

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Re: Cricket Thread

Post by rainbow » Fri Jun 14, 2013 1:57 pm

JimC wrote:
Clinton Huxley wrote:Australia in disarray. What I like to see.
:lay:

But, you're right...

The halcyon days are gone for the nonce...

One day, the cycle will deliver an England with all the cricketing ability of Lichtenstein...
Does England actually play cricket?
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Re: Cricket Thread

Post by Clinton Huxley » Fri Jun 14, 2013 3:01 pm

rainbow wrote:
JimC wrote:
Clinton Huxley wrote:Australia in disarray. What I like to see.
:lay:

But, you're right...

The halcyon days are gone for the nonce...

One day, the cycle will deliver an England with all the cricketing ability of Lichtenstein...
Does England actually play cricket?
watch and learn. We play it well enough to humiliate the antipodean trash.
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Re: Cricket Thread

Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Fri Jun 14, 2013 5:12 pm

In other news, Essex have just been bowled out for 20 by Lancs! And Jaik Mickleburgh got 10 of those! :hehe:

Something in the pies at lunch, methinks... :tea:
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Re: Cricket Thread

Post by klr » Fri Jun 14, 2013 10:40 pm

Xamonas Chegwé wrote:In other news, Essex have just been bowled out for 20 by Lancs! And Jaik Mickleburgh got 10 of those! :hehe:

Something in the pies at lunch, methinks... :tea:
Someone with connections to Essex was being interviewed today during a break in the tennis at Queen's, and the commentator naturally brought this up. The Essex guy pointed out that they were 15 for 8 at one stage, so they made a recovery of sorts. :lol:
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Re: Cricket Thread

Post by Clinton Huxley » Sat Jun 15, 2013 7:54 am

Xamonas Chegwé wrote:In other news, Essex have just been bowled out for 20 by Lancs! And Jaik Mickleburgh got 10 of those! :hehe:

Something in the pies at lunch, methinks... :tea:
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Re: Cricket Thread

Post by rainbow » Sat Jun 15, 2013 8:02 am

Clinton Huxley wrote:watch and learn. We play it well enough to humiliate the antipodean trash.
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Re: Cricket Thread

Post by rainbow » Tue Jun 18, 2013 7:34 am

It appears that they are well humiliated.
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Not made the semi-finals.
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