Which cricketers do you like?

[cnerd123]

My affection for various cricketers comes and goes but my love for Afridi is everlasting.

 

[Burgey]

Azharuddin would have been my most favourite batsman if not for match fixing.

Was a magnificent player to watch. His ton at Adelaide is one of the best I've seen.

 

[Burgey]

My affection for various cricketers comes and goes but my love for Afridi is everlasting.

He's basically the steamed rice of cricketers then?

 

[jimmy101]

Afridi would have to be the jasmine rice of cricketers. Smith on the other hand would most certainly be plain old white rice.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

My affection for various cricketers comes and goes but my love for Afridi is everlasting.

Shaheen Shah?

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Afridi would have to be the jasmine rice of cricketers. Smith on the other hand would most certainly be plain old white rice.

Not nutritious. I hate white rice.

 

[cnerd123]

Afridi is the deep fried glutinous rice wrapped in lotus leaf packed full of pork, eggs, preserved vegetables and seasoning of cricketers. Salty, sticky, savoury and sweet. Nourishes your soul and brings you joy but no way you can sustain yourself on it.

 

[cnerd123]

Shaheen Shah?

obv not. There is only One True Afridi.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

obv not. There is only One True Afridi.

**** you

 

[jimmy101]

obv not. There is only one true afridi.

totsa!

 

[_Ed_]

Might as well make some (current) XIs.

Men's (tests)

Dimuth Karunaratne
Usman Khawaja
* Kane Williamson
Joe Root
Ross Taylor
Colin de Grandhomme
+ BJ Watling
Jason Holder
Pat Cummins
Trent Boult
Jack Leach

Honourable mentions for Babar Azam, Rishabh Pant, Neil Wagner, Sam Curran, Shimron Hetmyer and Tim Paine. Until recently (obvious reasons), Shakib probably would have got in ahead of CdG.


Women's (limited overs, since they play **** all tests):

* Suzie Bates
Sophie Devine
+ Beth Mooney
Elyse Perry
Grace Harris
Stefanie Taylor
Chloe Tryon
Amelia Kerr
Deandra Dottin
Tayla Vlaeminck
Rosemary Mair

Fair to say there's a few bowling options in that team. Up until her retirement this year, Sarah Taylor would have been the 'keeper.

 

[cnerd123]

Should have mentioned drenched in chili oil in my sticky rice metaphor of Boom Boom.

Man I'm hungry.

 

[jimmy101]

Some Afridi linguine wouldn't be too bad this time of day.

 

[Burgey]

Afridi is the deep fried glutinous rice wrapped in lotus leaf packed full of pork, eggs, preserved vegetables and seasoning of cricketers. Salty, sticky, savoury and sweet. Nourishes your soul and brings you joy but no way you can sustain yourself on it.

Whacko. ***** ordered a special fried rice. Well done him.

 

[cnerd123]

Actually I got some curry beef brisket and rice for lunch

The beef and curry was nice. Rice was meh. Clearly didn't have a professional preparing it.

 

[cnerd123]

Also sticky rice is not fried rice wtf Burgey. I know your food knowledge is bad but c'mon. You've never had lotus leaf glutinous rice before?

 

[Adders]

Big fan of sticky rice these days......really good.

Tell me about this brisket *****, for me that's a meat cooked in the smoker for 14+hrs.........can't imagine yours was cooked that long. Was it fall apart tender?

 

[BoyBrumby]

Nathan Lyon's uncanny resemblance to Fredo Corleone from The Godfather has always been amusing to me.

"I know it was you, Gaz. You broke my heart."

 

[cnerd123]

Big fan of sticky rice these days......really good.

Tell me about this brisket *****, for me that's a meat cooked in the smoker for 14+hrs.........can't imagine yours was cooked that long. Was it fall apart tender?

Really doubt it was cooked that long. It wasn't very tender. Some parts fall apart easier than others, i think they cut into chunks before cooking. It's cheap meat that was probably slow cooked in the curry. The restaurant probably started it in the morning, and have kept it simmering on low heat through the lunch shift. Took less than 5 minutes for them to get it out to me.

Tastes good tho. It's the HK style curry, not Indian or Japanese style. I quite like it.

 

[Adders]

Brisket used to be a cheap cut here, before (proper) BBQ and people learnt how to cook it properly, now it's not so cheap.......when done right it's amazing.

Edit:

This isn't a slippy thread is it?