England v Australia, 1st Test, Cardiff, July 8-12

Gilly and Warnie do not like each other . . old news, merls . . .

tac wrote:Gilly and Warnie do not like each other . . old news, merls . . .

Is that a fact .... ?
Well knock me down and tickle me todge with a feather!!
When did their aggro first start then ... I'dve thought they were both tarred with the same brash brush!

taipan wrote:

Red wrote:Which is not what I was referring to so we were at cross-purposes.

I wasn't. I have been referring to the same thing throughout.

Going to admit, for once, that you screwed up?

No because I'm still not sure what you're really on about here. Much ado about nothing I would have thought. Or to put it another way, I'm not really sure what I should be apologising about.

Merlin wrote:

tac wrote:Gilly and Warnie do not like each other . . old news, merls . . .

Is that a fact .... ?
Well knock me down and tickle me todge with a feather!!
When did their aggro first start then ... I'dve thought they were both tarred with the same brash brush!

No love lost between the two and a big reason why Gilly was downgraded in his list of his 100 best cricketers.

Red wrote:

taipan wrote:

Red wrote:Which is not what I was referring to so we were at cross-purposes.

I wasn't. I have been referring to the same thing throughout.

Going to admit, for once, that you screwed up?

No because I'm still not sure what you're really on about here. Much ado about nothing I would have thought. Or to put it another way, I'm not really sure what I should be apologising about.

Okay, in little words.

Repeat after me. Why would KP ask Kallis and Boucher about the poms?

taipan wrote:

Red wrote:

taipan wrote:

Red wrote:Which is not what I was referring to so we were at cross-purposes.

I wasn't. I have been referring to the same thing throughout.

Going to admit, for once, that you screwed up?

No because I'm still not sure what you're really on about here. Much ado about nothing I would have thought. Or to put it another way, I'm not really sure what I should be apologising about.

Okay, in little words.

Repeat after me. Why would KP ask Kallis and Boucher about the poms?

That's too obvious and was never a concern of mine.

However, this statement of yours, 'He doesn't know his teammates?' which was addressing my statement concerning 'friends' was where the confusion arises. It looked like you were questioning my questioning of KP's friendship with Kallis and Boucher. We were talking about cross-purposes. Why make a mountain out of a mini-hill?

Red wrote:

taipan wrote:

Red wrote:

taipan wrote:

Red wrote:Which is not what I was referring to so we were at cross-purposes.

I wasn't. I have been referring to the same thing throughout.

Going to admit, for once, that you screwed up?

No because I'm still not sure what you're really on about here. Much ado about nothing I would have thought. Or to put it another way, I'm not really sure what I should be apologising about.

Okay, in little words.

Repeat after me. Why would KP ask Kallis and Boucher about the poms?

That's too obvious and was never a concern of mine.

However, this statement of yours, 'He doesn't know his teammates?' which was addressing my statement concerning 'friends' was where the confusion arises. It looked like you were questioning my questioning of KP's friendship with Kallis and Boucher. We were talking about cross-purposes. Why make a mountain out of a mini-hill?

Obviously the teammate comment referred to his "pom" teammates, you silly moo.

See, this is why I am sure you are a woman. You are constitutionally incapable of ever admitting you may have made a mistake.

I don't know why you worry about such trifling things Taipan. Most people overlook obvious errors.

Red wrote:I don't know why you worry about such trifling things Taipan. Most people overlook obvious errors.

And this from the forum spelling pedant.

taipan wrote:

Red wrote:I don't know why you worry about such trifling things Taipan. Most people overlook obvious errors.

And this from the forum spelling pedant.

I've let so many go, including usage problems in the past few months but you like to pounce on anything even trifling errors often made in haste. The tenor of the aforementioned post was clear from KP's words.

And to satisfy Henry.

http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=6&click_id=17&art_id=vn20090630065219579C197249

Red wrote:

taipan wrote:

Red wrote:I don't know why you worry about such trifling things Taipan. Most people overlook obvious errors.

And this from the forum spelling pedant.

I've let so many go, including usage problems in the past few months but you like to pounce on anything even trifling errors often made in haste. The tenor of the aforementioned post was clear from KP's words.

Like typos?

Back on topic, according to KP, the heatwave referred to in the fooking roasting thread will be advantageous to England's bowlers with reverse swing coming to the fore.

http://www.cricinfo.com/engvaus2009/content/story/410947.html

Though Mickey Arthur thinks Australia has a slight advantage going into the series.


"I fancy Australia's top six batsmen over England's and the Aussies' line-up that I expect them to pick gives them great batting depth," Arthur said in an article for the August edition of the Wisden Cricketer.

"The bowling attacks look pretty even, with England having the edge in the spin department. I'm loath to make a prediction because I think it will be really tight but, on the basis of where England are in their development, I would just go for Australia.


And he wants Freddie to be used more as an attacking option than how he bowled against SA last summer.
http://www.cricket365.com/story/0,18305,7186_5406999,00.html

So Smerky, how's the Welsh wicket shaping up. Can we expect a bunsen for Swanny to murder us on?

skully wrote:So Smerky, how's the Welsh wicket shaping up. Can we expect a bunsen for Swanny to murder us on?

He'll know once they take the sheep off

Bah.