Ken
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I wouldn't say crushed. 303 is a very reachable target. I will be switching between this and the tennis tonight.
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Easy to say when you have a decent team playing in that format.
ODI's aren't a fan's favourite because of the middle overs being perceived to be tedious and boring. Younger generations have a shorter attention span.
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22 hours ago, Dr Gloom said:
vaughany reckons they're our best ever ODI side. i wouldn't disagree. i wonder what ken makes of it all
A very good side. The summer of cricket here was getting very boring let me tell you. Nice to see the poms pick up a few consolatory accolades on their tour here.
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15 minutes ago, PaddockLad said:
ok, explain to someone with a passing interest in cricket why that's the case.
Saying that adjudicators, human, aren't necessary in any sport let alone cricket is daft. Have a word.
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Too early to say that it is beneficial. Has been used over here in Australia and it has had its teething problems. Farcical at times but I guess FIFA use us as guinea pigs because we aren't a big player in the world. There are positives but the stoppages in play that I have seen have turned off people here, not a country to turn people off football for these reasons. Other things to do and other sports to watch.
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He should re-join England's ODI squad immediately in Australia and replace one of Woakes or Moeen in the starting team. I am assuming that the ECB told him that he would come back for the NZ tour 2 months ago so he had been preparing for that eventuality.
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Gout
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7 minutes ago, Renton said:Doesn't Australia have an insurance based health service? Raised LFTs could be an issue in that context.
Not sure raised uric acid levels are 100% diagnostic of gout either.
I have private health insurance but we also have something similar to the NHS that being Medicare.
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Gout
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8 minutes ago, Meenzer said:Bit surprised you weren't diagnosed there and then tbh. But yeah, get it checked again asap. Let's be honest, what's the point in putting off a - worst case - non-threatening, easily treated diagnosis out of sheer vanity?
Well, he told me I had a high level of uric acid amongst other things, I guess it wasn't the priority at the time.
He also told me I had high blood pressure, a cholesterol problem and that I was in the mid to high category group of a chance of having a heart attack. So he gave me medication for the cholesterol, I went vegan for nearly a year and I started kickboxing. I am not overweight, I never have been but it goes to show what inactivity and bad diet can do. Yeah, I will go to my GP shortly for a full checkup again.
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5 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said:
even if that turns out to be true - and it isn't clear yet whether this investment is stavley/pcp alone, or whether she is backed by one of her many wealthy friends in the middle east - it has to be preferable to the last decade under the cockney chancer.
10 years already is it? Fuck me, time flies when you're having fun.
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Gout
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13 hours ago, Tom said:My gout was so severe & 'rare' I doubt I can give any practical advice.
They've put me on allipurinol now & after a month my legs feel great but the rest of me feels like shit. I can't win
Also they're looking at my kidneys, which I can't imagine will great. That's going off the medication they've had me on alone.
Sounds like you need a proper doctor anyway Ken.
Sorry to hear about your plight.
i probably should see a doctor shouldn't I?
Last time I had a blood test which was 4 years ago it came up with high uric acid levels. So I know it isn't a question of if but when I will get it considering my father and my grandfather suffers periodically, and had suffered from gout. Don't really want to have a blood test at the moment because I know it won't read well given what I put my liver through over the festive season if you know what I mean. I ate shitloads of seafood and pate, things that spark an onset too. I'm doing a dry January and treating my body with respect now so I might wait a bit until I go for a proper checkup.
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Gout
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14 hours ago, NJS said:Feet can be a bit strange - the last gout attack I had in 2012 lasted six or seven weeks and affected my left big toe. After it finally abated I had a problem with the sole of my right foot akin to flat feet which my doctor thought might have been caused by damage by walking wrongly to compensate for the gout pain. That lasted on and off for about six months.
I think small strains and sprains in the feet can build up and cause quite bad pain.
Well I hope that was all it was. I've never felt that much pain before, even after a first session of kickboxing after a long layoff have I ever experienced that kind of pain. It was just random, out of nowhere while I was sleeping.
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Gout
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1 minute ago, NJS said:Instep and spread around doesn't sound like gout like - it's usually more obvious joints and very local.
Indomethacin is just an NAID so would relieve any kind of pain.
I was wondering that. Most get it in their toes, and it involves redness and swelling. I didn't get that. I knew that Indomethacin was merely an anti-inflammatory so very little side effects but me dad took convincing to give it to me. Another problem it appears...
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Jason Roy. Why has he not been involved in the chat?
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Gout
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Think I may have had my first bout of gout. Woke up 4am Sunday with my foot throbbing. Pain was in my instep around to the outer edge of the foot and I think a bit on both sides of the ankle although I couldn't tell because of the pain.
I couldn't walk, and couldn't get any relief whichever way I positioned my foot laying down or standing up. Resorted to hopping around the house which was painful but the less painful of of all options.
Being Sunday and with my gf away and the doctor closed I had no ability to do anything. Called my dad who has suffered gout as a last resort and he gave me his Indomethacin to take even though he initially refused. Took two doses in the day and by night I was good.
