*Official* England in Australia (2 T20 & 7 ODIs)

[Ruckus]

Goddamnit England are playing this so sensibly, you just know they are going to win.

 

[Manee]

Just found out that my mate woke up last night in hospital after the night out. Unsure whether to be proud or disappointed.

 

[Furball]

Watson's beard makes him look even more homosexual than normal.

 

[Prince EWS]

So how does that work?

Lets say myself who is now mid 30s, injured and out of shape but played a reasonable level of cricket, would I be allowed to come off the long run at a lower grade against some schoolboys? If not, why not? I couldnt think of anything less fun right now playing a level where I would have to train and give a ****.

If you're "restricted out" of a grade in Sydney, it means you're deemed too good and not allowed to play in it. So he meant he was playing a low level now and that he'd expect me, in my early 20s, to be too good for it.

Experience tells me you'd be allowed to play any level you liked if you hadn't played cricket in a while but if you found yourself averaging 5 with the pill or 80 with the bat (which happens a lot more than you'd think with older blokes coming back in park cricket) you'd get progressively restricted out of lower grades until you found your level.

 

[Spark]

Cut down the singles Cam. Don't have enough runs in the bank to be letting them milk ones and twos.

 

[Burgey]

So how does that work?

Lets say myself who is now mid 30s, injured and out of shape but played a reasonable level of cricket, would I be allowed to come off the long run at a lower grade against some schoolboys? If not, why not? I couldnt think of anything less fun right now playing a level where I would have to train and give a ****.

Well yeah, if you've had time off they look at it differently. Everyone gets graded based on last season's results - runs, wickets. Allowances made for age etc. Bit of common sense comes into it. Mate of mine and I wanted to drop back after 20 odd years in ones, so we wrote a letter asking the association if we could.. Said we would take whatever restrictions they put on us. Idea is to mentor younger kids as to playing and drinking properly.

As it happens they know we won't abuse the privilege so didn't give us any restrictions.

 

[vcs]

MorGUN.

 

[Uppercut]

Wtf. He hit that about 100 yards using only his wrists.

 

[King Pietersen]

Wow, Morgan has hit that a long, long way. Pure timing, superb batting.

 

[Spark]

I swore he had not got enough on it given how limited the stroke was but it just kept going... and going...

 

[Ruckus]

Anyone know if Australia is any good at that AFL game?

 

[Jono]

"maybe blondes don't have more fun"

I hate you Mark Nicholas. Oh so much.

 

[Jayzamann]

That really didn't look like coming down.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Was good captaincy from White, but two good shots meant that it didn't work out.

 

[Manee]

MorGUN.

 

[Spark]

Haha is that LBW or caught?

 

[Prince EWS]

Dave Hussey doing even further damage to Australia's chances by dismissing Paul Collingwood.

 

[Blaze 18]

Eoin Morgan is a freak

 

[vcs]

Collingwood should have left the reverse-sweeping to Morgan.

 

[Burgey]

"maybe blondes don't have more fun"

I hate you Mark Nicholas. Oh so much.

Hate him so much you originally posted that in the Australian Politics thread.

WAC.