Carter takes it to 26-16 with ten to go.

EDIT: Kaino yellow carded for repeat infringements

Edited by thewestisland: 7/11/2010 03:11:37 AM

Edited by Funky Munky: 7/11/2010 03:32:36 AM

good thinking *high five*

Australia almost home 25-16 78mins

this should be good for the ashes this thread

Jesus. England are going all-out. English try at the TMO, commentators say no but England are on fire.

EDIT: No Try, 5m scrum to NZ

Edited by thewestisland: 7/11/2010 03:15:53 AM

fulltime in cardiff Australia 25-16

Karma! England hard on attack, the guy who got away with the forearm check drops the ball with 2 to go!

New Zealand 26 - 16 England at full time.

Mods, is there any chance of this being stickied for future use? We have a fair contingent of Basketball/Cricket/Rugby/League/AFL fans whom could benefit from a matchday thread.

Hmmm. I'll sticky it for now, As long as people use it. A good idea though.

A handy resource for this thread, join bet365. They have a live stream with multiple channels. It is completely legal (in NZ at least) because they show the things not broadcast in your country (i.e. European Basketball, SPL, Eredivisie, Championship, Tennis, Squash, Cricket (that isn't on tv) etc.

Good quality stream, completely legal and from a legitimate and reputable source.

Usually has multiple channels at once and a bet365 tv schedule.

Edited by thewestisland: 7/11/2010 03:42:16 AM

Yeah bet365 are excellent for sports streaming. Always good quality streams.

Ferrer beats Soderling in Valencia Semi-final 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.

This thread is a good idea I reckon.

So can we tell Sri Lanka celebrated their Series Win a little too hard yet?:p

Congrats to Kane Williamson too. 131 on debut in one of the toughest places to debut too.

Absolutely. New Zealand have him and Ryder to thank for reviving our innings at 140-4.

I'm just gunna put it out there, I call a draw.

Also, how classy is Dan Vettori? Goes out and supports Williamson, notching a casual 40 not out on the way. Half our batsmen couldn't score 40 runs in one innings if they tried.

Edited by thewestisland: 7/11/2010 05:26:23 PM

Australia 0-24 in the one dayer against Sri Lanka in Brisbane at the moment. Chasing 116

It's amazing how much Vettori has turned into an all rounder in the past few years. Averages a touch above 40 in the past 5 years IIRC.

Watching the 3rd place playoff from the WTA tournament in Bali. Kimiko Date Krumm is a machine to still be ranked inside the top 100 at 40.

She's giving Hantuchova a lesson so far too.

KIWIS!

FMD. India 3/2. Martin with 2 wickets. Huge, absolutely fucking huge chance for NZ here.

To think that we were absolute shit house vs Bangladesh to were we are now

4/15, Martin has 3/10, Including Tendulkar just now. This is rediculous. Gotta get VVS though. He was made for these situations.

27-5!

Vettori and Jeets on now, will be interesting to see how long Vettori will wait before reintroducing the seamers, and what effect it will have.

Bennet is injured according to Cricinfo, and so is Ryder, so Martin is you're only pace bowler.

I see. That explains Vettori opening with Martin. I don't like the fact that VVS Laxatives is getting established at the crease :evil:

Just watch VVS take this away from NZ tomorrow :lol:

It's what he does. The number of times he's literally turned a result around on his own bat is astonishing.

Like coming in at 15/5 and taking it to 82/6 at stumps is incredible in itself.

Interlagos GP Current Standings - 1. Vettel, 2. Webber, 3. Alonso.

If it stays like this Alonso will lead Webber by just 8 points, with Vettel only 7 points behind his team-mate.

Interesting stuff.

Day 5 in the NZ test will be up and running soon, will be really good to see the kiwi's to get a win here, keep it under 150 and you'd back NZ

And here we go again. If I had to choose a batsman to bat under supreme pressure for my life, VVS would be the man.

God, imagine being the first country to let Harbajan Singh hit a ton against you...

Imagine being the first country to lose a series to Bangladesh!

oh wait...

TBF, the Windies did lose a test series to them a while ago, though it was more like West Indies 'C'.

I remember last time or the time before that we played a test against them in NZ we rested players IIRC. Just remember being at the ND v. Wellington game up at home and hearing the updates over the PA, but Southee, Ryder, Gillespie, Watling, Arnel, Franklin, Flynn and quite a few fringe players were playing in the domestic game. Saw Daniel Flynn get 149 in a one-dayer that day :d

south africa 308/3 in the first innings.

how about the kiwi game. anyone see mcintosh with the hat on whilst batting. hadlee esque.

NZ 258-4 after Day 1 in Hyderabad. McIntosh out in second-last over for 102, Ryder 22* overnight and nightwatchman Hopkins on 0*.



Good to see McIntosh getting some runs for once! Guptill also.

Edited by thewestisland: 13/11/2010 12:08:07 AM

i would hate bowling to hashim amla. that man could spend a whole day blocking the ball if he wanted. nerves of steel i tells ya.

His knack of blocking his way to centuries is horrible when you support the other team.

