*Official Third Test at Edgbaston

[Richard]

Reckon he's tops. Best caller of the game in the country.

Australian Charles Colville then.

FTR always found him a great listen as far as commentary (if not analysis of players) is concerned. Like the Aggerses, CMJs and Henry Blofelds, can build a near-exact enactment of how things are happening.

 

[zaremba]

Yeah surprised at the Jim Maxwell hate here. I've always put him down as a pretty solid TMS overseas player.

 

[zaremba]

Like the Aggerses, CMJs and Henry Blofelds

No. No. No.

 

[Richard]

What've you got against that relatively common gesture that is pluralising single people in order to group them?

 

[zaremba]

What've you got against that relatively common gesture that is pluralising single people in order to group them?

The fact that it's relatively common doesn't make it alright. I find it illogical and ugly. As does simmy...

Why does Nasser Hussain say "if you look at the Bothams.. the Stewarts... The Gooches..."

Why not just say if you look at Botham, Stewart and Gooch...

God it winds me up.

Me too.

But applying a little bit of perspective I have to say that your posts are always carefully constructed and well-written so I can't get too outraged about this I suppose.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

well-written

Argh!! You're infected! Run for your lives!!

 

[zaremba]

Argh!! You're infected! Run for your lives!!

Actually I stand by the hypen there. Nothing wrong with a hyphen in its proper place.

 

[Jamee999]

I-agree.

 

[GIMH]

Any early forecasts for the game, particularly Sat? Am reading that it's expected to rain pretty much up to the game...

 

[simmy]

Any early forecasts for the game, particularly Sat? Am reading that it's expected to rain pretty much up to the game...

Yeah I just backed the draw on Betfair for 2.16

 

[superkingdave]

Not looking good rain forecast every day, with Friday looking the best day at the moment with only scattered showers.

 

[GIMH]

 

[zaremba]

 

[GIMH]

TBH feel a bit better after seeing the BBC predict heavy rain on Sat, they've ****ed every forecast up so far this series, wasn't the last game meant to be a big rainfest?

 

[four_or_six]

TBH feel a bit better after seeing the BBC predict heavy rain on Sat, they've ****ed every forecast up so far this series, wasn't the last game meant to be a big rainfest?

Accuweather tends to be much more accurate, although not quite this far out from the weekend.

 

[Woodster]

Having booked Thursday and Friday off work, I'm hoping the forecasters continue to get most things wrong, but it's not looking too good. Sounds like another Test track designed to maximise the hosts revenue as averse to entertaining the thousands of spectators parting with their hard earned cash! I appreciate the weather will certainly have played its part here. Although the groundsman, Steve Rouse, managed to give us a pretty decent Test last time these two clashed here!

 

[zaremba]

Generally I'd be thinking "we're 1-0 up with 3 to play, give the bastards nothing" and cheering for a flat deck with "draw" written all over it, in engine oil if needs be.

However given that (a) I'd back us to win rather than lose at Edgbaston and (b) I've got tickets for the whole match, I'm hoping for something a bit more lively.

 

[Woodster]

Never works when a side, especially England, tries to set the stall out not to lose. Let's get out there and continue to go at them, and get a 2-0 lead.

 

[Burgey]

Reckon he's tops. Best caller of the game in the country.

Yeah, find him a good, accurate ball-by-ball caller tbh. Annoys me that he rolls his "r's" all the time though.

But at least when there's a wicket you find out what has happened in real time. With poor old Blowers you can find out quicker by refreshing Cricinfo, though he keeps a good accurate tally on the number of pigeons on the ground.

 

[zaremba]

Never works when a side, especially England, tries to set the stall out not to lose.

Sometimes, just sometimes

I suppose I agree with your basic point though. We really ought to try to win this.