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Re: Australian Cricket
« Reply #30 on: January 08, 2011, 08:20:54 PM »
Quote from: Lesley Cox on January 08, 2011, 07:49:02 PM
Maggi! You are now officially BANNED from the Forum and from all contact with civilized and intelligent people. For ever!!! ;D

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Re: Australian Cricket
« Reply #31 on: January 08, 2011, 08:31:36 PM »
Quote from: Lesley Cox on January 08, 2011, 07:52:42 PM
Quote from: Paul T on January 06, 2011, 10:34:07 PM
not that Australia necessarily played badly (if you know what I mean). 

Let's face it Paul. They did. Very badly indeed. ???

Lesley,

Yes they did in most of the tests, but that wasn't the point I was trying to make.  England played brilliantly and that is why they won.  To call the Aussies the worst side of all time makes out that England won just because the Aussies were crap, which diminishes the brilliant job that the English actually did.  I'm actually standing up for the English side, not for the Aussies. ::)
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Re: Australian Cricket
« Reply #32 on: January 08, 2011, 08:42:13 PM »
Overheard in the office from a bunch of gloating Englishmen.....What do you call an Australian with a bottle of champagne?.................................................Waiter.
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Re: Australian Cricket
« Reply #33 on: January 08, 2011, 08:45:13 PM »
 ;D ;D
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Re: Australian Cricket
« Reply #34 on: January 08, 2011, 09:55:16 PM »
Paul

You were being generous. It seems to me, as someone who has only the slightest interest in the game, that all matches were played by both sides wanting to win.  England, on this occasion, just played better.  It happens in all sports.  What really matters is that it should always be a good advert for the game itself.
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Re: Australian Cricket
« Reply #35 on: January 08, 2011, 11:45:55 PM »
Another joke I came across on the radio.
What do you call an Australian with 100 runs to his name?......................................................................A bowler.  :D
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Re: Australian Cricket
« Reply #36 on: January 10, 2011, 10:12:59 AM »
I think the ashes win can only be good for the longer form of cricket, which seems to have been in decline in England. Not so in Scotland, where the game has been played for over 200 years. The Scottish team seem to be on the up, but I suppose, starting from a lowly point, the only way is up?
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Re: Australian Cricket
« Reply #37 on: January 10, 2011, 12:00:55 PM »
Quote from: Anthony Darby on January 10, 2011, 10:12:59 AM
..............The Scottish team seem to be on the up, but I suppose, starting from a lowely point, the only way is up?

A truism! ;D
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Re: Australian Cricket
« Reply #38 on: January 10, 2011, 01:33:52 PM »
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Re: Australian Cricket
« Reply #39 on: January 10, 2011, 08:45:14 PM »
I can only be grateful that in all this Aussie bashing - even by the Aussies, no-one has mentioned New Zealand. If you're a cricket fan Anthony, looking for a team on the up, better stay with Scotland. The Bangaladeshis clobbered us (THEY'RE not the worst on the planet). So did India and now the Pakistanis are having their turn. We might win if we were to play Guatemala, but no promises!
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Re: Australian Cricket
« Reply #40 on: January 12, 2011, 09:54:28 AM »
Well, I hope to be able to watch a test match or two; something you can't do in Scotland! ::)
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Re: Australian Cricket
« Reply #41 on: January 13, 2011, 03:12:00 AM »
Hopefully you'll be barracking for NZ not Pakistan. We need all the help we can get. :o
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Re: Australian Cricket
« Reply #42 on: January 13, 2011, 07:08:19 AM »
"We might win if we were to play Guatemala, but no promises!"

...or South Africa  :-X  Hey, we beat the Indians soundly last night on home turf - not so bad after all...   ::)
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Re: Australian Cricket
« Reply #43 on: January 23, 2011, 07:41:50 PM »
Anyone noticed I haven't had a lot to say for the last week or so! Still, it's not real cricket is it?
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Re: Australian Cricket
« Reply #44 on: January 23, 2011, 10:43:44 PM »
It was real cricket on Saturday when we beat Pakistan. ;D
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