Yeah, Ben Stokes at Headingly! 135 not out and scored all but 1 run from the 73 runs needed for victory ! That England no. 11 was Jack Leach who was 1* not out but see out 17 balls to protect his wicket so that Stokes could do the hitting ! Ben Stokes was the cricketer of the year that year after also leading England to the World Cup beating the Kiwis in that unbelievable final in a Super Over !Quote:
Originally Posted by rooter
Insane days cricket.Quote:
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Boxing Day Test is underway!
And the Aussie are in all sort : Burns out for a duck, so was Steve Smith , 3 for 38!
An Indian morning , can we build some partnership ?
More batting collapses and we were only just wipeout the deficits and up 2 runs at the expense of our top six batsmen!
Can Green, Cummins and Starc be the heros in Day 4 and post a defendable total ? - a 140-150 for a day 5 pitch could be the making of fairy tales!!
Go Aussie !
Wooo Josh Allen 4td's securing my big money league 2 years in a row.
You got to give it to the Indians , looking almost certain that they will hang on for a draw with 5 wickets in hand and just a few overs to survive !
I can recall Australian has been in similar position many time to try to bat out day 5 for a draw but from memory never quite made it.
Considering with all the injury they have as well as without their Captain and best player, this draw is as good as a win !
So much patient, self control and perseverance shown by the visitors ! May be we could learn a few things from them !
So many maiden overs !! Where is Michael Clarke , somebody please take three wickets in one of these remaining overs . We wish !
The Indians are going to chase down the 328 to win the 4th Test and the series, this young and inexperienced 2nd and 3rd tier players are simply - brilliant !
Good on them !
Oh boy the fallout will be interesting. I very much expect to see some new faces playing the saffas next tour!
Wonder why the bookies always win ?
Was speaking to prominent owner of racehorse's ( who shall remain anonymous ) and
he told me racehorse in the recent Magic Millions Carnival failed because it was so juiced
up and suffered a accident mid race. Horse racing followers can figure which horse it was.
The favourite lost the jockey turning for home, she was behind a wall of horses though, not sure if she can win without the fall ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Scanlan
Nothing is a certainty. The last big tip i had from this bloke he gave me he said was from Mick
Gatto with leading Group One Jockey on board and didn't even run a place.
Great to hear that the South Africa cricket tour has been cancelled! Tooooo dangerous!
After 28 days with no local transmission, Victoria is back to mandatory masks and battle stations mode, good luck to the Grand Hyatt, the players, the Australian Open, Melbourne, Victoria and all of Australia and so say all of us.
Said “boring” event also draw so many eyeballs they are charging $6 million dollars for a 30 second TV ad.Quote:
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Can anyone see the Tokyo Olympics actually happening in July-August?
That's only 4 months away and the world will be nowhere near covid free by then.
At best it might be a Tokyo-lite with many athletes and countries missing, and just a few fans.
It's a shame because the Japanese would have organised a brilliant Olympics and Japanese fans are freakin awesome!
Oh well at least we will be OK by the time the FIFA World Cup is on in November 2022.
Although bloody Qatar is a stupid place to have a Football World Cup - that was the worst and most corrupt decision ever.
Maybe they should give it to Japan instead to compensate them for missing the Olympics.
May be they should send a delegation to Australia to study how we did it with the two grand finals, the Australian Open and most recently the Mardi Gras at the SCG.Quote:
Originally Posted by rooter
There’s still a few months to go, if they plan it properly, like getting the athletes and officials to Tokyo at least a month before, quarantine and tests them accordingly, restrict the social movements inside the villages. Limited the seatings in the stadiums - all spectators have to show a negative test results before entering , etc etc. they could have a Covid safe game , they are not going to make the billions in visitors but probably can keep the other billions from TV rights, advertising and sponsorship?
The Game should go on?
Congratulations to the Kiwis, beating us in both the girls - Constellation Cup, and boys - T20 series !
Anyone watch my big fight last nite ?? Got the job done inside 2 minutes. Hope you guys last more than 2 minutes!!
And collected half a million! Not bad for a two minutes work!!Quote:
Originally Posted by paulgallen
Interesting to see the new Super league has died really quickly