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littlerich wrote:Is that why you famously waterlogged Hilton Park that day?
Only non RL on this board mate
kcab sfrawdder
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Just to avoid confusion Starbug is the username of Steven Pike
SOMEBODY SAID that it couldn’t be done But he with a chuckle replied That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried. So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin On his face. If he worried he hid it. He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn’t be done, and he did it!
We put this festival on you b*st*rds
With a lotta love
We worked for one year for you pigs
And you wanna break our walls down
And you wanna destroy us
Well you go to hell
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Starbug wrote:Better tell our lot then
We are not playing the conditions , we are playing the Australians
If you think too much about the conditions you are not paying attention to the opposition
So if you win the toss in an RL match do you play against the wind or with the wind? If you know theres a good chance of rain in F1 you start your driver off with intermidiates. If you play at Batley you take the hill into account. etc etc etc etc etc
You always have to make your dicssions based on what may happen and the way the conditions are at the minute it suits England to bat or are you saying take the risk and give the convicts an advantage?
Reg wrote:I'll tell you what pressure is. "Grand final, only seconds to go, and a field goal attempt with a split testicle and your shoes on the wrong feet."
He's neck scars proves he's lost his head Tevez, Tevez
He'll never have a sexy bird Tevez, Tevez
The argy lover, the ugly ****, they sewn his head on back to front
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Joined: Jul 03 2003 Posts: 11532 Location: The Cloth Capped North
I'd have enforced the follow on. Stick them in again under pressure, have a right go at them... But still. Just hope these two early wickets don't come back to haunt us.
Ponting's been priceless again, though. Someone needs a bit of fielding practice.
Joined: Mar 09 2004 Posts: 33944 Location: watching out for low flying geese
mutt1 wrote:So if you win the toss in an RL match do you play against the wind or with the wind? If you know theres a good chance of rain in F1 you start your driver off with intermidiates. If you play at Batley you take the hill into account. etc etc etc etc etc You always have to make your dicssions based on what may happen and the way the conditions are at the minute it suits England to bat or are you saying take the risk and give the convicts an advantage?
I'd always go with the wind , it might change
Good chance means nothing , it might not
The ' Hill ' , it can work either way
But cricket is different to other sports , you dont have a set time that you play the game , that can change because of the weather , you have real options either by winning the toss or playing yourself into a position of strength as we have doen today
In cricket you both dont get equal amounts batting and bowling as you would playing up or down at Batley
Good teams try to win , be positive , show signs of negativity or lack of confidence and the opposition will pick up on it
kcab sfrawdder
Luck is a combination of preparation and opportunity
Just to avoid confusion Starbug is the username of Steven Pike
SOMEBODY SAID that it couldn’t be done But he with a chuckle replied That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried. So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin On his face. If he worried he hid it. He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn’t be done, and he did it!
Joined: Mar 09 2004 Posts: 33944 Location: watching out for low flying geese
GT wrote:I'd have enforced the follow on. Stick them in again under pressure, have a right go at them... But still. Just hope these two early wickets don't come back to haunt us.
Ponting's been priceless again, though. Someone needs a bit of fielding practice.
Exactly , divide and conquer , we have given them time to re group and Ponting time to ' coach ' his team back into this game
If they are out in the middle on their own the doubts can creep in
kcab sfrawdder
Luck is a combination of preparation and opportunity
Just to avoid confusion Starbug is the username of Steven Pike
SOMEBODY SAID that it couldn’t be done But he with a chuckle replied That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried. So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin On his face. If he worried he hid it. He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn’t be done, and he did it!
Joined: Mar 09 2004 Posts: 33944 Location: watching out for low flying geese
Asim wrote:Which is probably more reason not to bowl again at the time.
If our bowlers had come out firing, and we'd knocked the last two wickets off straight away, then I think we might have bowled again.
As it was our bowlers toiled, and apparently Flintoff is struggling with his knee so I can see why the decision was made.
Pieterson is struggling with his ankle , nature of sport
The Aussies bowled terrible up to lunch but have done much better since
They are bowling at the wicket and tying us down similar to how we did yesterday
Haleluha , a 4
kcab sfrawdder
Luck is a combination of preparation and opportunity
Just to avoid confusion Starbug is the username of Steven Pike
SOMEBODY SAID that it couldn’t be done But he with a chuckle replied That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried. So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin On his face. If he worried he hid it. He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn’t be done, and he did it!
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