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Title: Sports: England wins at Cricket, against Australia. WTF?
Post by: Viking on July 20, 2009, 07:39:22 AM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/8159247.stm

Let the mocking of Australia commence.
Title: Re: Sports: England wins at Cricket, against Australia. WTF?
Post by: Richard Hakluyt on July 20, 2009, 07:44:59 AM
England stand a good chance in this series. Australia should have won the 1st Test, but England clinged on to a draw. There is no way we could have done that if the likes of Shane Warne were still in the Aussie team.
Title: Re: Sports: England wins at Cricket, against Australia. WTF?
Post by: Viking on July 20, 2009, 08:00:49 AM
In other sports news.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/8158547.stm

QuoteAfter that he turned to a section of fans who had been particularly vociferous and shrugged his shoulders, while he applauded those fans who had been supportive when he was withdrawn in the 75th minute.

I'm starting to respect Beckham a bit now.
Title: Re: Sports: England wins at Cricket, against Australia. WTF?
Post by: Valmy on July 20, 2009, 08:05:47 AM
England winning at one of the sports it invented?  :huh:  WTF?
Title: Re: Sports: England wins at Cricket, against Australia. WTF?
Post by: Viking on July 20, 2009, 10:41:18 AM
Quote from: Valmy on July 20, 2009, 08:05:47 AM
England winning at one of the sports it invented?  :huh:  WTF?

I know, I'm shocked!
Title: Re: Sports: England wins at Cricket, against Australia. WTF?
Post by: Sheilbh on July 20, 2009, 11:10:56 AM
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on July 20, 2009, 07:44:59 AM
England stand a good chance in this series. Australia should have won the 1st Test, but England clinged on to a draw. There is no way we could have done that if the likes of Shane Warne were still in the Aussie team.
Alas it won't meet the punning glory of, I think India and England, when the commentator announced Graeme Onions out with the line 'that's shallot' :lol:
Title: Re: Sports: England wins at Cricket, against Australia. WTF?
Post by: Richard Hakluyt on July 20, 2009, 11:37:20 AM
The best one ever was "the batsman's Holding the bowler's Willey"  :lol:
Title: Re: Sports: England wins at Cricket, against Australia. WTF?
Post by: Josquius on July 25, 2009, 05:19:19 PM
Its quite weird that this isn't too big a deal.
I recall England beating Australia a few years back and it was all over the place....
Title: Re: Sports: England wins at Cricket, against Australia. WTF?
Post by: Richard Hakluyt on July 25, 2009, 05:36:01 PM
There are two reasons for that :

1. There are still three matches to go.

2. The English cricket board sold the television rights to Sky television, so only highlights are shown on terrestrial TV. Apparently the biggest cricket audience Sky has managed was only 1.5m, in contrast the audience for the 2005 Ashes (shown on terrestrial TV) was as high as 8m. Big mistake by the ECB, mortgaging the future of the game for easy money, typical of our times of course.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/england/5761035/The-Ashes-England-win-could-put-Test-cricket-back-among-TV-crown-jewels.html

IMO the summer test series held in England should be free-to-air.
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