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Mark Wood has looked lively in this first white ball game. The ball he delivered to get Warner out was a peach. Has consistently bowled at 140-146kph. Plunkett doing ok too. Good contest so far...
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On 1/10/2018 at 20:56, Alex said:
Not literally, just the exact same attitude. See: essembee
Now you're comparing me to essembee are you? You have gone way too far now. Stop aiming for my balls.
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13 minutes ago, Andrew said:
Aye course we do mate, so does Rafa.
I don't understand how you seem to be both surprised and totally sick of it at the same time.
Help me Obi Wan you're our only hope.
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13 hours ago, David Kelly said:
Even in the Ashes crowds will start to dip (they certainly appeared to in the last two tests, barring boxing day, once you'd won) if the home teams just keep winning all the time. You enjoy beating us as we enjoy beating you but the same things happening every time will get boring.
It will be interesting to see how we do in the white ball games. We have really improved in this area since the last world cup so it will be the perfect test to see how we do this time where it all went wrong last time. The ECB has put a lot of focus in this area and not enough on the test side imo. Don't let the fact that we don't have a BBL or IPL in this country make you think we cant play short form. Stokes will be a miss again (for the ODI's at the very least) but Hales, Butler, Rashid, Roy, Billings, Wood, Plunkett as well as Root, Bairstow, Moeen and Woakes are all good white ball players. And in Rashid, Wood and Plunkett (as well as Willey) we have bowlers who can provide some of the things that the test team lacked down under.
The crowds dipped in Melbourne in the latter part of the match because people could see that given the shittyness of the pitch a result was improbable bordering on the impossible. In Sydney people stayed home because it was just too bloody hot. I agree that competitiveness is key and that was the point I was making in my earlier post re. the ECB. We are at least more competitive when we go over to your backyard and the players have not hidden the fact that they are focusing their energy to retain the Ashes already. Winning over on your turf is the holy grail. A couple of players are willing to miss the big pay days in the IPL to play county cricket, Shaun Marsh being one of those.
I agree, the games will be a lot closer in the ODI's, your squad for them is stronger than the squad that played in the test series which is a good thing as it keeps things interesting. I want to see good games, not just good old fashioned pommy bashings like we saw throughout the majority of the test series.
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14 hours ago, Alex said:
Well Australia have moved from 5th to 3rd in the Test rankings, swapping places with us on the back of the usual home win in an Ashes series. We're level on points in the ODI rankings and well ahead on the T/20 ones. tl:dr Ken the mackem spouting shite
How dare you
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14 hours ago, Dr Gloom said:
Our one day team is the best it’s been for a long time tbf
Yeah, you've had better results than us over the last year.
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25 minutes ago, David Kelly said:
Was interesting to hear Boycott's view on our preparation for the series. It really couldn't have gone much worse when you think about it. We had three batsmen who had massive question marks over them ahead of the series (with only Malan coming through the test), no first choice spinner, no pace in the attack without Wood, the Stokes situation and warm up games against the equivalent of playing Cramlington seconds. If we want to improve as a test side and be able to win games away from home, the ECB needs to seriously look at changing things so we aren't so one dimensional. I'm not sure there will be any great desire to do this mind as there's not many teams in the world who can really look good away from home. India were imperious at home last year but got stuffed by S.A. in the first test this week. It's going to end up with another problem for test cricket because the crowds are already dwindling and if series aren't competitive it will only get worse.
The thing is, the ECB are most concerned about what happens on your own turf and they are dysfunctional. Have heard enough stories about them - Liam Livingston being told not to play at 3 but 5 in county cricket because that is what they see him in the future if he were to make it to the England team.
You play your players up the order to get experience ffs.
Record crowds in Australia mate. England need to keep up. You aren't exactly at the forefront in other forms either.
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12 hours ago, Dr Gloom said:
Only 20 too. Struggling to draw too many positives from this match though and the whole tour tbh. England seemingly incapable of turning promising positions into match winning situations. And our bowling is toothless on certain surfaces down under.
Your touring debutants have fared well tbf - Stoneman and Malan. You'll never be a threat here unless you develop players with genuine pace - Jofra Archer looks likely but I don't know what his status is, talk that he has to wait a few years before he can represent at international level. I have a soft spot for leg spinners, I appreciate their craft, I hope Crane can kick on from here. The kid certainly has a bit of heart.
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43 degrees out there today. Must be a bit of a test out there in the field. I almost feel sorry for them.
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Calling a draw was premature. The wicket is turning big time so Lyon will definitely be amongst it in the 2nd innings.
Mason Crane looks a canny leggy. His figures don't do him justice, great flight and turn. The lad has a good career ahead of him.
The Cricket Thread
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That being said, this pitch is slow and grippy and 300 is a good score. Your spinners should be effective in this. Battlers will need to force things as the ball softens up. Baffles me why we don't play Lyon. Playing him here was a no-brainer.