Ken 119 Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Phillip Hughes's funeral is on Wednesday. The first test against India is postponed as the players and the nation mourns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30376 Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Michael Clarke's speech at the funeral was different class. A very touching tribute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken 119 Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 The way Michael Clarke has carried himself through this is a reflection of the kind of person he really is; Exemplary. True leader. Genuine fella. I'm not one for watching people's public funerals on the telly but I watched this service from start to finish. Couldn't have been a better way to say good bye to the young lad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonatine 9987 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 (edited) https://twitter.com/StuartBroad8/status/560049120308502529 Judging by the responses, I'd say he possibly regrets this tweet... Edited January 27, 2015 by Sonatine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 3977 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 It's the CT poverty argument amplified by him being rich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34422 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Meant to reply to this yesterday. What a dick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 5903 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Think I mentioned it earlier but 2 years ago AJ Tye was playing in goal for my Sunday League team and pulling pints in the clubhouse. Today he won the Big Bash and was voted 2nd best player at the tournament Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30376 Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Not that I think they would anyway but is to late to include Ben Stokes in the World Cup squad? Seemed daft to exclude him on the basis of the Sri Lanka tour. It seemed he was almost set up to fail there anyway and he's certainly proven the selectors wrong since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 5903 Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 He's had 2 good innings since but he was also out for single figures in something like 10 out of 12 of his England innings before that. There's bound to be someone pulling out injured and I'm sure he'll be first replacement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30376 Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 An injury is possible but, if iirc, there's only a couple of warm up matches between now and then for England. I know he had some poor form with the bat last year but he seemed to have got his magic back with that innings for Durham in the one day semi. There aren't many players on the planet who could've batted like that. It was devastating. And I think I would have made allowances for his poor form in any case for a few reasons. He's clearly a match winner on his day (with bat and ball). You look at players like Woakes and (to a lesser extent) Jordan and they're good performers. But they are never going to turn in those match-winning performances. I know consistency is a big issue but it seems daft playing it safe when England have so little chance of winning the tournament anyway. Collingwood is spot on in what he has said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken 119 Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 An injury is possible but, if iirc, there's only a couple of warm up matches between now and then for England. I know he had some poor form with the bat last year but he seemed to have got his magic back with that innings for Durham in the one day semi. There aren't many players on the planet who could've batted like that. It was devastating. And I think I would have made allowances for his poor form in any case for a few reasons. He's clearly a match winner on his day (with bat and ball). You look at players like Woakes and (to a lesser extent) Jordan and they're good performers. But they are never going to turn in those match-winning performances. I know consistency is a big issue but it seems daft playing it safe when England have so little chance of winning the tournament anyway. Collingwood is spot on in what he has said. There are quite a number but they aren't English tbf. I like my test match cricket the most but I'll have one eye on this WC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 5903 Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 He's got the added bonus of being a proper all rounder too. He never bowled a all when he joined Durham funnily enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30376 Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 He's got the added bonus of being a proper all rounder too. He never bowled a all when he joined Durham funnily enough He was always an all-rounder. He was touted as such before he signed properly for Durham, when he was still at the academy there. He didn't bowl a lot initially though but that's because Durham have a lot of good bowlers so he was eased into the role as all-rounder. I'm not sure why you think he never bowled a ball though. He got Mark Ramprakash out on his Durham one-day debut (when he was still an academy player), which caused a bit of a stir. He also got a wicket on his first class debut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34422 Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 You two are getting on like a house on fire today. Do I need to buy a hat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30376 Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Given that context, pointing out he was talking complete shite was too good an opportunity to miss :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Think I mentioned it earlier but 2 years ago AJ Tye was playing in goal for my Sunday League team and pulling pints in the clubhouse. Today he won the Big Bash and was voted 2nd best player at the tournament Cool story bro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30376 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 I see Steve Harmison has been named manager of Ashington Town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 8989 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 I see Steve Harmison has been named manager of Ashington Town. He's already made his first appointment; Peter from Backworth is going to act as interpreter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 5903 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Steve Harmison is a total knacker. His brother was a friend of a friend who I made an innocuous comment on Facebook about once. Steve was immediately on the phone to my mate pissed as a fart threatening to do me in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 8989 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Not got much currency with elite sportsmen, do you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClubSpinDoctor 0 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 5903 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 It's been a long time he's been elite at anything, the fat mess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30376 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 And, as the previous page shows, you really know your cricket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 5903 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Not really, it's a bit of a shit sport in the grand scheme of things. That has no bearing on my ability to know that this: Isn't an elite sportsman. Genuinely surprised at Stokes getting wickets in his first season at Durham. I was at about 75% of the home games (not all day every day obviously) and can't remember seeing him bowl Stopped going a couple of years ago and can't say I miss it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 8989 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 He's represented his country though, right? Fairly safe to call him elite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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