Cricket 2012: Cricket has always been a game stuck in the past

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Blackface in crowd	129	55.36%
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Lungboy: Aug 23, 2002; NEED SQUAT FORM HELP

You know it has to be an hilarious England collapse when you put the radio on at 6.30am expecting cricket to find its already long finished.

# ? Feb 20, 2015 08:51

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# ? Apr 24, 2024 08:36

tarbrush: Feb 7, 2011; ALL ABOARD THE SCOTLAND HYPE TRAIN!

CHOO CHOO

The Deadly Hume posted:

Seeing as Bangladesh are quite likely to be gifted some points for a NR tomorrow England might struggle to make it to the quarters.

This would be the funniest thing.

Man, I was expecting bad, but not this bad.

# ? Feb 20, 2015 08:56

CAT INTERCEPTOR: Nov 9, 2004; Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

I laughed my rear end off when I saw the score and even better how the game ended. England are just pure comedy awful

# ? Feb 20, 2015 09:10

serious gaylord: Sep 16, 2007; what.

Lmao loving hell i got up an hour early for work expecting to see something hahahahahahhaa we're so bad.

# ? Feb 20, 2015 09:26

Smorgasbord: Jun 18, 2004; Our review identified changes needed to be made and, in Stephen, we have a coach who has a reputation for demanding the highest standards.

The NZ v AUS game next weekend would be amazing to attend, the whole damned country is actually behind our cricket team for the first time in living memory.

# ? Feb 20, 2015 09:39

Airstream Driver: May 6, 2009

I'm not too thrilled about our intelligent batting lineup having to face :siren:

swing bowling :siren:

# ? Feb 20, 2015 09:50

Drugs: Jul 16, 2010; I don't like people who take drugs. Customs agents, for example - Albert Einstein

I'm drinking Piers Morgan's tears out of a stein

# ? Feb 20, 2015 09:52

RideTheSpiral: Sep 18, 2005; College Slice

I didn't stay up to watch the NZ innings. What happened to the pitch? Was it a standard England failure or did it stop swinging?

# ? Feb 20, 2015 10:06

Largepotato: Jan 18, 2007; Spurd.

The Big Show will reverse sweep Southee.

# ? Feb 20, 2015 10:18

Dysgenesis: Jul 12, 2012; HAVE AT THEE!

I woke up to find 450 new posts in the cricket thread. Only a terrible England performance could do that.

# ? Feb 20, 2015 10:19

nzspambot: Mar 26, 2010

RideTheSpiral posted:

I didn't stay up to watch the NZ innings. What happened to the pitch? Was it a standard England failure or did it stop swinging?

http://www.trickspk.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/brendon_mccullum_has_yet_to_appear_in_this_year_s__516eff2.jpg

# ? Feb 20, 2015 10:22

a real chump: Jul 30, 2003; noice; Nap Ghost

RideTheSpiral posted:

I didn't stay up to watch the NZ innings. What happened to the pitch? Was it a standard England failure or did it stop swinging?

Not only did England fail, McCullum came in and ripped any feint hope they had away and then pissed all over it then burnt it.

If Finn conceded 1 more run it would have been a faster 50 than De Villiers D:

# ? Feb 20, 2015 10:30

The Deadly Hume: May 26, 2004; Let's get a little crazy. Let's have some fun.

I had a good ol' belly laugh when I saw he managed to put a dent in the roof of the sponsor's car.

# ? Feb 20, 2015 10:43

RideTheSpiral: Sep 18, 2005; College Slice

nzspambot posted:

http://www.trickspk.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/brendon_mccullum_has_yet_to_appear_in_this_year_s__516eff2.jpg

I'm as big a Macullum fan as the next guy but he's usually pretty vulnerable to swing early on.

I imgine the answer to this has something to do with hattrick hero Steven Finn.

# ? Feb 20, 2015 10:43

serious gaylord: Sep 16, 2007; what.

If New Zealand continue to bowl first they'll win this thing imo.

# ? Feb 20, 2015 10:52

Skinty McEdger: Mar 9, 2008; I have NEVER received the respect I deserve as the leader and founder of The Masterflock, the internet's largest and oldest Christopher Masterpiece fan group in all of history, and I DEMAND that changes. From now on, you will respect Skinty McEdger!

English failures bring a tear to the eye.

