Date: 26/12/2020 09:59:37
From: Michael V
ID: 1670723
Subject: Boxing Day Test.
Date: 26/12/2020 10:00:56
From: Peak Warming Man
ID: 1670724
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Date: 26/12/2020 10:02:20
From: Michael V
ID: 1670726
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
AUS won the toss and has elected to bat.
Good!
:)
Date: 26/12/2020 10:17:57
From: Divine Angel
ID: 1670741
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Date: 26/12/2020 10:18:40
From: Dark Orange
ID: 1670742
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Divine Angel said:
What are they testing?
Attention spans.
Date: 26/12/2020 10:30:06
From: Michael V
ID: 1670746
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Divine Angel said:
What are they testing?
The ability to play cricket well.
Date: 26/12/2020 10:46:25
From: roughbarked
ID: 1670752
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Divine Angel said:
What are they testing?
to see if it is cricket or not.
Date: 26/12/2020 10:54:24
From: Michael V
ID: 1670757
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Joe Burns out for a duck.
AUS: 1/10
Date: 26/12/2020 10:57:30
From: roughbarked
ID: 1670758
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Michael V said:
Joe Burns out for a duck.
AUS: 1/10
Don’t think anyone expected a high score from him.
Date: 26/12/2020 11:34:39
From: Tamb
ID: 1670768
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
roughbarked said:
Michael V said:
Joe Burns out for a duck.
AUS: 1/10
Don’t think anyone expected a high score from him.
People did expect a score > 0
Date: 26/12/2020 11:37:01
From: Michael V
ID: 1670769
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Wade out, caught on 30.
AUS: 2/35
Date: 26/12/2020 11:38:10
From: Peak Warming Man
ID: 1670770
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Michael V said:
Wade out, caught on 30.
AUS: 2/35
That was a quick 30 though.
Date: 26/12/2020 11:44:16
From: Michael V
ID: 1670773
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Smith out for a duck!
AUS: 3/38
Date: 26/12/2020 11:45:01
From: Bubblecar
ID: 1670774
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Who are they playing this time?
Date: 26/12/2020 11:46:00
From: Michael V
ID: 1670776
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Bubblecar said:
Who are they playing this time?
India. This is the second test.
Date: 26/12/2020 11:56:43
From: Bubblecar
ID: 1670784
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Michael V said:
Bubblecar said:
Who are they playing this time?
India. This is the second test.
I would have thought the Indians would be fed up with cricket after last time.
Date: 26/12/2020 12:32:31
From: Michael V
ID: 1670800
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Date: 26/12/2020 14:26:58
From: Michael V
ID: 1670846
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Head caught on 38.
AUS: 4/124
Date: 26/12/2020 14:28:56
From: Ian
ID: 1670847
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Date: 26/12/2020 14:29:41
From: Peak Warming Man
ID: 1670848
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Michael V said:
Head caught on 38.
AUS: 4/124
It’s a travisty
Date: 26/12/2020 14:33:29
From: Michael V
ID: 1670852
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Date: 26/12/2020 15:00:20
From: Michael V
ID: 1670855
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Labuschagne gone for 48.
AUS 4/134
Ouch!
Date: 26/12/2020 15:45:36
From: Ian
ID: 1670872
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Looked like a generous call
Date: 26/12/2020 16:12:56
From: Peak Warming Man
ID: 1670878
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Date: 26/12/2020 16:16:40
From: Michael V
ID: 1670879
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Green gone.
Paine gone.
AUS 7/155
Date: 26/12/2020 16:18:55
From: party_pants
ID: 1670880
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Any chance we could pick a few blokes that can actually fucking bat?
Date: 26/12/2020 16:33:59
From: Michael V
ID: 1670885
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Starc: out for 7.
AUS: 8/164
Date: 26/12/2020 16:34:56
From: Peak Warming Man
ID: 1670886
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Michael V said:
Starc: out for 7.
AUS: 8/164
They’ll be lucky to get 300.
Date: 26/12/2020 16:57:46
From: Michael V
ID: 1670893
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
LYON OUT FOR A QUICK-FIRE 20 – INCLUDING A SIX.
AUS: 9/191
Date: 26/12/2020 17:00:38
From: Michael V
ID: 1670894
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Cummins out for 9.
AUS: all out for 195.
Date: 26/12/2020 17:02:02
From: party_pants
ID: 1670895
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Michael V said:
Cummins out for 9.
AUS: all out for 195.
