Cricket stuff that doesn't deserve its own thread

[Shady Slim]

It's a nothing story. Someone would have gone out and asked Sachin that question and he's juts replied in an honest way. It's not really controversial or particularly interesting tbh. They must have been really struggling for news.

For some reason my biggest memory from that game was Ganguly trying to claim a slip catch that bounced a foot in front of him and Hayden just bert-staring him like "what the **** are you doing"

why are there not more people using this

 

[Adders]

Looking forward to the England fans' comparison between their winning sides.

Get ****ed ****. Can someone PM when this Aussie **** fest has finished............making me sick to the stomach it is.

 

[Pratters]

Zaheer's performance in that game was maybe the most hilariously bad effort by a topflight opening bowler in a big LO game. Genuinely hilarious.

Ganguly made a blunder by choosing to bowl first. The batsmen were more experienced. The moment he selected to bowl, I said that we had lost the match.

 

[Shri]

Zaheer's performance in that game was maybe the most hilariously bad effort by a topflight opening bowler in a big LO game. Genuinely hilarious.

Yeah and he made up for it by bowling tight overs 8 overs later in the other final he played in. But yeah it was terrible stuff back then.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Get ****ed ****. Can someone PM when this Aussie **** fest has finished............making me sick to the stomach it is.

Which of Australia's great victorious World Cup winning sides that won the World Cup do you think was the best out of all the great teams?

 

[Adders]

Which of Australia's great victorious World Cup winning sides that won the World Cup do you think was the best out of all the great teams?

Dunno, but I'm sure they were all ****s.

 

[Burgey]

Weaker than 87?

Yeah I think so. That 87 side set a real standard for ODIs at that time. Boon and Marsh were a gun opening pair in that format, the middle order had Jones and TOTAB, as well as S Waugh and O'Donnell. McDermott and Reid led the attack. Was a handy side tbh.

 

[Dan]

Ex-Glamorgan cricketer Ontong confronted Belfast doorman with hammer - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk

South African-born Rodney Ontong - who played for both his country and captained Glamorgan County Cricket Club in the 70s and 80s - contested two charges arising from an incident outside Filthy McNasty's this February.

I honestly can't get over that pub name.

 

[AndrewB]

There's a few "Filthy McNasty's" pubs around.

I wonder which country they think Rodney Ontong played for? Maybe they're confusing him with Justin?

 

[harsh.ag]

Filthy McNasty

The real world is becoming such a tv show.

 

[Howe_zat]

Afghanistan T20 league to feature Babar Azam, Tamim Iqbal, Akmal brothers | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

Did not know about the creation of a real league in Afghanistan until now, so this was an eye opener.

But most importantly -

The most-expensive buy was Afghanistan allrounder Gulbadin Naib, who was bought by Boost Defenders for USD 108,000.

There is no part of that fact which isn't magnificent

 

[Daemon]

Boost Defenders

 

[vcs]

Great stuff.

Go Band-e-Amir Dragons!

 

[cnerd123]

An Associate-based Franchise T20 league? Clearly trying to rip off the HKT20 Blitz here.

 

[Daemon]

Luckily they will have much larger FC standard grounds to play on compared to the 40m boundaries at the little sai wan or mong kok or whatever

 

[cnerd123]

That makes it less fun IMO. All the stick-cricket style hitting was so much fun to watch

 

[Burgey]

Luckily they will have much larger FC standard grounds to play on compared to the 40m boundaries at the little sai wan or mong kok or whatever

Have you seen the boundary at Edgbaston for tonight's practice game? It's 40m to one side. Will be pretty funny.

 

[Daemon]

Have you seen the boundary at Edgbaston for tonight's practice game? It's 40m to one side. Will be pretty funny.

Yep, that's the ground Pakistan chased 330 on against Bangladesh the other day I think.

 

[vogue]

Sixty years ago today, the BBC Test Match Special first went on air.... it's slogan... ' don't miss a ball, we broadcast them all'

 

[mr_mister]

I see what you mean. The 1987 side is not one you will back over a series against any of the other sides who made the semis. The 1999 side, same case. The 2003 ones were great and easily the best side in that comp. but the 2007 side was just something else. I will still back them over the 2003 side. And 2015 again, you got the feeling that if the WC was not in Australia, they may not have won. I will go 2007 > 2003 >> 2015/1999 > 1987.

You wouldn't back Australias 1999 side in a series against the others? Have you looked at who was in that team? You don't think they could touch up NZ?