***Official*** England in Pakistan

[luckyeddie]

One of them didn't play for the majority of it, but kept his team unbeaten in the ones he did take part in. The other one took 40 wickets.

You're not suggesting that Australia are a two man team, are you? No wonder you left these fair shores Ashesless.

I don't want to talk to you no more, you empty headed
animal food trough water! I fart in your general direction! You
mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!

Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time-a!

(I don't mean it - just fancied quoting some Monty Python)

 

[aussie]

good to see Tres staying, if he had gone it would have been very a huge loss & Vaughan's seeminlgy coming along well so all good sign's for the 2nd test.

 

[social]

good to see Tres staying, if he had gone it would have been very a huge loss & Vaughan's seeminlgy coming along well so all good sign's for the 2nd test.

Except the 1 - 0 deficit

and the spin bowlers

and the batsmen.

Other than that, everything's peachy.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

It's amazing how easily some of us Australians are getting baited with this Ashes stuff.

Dude, injuries are part and parcel of sport, if's and but's don't mean a thing because when it comes down to it Pieterson scored a big hundred and we didn't bowl them out.

End of story. Move on.

 

[Shoaib]

So Pakistan actually played the last test match with 2 chuckers and won it!!! Never in the history of test cricket has any team been found playing with 2 chuckers at a time.I really feel bad for Trescothick's men, Tres himself lost his crucial wicket to a dilevery that was thrown instead of being balled..

Its a good speech & some idiot had to make it.Predictably,it was u "The Best Flame Baiter " on CW forum.

 

[luckyeddie]

It's amazing how easily some of us Australians are getting baited with this Ashes ****.

Dude, injuries are part and parcel of sport, if's and but's don't mean **** because when it comes down to it Pieterson scored a big hundred and we didn't bowl them out.

End of story. Move on.

Leave social out of it - he's my favourite Aussie CW member now. Besides, his world smells of poo (my youngest was out of nappies 23 years ago and if I sniff really deeply I reckon I can still smell it - oh no, that's me), it's 13 days since he's had a wink of sleep and if his lad is like mine was, the next time he manages to shut his eyes for more than 5 minutes will be when Harmison's running up to bowl the first ball in the 2006-7 Ashes series. He'll then sleep for so long that he'll miss Flintoff scoring a 73-ball double-hundred in the final test to wrap up the whitewash, other than for coming round for 15 minutes, having a glass of wine, getting the missus pregnant again and condemning himself to another two years of 'family life'.

Mind you, that's just an educated guess.

 

[luckyeddie]

Its a good speech & some idiot had to make it.Predictably,it was u "The Best Flame Baiter " on CW forum.

No, you only quoted it.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Leave social out of it - he's my favourite Aussie CW member now. Besides, his world smells of poo (my youngest was out of nappies 23 years ago and if I sniff really deeply I reckon I can still smell it - oh no, that's me), it's 13 days since he's had a wink of sleep and if his lad is like mine was, the next time he manages to shut his eyes for more than 5 minutes will be when Harmison's running up to bowl the first ball in the 2006-7 Ashes series. He'll then sleep for so long that he'll miss Flintoff scoring a 73-ball double-hundred in the final test to wrap up the whitewash, other than for coming round for 15 minutes, having a glass of wine, getting the missus pregnant again and condemning himself to another two years of 'family life'.

Mind you, that's just an educated guess.

Or lobbing one to the deep mid-wicket that's been there since he got in.

 

[Shoaib]

England actually lost 1/4th of the match wickets to illegal balls (Shabbirs first wkt was fine but the rest 4 were clear case of chucking, also Malik took 1 wkts while chucking).The result of the match would have been entirely different if chuckers were not allowed to robb the game.

No,England would've lost the game even if so called "chuckers" had not played.The same 6 wickets would've been taken by some other bowler(s) incase Shabbir & Malik were not playing.

 

[luckyeddie]

Or lobbing one to the deep mid-wicket that's been there since he got in.

social's going to lob one to deep midwicket?

No, his bread's not buttered that w.....

Oh, I see what you mean.

 

[luckyeddie]

No,England would've lost the game even if so called "chuckers had not played".The same 6 wickets would've been taken some other bowler(s) incase Shabbir & Malik were not playing.

You're probably right, because if one or the other of the, er, bowlers with unconventional actions, hadn't played, Shahid Afridi would have.

 

[Shoaib]

Don't be your usual self, Shoaib.

Clown made a joke - a good one too.

As far as Shoaib Malik and Shabbir are concerned, are you actually suggesting that it's the big bad international conspiracy against Pakistan again, or do you think that the officials might have a case? Seeing as the TV umpire is a Pakistani, and he had more opportunity to study their actions than anyone else, don't you think that he would have been in the best position to suggest that it was all an optical illusion and their actions were squeaky-clean?

Instead, he is one of the co-accusers. Why do you think that is?

LE,its conspiracy in the sense that the chuckers from other countries r not reported,only our bowlers r always targetted.Shabbir is a chucker(may be Malik also),& both of them have around 20 degrees elbow flex,but there is an Austraian bowler who has more than 25 degrees elbow flex i.e McHuckerath.Brett Lee also has a dubious action.

