Thread: Cricket scores around the world

Soooooooooooo ...

On Saturday I did something I've not done for 40 odd years, since my Dad took me to an Ashes test match,
I rocked up to the Gabba yesterday, Saturday.

I would have gone either on Day 1 or Day 2 but, despite what you see on the TV, it was a sell-out and couldn't
secure a ticket.

When I was looking at the few available seats on Day 3, I clicked one and it flashed ...
WARNING, English Supporters Seating ... be prepared for spontaneous singing, merriment and copious consumption of alcohol.
I though, yep, that sounds like me ... accept.



Yesterday it was drive to the train station, buy a newspaper, something I'd not done for more then a year.
"How much !" I asked when he said $4. I got through, maybe 1/2 of it before we reached the Central Station,
Brisbane's Haufbahnhof. Then onto the shuttle bus, a few stops on the way to collect fellow merry makers.

Well, I'm sitting there hoping some scantily clad Swedish blond would waft her svelte arse next to mine.
But no, a man, sort of old enough to be my Dad parked his arse and spent the next 20 mins studying the Form Guide.

There lot's of Aussies joining at the Haufbahnhof, but as we made more stops, more Motels/Hotels, more and more soap
dodgers shuffled on. Their lack of personal hygiene cleverly disguised by some rather expensive Eau de Toilette
I suppose we get the more 'well healed' Ashes supporter.
But what that aroma couldn't mask was the early morning tipple more then a few had imbued
Ah ... good luck to them.

So, I'm sitting there, minding my own business and then ... well I don't know what to call 'him' boarded, complete with his
gaggle of body guards.
Well fuck me ... I cracked a smile that didn't leave ALL day.


Apparently it was part of his Bucks celebration.
Top bloke, took his time to stop and let me grab this photo.

And, as for his bodyguards ... well, we all knew their names/nics ..



Hello to Digga and Dogga, Stan and Hilly plus Juicy and ***ster

And that just about summed up the Aussies. Fun, colourfull and out for a good day @ the Gabba, come win, lose or draw.


So, having taken the express lane though security I was confronted with the first dilemma ... first beer or find your seat.
Being an Aussie, I went, logically, for the 'first beer' option.

I'm used to paying $5 for a beer @ the Footy but $7.90 for a mid strength ...




Brunch


People travelled from around the world to attend. Some Folk from the Hawaiian Islands, judging form their colourfull shirts.



Even some Mexicans





Ah, it all makes sense now, the older man sitting next to me on the bus reading the form guide. Jockeys and Horses.


Actually, while I thought I had timed my arrival to the grounds to perfection, not wanting to miss a moment of the action, I rang ahead and asked that
England stay in the sheds till I was ready ... and they complied. Later that day I was also to meet the Queen of England, twice, but a later story.


I gave a call to the sheds, told the boys it's all good, hands off snakeys, come out and play ball.



OK, one more beer bought before seating and all was sweet.

Struck up a conversation with a couple of Poms, I was surrounded by them.
On hearing my dulcet tones of 'Australin they inquired as to how I came across seats in the English Supporters Seating ...
Not wanting to miss an opportunity for some mischief. "Yeh Mate, saw they were 1/2 price because I had to sit
amongst the soap dodgers'.
They were aghast, then I fessed up.
I actually wanted to sit with the Barmy Army.

God damm they are fun. Aussies don't have anything close.



Sure, the Benaud's are a 'larf' but ... they arn't a patch on the Barmy Army.

Below, somehow I managed to smudge the lens somehow,
sorry about that Chaps.

^ Now, notice the shade on the grounds.
It was before Lunch and the cheering was subdued.
The 'oil' in the shape of bountifull beers was yet to
lubricate the Barmy Army.

^ The fameous Army bugler ... legend that man is.

^ ^^ Who was their favorite bowler?
Jimmy Anderson

I always thought the Barmy Army had a Cheerleader,
but no-one seemed to take control until ...
until the guy above arrived and organised things.
He seemed to know everyone and seemed a nice guy.

Where did I sit?
If you caught the interview with Dizzy Gillespie,
close enough, not more then a pitch length away.
Surprised, geeze he's thin.

So, that was it. I departed when the Pom got struck in the Helmet.
I had a ball. The Aussies don't have anything like the Barmy Army.
Great blokes, so much fun, though not for kids.
If you get the chance, do get along.

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Good day for the Aussies.

Still very soft in the batting department but the bowlers stood up and took from the wicket what the Poms could not.

All in all a great start to the series and it would have been a different story if Smith had not stood up.

I don't know why but two of the best images didn't show in my post above.

So that you can see what cracked a smile ... a Man with more courage then me!

I embedded them again below.

Originally Posted by David48atTD

Soooooooooooo ...

So, I'm sitting there, minding my own business and then ... well I don't know what to call 'him' boarded, complete with his
gaggle of body guards.
Well fuck me ... I cracked a smile that didn't leave ALL day.


Apparently it was part of his Bucks celebration.
Top bloke, took his time to stop and let me grab this photo.

And, as for his bodyguards ... well, we all knew their names/nics ..



Hello to Digga and Dogga, Stan and Hilly plus Juicy and ***ster

And that just about summed up the Aussies. Fun, colourfull and out for a good day @ the Gabba, come win, lose or draw.

I hope they stick this time.


One last comment, if you ever hear the Barmy Army sing 'God save your (the) Queen' ... this is what is happening.
A guy who would push the tape well over the 6' mark has donned one of those latex Queen masks bestows her blessings to the
assembled crowd.
It unites them, everyone stands, sings from the heart ... and robustly.
They change the lyrics though as 'ole Libby is also the Queen of Australia.

