tests v one dayers

[Ken Gargett]

after that extraordinary riveting day's cricket, is there still anyone on the planet who prefers one dayers to tests?

how good are ponting and hussey! how dumb is damien martin?

[skid11]

Again the Poms ****** defeat from the jaws of victory, the poor ol' Barmy Army will be copping a **** load of abuse in the pubs tonite:-D

[Freefallguy]

» the planet who prefers one dayers to tests?

Huh? What's the difference?

[pnutbutrsangwich]

What the hell are you guys talking about? :-D

[aitker]

» Again the Poms ****** defeat from the jaws of victory, the poor ol' Barmy

» Army will be copping a **** load of abuse in the pubs tonite:-D

We were poor. Only Hoggard of our bowlers was up to standard. The 2nd innings batsmen were terrible. Flintoff has offered nothing. Harmison needs to step up 4 more gears. I can see a 5-0 coming up.:-(

[Ben]

Test Cricket is the greatest game of all.

[mgillett]

Test cricket rocks.

Collingwood lost that for England as much as Warnie won it for us. If he had kept the score ticking over while he was prodding around for 100 plus balls the game would have been out of reach.

God bless him. ;-)

[El Presidente]

You are all Mad! Cricket is truly the boringest game ever invented.

Why does a sport need five days to decide a winner then end in a draw? And what's with the white clothes, I can't tell the difference between the teams?

By the way this isn't El Presidente

[Colt45]

» Why does a sport need five days to decide a winner then end in a draw?

perhaps it's the taking time out for tea and such.......

[Ken Gargett]

» You are all Mad! Cricket is truly the boringest game ever invented.

»

» Why does a sport need five days to decide a winner then end in a draw?

» And what's with the white clothes, I can't tell the difference between the

» teams?

»

» By the way this isn't El Presidente

i could tell this was not our glorious leader when the email came through to me as

"By the way this isn't El Presedent"

not even his spelling is that bad and thank god for the edit button.

for those that do not follow test cricket and don't get it, yesterday's play had me on the absolute edge of the seat. riveted and too nervous to move in case i upset the equilibrium. you might get an hour or two of that with a great game of rugby or nfl but imagine 8 hours of absolute nail biting knife-edge sport. truly the greatest game of all (imagine baseball with skill and interest and not needing gloves to catch anything - when i lived in the states, i always believed that you could make it a better game in two ways - first, taking the gloves away from everyone but the catcher or at least anyone in the outfield. second, giving up and playing cricket).

[Freefallguy]

» biting knife-edge sport. truly the greatest game of all (imagine baseball

» with skill and interest and not needing gloves to catch anything - when i

» lived in the states, i always believed that you could make it a better

Ken, I know nothing of cricket, but I lost all interest in baseball after the strike (1994-95).

One son has asked me over the weekend as to when soccer will pass baseball as a pro sport in the US; the other simply said baseball is dead.

[Ken Gargett]

great quote in a pommy paper - giles couldn't turn the ball if it had a steering wheel.

[mgillett]

The Sun have started calling them "The Wombles" and have superimposed a few faces onto various Womble characters. You gotta love The Sun. :-D

[habanablue]

If all tests are as good as the 2nd Ashes I would be more inclined to watch. The tension on the final day made it like a one dayer.

Nothing worse than watching a boring pitch and not many shots being played.

I might hvae to renounce my aussie sitizenship, but I actually thought it was good giving the poms a sniff last time. It makes it that much more sweeter now!

[ALB]

» great quote in a pommy paper - giles couldn't turn the ball if it had a

» steering wheel.

Best quote I heard:

"It ain't over 'til the fat man spins"