Portland v. Oklahoma is tense. 100-97 with 3.40 (IIRC) to go in the final quarter. Come on Blazers! Commencez le Sean Marks!

Oklahoma 105-100 with 1.40 to go :?

Kiwis 6/310, Ryder needs to ton up again here to give them a decent total. Vettori should provide him with the support he needs.

Portland 108 - 110 Oklahoma

As for the cricket, Gareth Hopkins ](*,). It's fine with Williamson because he is young and needs to learn, but Hopkins is almost at his use-by date. I am pretty sure we have far better keeper-batsmen running round the domestic scene.

Vettori out, 312-7 ](*,) ](*,) ](*,)

NZ all out for 350, India 11-0.

NZ (and Indian) slip fielders as well as batsman Sehwag having difficulty with red signage each side of the sightscreen (long-on and long-off boundaries). Thwarted a good chance for NZ to take an early wicket, and stopped a fairly easy catch in the NZ innings.

Kiwis and Kangaroos locked at 6-6 heading into halftime. Benji Marshall >>> everyone else on the park. Good little rumble after the siren too to set up the second half nicely.

India 102-0 in reply to NZ's 350 :(

KIWIS WIN!

5th tackle on effectively the last play, Nightingale links up with Marshall who throws it out to Fien to score a dodgy-as-fuck try and win 16-12! YES!

Edited by thewestisland: 13/11/2010 10:09:19 PM

England 35-18 Wallabies FT




Edited by sydneycroatia58: 14/11/2010 03:22:16 AM

:shock:

New Zealand 28 - 3 Scotland at Halftime. COuld potentially get very messy for Scotland because we have strolled in for our four tries.

New Zealand 49 - 3 Scotland, FT. Could have been better. Game was ended a minute early after a serious-looking injury to a Scottish player.

Sonny Bill played well by the sounds of it. Poor loss for Australia. England played well

Might as well have been playing Gridiron with that pass.

loved the springbok win last night.

also enjoyed the sonny bill performance. shut up all those league people who said hes a tosser and shit.

Australia A really starting to get into the poms... Cameron's just bowled Pietersen for 5, as england are about 130 odd/5

just because somebody's a good footballer doesn't mean they can't be a tosser

ah fuck, raining again at the cricket

...and it's not raining :lol: typical hobart weather

anyone see chris gayles 333 knock. just wish he could have carried on.

that was special, didn't see it though :lol: :(

True that. I had more friends who said he was useless

Oh he's definately not useless just a massive ball bag

Australian Baseball League:

Sydney Blue Sox vs Brisbane Bandits: 3-3 in bottom 10th of the first game of double header (which was scheduled for 7 innings).

Melbourne Aces up 2-0 over Canberra Cavalry in top 8th

Cricket Cricket Cricket

Australia to bowl.... England win the toss and decide to take strike

Siddle in, Bollinger misses out. Batting order stays the same with Hussey and North still there

Pitch Report:

A few green patches. Wicket isn't as hard as the usual Gabba pitch, ball won't be going on to the bat as quickly. Looking alright for the aussie bowlers,

My tip is on Siddle to do the damage, if Johnson gets the seam straight he will also cause a few headaches.

Hilfenhaus to opening the bowling from the stanley st end

GONE!

HUGE WICKET... STRAUSS GONE FOR A DUCK CAUGHT CUTTING, HUGE HUGE WICKET.... 1/0 GET IN THERE

Short one outside off stump, straightened a bit and cramped the skip up. Hussey takes the catch at gully.

Siddle to continue at the powderfinger end

0006 Strauss has gone from the third ball! Too close to him for cutting and Hussey pouches the catch in the gully. Big send off from the Australian players, gathering round the England skipper and flapping like vultures. Trott next up the ramp - three slips and a gully and a backward-point in... Trott survives the rest of the over... BBC

WICKET! England 0-1 (Strauss c Hussey b Hilfenhaus 0) I am Jack's numbing deja vu: Andrew Strauss has gone third ball! I cannot believe this. Strauss was out on the pull here twice four years ago and now he has gone to another of his favourite shots, the cut, slapping it straight to Hussey in the gully. I cannot believe that. I simply cannot believe that. There was a bit of bounce, but even so, Strauss plays that shot in his sleep. He walks off in shock, and he is not the only one... The Guardian

2 maiden's to start the day... great start

Glad to see Siddle at the other end, chosen over our left arm pie thrower

England off the mark... Through an edge past 3rd slip HA! boundary though 1/4

Ooooo, First runs for the poms, boundary off Trott's edge. Great shape from Hilfy, he won't mind that

And the second boundary for Trott, Hilfy dragged it down leg side and got dispatched accordingly

Edited by vaughn2111: 25/11/2010 11:14:31 AM

top start lads

3rd Umpire referral by Pointing... Siddle caught Cook backwards on his crease.... i say plum from real speed... annndddddd Not Out, going down leg probably

Australia lose there first challenge

BBC Test Match Special's Michael Vaughan
"It's a poor ball, a ball he would normally hit for four, but it's just seamed back and cramped him for room. What a start for Australia!"

might go turn Grandstand on and see who they've got on

Hilfenhaus bowls arguably the ball of the morning... swings away and just beats the outside edge, looking sharp and dangerous