:scotland:

# ? Feb 20, 2015 11:06

snaeksikn: Feb 28, 2010

serious gaylord posted:

If New Zealand continue to bowl first they'll win this thing imo.

its a fair call. australia are still favourites for me but also have one of the dumbest batting lineups (particularly with faulkner out) so its a good bet they will get hosed up by nz's bowling if they show up when the sides play each other, but that said australia's bowling group is still one of the most formidable in the tournament. then of course there will be the proteas hitting top form at some point and looking untouchable until their inevitable mental implosion

snaeksikn fucked around with this message at 11:09 on Feb 20, 2015

# ? Feb 20, 2015 11:07

dusty: Nov 30, 2004

goatface posted:

England put in to bat, fold for less than Scotland, game is over by lunch.

^^^^^ noice ^^^^^

Great game to go to - A++ would watch England collapse anytime. I haven't seen a NZ game so onesided since Lomu went apeshit on Mike Catt's twitching form.

Does anyone know where I can find a copy of this? Replays at the ground were shite and I really want a chance to see Southee's movement in the air

# ? Feb 20, 2015 11:39

serious gaylord: Sep 16, 2007; what.

If anyone cares, Pieterson sounds like hes ejaculating constantly over these england performances. Hes loving this.

# ? Feb 20, 2015 11:39

RideTheSpiral: Sep 18, 2005; College Slice

Remember when Stuart Broad scored 169 in a test match?

# ? Feb 20, 2015 11:41

Thinking: Jan 22, 2009

Hopefully the australia vs nz grand final comes down to one run with one ball remaining and williamson hits a six into the crowd that somehow kills both trevor and greg chappell

# ? Feb 20, 2015 11:42

Mister Chief: Jun 6, 2011

cpaf posted:

Hopefully the australia vs nz grand final comes down to one run with one ball remaining and williamson hits a six into the crowd that somehow kills both trevor and greg chappell

The ball flies into the 9 commentary box causing a freak explosion. There are no survivors.

# ? Feb 20, 2015 11:49

Wandle Cax: Dec 15, 2006

Mister Chief posted:

The ball flies into the 9 commentary box causing a freak explosion. There are no survivors.

And David warner was in there too for some reason

# ? Feb 20, 2015 11:53

serious gaylord: Sep 16, 2007; what.

Wandle Cax posted:

And David warner was in there too for some reason

It hit him on the head fielding at mid off and the vacuum between his ears caused his skull to act like a trampoline.

# ? Feb 20, 2015 11:54

nzspambot: Mar 26, 2010

RideTheSpiral posted:

Remember when Stuart Broad scored 169 in a test match?

nope

# ? Feb 20, 2015 11:57

Lionel Richie: Nov 14, 2004

I went to sleep in the end. Glad to see England won though. Keep up the good work lads.

# ? Feb 20, 2015 12:02

RideTheSpiral: Sep 18, 2005; College Slice

I hope Groan Morgan is the only Irishman at the world cup to miss the quarter finals and then fucks off back to Ireland and ends this disgraceful turncoat poo poo.

# ? Feb 20, 2015 12:06

IceAgeComing: Jan 29, 2013; pretty fucking embarrassing to watch

RideTheSpiral posted:

Remember when Stuart Broad scored 169 in a test match?

that was in a fixed game though so it doesn't count

# ? Feb 20, 2015 12:10

dusty: Nov 30, 2004

I love the Guardian's photostream of unhappy English players. Haven't seen such misery since the Ashes.

# ? Feb 20, 2015 12:11

RideTheSpiral: Sep 18, 2005; College Slice

ORGAN

# ? Feb 20, 2015 12:13

Knuc U Kinte: Aug 17, 2004

dusty posted:

# ? Feb 20, 2015 12:16

Airstream Driver: May 6, 2009

# ? Feb 20, 2015 12:20

a real chump: Jul 30, 2003; noice; Nap Ghost

dusty posted:

lmao noway

# ? Feb 20, 2015 12:26

Mister Chief: Jun 6, 2011

dusty posted:

OP please.

# ? Feb 20, 2015 12:31

RideTheSpiral: Sep 18, 2005; College Slice

someone make gurning warner sad morgan asap

edit: or with the big bash duck in the middle

# ? Feb 20, 2015 12:33

Paracausal: Sep 5, 2011; Oh yeah, baby. Frame your suffering as a masterpiece. Only one problem - no one's watching. It's boring, buddy, boring as death.