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  • Extugger
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    edited August 2020 #152

    There's more chance of me hooking up the van and heading off somewhere in this foul weather than Jimmy bowling a single ball today 😒 But wait.......oh no! Van booked in for a service today in Stoke on Trent. Arrrggh!

  • ABM
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    edited August 2020 #153

    cry  Next Inspection 16:00 hours BST,  

  • ABM
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    edited August 2020 #154

    And play commenced at 16:15

    Come on Jimmy,  Jimmy come on !!

  • Extugger
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    edited August 2020 #155


    🎶OH🎵🎶🎶🎶 JIMMY JIMMY JIMMY JIMMY JIMMY JIMMY ANDERSON.🎵🎵🎵🎶🎶🎶

    600 wickets!!! All time leading seam bowler wicket taker

    The Burnley Express deserves a gong. Well bowled Sir 👍😆😆

  • ABM
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    edited August 2020 #156

    A Place in History for AZHAR ALI !!

    Never to be Forgotten  !!

     Why I hear you ask ??

    'Cos he was Lord James Anderson's 600th Wicket  THAT'S  why  !!

      The only Seam bowler to take 600 Test Wickets

     

    Whoo Hoo !

  • hostahousey
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    edited August 2020 #157

    Really enjoyed the 600th wicket, but also the batting of Rawlings too.

  • Pliers
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    edited August 2020 #158

    Yes, well done! Always great to see a local lad doing well. 🏏

  • ABM
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    edited August 2020 #159

    !! NO MANCUNIANS ALLOWED !!

    Blooming wet Owd Trafford, AGAIN  Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr   yell

  • ABM
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    edited August 2020 #160

    Well the Second Match, again at Owd Trafford, is under way ( and under grey cloudy sky ), but England won t' toss and are fielding.

  • ABM
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    edited August 2020 #161

    And only 196 to get in 20 overs surprised

  • ABM
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    edited August 2020 #162

    And, would you or anybody, believe it  they have got them !!surprisedcool

    So Brian's day has perked up just a little  laughing

  • trellis
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    edited August 2020 #163

    Excellent result 👍 for England.Do enjoy the " see it , hit it , leg it " form of cricket . Though I'm sure some of the purists are spitting daggers whenever it's played 😁.

  • ABM
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    edited August 2020 #164

    Forecast is good for tomorrow at Owd Trafford, so it will give our Opponents a fair chance to level the series. Only reasonable to do that, especially since like West Indies they have come here, sat in " Bubbles" despite having quite possibly extended families/relations here who might only see them as we do -- on some lap top or such, for which I sincerely thank them anyway !!

    Not many more "Purist" innocent  than Brian wrt the relevant place in the sporting world  of Test and/or short form Cricket But like the difference / similarities 'tween sportscar driving and HGV driving never the twain shall meet but both have their place out there in the great wide world wink

  • trellis
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    edited September 2020 #165

    Well called Brian , a draw was a fair result 👍. Now England need to get into the Aussies to finish off a good if strange summer.

  • ABM
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    edited September 2020 #166

    wink

  • ABM
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    edited September 2020 #167

    Should be a couple of days crikkit out of the three planned anyway

  • ABM
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    edited September 2020 #168

    Sad to  hear that David Capel has passed away recently aged 57.

  • trellis
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    edited September 2020 #169

    Wow now that was a game of cricket . Excellent game lads .🏏🏏. Strike one against the Aussies.😀😀.

  • ABM
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    edited September 2020 #170

    Agreed there, Trellis, mate  smile  the remote took a bit of a bashing this evening 'cos there was some Athletics on at the same time --  wonder if the new " Lord of the BEEB " will get it all organised properly  undecided

  • Extugger
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    edited September 2020 #171
     

    England lost their final T20 game against Pakistan on the final ball, but last night, the position was reversed in what was THE MOST UNLIKELY victory ever! Talk about exciting!! (sorry for "shouting")

    Brian, I have to say the subscription to Sky was repaid ten-fold last night. Talk about the Phoenix rising from the (not going to mention that word) AND against the Aussies too!

    I shall be crowing for weeks to come laughing Lawd knows what Geoffery made of that!

     
  • trellis
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    edited September 2020 #172

    What a final shot to win the match /series.He He .🏏😀🏏.

  • ABM
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    edited September 2020 #173

    Stop it , Trellis,  you are making my ribs hurt and I cannot sleep laughing !!

     

    Hoo Hoo, Hee Hee  ouch surprised

  • Extugger
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    edited September 2020 #174

    The ghost of Patrick Swayze being smashed out of the park (excuse the pun) for the final winning runs! Just magnificent 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏏🏏🏏

  • hostahousey
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    edited September 2020 #175

    Smithy run out...WOW

  • ABM
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    edited September 2020 #176

    Tuesday 8th September 17:46 hrs

    I'm sitting sat here with non-alcoholic drinks,  low calorie snacks  to hand  and woe is me  We've lost the toss surprised.

    So we must apply the pressure on the pitch ( Heavy rollers over Smith & Warner perhaps ??)

    Still we shall see -- or more actually you might see, but I will have to put up with just hearing their squeals of anguish from the comfort of my reclined arm chair laughing

  • Whittakerr
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    edited September 2020 #177

    Bit of a dead rubber and England missing two of their best batsmen.

  • trellis
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    edited September 2020 #178

    Hey ho , As meatloaf once muttered " Two out of three ain't bad " 😀😀.

  • ABM
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    edited September 2020 #179

    " Ain't Bad "   -- no it's worse than that I'm afraid  --  seems like the slapdash sort of effort similar to the latest C19 attitude  __  the Boss is missing so lets take it easy. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR !

    I think there might be a serious " Sit Down & LISTEN " talk before the 50 ~ over games start  --  and team selection must be part of that talk !!

  • Extugger
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    edited September 2020 #180

    Have to agree with your comments Brian. A very unprofessional and lacklustre performance by England, especially when we had the opportunity to grind their noses in it. Ok, it was our "second X1" but we missed a golden opportunity there.

    We could have had a further dozen or so runs off Starc's final 2 overs as he bowled consistently down leg-side, our batsman deciding to 'run to leg' instead of moving across the stumps and either flicking him to leg or getting a wide. Mr Butler would probably have had at least 30 runs off him! 

    And so to Old Trafford..........

  • trellis
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    edited September 2020 #181

    Well that was a pretty abysmal performance with the bat , with only Bairstow and Kent's Sam Billings turning up for the match.😢.A serious talk is needed before the next two , or England can kiss goodbye to the ODI series.

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