Loving these new channel 9 graphics. Scorcard and scoreboard has had a face lift and the new use of hawk-eye to measure the degree of variation in the balls bowled when they seam. I'm a fan :d

took me a minute to get use to the new scoreboard position, so long use to the top left, but it's the right decsion... i don't think they use Hawk-Eye anymore it's something new, i read an article about it the other day... i'll try and see if i can dig it up

Ohhhhhh almost 2 fa... nicked to 2nd slip and bounced well short, ball didn't carry

here this is it... a change from Hawk-Eye to Virtual-Eye

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2010/nov/18/the-ashes-2010-virtual-eye

Either nice soft hands from Trott, or the ball didn't kick through off the pitch as it has been.

If Trott gets going, he can be a real threat. Cook is the sort of batsman to be there all day, this could be a strong partnership for England

Mitchell Johnson replaces Hilfenhaus

New team plan: Don't bowl short to Trott

That shouldn't be a new Team Plan, it should always have been the team plan:p

:lol: And yet he has had 3 or 4 short ones down leg.
Looks very strong with anything straight as well, looking good in general really.

GET IN THERE. TROTT PLAYS ALL ROUND THAT ONE AS WATSON TAKES HIS OFF STUMP... 2 FA!

Enter the 'Outcast'

Wicket! Trott b. Watson.

Took his off stump out with a nice full pitched ball. On first glance i think Trott was expecting it to swing away a touch, but it just stayed straight. On second glance it came in a touch off the seam.

Kevin Pietersen in.

Shane Watson into the attack, some talk that he's carrying a niggle as well. Sun out as Watson comes trotting in - leg-side half-bunger and that is hot buttered from Trott, clipping to the square-leg fence. Whacking great wide outside off-stump and Watson looks slightly startled - the expression of a man who has just got into a packed lift at work, looked in the mirror and suddenly realised he has a dried bogey streaked across his face. A suggestion that Trott nicked one off Hilfenhaus earlier but no-one appealed. Odd. TROTT'S GONE! PLAYED ALL AROUND A STRAIGHT ONE!... BBC

Rubbish you can see the movement Watson got out of that one

Pietersen plays a convincing pull shot to the boundary, you just know it's the Ashes ;)

What about Cook: defend, defend, defend, defend, defend, BACK FOOT PULL STROKE DRAGGED FROM OUTSIDE THE OFF STUMP, defend, defend, defend... :lol:

Hilfenhaus back in replacing Johnson

Missed everything so far. Just got home. Sounds like we're doing well thank god.

Yeah 2/53. Trott was looking solid, so its good we got him for 29

Xavier Doherty on to bowl, big moment for the debutant. First ball, bit of turn there for him.

first ball was very impressive... has to continue that sort of bowling

Not long to lunch so i can walk up the deli to get my sandwich NOM NOM NOM... The morning session to Australia marginally you'd say?

thought this was a classic on the BBC Live Updates

James in the TMS inbox: "Just finished a long argument with my now ex-girlfriend. Tonight was meant to be a 'Big Conversation' evening about 'Where We're Going'. The phrases 'Can't the cricket wait?', 'Are you just going to listen to the cricket?' and 'So you're telling me the cricket's more important?' ('No', 'Preferably' and 'Yes') were used on multiple occasions."
Still, at least I can listen to the cricket all night now.

Pre-emptive Howzat heard from next door... i think my tele must be on a 5 second delay, would of been big and would have definitely been Australia's session

I agree with Slats... should of thrown it straight back to the keeper and belted it YES NOW HE THROWS IT.... still good aggression by Doherty, in the cauldron should of thrown in first time though ;)

I'd think its still hanging in the balance. Pieterson is doing well, ticking the scoreboard over and Cook doesn't look too troubled. I'm just happy we got Trott out :p

:lol: Doherty's throw almost went for 4 overthrows.

:lol: Pietersen face-plants in the process of playing a leg glance for 4 :lol:

And we have lunch on Day 1, England are 2/86.

Watson and Hilfenhaus probably the pick of the aussie bowlers. Doherty has done well, same with Siddle. Johnson hasn't done anything, but he's only bowled a couple of overs over 2 spells.

I'm off to do a uni assignment now ](*,)

Edited by vaughn2111: 25/11/2010 01:02:35 PM

I god-damn called to my mate, This ball will be a wicket. It was hit and caught..I dropped my phone with a 'YEAHHHH!' then he had to drop it. WTF.

England wil steady now, key is Pieterson - if he can steady to 80+ England should post a decent score.

+1 i can see this being a difficult session for us

Have to agree. The wicket of KP is the key.

Cya KP thanks for playing\:d/ \:d/

Now Collingwood's gone for 4. Caught at slip by North off Siddle. Wikstes in consecutive overs for Siddle.

125/4

In NBA news, Spurs were down 19 points in the 3rd against Timberwolves. Just tied up with 16 seconds to go. OT we go...

Unpatriotic i say ;)

Nah, Ashes on the telly, Spurs on the laptop!

EHHHHHHHH ROBBIE FOWLER!