Something is seriously wrong in that dressing room. There was obviously a bit of tension beforehand, but the moment Strauss retired it's all gone to hell.

I don't know who would take over the captaincy though. Maybe Broad or Bell? Whoever comes next needs a touch of the bastard about them I think

Couldn't imagine it'd be Broad, guy can be a pillock sometimes, more likely to be Bell.

-PB

Hmm...



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Test Match Bowling average per wicket = 347 :lol:

Just watching the India v England series

Look at those whinging indian batsmen when they get given out, how can anyone support a team that plays cricket like that?

Its their form of intimidation to the umpires as they dont have DRS in their test matches, they would like to make the umpires dare them to give them out

Very keen. We got some terrible games up here at the Gabba though :lol: Will try and travel to a couple of games

Completely forgot about it. Will be buyimg closer to the date. It won't sell out before the games me thinks.

Hmm I won't say it..

Mitchy already on the mark.

Loving it.

-PB

Also;

http://soccerembed.com/willowcricket.php

Should be on until roughly 12am EDT I believe.

-PB

MJ has been superb.

In the Middle East again. Let's av it!

In terms of the crowds at the test matches at the neutral grounds in the uae

What looked worse? 6-700 odd people at the ground in dubai? (Lifting up to 2-5000 with news of a Pakistan win)

Or the same number in abu dhabi, with no seats on the sides?

And you can tell that people in the uae avoid the sun as much as possible. Total contradiction to the Australian pursuit of the sun

lol, we're not "avin it"

-PB

Has anyone else noticed Misbah's bat is made by IS...

It is an IS bat :-k

After having barely a soul for the first day and a half

The paki fans have suddenly flocked into the stadium in the masses

One guy even jumped the turnstile, which beckons the question

Whos in charge of the ticketing? If they arr doing that at all?
And will they expel that guy that got caught jumping the fence?

Regardless its nice to actually have a crowd at a neutral venue over there

Aussies getting their arses handed to them by a pretty decent Paki outfit.

Not sure if we're entirely crap, or we're just not up to the conditions.

Cricket australia are trialing pink balls in its pursuit for test match cricket on at night

If this were to happen it may significantly reduce cricketers contracting melanoma, although this is a statistic that has been swept underneath the carpet by cricket administrators to avoid deterring children from taking up the game, cricket is a health risk in countries which play it other than England, India is lucky with southern asian complexions, but Australia, South Africa and (in particular) NZ, cricket is "glorified melanoma chasing".

On the other side of the argument, if this were to happen, whats going to happen to all Australians who bludge through the middle of workdays when cricket is on? Sure our scheme of playing xbox and eating cheezels has now been exposed by MP Ewan Jones, but not the cricket! \:d/

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and commentator Richie Benaud has been diagnosed with Skin Cancer

He spent a zillion years in the Australian sun playing glorified melanoma catching, in that he played cricket without a wearing a hat



And theres people acting in shock horror over this

You are quite possibly the worst poster on this forum.

And that is saying something.

^ Dis reac-shun!

MJ still proving the haters wrong, just been named ICC Cricketer of the Year for the second time in his career. Truly a once in a generation bowler. :D

Townsville ftw.

-PB

Are there any haters left :lol:

And I'm not sure he's a once in a generation bowler when you've got Steyn steaming in on the same day :d

How many ICC Cricketer of the Year awards has Steyn won again? ;)

Fuck you Steve Smith. I invented the 'nutmeg to square leg' years ago, now everyone's gonna think it's yours.

And there were more people at the a league at etihad last night as opposed to a frivolous odi

So Clarke's club side picked him today hoping to bowl today so he could bat when he's fit next week. The other team realised this so they obviously sent them in so they would be a batsman short. Clarke's team declared on 0-17 off 9 overs :lol:

Sorry, I wasn't very clear, it was Clarke's team that did that. They've basically given up any chance of winning so that he can bat next week to have a hit before the test. Should point out that Clarke isn't captain so it wasn't his call.

I just love that they knew they were going to declare so early but still only scored at 1.9 an over :lol:

Poor Crowds at the cricket

Lots of discussion about this, interesting after how united Australia was after winning the Ashes last season - what happened?