Not good enough, you’d reckon. Lightning won’t strike twice so far as India’s batting goes.
Date: 26/12/2020 17:05:27
From: Ian
ID: 1670897
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
party_pants said:
Michael V said:
Cummins out for 9.
AUS: all out for 195.
Not good enough, you’d reckon. Lightning won’t strike twice so far as India’s batting goes.
I’m going out on a limb and saying 195 is plenty.
:)
Date: 26/12/2020 17:06:26
From: party_pants
ID: 1670899
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Ian said:
party_pants said:
Michael V said:
Cummins out for 9.
AUS: all out for 195.
Not good enough, you’d reckon. Lightning won’t strike twice so far as India’s batting goes.
I’m going out on a limb and saying 195 is plenty.
:)
I’m going out to the shed.
Date: 26/12/2020 17:17:07
From: Michael V
ID: 1670905
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Starc stries first over!
Agarwal out for a duck.
IND: 1 wicket for 0 runs
Date: 26/12/2020 17:24:55
From: Ian
ID: 1670909
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Michael V said:
Starc stries first over!
Agarwal out for a duck.
IND: 1 wicket for 0 runs
Nicely nicely
Date: 26/12/2020 18:03:32
From: Michael V
ID: 1670920
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Stumps, day one.
IND: 1/36 in reply to AUS: 195.
Date: 27/12/2020 10:43:16
From: Michael V
ID: 1671072
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Date: 27/12/2020 10:44:09
From: SCIENCE
ID: 1671074
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Michael V said:
Michael V said:
Bump!
:)
nick
Date: 27/12/2020 10:48:16
From: Peak Warming Man
ID: 1671075
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
This Gill chap can play a bit by the looks of it.
And it’s refreshing to have a sub-continental fellow with a spellable name.
Date: 27/12/2020 11:22:41
From: Michael V
ID: 1671092
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Peak Warming Man said:
This Gill chap can play a bit by the looks of it.
And it’s refreshing to have a sub-continental fellow with a spellable name.
The seemingly dangerous Gill, caught on 45.
IND: 2/61
Date: 27/12/2020 11:33:41
From: Michael V
ID: 1671100
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Pujara gone, caught behind off Cummins for 17!
IND: 3/64
:)
Date: 27/12/2020 11:34:51
From: Peak Warming Man
ID: 1671101
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Michael V said:
Pujara gone, caught behind off Cummins for 17!
IND: 3/64
:)
This could start to get ugly for India.
Date: 27/12/2020 11:36:29
From: Peak Warming Man
ID: 1671103
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
The wife of one of the commentators thinks this Gill fellow is quite good looking.
Date: 27/12/2020 11:59:35
From: Michael V
ID: 1671108
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Peak Warming Man said:
Michael V said:
Pujara gone, caught behind off Cummins for 17!
IND: 3/64
:)
This could start to get ugly for India.
One can always hope.
Date: 27/12/2020 12:02:45
From: dv
ID: 1671109
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
This has all the makings of another 3-dayer
Date: 27/12/2020 12:47:50
From: Michael V
ID: 1671144
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
dv said:
This has all the makings of another 3-dayer
Maybe.
IND: 3/90 at luncheon.
Date: 27/12/2020 13:35:04
From: Bubblecar
ID: 1671165
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Date: 27/12/2020 13:44:34
From: Michael V
ID: 1671171
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Vihari caught behind for 21, off Lyon.
IND: 4/116
Date: 27/12/2020 14:51:19
From: Michael V
ID: 1671198
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Pant caught behind for 29 off Starc.
IND: 5/173.
Date: 27/12/2020 14:54:48
From: Michael V
ID: 1671200
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Michael V said:
Pant caught behind for 29 off Starc.
IND: 5/173.
And Pant is Starc’s 250th test wicket.
Date: 27/12/2020 15:15:20
From: Peak Warming Man
ID: 1671205
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Bloody raining, bloody Melbourne.
Date: 27/12/2020 18:11:07
From: Michael V
ID: 1671267
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Stumps, Day 2.
IND: 5/277
Lead: 82 runs.
In reply to AUS: 195
Date: 28/12/2020 10:55:31
From: Peak Warming Man
ID: 1671431
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
And it’s breaking me in two watching the test slipping away from us.
Date: 28/12/2020 10:58:18
From: roughbarked
ID: 1671434
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Peak Warming Man said:
And it’s breaking me in two watching the test slipping away from us.
