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Re: Cricket thread
« Reply #705 on: June 21, 2023, 08:36:41 AM »
Captain's knock  :clapping.

Unbelievable win. I went to bed thinking we were done. 54 run unbeaten last stand by Cummins and Lyon.

Stokes may have dropped the urn with that dropped catch  :shh
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Re: Cricket thread
« Reply #706 on: June 21, 2023, 09:18:44 AM »
The Captain stood up big time  :clapping

And even Lyon made amends after his brainfade in the 1st innings

And how fitting the winning runs came off the twit Robinson.  :clapping
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Re: Cricket thread
« Reply #707 on: June 21, 2023, 10:15:34 AM »
The Captain stood up big time  :clapping

And even Lyon made amends after his brainfade in the 1st innings

And how fitting the winning runs came off the twit Robinson.  :clapping

If Robinson is a twit, we are a team full of them

No team gives as much “banter” as Australia

In a world that is becoming so sensored and full of robots, I LOVED the emotion and send off

Exactly what sport is missing these days .. and the Aussies had no problem with it ..

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Re: Cricket thread
« Reply #708 on: June 21, 2023, 10:16:23 AM »
Lyon with 8 wickets too. Did alright

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Re: Cricket thread
« Reply #709 on: June 21, 2023, 09:07:48 PM »
The Captain stood up big time  :clapping

And even Lyon made amends after his brainfade in the 1st innings

And how fitting the winning runs came off the twit Robinson.  :clapping

If Robinson is a twit, we are a team full of them

No team gives as much “banter” as Australia

In a world that is becoming so sensored and full of robots, I LOVED the emotion and send off

Exactly what sport is missing these days .. and the Aussies had no problem with it ..

Thank you Damo, thank you.

people around here have very short memories or are just woke  :shh

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Re: Cricket thread
« Reply #710 on: June 21, 2023, 09:13:08 PM »
def dropped the world cup but it was a little bit more difficult than Gibbs :lol

https://www.cricketworldcup.com/video/202135

these were the days of the best commentary in pretty much all forms of sport. The girl last night is as bad as underwood.



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Re: Cricket thread
« Reply #711 on: June 21, 2023, 09:43:13 PM »


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Re: Cricket thread
« Reply #712 on: June 21, 2023, 11:00:12 PM »
The Captain stood up big time  :clapping

And even Lyon made amends after his brainfade in the 1st innings

And how fitting the winning runs came off the twit Robinson.  :clapping

If Robinson is a twit, we are a team full of them

No team gives as much “banter” as Australia

In a world that is becoming so sensored and full of robots, I LOVED the emotion and send off

Exactly what sport is missing these days .. and the Aussies had no problem with it ..

Thank you Damo, thank you.

people around here have very short memories or are just woke  :shh

Nothing to do with woke

I've been very vocal about this sort of boorish behaviour for years. Called Australia out for it when they did it. Will call out anyone who does it. There is no need for it

I have no issue with banter, it can be fantastic. But abusing someone isn't banter

But boorish antics like what we saw from Robinson and his send off of Khawaja isn't banter. It wasn't funny it was just disrespectful towards a bloke who had played a great knock. Where was his "banter" when he was get smashed around the park? And then his comments about the 3 tailenders only proved he isn't the sharpest tool in the shed. Why? Because comments like that have a tendency to bite one on the backside. So yeah I reckon he is a twit
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Re: Cricket thread
« Reply #713 on: June 22, 2023, 02:05:49 AM »
The Captain stood up big time  :clapping

And even Lyon made amends after his brainfade in the 1st innings

And how fitting the winning runs came off the twit Robinson.  :clapping

If Robinson is a twit, we are a team full of them

No team gives as much “banter” as Australia

In a world that is becoming so sensored and full of robots, I LOVED the emotion and send off

Exactly what sport is missing these days .. and the Aussies had no problem with it ..

Thank you Damo, thank you.

people around here have very short memories or are just woke  :shh

Nothing to do with woke

I've been very vocal about this sort of boorish behaviour for years. Called Australia out for it when they did it. Will call out anyone who does it. There is no need for it

I have no issue with banter, it can be fantastic. But abusing someone isn't banter

But boorish antics like what we saw from Robinson and his send off of Khawaja isn't banter. It wasn't funny it was just disrespectful towards a bloke who had played a great knock. Where was his "banter" when he was get smashed around the park? And then his comments about the 3 tailenders only proved he isn't the sharpest tool in the shed. Why? Because comments like that have a tendency to bite one on the backside. So yeah I reckon he is a twit

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No doubt
I’ve owned a cricket centre in Melbourne and know multiple players that have played for Australia quite well .. honestly , the sledging the Aussies spit out is unrivalled .. stuff off stuffwit or whatever he said, is actually tame .. just it was front and centre for the cameras .. Australian cricket and abuse come hand in hand

We give it , we cop it back

I notice not one current Australian player has ragged up about it

Loved Carey’s response to it

TBH, I prefer the emotion of twit Ollie than Shai showing carlton to ball running into an open goal , but that’s just me

Raw fiery emotion used to be common in sport and is being phased out

Truly , 20 years ago this wouldn’t have registered on your “twit radar”

Now it’s front page news

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Re: Cricket thread
« Reply #714 on: June 22, 2023, 10:37:09 AM »
Why? Because comments like that have a tendency to bite one on the backside. So yeah I reckon he is a twit
Reminds me of a Viv Richards story. He was playing a county game on one of those smaller cricket grounds over there. After Viv plays and misses a delivery, this cocky county bowler turns to Viv and says "it's red, round and weighs 8 ounces". The very next delivery Viv smacks the ball over the bowler's head, over the fence, over the entrance gate to the ground and onto the downward slopping road outside the ground. Viv then turns to the county bowler who had just mouthed off to him the ball before and replied "Well mon, since you know what it looks like you can go and fetch it!".  :laugh:
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Re: Cricket thread
« Reply #715 on: June 22, 2023, 12:34:30 PM »
Plenty of these stories .. that is definitely one of the best ones .. Merv Hughes "tickets please" to Javed is a fav of mine ..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRH4VIasS3Q

Also love the Steve Waugh to Jamie Siddons. Siddons "stuff, why so slow. You know this isnt a test match dont you." Waugh "Of course I do, you're playing".  :lol :lol :lol

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Re: Cricket thread
« Reply #716 on: June 27, 2023, 01:39:30 PM »
The Aussie women beat the Poms too  :thumbsup.

Ash Gardner 8-66 & 12-165: the best Test figures by an Aussie woman in an innings and in a Test match! 

https://twitter.com/AusWomenCricket


By the way, the Lord's pitch is a touch green.


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Re: Cricket thread
« Reply #717 on: June 27, 2023, 05:51:13 PM »
The Women's Test match was a great game

Credit to both teams

Outstanding performance by Ash Gardner
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Re: Cricket thread
« Reply #718 on: June 27, 2023, 06:04:19 PM »
Sheesh you can hardly see the pitch it's so green

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Re: Cricket thread
« Reply #719 on: June 27, 2023, 11:39:47 PM »
The 2023 World Cup schedule for our Aussie men. 100 days to go.


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