oscartherabbit wrote:
The reason I don't know the answer is that we don't have anyone in our club who could actually run 88 yards without having a wee rest half way (quite possibly involving a cigarette and a cup of tea).
At my age and in my condition I doubt whether I could run 88 yards without having a wee half way.
Steve
"Last night, among his fellow roughs,
He jested, quaff'd and swore."
They cut me down and I leapt up high
I am the life that'll never, never die.
I'll live in you if you'll live in me -
I am the lord of the dance, said he!
Wombat wrote:Hmmmmm. Hasn't rained for a couple of weeks in Wollongong. It's relatively cold at night but today would have been fine for cricket.
There's still time for a result if England plays well enough. I doubt that Australia can win it from here. Even if they make up most of the deficit tomorrow, they still have to bowl England out in time to make the runs they require. It could still be an interesting couple of days.
I should be rooting for England of course but I love to see a bit of grit being shown by a team on the back foot...Brett Lee provided it in the second Test, now it's Shane Warne, and he even looks as if he's enjoying himself. If England can't shift the tail by lunch tomorrow I reckon we're in for a draw.
Steve
It's hard for us British types when England are winning, because we usually support the underdog.
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that schwing
Tell us something.: A long time chatty Chiffer but have been absent for almost two decades. Returned in 2022 and still recognize some names! I also play anglo concertina now.
And now there was no doubt that the trees were really moving - moving in and out through one another as if in a complicated country dance. ('And I suppose,' thought Lucy, 'when trees dance, it must be a very, very country dance indeed.')
Martin Milner wrote:It's hard for us British types when England are winning, because we usually support the underdog.
Maybe the cricketing lads are finally showing that we Brits don't have to go along the "our heroes always lose when the chips are down" path, a la Henman-at-Wimbledon or Radcliffe-at-Athens. What a match again. Damn fine gritty stuff played in a damn fine sporting spirit. Oh rest-of-world, observe how we Commonwealth types can do REAL sport!!
Steve
"Last night, among his fellow roughs,
He jested, quaff'd and swore."
They cut me down and I leapt up high
I am the life that'll never, never die.
I'll live in you if you'll live in me -
I am the lord of the dance, said he!
"It might be a bit better to tune to one of my fiddle's open strings, like A, rather than asking me for an F#." - Martin Milner