She was also accompanied by a couple of fully dressed Beefeater Guards.
Not my clip below, but it captures wonderfully, the moment.
At the Gabba, last time the Poms visited.

Oz 1.0!

Bet the Poms wished the the rain kept up,Smith and Cummins pulling OZ out of the fire with a fine partnership,then tight bowling and
then the man who is worshipped behind closed doors by the Poms,Mr Warner aided by his all round champion opening partner Mr Bancroft
carried their bats through the innings to flog the Poms.
Every thing is going to plan in the Ashes series,quality,style and determination to the fore.

Looks like a great day out david

England with some different problems to the ones they were expecting. At least we got a very quick answer in the affirmative to the question of whether or not we could make a decent total if Cook and Root fail.

Now the questions are whether or not this is a tour too far for Cook, who is their first change bowler, and what to do now that the strongest tail in cricket has been chopped off.

Originally Posted by cyrille

England with some different problems to the ones they were expecting. At least we got a very quick answer in the affirmative to the question of whether or not we could make a decent total if Cook and Root fail.

Now the questions are whether or not this is a tour too far for Cook, who is their first change bowler, and what to do now that the strongest tail in cricket has been chopped off.

Agreed. Cook has been teetering for ages and if he doesn't sort himself out in the Melbourne test then England will be crippled for the series.

Stokes absence has clearly left a hole, too.

Adelaide Test, just underway.

England won the toss and a little surprisingly decided to bowl.

Five days of pink balls ... should be no rain, so should be a result.



Anderson's bowling well. I like 'ole Jimmy even if didn't say nice things about the
Aussies after the 1^st Test



I'm off to the Footy now, so, sadly I'll miss the days play

Originally Posted by David48atTD

should be no rain

Fuck is it raining already?!

Some revised playing conditions for you - weather permitting, of course.
The evening session will now last from 4:10-6:50pm local time.
The night session is scheduled for 7:30-10pm.
Play can be extended up to 30 minutes in a bid to get through the 87 overs scheduled.

Rain making it seam and swing now.

Different game at the moment.

Hopefully England can make the most of it before these shitty balls become useless.

Kook Pink Balls Made in Melbourne ?

Originally Posted by David48atTD

should be no rain

Originally Posted by cyrille

I fucked that one up, didn't I !

Or, rephrased ... my Intel, thus forecast, didn't match exactly the reality of the outcome.

This what I relied upon ... Google Weather



^ Now, that is today's forecast and, the logical conclusion is that there won't be any rain today in Adelaide.
Yesterdays forecast, was very similar.

So, what does BOM (Bureau of Meteorology) say for today?

Adelaide area

Partly cloudy. Medium (50%) chance of light showers, most likely about the hills and southern suburbs in the morning
and early afternoon.
Winds southerly 20 to 30 km/h becoming southeasterly 10 to 15 km/h during the evening.

So one prediction indicates no rain and the other gives a 50% chance of showers.

Take your pick

Originally Posted by Pattaya Plies

Kook Pink Balls Made in Melbourne ?

Apparently so.


When I was researching how the Pink Ball is made I had a look at the English Duke.

... and sadly, the manufacturing is 'processed off shore'.


For fun ...

Meerut for Kooks.

Sialkot for Dukes.

Originally Posted by David48atTD

So, what does BOM (Bureau of Meteorology) say for today?

Adelaide area

Partly cloudy. Medium (50%) chance of light showers, most likely about the hills and southern suburbs in the morning
and early afternoon.
Winds southerly 20 to 30 km/h becoming southeasterly 10 to 15 km/h during the evening.

So one prediction indicates no rain and the other gives a 50% chance of showers.

Take your pick

Light rain right now.

Originally Posted by David48atTD

When I was researching how the Pink Ball is made I had a look at the English Duke.

... and sadly, the manufacturing is 'processed off shore'.

And thus hand stitched, making them vastly superior to the godawful machine stitched Aussie balls.

Australia v England

Originally Posted by cyrille

And thus hand stitched, making them vastly superior to the godawful machine stitched Aussie balls.

From that vid above, which you obviously didn't watch.

Try again at the 1.45 mark





Score update.

Australia are 7/317

Marsh is 58
Cummings is yet to trouble the scorer (though, I thought he was the unsung hero in Game 1 when held held up his end,
scoring 40 odd, while Smith played Australia back into it.)

Originally Posted by David48atTD

From that vid above, which you obviously didn't watch.

Try again at the 1.45 mark





Score update.

Australia are 7/317

Marsh is 58
Cummings is yet to trouble the scorer (though, I thought he was the unsung hero in Game 1 when held held up his end,
scoring 40 odd, while Smith played Australia back into it.)

Are you in the industry David ?

^ No ... just do my research fairly thoroughly.

Re the Cummings comment, I was at the Test on that day.
He was the belt securing our pants ... till that partnership, we were feeling a bit arse up, bent over.

Australia are 7/381

The belt (Cummings) is on 30 off 75

Marsh is draining the English Swamp, but in the nervous 90's

Originally Posted by David48atTD

^ No ... just do my research fairly thoroughly.

Re the Cummings comment, I was at the Test on that day.
He was the belt securing our pants ... till that partnership, we were feeling a bit arse up, bent over.

Australia are 7/381

The belt (Cummings) is on 30 off 75

Marsh is draining the English Swamp, but in the nervous 90's

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England are getting trounced. It'll be 2 down by day 4