Archive for December, 2006
Monty strikes, Harmy fires, Hoggy swings
The Ashes 2006/7 3rd Test WACA Day 1 - Lunch break
Welcome to Ashes cricket Monty Panesar. A straight ball that did nothing other than carry the hopes of English cricket fans, struck Justin Langer’s off stump and gave Panesar his debut Ashes wicket. He jumped for joy like a seven year old on Christmas morning […]
Posted: December 14th, 2006 under Cricket.
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WACA predictions
The Ashes 2006/7 Eve of Third Test - Top 5 Predictions
1. Monty plays and makes the ball rip like a bride’s knickers on a hen-night - takes 8 for 54
2. Harmy actually gets the new ball and does some Aussie skull bashing - picks up the other 2
3. Ponting simultaneously pulls an exquisite boundary and a […]
Posted: December 13th, 2006 under Cricket.
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Will Warne hit 700 at The WACA
The Ashes 2006/7 Eve of 3rd Test
It’s a near certainty that Shane Warne’s 700th wicket will be an Englishman. (England has a habit of being on the wrong end of World Records) but whether he reaches this phenomenal milestone at Perth remains to be seen.
Shane ‘Good Areas’ Warne, averages 4.88 wickets per Test match […]
Posted: December 13th, 2006 under Cricket.
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What must Vaughan be thinking?
The Ashes 2006/7 Eve of 3rd Test
What must be going through the head of Michael Vaughan right now? With just over 24 hours until a widely predicted handover of the Ashes commences, the captain-in-limbo must be wondering whether England would be in such a sorry position if he was still running the show.
He may […]
Posted: December 13th, 2006 under Cricket.
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My 11 for the WACA Test
I doubt that there will be many surprises in here, but this is my “all things considered” eleven for the 3rd Test. Results in the 2 day game against WA have been factored in. I should add that this is the time I think will play not the team I would pick.
Strauss CookBellCollingwoodPietersenFlintoffReadPanesarHoggardHarmisonAnderson
I’ve got […]
Posted: December 11th, 2006 under Cricket.
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And the jokes are pouring in
We’ve had a period of grace, as Ashes holders during which English cricket has been spared being the butt of jokes. Well, as Bob Dylan once said, the Ashes, they are a changin’. Here’s a roundup of five golden oldies doing the rounds;
Q. What does Fred Flintoff and a drug addict have in common? A. Both spend […]
Posted: December 10th, 2006 under Cricket.
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Cheeky run out tests spirit of the laws
New Zealand v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Christchurch, 3rd (and final) day
This was a hard game to get attached to. It promised, from the first session on day 1, to be a short lived affair with wickets falling at an incredibly regular rate. It was a scrappy, almost ugly win by New Zealand.
A rare highlight […]
Posted: December 9th, 2006 under Cricket.
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England needed some Sangakkara karma
New Zealand v Sri Lanka 1st Test Day 2
The first test between NZ and Sri Lanka is proving to be a low scoring wicket-fest. So low scoring that at one stage today the match threatened to be over by the close of day 2. The reason that we are going to see some play on day 3 […]
Posted: December 8th, 2006 under Cricket.
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