Re: Cricket thread

**OMAR** Wed Mar 30, 2011 4:29 pm

First six - Might we get a slogfest from the Pakistan middle order ?

**Jayo Cluxton** Wed Mar 30, 2011 4:33 pm

Hard to know on this one. Could be that video analysis means a lot more scrutiny and maybe the increased populatiry of the shorter game are factors. Or maybe its a bit like soccer where good players are a lot thinner on the ground ...

**Thomas Clarke** Wed Mar 30, 2011 4:36 pm

They'll need one from here - Akmal will have to put up a quick 70-80 if his side are to turn this around.

**OMAR** Wed Mar 30, 2011 4:53 pm

Thomas Clarke wrote:They'll need one from here - Akmal will have to put up a quick 70-80 if his side are to turn this around.

curtings

**Jayo Cluxton** Wed Mar 30, 2011 4:56 pm

146-5 after 35 overs ... squeaky bum time as Mick McCarthy might say ...

**hurlingguru** Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:49 pm

2 6s an over and their sorted

**The Puke** Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:50 pm

Jayo Cluxton wrote:146-5 after 35 overs ... squeaky bum time as Mick McCarthy might say ...

Big Mick would never use such an idiom, he has too much class

It was the whiskey nose cnut that coined the phrase

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**Jayo Cluxton** Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:54 pm

The Puke wrote:
Jayo Cluxton wrote:146-5 after 35 overs ... squeaky bum time as Mick McCarthy might say ...

Big Mick would never use such an idiom, he has too much class

It was the whiskey nose cnut that coined the phrase

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Aye Puke I stand corrected - and apologise for quoting that man.

Mick's quotes are obviously far more classy ... 'You want to try sitting in that dug-out when your backside's on the bacon slicer!'

**The Puke** Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:58 pm

Jayo Cluxton wrote:
The Puke wrote:
Jayo Cluxton wrote:146-5 after 35 overs ... squeaky bum time as Mick McCarthy might say ...

Big Mick would never use such an idiom, he has too much class

It was the whiskey nose cnut that coined the phrase

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Aye Puke I stand corrected - and apologise for quoting that man.

Mick's quotes are obviously far more classy ... 'You want to try sitting in that dug-out when your backside's on the bacon slicer!'

Mick has a touch of class, very much an alright sort, he would never use a saying about shitting himself like the incontinent weasel from Govan

**Jayo Cluxton** Wed Mar 30, 2011 6:16 pm

Jayo Cluxton wrote:Dunno - up around 250+ may not be a bad score given the pressure etc!

Good call JC - good call ..... Very Happy

**Boxtyeater** Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:26 pm

[quote="The Puke..Mick has a touch of class, very much an alright sort, he would never use a saying about shitting himself like the incontinent weasel from Govan[/quote]

"Get hit in the bollocks, get hit in the nose, the gob, knock your crowns out. But I'm not bothered, but do not let it spin into the top corner"..One of Mick's classier ones all right....But Mick is an alright sort nevertheless.

**The Puke** Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:28 pm

Boxtyeater wrote:..[b]Mick has a touch of class, very much an alright sort, he would never use a saying about shitting himself like the incontinent weasel from Govan
"Get hit in the bollocks, get hit in the nose, the gob, knock your crowns out. But I'm not bothered, but do not let it spin into the top corner"..One of Mick's classier ones all right....But Mick is an alright sort nevertheless.

Mick tells it as it is and stands up to bullies

**Boxtyeater** Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:43 pm

The Puke wrote:[Mick tells it as it is and stands up to traitors

I'd agree with you there Puke.....

**Jayo Cluxton** Tue Jun 14, 2011 10:59 pm

Good to see Eoin Morgan knocking Sri Lanka about in the Test series for England. I'd say he'll move to Cork when he returns home .....

**Jayo Cluxton** Sat Aug 13, 2011 11:53 pm

Good to see a born and bred Dublin lad on the best cricket team in the world. And contributing a century after a couple of poor innings including a couple of ducks! Great days for Ingerland .... And Ireland, South Africa etc ....

Some stuffing they gave India though ...

**patrique** Sun Aug 14, 2011 12:14 am

There might still be kudos in test cricket but the money is in one day and 20/20 and that has destroyed what should be a wonderful Indian team.

**Jayo Cluxton** Sun Aug 14, 2011 12:21 am

patrique wrote:There might still be kudos in test cricket but the money is in one day and 20/20 and that has destroyed what should be a wonderful Indian team.

Tendulkar, Sahweg, Dravid, Laxman .. all made to look ordinary. Its the same for everyone but are the English (UN) that good? Some fine bowling and batting going on though in all fairness.

Seems they did a central contract thing a few years back - like Irish rugby - looks like its working.

**Jayo Cluxton** Thu Aug 25, 2011 3:00 pm

England 1st Innings - Close
Runs Balls 4s 6s
Trott c Jones b Mooney 69 105 6 0
Kieswetter c N O'Brien b Mooney 14 26 1 1
Taylor c Wilson b Rankin 1 8 0 0
Morgan c and b Stirling 59 65 6 1
Bopara c N O'Brien b Jones 2 4 0 0
Stokes c and b Stirling 3 10 0 0
S Patel c K O'Brien b Jones 13 12 2 0
Woakes not out 19 13 2 0
Borthwick c Stirling b Mooney 15 9 1 1
Finn not out 0 0 0 0
Extras 5w 1lb 6
Total for 8 201 (42.0 ovs)

202 the target off 42 overs - the chase begins!!!!!

