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For the second time, Stuart MacGill declines to tour Mugabe’s dictatorship:
Leg spinner Stuart MacGill believes his touring days are over after he announced that he would boycott next year’s trip to Zimbabwe.
In other cricket news, Bangladesh—possibly drained by its First Test heroics—is struggling against Australia: all out for 197, Australia 1/76 in reply. Gillespie is nightwatchman. Oh, and first Test wicket to South Australian offie Dan Cullen.
(Question: who was the last specialist off-spinner to play for Australia?)
UPDATE. Via Stevo in comments: things go wrong in Chittagong.
Bit of excitement by the journalists at Chittagong according to this story on the on-line SMH
Nice find, stevo
The police showed little restraint by singling out and surrounding journalists and belting them in savage fashion.
I wonder if those cops want working visas to come to Oz?
“GOTTIM, YEEEEES, ANOTHER WICKET TO A VICTORIAN”
WHACK!
......
“Maaaarrrvelous… what was that Bill? Bill?”The drama delayed the start of play for the second time after journalists initially protested before the match began by sitting next to the pitch.
So what. Tony Greg used to delay the start of play, not through sitting on the pitch but by sticking his bloody key in it and looking for the “creked port of the pitch”
Posted by Stop Continental Drift! on 2006 04 16 at 09:26 AM • permalinkRe the off-spinner, I agree with WeekByWeek - Tim May
Posted by Stop Continental Drift! on 2006 04 16 at 09:33 AM • permalinkGood for McGill. I can understand not cancelling already agreed tours for fears of compensation litigation, but planning new ones? Get fucked.
I don’t care if the “black” ICC countries don’t like it, Mugabe is a mofo and boycotting his shithole is the only reasonable thing to do. At least that’s what the same countries were all telling us during apartheid.
I say we play there again when we can compete for Mugabe’s ashes.
I say we play there again when we can compete for Mugabe’s ashes.
I was rather hoping that by the time the peole of Zimbabwe got through with him, there wouldn’t be enough to fit in a thumble…
But a nice thought you do have there, Craig.
Posted by Major John on 2006 04 16 at 01:52 PM • permalinkCongratulations to McGill, a leg spinner who can bowl and think ethically at the same time. Eat your heart out, Ian Chappell.
God is obviously looking after Macca, since he continues to outperform Warne whenever they are matched together.
But God did make a mistake with McGill’s birthdate and He has a lot of penance to do.[Don Bradman’s Ghost]
*spooky voice*;
“Coooommme to the liiiight, Yojimbo, cloooosssser, my pretty. Sssooon you willl be MINE!! Bwahaahahaha”Posted by Pedro the Ignorant on 2006 04 16 at 10:16 PM • permalinkOk, yojimbo, you got through the “gimme” intro questions.
Can you define or state the significance of:
Long leg
Bowling a maiden over
French cut
Googly
The Gabba
Kookaburra
Dr Grace
Silly mid off
Silly mid on
Liiiillleeee & Thommo
Doosra
Dot ball
Text messaging
LBW without playing a shot
The record for beers consumed on the flight from Sydney to London
Bodyline
Box
The ‘G
The cream jacketIf and when we Yanks get all this lingo down-be very afraid. Heh
Heh heh. I think we are safe for a while.
Posted by Stop Continental Drift! on 2006 04 17 at 03:13 AM • permalinkSCD (and all American readers):
I can answer your 15th question, the record for beers consumed on the flight from Sydney to London: 53. Reference: According to Skull, by Kerry O’Keefe, pages 134-135. Held by David Boon with 53 cans, previously by Bacchus Marsh on 45, and Doug Walters on 44.For most of the other cricket tems, try Wikipedia List of Cricket Terms. Happy reading. O’Keefe’s book is a good read too.
(slaps forehead)
Jeeze stevo, how are we going to keep the septics in their place if you go & give ‘em the answers?OK, but our American friends still need to tell us the significance of the cream jacket. No googling now…
Posted by Stop Continental Drift! on 2006 04 17 at 04:25 AM • permalinkThe Oz Holy Trinity:
1. Bowler’s End
2. Square Leg
3. ThirdThe font of all knowledge, the wisdom of Solomon, the vision of an eagle, the hearing of a dingo, the dignity of a bishop. Prayers and appeals for mercy directed their way constantly.
Immune from all dissent. Judgement is final. No appeal of decision. Punishment is swift and merciless.
Judge Dredd?
Close.
Cricket Umpires.
Posted by Pedro the Ignorant on 2006 04 17 at 10:07 AM • permalinkI can do “Googly”!
I did use Wiki since it had a convenient format and I figured they could be trusted on basic terms.
Your are safe for considerably longer than “a while” I fear.
Cream Jacket must be some sort of honor(honour) signifying a championship like the Green Jacket at the Masters Golf.
Text messaging will continue to remain a bridge too far!
Septics? Up here, septics is not too pretty. A septic tank is a recepticle for either human waste or a Kerry spech.
I will copy those Cricket terms and look them up for future reference. Thanks
#21 Septic Tank = Yank
(in a friendly way)
Posted by MentalFloss on 2006 04 18 at 12:35 AM • permalinkyojimbo, as MentalFloss says,“septic” is rhyming slang for an American. Sometimes taken further to “seppo”.
As with most rhyming slang, there’s no connotation to the literal meaning of the word.
Sorry about ‘the cream jacket’, which is a very ‘in joke’. There is a TV commentator here - Richie Benaud - who’s about 75 and very definitely the unperturbable sage of cricket commentators worldwide. His trademark for as long as I can remember is that he wears a cream jacket. Sounds stupid when I write it down, but, you know, we need things like that to keep us amused.
Now back to solving the problems of the world…..
Posted by Stop Continental Drift! on 2006 04 18 at 01:31 AM • permalink
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