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it already has groucho. and what's more the colonials are 92-5 at lunch. huzzah!
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Who'da thunk it?
I thought it was going to go downhill from the point when Vaughan lost the toss...
I thought it was going to go downhill from the point when Vaughan lost the toss...
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i was a bit worried when they cracked nine off the first over!
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122-5 now. Mini-collapse over?
And of course with batting first there's all those nice foot-holes left by our bowlers for Warne to turn out of.
And of course with batting first there's all those nice foot-holes left by our bowlers for Warne to turn out of.
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126-6 maybe not!
can we not just enjoy it for now and pretend warne doesn't exist?
can we not just enjoy it for now and pretend warne doesn't exist?
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oops i said this on wrong thread.. 126-6. cool.
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Having said that:
Gilchrist c Jones b Flintoff 26
126-6
Gilchrist c Jones b Flintoff 26
126-6
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i wish freddie would stop bowling no-balls though!
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katich c.jones b.harmison 27
178-8
blimey!
178-8
blimey!
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Dang you beat me to it.
What's going on? England doing well against the Aussies just doesn't seem right!
What's going on? England doing well against the Aussies just doesn't seem right!
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how terribly disappointing that must be for the visitors.
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Presumably anyone who's interested is keeping track of the score elsewhere. At least try and add a bit of descriptive waffle to your announcements for the rest of us.
And you know that she's half crazy but that's why you want to be there.
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Fair enough.Francis wrote:Presumably anyone who's interested is keeping track of the score elsewhere. At least try and add a bit of descriptive waffle to your announcements for the rest of us.
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he dropped it! aagghhhh! pieterson off harmison.
caught behind next ball as i typed..
caught behind next ball as i typed..
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but listening to TMS on 198 LW is one of life's finer pleasures.. i'm just upset i have no cake.
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that is because you are young and have yet to develop the maturity necessary to appreciate the game.Dark wrote:Cricket bores me. Especially watching it.
so that's baseball for girls and football for cheats. there may be no chance of saving this one.Give me a game of softball or rugby any day.
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YAAAAYYY
190 all out! blimey.
190 all out! blimey.
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Gutted I can't put the radio on in work. Following the score courtesy of Channel 4's desktop scorebox, but it's not the same without Blowers, The Bearded Wonder, CMJ et al.
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well good grief. i am stunned. still, plenty of time for our entire batting line-up to capitulate meekly before stumps.
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no, definitely not.
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sorry, i meant that for mr fiend, not richey..
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the grauniad's over-by-over reports are a reasonable stand-in. although i'm enjoying a streaming feed of tms in my own little office.markfiend wrote:Gutted I can't put the radio on in work. Following the score courtesy of Channel 4's desktop scorebox, but it's not the same without Blowers, The Bearded Wonder, CMJ et al.
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