**black&white** Thu Aug 25, 2011 3:58 pm

Confusion over the target now.
Scoreboard is saying it's 203 under D-L method, Sky Sports claiming the scorers are using old version of D-L, and it should be 202.
Either way, the lads need to pick things up or it won't be an issue!

**bald eagle** Thu Nov 03, 2011 1:06 pm

I see the 3 Cricketers caught match-fixing have been jailed, see below for BBC Online article -

Former Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt has been jailed for 30 months for his part in the conspiracy to bowl deliberate no-balls in last year's Test match against England.

Former world number two Test bowler Mohammad Asif, 28, was jailed for one year and bowler Mohammad Amir, 19, has been sentenced to six months.

Cricket agent Mazhar Majeed was jailed for two years and eight months.

The court heard the no-balls were to show gamblers that play could be fixed.

The judge, Mr Justice Cooke, said cricket matches would forever be tainted by the scandal.

In his sentencing remarks, which have been published online, he told the defendants: "'It's not cricket' was an adage. It is the insidious effect of your actions on professional cricket and the followers of it that make the offences so serious.

"The image and integrity of what was once a game but is now a business is damaged in the eyes of all, including the many youngsters who regarded you as as heroes and would have given their eye teeth to play at the levels and with the skills that you had."

BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew tweeted: "Let's hope this is the necessary deterrent to restore the integrity of cricket. Tempted? Think again. Caught=prison."

In February all three players were banned for five years by the International Cricket Council. All three are appealing against their suspensions.

But former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan said they should have been given liftetime bans.

The three players have all been ordered to pay compensation towards prosecution costs.

Butt, 27, was ordered to pay £30,937, Amir £9,389 and Asif £8,120.

The men were arrested after the fourth Test between Pakistan and England in August 2010.

An undercover News of the World (NOTW) reporter paid Majeed £150,000 for details of the precise timing of three no-balls, which the players were persuaded to bowl, which were extremely valuable on the spot-fixing betting market.

Majeed claimed to have paid Asif £65,000, Butt £10,000 and Amir £2,500.

The judge told all the players they would be released on licence half way through their sentences if they behaved.

The trial heard that the cheating would never have been exposed without the investigative journalism of the NOTW.

The judge said: "Whenever people look back on a surprising event in a game or a surprising result, or whenever in the future there are surprising events or results, followers of the game who have paid good money to watch it live or watch it on television will be left to wonder whether there has been fixing and whether what they have been watching is a genuine contest between bat and ball."

The jailing of the players will come as a huge shock in Pakistan, where cricketers are superstars.

Butt, Asif and Majeed are thought to have been sent to Wandsworth prison in south London while Amir will serve his sentence at Feltham young offenders' institution in west London.

Amir's barrister, Henry Blaxland QC, said he would be seeking bail pending an appeal against his client's sentence.

The BBC's James Pearce on Twitter said: "Amir's bail hearing is starting now and taking place behind closed doors. Amir will be brought up from the cells to attend it."

Not even the tip of the iceberg i think for a sport that has been shrowded in a dark cloud for years!!!

**Real Kerry Fan** Thu Nov 03, 2011 1:27 pm

Not even the tip of the iceberg i think for a sport that has been shrowded in a dark cloud for years!!![/quote]

Rain stops play Razz

**Parouisa** Thu Nov 03, 2011 1:49 pm

bald eagle wrote:The trial heard that the cheating would never have been exposed without the investigative journalism of the NOTW.

FFS!

May not be much fun being a Butt in prison either.

**Thomas Clarke** Thu Jul 11, 2013 11:50 am

Jimmy Anderson ripping through the Australian middle order this morning.

18 wickets taken before lunch on day 2 - great start to the 1st Ashes test.

(P.S. Please can we move this to the 'Other Sports' section - not sure why it is under GAA. Thanks!)

**bald eagle** Thu Jul 11, 2013 2:17 pm

Thomas Clarke wrote:Jimmy Anderson ripping through the Australian middle order this morning.

18 wickets taken before lunch on day 2 - great start to the 1st Ashes test.

(P.S. Please can we move this to the 'Other Sports' section - not sure why it is under GAA. Thanks!)

Looks like they have come up against a debutant with other ideas! Aussies holding out here!

**Thomas Clarke** Thu Jul 11, 2013 2:20 pm

bald eagle wrote:
Thomas Clarke wrote:Jimmy Anderson ripping through the Australian middle order this morning.

18 wickets taken before lunch on day 2 - great start to the 1st Ashes test.

(P.S. Please can we move this to the 'Other Sports' section - not sure why it is under GAA. Thanks!)

Looks like they have come up against a debutant with other ideas! Aussies holding out here!

Unreal BE. 19 year old Agar is batting at No.11, but is currently on 86 not out on his debut. Whole game has changed! Was 117-9, but now 253-9!

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