Do you like Cricket?

[DanP]

Hear hear Silent(?). AND, he is the best LEGAL spin bowler the world has, or is ever likely to see.

Dan (the can of worms has been opened)

[himzol]

I don't want to sound negative, or imply that no-one else should enjoy watching some blokes standing around for 5 days .... but ..... I would rather carve a full size replica of the statue of David, out of laminated MDF and asbestos, using only my teath and a desert spoon.

Would you use your teeth or the spoon when you got to the genetalia?

As for those Knocking Shane, well I wouldn't go so far as give him my wifes mobile phone number but as Dan said at least his action is legal.

(BTW she thinks he's fat and ugly)

[craigb]

As far as I can tell his only redeeming quality is that he is the best leg spin bowler the game has produced.

Yes, that sounds about right.

[DanP]

Pity he won't hold the record for long. He will be overtaken by the biggest stuff up the ICC has ever allowed.

[HappyHammer]

Hear hear Silent(?). AND, he is the best LEGAL spin bowler the world has, or is ever likely to see.

Dan (the can of worms has been opened)

Not that old chestnut, I'm getting the serious s with Australians having a go at other teams bowlers particularly Murali. No wonder people dislike cricket when all they hear about is how they ***** and moan all the time, it's handbags at 10 paces stuff, they need to grow up and get on with it.

Australia is the best team in the world on the pitch and they do themselves, or the game, no favours by acting like spoilt children. It is blatently obvious to a bystander that the attack on Murali was about him not ending up with more wickets than the fat blonde bloke.

BTW, I love cricket and have taken a lot of heat over Englands performances in the past, it's good to see them in some form having demolished the West Indies and New Zealand, let's hope they do the same to South Africa and then hopefully we'll have a competetive ashes series.

Sorry DanP that worm got up my nose.

HH.

[bitingmidge]

for the same reasons people watch soap opera's Ie :
. how can you NOT know everything about them.....

In another message you suggested I was Nasty!! To that I can only aspire!!

YOU want nasty Zee???

I'll give you NASTY!!!

I rest my case, here is the greatest relevance to woodwork thus far in the thread, (apart from the sacred willow of course).

Soap operas are performed by wooden performers for people with wooden brains.

I can NOT know everything about them, because I prefer intellectual stimulation to mindless drek... that of course is also the reason that Kerry O'Keefe has been able to rise to take the mantle of the late great Alan McGivray as the only commentator of the sport.

The others are there for the entertainment of primates.

Cheers,

P

[DanP]

That's fine HH,

But you seem to have forgotten that the whole chucking thing started with him being called by in internationallly accredited umpire. Yes the Aussies have used it to try and upset him, but that was in response to Murali saying that several aussies "chuck". I am not picking on just Murali, there are a few bowlers who IMO throw the ball, aussies included, but none of them are as pronounced or get the result that Murali gets.

Dan

[HappyHammer]

That's fine HH,

But you seem to have forgotten that the whole chucking thing started with him being called by in internationallly accredited umpire. Yes the Aussies have used it to try and upset him, but that was in response to Murali saying that several aussies "chuck". I am not picking on just Murali, there are a few bowlers who IMO throw the ball, aussies included, but none of them are as pronounced or get the result that Murali gets.

Dan

Where's the umpire now ?

HH.

[DanP]

Dunno, Can't even remember who it was.

[echnidna]

This threads just about as bad a a cricket commentary on the radio.

[HappyHammer]

Here's a link about chucking, there were three umpires that called Murali and Darryl Hair wrote a book about it and called Murali's action "diabolical", now he's a w*nker!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/828531.stm

HH.

[Zed]

because I prefer intellectual stimulation to mindless drek...

The others are there for the entertainment of primates.

Cheers,

P

Midge, your leading with your chin again....

Note 1 - cricket - intellectual stimulation ??? surely you jest!
Note 2 - humans are primates mate.
Note 3 - there are any number of commentators, how many would you like to name buddy ? Are you sure you're not american ?

[silentC]

Note on note 1 - Midge refers to his abstinence from the media of the chattering classes. In other words, if you don't read tabloids or watch A Current Affair it is possible to 'not know everything about them'. However, in as much as any sport can be considered intellectually stimulating, on some levels cricket can be. Maybe it appeals to certain types more than others, like chess or lawn bowls.

Note on note 2 - True by definition, he's got you there Midge.

Note on note 3 - Read Midge's post again, Zee. He said Kerry O'Keefe is the only commentator of the game, the others are there for the entertainment of the primates.

[Ben from Vic.]

Easy Gentlemanz, your all in breach of the Wood Workers creed.

And I quote......

on this board we do not enter into political debates or debates on foreign policies of our own or other countries. We also do not discuss religion, cricket, sharpening, pancakes or the accuracies of Triton equipment.

Thank you.

[Zed]

Note on note 3 - Read Midge's post again, Zee. He said Kerry O'Keefe is the only commentator of the game, the others are there for the entertainment of the primates.

so whats o'keefe there for ? if everyone else is for the entertainment of the primates does this mean that o'keefe is there for the entertainment of the wilderbeasts and stingrays ?

friggin' cricket w@nkers!