New Bat

Do think if i got hold of this bat: the Puma Iridium 6000 GTR Cricket Bat, Price: £319.99, i would be any good at cricket?

i expect joseph to be walking out with this next time - its the least you could do jarms, since you will be expecting, i've no doubt, his england wage to support you in your old age.

fuck III

Bryant is clearly a twat. there is a lot in his latest that proves this.

'Much as England fans had a sneaking admiration and affection for Shane Warne.' by Nick Bryant, clearly a cunt, and by the looks of his photo, a punchable one at that.

Did we? I thought he was a cunt. And I wager most England fans felt the same. And I wasn't at all sneaky about, quite vocal actually.

Fuck II

Sutherland said he had no problems with the behaviour of Ponting or his team. "I was extremely proud of how Ricky and all the players handled some tense situations," he said. "I thought he behaved in an entirely appropriate way." (my emphasis).

Says it all really.

fuck

2. Bopara
3. Bell
4. Collingwood

Discuss.

ECB chief exec in massive fat noggin shock!

Goodbye, my lovely family!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2009/jul/21/ashes-cricket-2009

My dream of spending my whole summer playing test matches in real time is finally here.

Warne's ball to Bell

If you look back in the 'fetch' archive, you'll find ian bell being plumb LBW to a Warne shooter in the 2005 Ashes. Warne admitted on Sunday on TV that is was actually a leg spinner which for some reason didn't turn. So, he did pick him...sort of...

PS just checked and it has disappeared from utube, but you know the one I mean I'm sure.

Also, Warne reckons that his favorite sledge ever was 'shermanator'. Actually, does anybody want to slag warne's commentary off. I find it difficult, as it is still a couple of levels above 'England should try harder' Botham.

Why hasn't freddie turned green?

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Edit - the picture Jarms attempted to post in his comment below...

You're right Kris, but which one?

Maybe Mac, or perhaps Willy.

Freddie

Andrew Flintoff...please reconsider...

England sympathetic to Ponting injustice.

new music

drive-by truckers, anyone? couple of gems. some tat. would appreciate constructive dialogue, jarman.

oh, and cricket is going rather well.

Rememberance of things past

Despite not being the Hector that everyone wished him to be, Flintoff is still a iconic representation of, say, the last 10 years of English cricket, in the same way that, say, Botham and Hussain were before him (I'm not going to pretend I've got enough knowledge to refer back to players before the early 80s for the purposes of this point).

For this reason, his passing from Test cricket is an existential watershed; another moment when we can pause and recognise the transient part we all get to play in reality.

People mythologised his roots, his northern, "pint and a pie", "mind the windows, Tino" authenticity.

Others, in tune with the modern cynical age, derided him as either unprofessional and duplicitous by turns.

In terms of his playing, I just want to give you this...

And I just want to remind this blog that, for better or worse, he was a paradigm of English cricket at the turn of the century. And the fact that he is retiring provides us with a moment to both applaud and mourn the nature of sport (indeed, all human endeavour) and our place in the cosmos.

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(pretty up its arse, eh? - KKP)

That match report in full.

Well, it was all jolly exciting.

Peter Siddle looks a bit like Kurt.

Sorry, the link in my previous reply won't fit into the discussion box. So, read the comments on this:

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/comments/0,22023,25771607-2882,00.html

Also, the headline to this article doesn't match the content really does it?

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25775153-5019127,00.html

Fresh telemetry

So, I think we need to assess the new Aussie team after the first test for their cunt levels, using our freshly calibrated Punt-o-meter...

Katich: 3/5

Hughes: 5/5

Ponting: duh

Clarke: 4/5

Hussey: 1/5

North: 3/5

Haddin: 4/5

Johnson: 2/5

Siddle: 6/5

Hilfenhaus: 1/5

Hauritz: 2/5

So the conclusions are that Siddle is the new Ponting and Hilfenhaus is the new Hussey. I reckon.

hmmm

that didn't go so well, did it?

the only positive note is that hughes has been found out.

what we need to do now is bowl freddy into the ground, thus finally ending his career.

but hopefully the pitch will start spinning at some point before that is necessary, as was promised.

Ashes - come on down

I'm so excited, I could shit...

Off topic

Right, lads

Go here...

Link

Read it, set up a gmail account (by going here).

Then email me (pettsvaldo@gmail.com) so I know your addresses.

Then, surely to goodness, we can start having some fun, no?

matt prior

Matt Prior currently averages 48.4. How did that happen?