Progressive A.B. Medal count.

[parttimer]

The pompous git strikes again

 

[howardj]

How precious is Ponting!

All the stuff heaped on the Poms down the years, and he gets all 'cut' over a few jokes on an awards night.

 

[luckyeddie]

The pompous git strikes again

I would never describe Tufnell as 'pompous' - a little boisterous, perhaps, a little larger than life......

 

[PY]

Sounds like Ponting really spat the dummy.

 

[Linda]

I enjoyed that medal count more than any other, actually. Genuine laughs, Mark Nicholas was great (shhh).
Also that plays of the year thing that Jimmy Brayshaw commentated was top shelf I hadnt seen that Pakistani guy before, loved it.

 

[Mister Wright]

I was glad I had a meeting and therefore had to record the medal. Didn't have to listen to all the guff inbetween and only had to watch the 'good' stuff.

How crap of a job did Eddie do though? Does he realise it is 2006?

 

[Matteh]

How precious is Ponting!

All the stuff heaped on the Poms down the years, and he gets all 'cut' over a few jokes on an awards night.

A smile from Duncan Fletcher after being run-out really 'cut's him too

congrats to Ponting/Warne/Hussey....although Hussey can be fairly happy that the draw of the Cardiff nightlife proved too much for Symonds

 

[Jono]

LOL! The fact that its irritated Ponting makes Tuffnell's segment that much funnier.

 

[andyc]

I liked Dougie Walters speech about the drinking record from Sydney to London. I remember he'd told something along the same lines in Shanghai, but it was still great.

 

[Western Warrior]

I was glad I had a meeting and therefore had to record the medal. Didn't have to listen to all the guff inbetween and only had to watch the 'good' stuff.

How crap of a job did Eddie do though? Does he realise it is 2006?

Thank you Mr Wright, I am glad I am not alone in the total and utter disdain I felt for Eddie McGuire. I think he should limit himself to Who Wants To Be A Millionaire and leave the serious television to those with style, class and a good sense of time.

Personally if Mr bin Laden ever decides that Eddie is a viable terrorist target I will personally provide him with all the explosives he would require.

That said I thnk the 2006 winners were well deserved though my heart does go out to Andrew Symonds. He had a stellar 2006 and it is a shame that off field indiscretions got the better of him.

My only query is to the selectors. I hope they can answer this one simply question. Why did you wait until Michael Hussey was 30 before you gave him a place on our test and ODI side? We experimented with the likes of Love, Lehmann and Maher (all good cricketers in their own right) yet they consistently ignored the pure class that is M.Hussey.

 

[howardj]

Thank you Mr Wright, I am glad I am not alone in the total and utter disdain I felt for Eddie McGuire. I think he should limit himself to Who Wants To Be A Millionaire and leave the serious television to those with style, class and a good sense of time.

My only query is to the selectors. I hope they can answer this one simply question. Why did you wait until Michael Hussey was 30 before you gave him a place on our test and ODI side? We experimented with the likes of Love, Lehmann and Maher (all good cricketers in their own right) yet they consistently ignored the pure class that is M.Hussey.

Can't let these ramblings go unchecked! Eddie McGuire might suffer from over-exposure, but he's still a class act. It's pretty hard to host something as dull as the AB Medal. Secondly, to answer your question, check out Hussey's Pura Cup averages for the last six years. Pretty ordinary. Having said that, he's been absolutely sensational in the International theatre.

 

[Jono]

Eddie gets too much hate. He is brilliant on The Footy Show, and hosts that very well. Mind you, I do think a cricket personality should host the AB Medal. But Eddie isn't too bad.

Brayshaw should have hosted it

 

[luckyeddie]

So it's all agreed then - Tuffers in person next year?

 

[Neil Pickup]

Rumour has it that Ricky Ponting has appointed RJ Malone as his public relations (reaction and response) consultant.

 

[marc71178]

certainly much better than any cricketing contribution he ever made...

http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1997/AUS_IN_ENG/SCORECARDS/AUS_ENG_T6_21-23AUG1997.html

 

[PY]

http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1997/AUS_IN_ENG/SCORECARDS/AUS_ENG_T6_21-23AUG1997.html

Ponting was obviously Tuffers' bunny.

 

[Mister Wright]

LOL! The fact that its irritated Ponting makes Tuffnell's segment that much funnier.

Yeah, Ponting's an idiot. Australian's have been known for their sense of humour. We've been making fun of the poms for years about their inability to win the Ashes, they've finally won it now, and Ponting can't take the jokes...Maybe he's still got in the back of his mind that he will be forever known that he was the captain that let the Ashes slip.

 

[luckyeddie]

Yeah, Ponting's an idiot. Australian's have been known for their sense of humour. We've been making fun of the poms for years about their inability to win the Ashes, they've finally won it now, and Ponting can't take the jokes...Maybe he's still got in the back of his mind that he will be forever known that he was the captain that let the Ashes slip.

These things are all relative. He can never be known in those terms by people of my generation - that's a title reserved for Bill Lawry.

 

[Linda]

Eddie gets too much hate. He is brilliant on The Footy Show, and hosts that very well. Mind you, I do think a cricket personality should host the AB Medal. But Eddie isn't too bad.

Brayshaw should have hosted it

I agree, I reckon Eddies tops. But like you say, a cricket personality should do the medal.

 

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