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The avatar challenge

Natman20

International Debutant
If Astle scores a century in the next test I will put a picture of ...................... head on a superman picture
 

GIMH

Norwood's on Fire
me said:
I'm gonna stick my neck out. Bell to average more than Hussey in the Ashes - and if he doesn't I'll put Hussey in my avatar for a month.
So there. andyc reckoned I should post it in here, so I did!
 

andyc

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
andyc said:
Making a big call here, that people will hopefully forget if it ever does (God forbid) happen.

If Australia lose this upcoming Ashes series, I will change my avatar to the first English-cricket related thing suggested, and my sig will read, in big, bold letters, 'England are officially better than Australia, and we're all a bunch of convicts.'

I do, however, wish to add that if, at any stage during live matches of the series, either McGrath or Warne get injured or are not playing, I am able to, at my discretion, withdraw this bet. That's the only condition.
andyc said:
So if one of them retires, gets dropped, or is injured for the series, I can withdraw my bet. Actually, let's just say if either of them miss any more than one game.
This bet still standing.
 

andyc

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Scaly piscine said:
Looks more like a disclaimer than a bet.
:laugh:

I had to give myself some way of weaseling out of it if it looks like I'm going to lose! :D
 

GIMH

Norwood's on Fire
Digging this up after the success of the Ashes and WC avatar challenge threads.

I'll get the ball-a-rolling.

If England fail to win the First Test V West Indies by more than 100 runs or 5 wickets, I shall change my avatar to whatever the first non-Englishman to respond chooses.

EDIT - the avatar will last until the end of the Test series
 
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Flem274*

123/5
Digging this up after the success of the Ashes and WC avatar challenge threads.

I'll get the ball-a-rolling.

If England fail to win the First Test V West Indies by less than 100 runs or 5 wickets, I shall change my avatar to whatever the first non-Englishman to respond chooses.

EDIT - the avatar will last until the end of the Test series
You're really sticking your neck out there.:laugh:
 

Richard

Cricket Web Staff Member
Haha. Yo mad.

And I don't see the point in these nothing-to-gain forfeits (a la Hingston's original that started the whole movement), TBH. The real fun is in having a bet with another member, where if this happens or that doesn't happen one person changes the other's avatar, and vice-versa if the inverse.

What do you gain by saying "if The Earth becomes The Moon I'll eat green cheese"? The "Ha! See, I told you it wouldn't!" comment when it doesn't? :dontgetit

If someone could explain to me the thrill of this one-person-betting-against-event thing I'd appreciate it. :confused:
 

Richard

Cricket Web Staff Member
Digging this up after the success of the Ashes and WC avatar challenge threads.

I'll get the ball-a-rolling.

If England fail to win the First Test V West Indies by more than 100 runs or 5 wickets, I shall change my avatar to whatever the first non-Englishman to respond chooses.

EDIT - the avatar will last until the end of the Test series
And this is presuming you're laying-down a I-get-to-change-yours-otherwise?
 

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