Archive for December, 2005
Have a good one!
I’m heading off for Christmas and won’t be posting much if anything for a week or so, so have a great Christmas, thanks for stopping by, see ya soon.
Catch ya!
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Posted: December 23rd, 2005 under Cricket.
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New process for chucking
Much much simpler.
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Posted: December 21st, 2005 under Cricket.
Comments: 3
The Burnt Bail Shop goes live!
I whacked a quick post up on Different Strokes with some of the great bargains you can currently acquire in the great world of sporting memorabilia.
The Burnt Bail is proud to launch its own memorabilia acquisition service and here are a few of the items you can currently purchase.
1. Greats of the game
A genuine […]
Posted: December 21st, 2005 under Cricket.
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Rudolph the Perth test saviour
Had a very shiny nose.
And thoroughly deserved his ton. Great knock. All in all a draw was a fair result even if didn’t make for riveting viewing.
(I’m hoping this post doesn’t bite me in the arse as there’s still 4 overs to go but with 5 wickets needed a draw should be on, […]
Posted: December 20th, 2005 under Cricket.
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Dodgy action gets Shabbir banned
Shabbir Ahmed has been banned for 12 months for chucking.
It’s at times like these that I’m glad the future of the game is in the hands of an organisation with such straightforward, logical, processes to investigate such things as chucking.
This is the ICC’s published process for dealing with flexi elbows.
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Posted: December 20th, 2005 under ICC, Cricket.
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Ian Healy’s great idea
Umpire B Doctrove just made a great decision on the final day of the Perth test. Standing strong against a vociferous appeal from Warne and company, the umpire correctly ruled that the turning leggie marginally pitched outside leg.
Ian Healy commenting on the game, made a great observation;
“A great use of technology would be for […]
Posted: December 20th, 2005 under Technology, Cricket.
Comments: 2
Who’s this guy Hodge?
Australia pluck a 31 year old from the obscurity of domestic cricket and he makes a double ton, and a mighty classy one at that.
Don’t you just hate them?
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Posted: December 20th, 2005 under Australia, Cricket.
Comments: 3
Retirement planning, Earl Woods style
Earl Woods bred a Tiger. Richard Williams spawned a couple of tennis Supergirls and Damir Dokic did his utmost with Jelena until she estranged herself from his obsessive clutches.
So I am going to follow in the footsteps of these and other noble sporting parents and breed me a megastar. I have serious reservations […]
Posted: December 17th, 2005 under Cricket.
Comments: 3