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The lack of originality in IPL team names always confuses me as to who is who. Super Kings Kings XI Royals Royal Challengers
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Jul 14, 2015 09:51
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I wonder how likely it is that Dhoni is involved in the CSK/India Cements corruption. He's the captain of one and a nepotism appointed executive on the other.
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Jul 14, 2015 09:51
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Knight Riders and Sunrisers
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Jul 14, 2015 09:52
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Don't forget the Mumbai Indians. Imagine if one of the Big Bash teams had a name like that: the Melbourne Australians.
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Jul 14, 2015 09:56
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The Sydney Governor-Generals
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Jul 14, 2015 10:07
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gabensraum posted:The lack of originality in IPL team names always confuses me as to who is who. 
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Jul 14, 2015 10:10
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webmeister posted:The Sydney Governor-Generals The Brisbane Super Governor-Generals
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Jul 14, 2015 10:10
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the perth super secessionists e: my brain doesnt work right sometimes snaeksikn fucked around with this message at 11:03 on Jul 14, 2015 |
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Jul 14, 2015 10:27
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Fanatic posted:It's almost like the thought process was "they picked the name Kings so we've got to pick something better than them... Super Kings!" that was probably the exact thought process
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Jul 14, 2015 10:28
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I wish every team was <increasingly grand superlative> kings, with the newest team being the "Mega Ultra Awesome Supreme Kings"
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Jul 14, 2015 10:34
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i wish japan had its own twenty20 league
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Jul 14, 2015 10:35
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England are trying to get Jayawardene in as a batting consultant - "It's easy guys, all you need to do is have half of your innings on a dead pitch in Colombo"
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Jul 14, 2015 10:44
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Jayawardene's scores in this year's CPL. 0, 3, 10, 1, 0.
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Jul 14, 2015 10:54
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The team turn up to see a green pitch, look around for Mahela for advice but he has literally vanished.
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Jul 14, 2015 10:58
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The Nauru gently caress Off We're FullsDoctor Cave posted:I've always been curious about what makes O'Keefe so allegedly unlikeable. He cant even get along with Smith and I'm pretty sure the only other person in the world Smith doesnt get along with is Clarke. It'll be interesting to see how the squad changes with a what appears to be a genuinely nice guy in charge.
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Jul 14, 2015 11:38
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Doctor Cave posted:Don't forget the Mumbai Indians. In North America we name a lot of sports teams after Indians, what's the problem?  We have a few names that basically resemble the Melbourne Australians, like the Vancouver Canucks and New York Yankees. And perhaps most on the nose:  Oddly, 16 of that team's 28 players are Canadian and three more are from Europe. Also, in Canada, we have the Ottawa Senators. I don't know what senators are like wherever you happen to be, but they are rather predictably old white men here who are not at all athletic. And 10% of baseball teams are named after songbirds and another 10% after clothing. For many years in the Canadian Football League, there was a team in Saskatchewan named the Roughriders and one in Ottawa named the Rough Riders. Nobody really saw any problems with that until about 15 year ago. Thanks for the radio links. I'll check them out for the second test.
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Jul 14, 2015 12:07
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It's all bollocks - I don't care if Phoenix are playing Dynamos, I want to know that Yorkshire are playing Durham. Anything else is meaningless.
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Jul 14, 2015 12:12
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This is awesome: http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zy476fr quote:What's it like to face a 90mph fast bowler? The first video is especially interesting. Makes you realize how much of batting against quick bowling is reflexes and instincts.
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Jul 14, 2015 12:18
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pogo posted:This is awesome: Good batsmen pick the line and length from the bowler's hand. It's also why changes of pace with the same action can be so effective.
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Jul 14, 2015 12:39
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quote:Peter Lalor @plalor
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Jul 14, 2015 13:06
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Doesn't he have a sick daughter? I hope it's nothing serious.
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Jul 14, 2015 13:08
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Didn't he pull out of a Windies tour over family health reasons?
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Jul 14, 2015 13:09
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Yeah his daughter has got some sort of cancer, not nice
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Jul 14, 2015 13:14
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I was going to say Watson peaked early and they've been picking him on the assumption he can regain that form, but looking at it he didn't get a 50 till his 5th test and a century till his 15th. Maybe he's just too marketable to drop.
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Jul 14, 2015 13:21
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So if Nevill catches everything and makes critical runs Haddin will probably be back in the third Test or whenever he's ready.
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Jul 14, 2015 13:28
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goatface posted:I was going to say Watson peaked early and they've been picking him on the assumption he can regain that form, but looking at it he didn't get a 50 till his 5th test and a century till his 15th.
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Jul 14, 2015 14:15
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Australia have banned Faulkner for 4 matches for drink driving.
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Jul 14, 2015 14:39
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Gotta drink those shots mate
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Jul 14, 2015 14:43
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Dude blew like a .1 or something. Twit.
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Jul 14, 2015 14:43
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A poor drive to the off licence side.
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Jul 14, 2015 14:44
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Haddin dropped the Ashes and then never plays for Australia again I don't hate the idea
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Jul 14, 2015 17:27
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Negligent posted:Haddin dropped the Ashes and then never plays for Australia again Great post avatar combo there.
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Jul 14, 2015 17:37
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Which one of you did this?Negligent posted:Haddin dropped the Ashes and then never plays for Australia again It might be covering for him being dropped, if it isn't truly about his daughter (I hope she's ok, neuroblastoma is loving horrible).
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Jul 14, 2015 17:37
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Haddin is a superduper top order oval office of the first degree - on the cricket pitch. I send my best wishes to him and his daughter and his family because there are things more important than Cricket and I hope she can fully recover.
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Jul 14, 2015 19:56
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Coucho Marx posted:Which one of you did this? It will almost certainly be his daughter. I seriously doubt any selector was considering dropping him and Haddin does have history of dropping out to put family first.
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Jul 14, 2015 22:13
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Coucho Marx posted:Which one of you did this? i thought neuroblastoma was haddins batting technique
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Jul 14, 2015 22:13
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Local rumor http://www.theage.com.au/sport/cric...714-giceu2.html
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Jul 14, 2015 23:40
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So happy! Cricket AU are also reporting this: http://www.cricket.com.au/news/shane-watson-reportedly-dropped-for-second-ashes-test-australia-england-haddin-lords/2015-07-15
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Jul 14, 2015 23:40
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He never had his chance the poor bugger.
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Jul 14, 2015 23:43
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I'm not too keen on Mitch Marsh and would prefer a batsman there but the bloke is in form so let's see how it goes.
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