 

[social]

Leave social out of it - he's my favourite Aussie CW member now. Besides, his world smells of poo (my youngest was out of nappies 23 years ago and if I sniff really deeply I reckon I can still smell it - oh no, that's me), it's 13 days since he's had a wink of sleep and if his lad is like mine was, the next time he manages to shut his eyes for more than 5 minutes will be when Harmison's running up to bowl the first ball in the 2006-7 Ashes series. He'll then sleep for so long that he'll miss Flintoff scoring a 73-ball double-hundred in the final test to wrap up the whitewash, other than for coming round for 15 minutes, having a glass of wine, getting the missus pregnant again and condemning himself to another two years of 'family life'.

Mind you, that's just an educated guess.

Appreciate the defence if not the reality check.

Unfortunately, I think he was referring to the "Clown."

Anyway, back to nappies and vomit.

Bring on the Wiggles is all I can say.

 

[luckyeddie]

Appreciate the defence if not the reality check.

Unfortunately, I think he was referring to the "Clown."

Anyway, back to nappies and vomit.

Bring on the Wiggles is all I can say.

I guessed so, but I don't know anything of his background, so I couldn't really crack any gag at his expense (Patience, my pretty ones. The time draws near. He will make one mistake and heh heh cackle cackle).

Owwwwww, kiddy milky puke. Baby drinks 4 oz of milk, burps, looks sound. 5 minutes later, baby pukes 4 pints. Harness that and you've got perpetual motion. Oh no, that's the other end.

My kids never knew the joy of the Wiggles. Can't remember what my son was into (footy and electronics and ninja turtles probably), but my daughter soon learned to operate the video and watched Mary Poppins over and over and over and over and over and over and (imagine another 20 lines of 'and overs') again.

I still know the entire film off by heart.

 

[social]

I guessed so, but I don't know anything of his background, so I couldn't really crack any gag at his expense (Patience, my pretty ones. The time draws near. He will make one mistake and heh heh cackle cackle).

Owwwwww, kiddy milky puke. Baby drinks 4 oz of milk, burps, looks sound. 5 minutes later, baby pukes 4 pints. Harness that and you've got perpetual motion. Oh no, that's the other end.

My kids never knew the joy of the Wiggles. Can't remember what my son was into (footy and electronics and ninja turtles probably), but my daughter soon learned to operate the video and watched Mary Poppins over and over and over and over and over and over and (imagine another 20 lines of 'and overs') again.

I still know the entire film off by heart.

Funny thing about having a new-born - it's the first time in our marriage that my wife has been delighted to see me sitting on the couch watching cricket. If Im sitting still, I can watch/nurse him and she can get a few minutes of much-needed shut-eye.

Still, if youre going to sit there, you might as well watch something interesting and re-runs of Mr Bean, whilst baring a striking resemlance to England's batting at Multan, beats the hell out of some of the things happening in Hobart.

 

[luckyeddie]

Funny thing about having a new-born - it's the first time in our marriage that my wife has been delighted to see me sitting on the couch watching cricket. If Im sitting still, I can watch/nurse him and she can get a few minutes of much-needed shut-eye.

Clever way of getting the conversation back on topic too, mentioning cricket.

See anything of Pakistan v England? (thought I'd throw that match in)

 

[social]

Clever way of getting the conversation back on topic too, mentioning cricket.

See anything of Pakistan v England? (thought I'd throw that match in)

Actually watched virtually every ball/pitch.

Really enjoyed the first test.

Gained an added appreciation for the skill of Tresco as a batsman and skipper, was glad to see Bell do well (must be mellowing with fatherhood), admired Harmy and Freddie for running in relentlessly on a wicket that didnt suit them, and was on the edge of my seat for most of the last day as Danish and Shoaib did what they do best.

Shame about the result and the time-zone. Test finishes about 9.30 p.m. local time. As you'd appreciate, I need more sport in the wee hours.

 

[wpdavid]

Anyway, back to nappies and vomit.

Bring on the Wiggles is all I can say.

Actually we get the Wiggles over here too, and my 3 year old is pretty keen. We also get High 5, which he is less keen on, despite the rather cute polynesian looking gal. Our 2nd is due in a few weeks time, btw. I know what you mean about the early hours of the morning scenario. I well remember watching Olympic curling at about 3.00 in the morning whilst administering the middle-of-the-night feed way back when. Happy days though. Hope you're enjoying it all.

 

[Armadillo]

Has anyone apart from myself noticed that when Shoaib Akhtar bowls his effort ball/fast yorker his action changes in a big way. I could pick his effort ball before he bowled it every time, I'm surprised the England players were so surprised whenever he sent down a fast yorker.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Hoggard:

There was a double whammy for me when I was reprimanded after the game for failing to appeal as I celebrated when Salman Butt edged me behind in the second innings. Apparently, I didn’t turn around to check that the umpire had given him out and that has cost me 20 per cent of my match fee. All donations to the usual address please.


ICC*:

Chucking is fine, abysmal over rates in Tests are fine, just don't forget to appeal or you'll be fined.








*ICC statement may be made up