It is good cricket though.
We need to lose some games to keep it interesting.
Date: 28/12/2020 11:01:52
From: Peak Warming Man
ID: 1671437
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
roughbarked said:
Peak Warming Man said:
And it’s breaking me in two watching the test slipping away from us.
It is good cricket though.
We need to lose some games to keep it interesting.
Aye it is good cricket.
Date: 28/12/2020 12:35:45
From: Peak Warming Man
ID: 1671472
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Lunch, India all out with a lead of 131.
Date: 28/12/2020 12:37:49
From: roughbarked
ID: 1671475
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Peak Warming Man said:
Lunch, India all out with a lead of 131.
Should piss it in to pass that by stumps?
Date: 28/12/2020 12:45:50
From: Ian
ID: 1671480
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Peak Warming Man said:
Lunch, India all out with a lead of 131.
Ah ha. We have them just where we want them.
Date: 28/12/2020 12:59:21
From: The Rev Dodgson
ID: 1671487
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Peak Warming Man said:
Lunch, India all out with a lead of 131.
So if Australia can get to 200 or more they should be in a good position to win.
Date: 28/12/2020 13:01:09
From: Peak Warming Man
ID: 1671489
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Lunch, India all out with a lead of 131.
So if Australia can get to 200 or more they should be in a good position to win.
Maybe.
Date: 28/12/2020 13:31:51
From: Peak Warming Man
ID: 1671498
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Australia are 1 for -123.
Date: 28/12/2020 13:33:04
From: party_pants
ID: 1671499
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Peak Warming Man said:
Australia are 1 for -123.
India might not need to bat a second time.
Date: 28/12/2020 13:54:25
From: buffy
ID: 1671510
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Peak Warming Man said:
Australia are 1 for -123.
Well I’m afraid I am going to watch some Dr Who this afternoon instead of the cricket. I will expect you to watch it for me.
Date: 28/12/2020 14:32:49
From: party_pants
ID: 1671524
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Date: 28/12/2020 14:48:40
From: Peak Warming Man
ID: 1671529
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Date: 28/12/2020 16:34:42
From: sibeen
ID: 1671547
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
We may be in a spot of bother.
Date: 28/12/2020 16:37:26
From: buffy
ID: 1671548
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
sibeen said:
We may be in a spot of bother.
You reckon?
Date: 28/12/2020 16:37:39
From: Peak Warming Man
ID: 1671549
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
sibeen said:
We may be in a spot of bother.
BUGGER
Date: 28/12/2020 16:51:37
From: Peak Warming Man
ID: 1671551
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
The venerable Sage of Perth said this might be another 3 day test and with an hour to go he could be proven to be prophetical.
Date: 28/12/2020 16:52:49
From: sibeen
ID: 1671552
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Date: 29/12/2020 10:36:21
From: roughbarked
ID: 1671757
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
We have a four run lead eh.
This pair need to step out to the ball a bit more.
Date: 29/12/2020 11:28:26
From: Michael V
ID: 1671775
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Date: 29/12/2020 11:30:04
From: Peak Warming Man
ID: 1671777
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Slowly slowly teasing out that lead.
Every move they make, every run they take I’ll be watching them.
Date: 29/12/2020 11:32:45
From: Michael V
ID: 1671780
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Michael V said:
Starc out for 22.
:(
My bad. Cummins out for 22.
Starc in…
Aus: lead by 26.
Still need a lot more runs.
Date: 29/12/2020 11:45:52
From: sibeen
ID: 1671791
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
38 ahead. That should do it.
Date: 29/12/2020 11:55:53
From: Michael V
ID: 1671796
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
sibeen said:
38 ahead. That should do it.
LOL, but nope…
Date: 29/12/2020 12:03:52
From: sibeen
ID: 1671797
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Spot of bother, spot of bother.
Date: 29/12/2020 12:05:04
From: Michael V
ID: 1671798
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Green gone for 45. A good knock, all considered. I think he might have a permanent place on the team.
AUS: lead by 48.
Date: 29/12/2020 12:23:47
From: Peak Warming Man
ID: 1671803
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
We’ll need to be mindful that we give ourselves enough time to bowl them out.
Date: 29/12/2020 12:26:43
From: Michael V
ID: 1671805
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Lyon out for three. Buggrit.
AUS: lead by 54.
Date: 29/12/2020 12:27:00
From: Michael V
ID: 1671806
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Peak Warming Man said:
We’ll need to be mindful that we give ourselves enough time to bowl them out.
