4th Test at the Gabba, Brisbane, 15 - 19 Jan 2021

[silentstriker]

Yeah there’s no hurry.

 

[Burgey]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1350300149143068673

Good to see Gavaskar’s blood pressure getting higher and higher

 

[Burgey]

They had to change the name of their restaurant to Curries and More, and even change the name of some of their dishes to similar Indian and Chinese meal names to get people to buy them.

They do a roaring trade now, but it's kinda sad having to order "Butter Chicken" to get the Chicken Tarkari I liked

Isn’t this just the free market at work? Why do you hate capitalism, Commie?

 

[Prince EWS]

Isn’t this just the free market at work? Why do you hate capitalism, Commie?

I realise I'm taking rancid bait here, but just because I don't want to threaten people with violence doesn't mean I approve of what they do all the time.

People should be free to do whatever they like with their own property, and I should be able to bitch and moan about how sad it is when they have to make depressing decisions on cricket forums I've conned myself into having heaps of power on.

 

[Senile Sentry]

So no play for rest of day?

 

[Spark]

So no play for rest of day?

They'll be on the field within half an hour of the rain stopping, which based on the radar shouldn't take long.

 

[Senile Sentry]

They'll be on the field within half an hour of the rain stopping, which based on the radar shouldn't take long.

Looks rain will stay till sometime past 4.

 

[Teja.]

Will be excellent if today is rained off.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Brisbane drainage is generally pretty good, frankly it needs to be

 

[Senile Sentry]

Wouldn't mind tomorrow and day after as well

 

[Spark]

Looks rain will stay till sometime past 4.

Believe me, no ground is more misleading as to "this rain is super heavy, we won't get out there for ages" than Brisbane. It can and often does go from biblical flooding torrential rains to dry and sunny and out playing again in Brisbane within half an hour.

 

[morgieb]

yeah there is a Nepalese place near me that has amazing momos and other stuff but they weren’t getting any business until they added chicken tikka masala to the menu....

absolute travesty.

I’m surprised this was the case in Philadelphia.

 

[Prince EWS]

Believe me, no ground is more misleading as to "this rain is super heavy, we won't get out there for ages" than Brisbane. It can and often does go from biblical flooding torrential rains to dry and sunny and out playing again in Brisbane within half an hour.

Best drainage in the world too.

 

[Spark]

Best drainage in the world too.

Yeah, the ground will look like it's completely flooded, then one tractor with a rope goes around and it looks almost totally dry. In a way the rain being so heavy actually helps because it's easy to push it through, rather than having the moisture just sit on top and not going anywhere (which is what often happens at Sydney)

 

[Prince EWS]

Will be excellent if today is rained off.

These sort of posts really signify the fact that this is becoming the New Ashes. Noone cares about who holds the trophy in other series.

 

[halba]

rain - drawn series. new zealand to be no.1 for another year.

 

[Burgey]

I should be able to bitch and moan about how sad it is when they have to make depressing decisions

If you were ideologically consistent you would be cheering their choice.

 

[Prince EWS]

If you were ideologically consistent you would be cheering their choice.

That's not true at all. This only makes sense in the head of someone who thinks "good things should be mandatory and bad things should be illegal" is a default position.

Thinking they have a right to make their choice and agreeing with it are two separate things.

 

[Burgey]

No, they’ve made a free choice to enhance their position in the market at the expense of bastardising their culture, and you’re pissed off about it.

What kind of monster are you?

 

[Senile Sentry]

Sigh rain breaks.