Yeah…
Date: 29/12/2020 12:57:20
From: Michael V
ID: 1671817
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Australia reaches 200, and lead by 69.
Date: 29/12/2020 13:00:04
From: party_pants
ID: 1671820
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
one of the greatest leaves in the history of test cricket….
All out – Target 70.
Date: 29/12/2020 13:01:49
From: Michael V
ID: 1671821
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Michael V said:
Australia reaches 200, and lead by 69.
Hazlewood bowled for 10.
Australia all out for 200 – their highest innings score in the series so far, and lead by 69.
India require 70 to win.
Date: 29/12/2020 14:00:42
From: party_pants
ID: 1671830
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
India 1/16… walking straight into the trap.
Date: 29/12/2020 14:01:18
From: Michael V
ID: 1671831
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Agarwal caught behind off Stac for 5.
IND 1/16; 54 runs still required.
Date: 29/12/2020 14:02:30
From: sibeen
ID: 1671832
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
God I’m a nervous Nelly. I was actually about to check for rain clouds. ‘sif.
Date: 29/12/2020 14:02:32
From: Michael V
ID: 1671833
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
party_pants said:
India 1/16… walking straight into the trap.
LOL
:)
Date: 29/12/2020 14:04:49
From: party_pants
ID: 1671834
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
2/19 now… sinking further
Date: 29/12/2020 14:05:17
From: Michael V
ID: 1671835
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Pujara caught in the slips off Cummins for 3.
IND: 2/19; 51 runs required.
Date: 29/12/2020 14:05:52
From: sibeen
ID: 1671836
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
I bet there’s some sphincter tightening going on.
Date: 29/12/2020 14:20:09
From: Michael V
ID: 1671840
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
We need wickets from the strike bowlers, not giving them boundaries…
Date: 29/12/2020 14:27:19
From: Michael V
ID: 1671843
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Michael V said:
We need wickets from the strike bowlers, not giving them boundaries…
India 2/42, requiring 70.
Buggrit.
Date: 29/12/2020 14:32:28
From: sibeen
ID: 1671849
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
wanders out to look for rain
Date: 29/12/2020 14:39:18
From: Michael V
ID: 1671853
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
sibeen said:
wanders out to look for rain
You’d better get your dancing shoes on smartly. They only need 13 runs to win now.
Date: 29/12/2020 14:41:40
From: Michael V
ID: 1671854
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Date: 29/12/2020 14:44:54
From: party_pants
ID: 1671855
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
bringing Marnus on to bowl is a bit of conceeding defeat I reckon.
Date: 29/12/2020 14:45:02
From: roughbarked
ID: 1671856
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Michael V said:
Rahane dropped!
Bloody!
Even a hat trick won’t save us now.
Date: 29/12/2020 14:46:12
From: party_pants
ID: 1671857
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
scores level, with one and a half days remaining….
Date: 29/12/2020 14:48:34
From: Michael V
ID: 1671858
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
India win the test by 8 wickets.
Date: 29/12/2020 15:42:54
From: Ian
ID: 1671872
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
So close.
If only we’d taken those catches.. had a couple of the batsmen turn up…
Date: 29/12/2020 22:04:33
From: Peak Warming Man
ID: 1672019
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
A lot of millionaires are playing the game these days but that scorecard could have been one from the twenties, thirties, forties or fifties.
The more things change the more they stay the same but test cricket is still a beautiful thing.
Date: 29/12/2020 22:32:12
From: Peak Warming Man
ID: 1672032
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Third test will be in Sidanee.
Date: 29/12/2020 22:33:46
From: party_pants
ID: 1672034
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Peak Warming Man said:
Third test will be in Sidanee.
brave call
Date: 29/12/2020 22:49:20
From: Peak Warming Man
ID: 1672039
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
party_pants said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Third test will be in Sidanee.
brave call
The Sydney wicket used to be a spinners paradise and most sides played two spinners, cant see that happening. now with drop in pitches.
Date: 29/12/2020 22:52:20
From: party_pants
ID: 1672041
Subject: re: Boxing Day Test.
Peak Warming Man said:
party_pants said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Third test will be in Sidanee.
brave call
The Sydney wicket used to be a spinners paradise and most sides played two spinners, cant see that happening. now with drop in pitches.
Nah, I mean with all the Covids stuff going on its a big call going ahead at the SCG and risk cancellation.
