Cricket Again

[athersgeo]

OK.

Losing Twenty Twenty to England I could understand: It's a short form of the game that Australia doesn't play and it does take a little adjustment.

Losing to Somerset was a little more inexplicable: On the other hand, the bulk of Somerset's runs were scored by their two overseas players Sanath Jayasuriya and Graeme Smith.

But losing to Bangladesh, by five wickets and with four balls to spare...

It beggers belief. This is Australia. They are world's number one - and they're playing like the England side of the early 90s. The bowling is below par (I saw Glenn McGrath go for nine in an over. Twice. That doesn't happen!), they're dropping catches and missing the stumps (this from the team who inovated fielding in the 90s!), and the batting is...well, dodgy.

To the Australians on my flist: What the 'eck's gone on?!

Australia play England tomorrow here in Bristol (no, I'm not going - didn't manage to get a ticket cos I WAS going to go to Edgbaston instead...and never got round to ordering tickets; I'm an idiot). I can see two results now; either Australia are going to finally come back hard and absolutely cream us or (and I have to say more likely) we're going to demoish Australia.

Has the world gone topsey turvy?

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[willowmina.livejournal.com]

*makes note to take radio to rehearsal tomorrow*

Darn - why'd we have have to be having a 8 hour rehearsal tomorrow. We'll catch up to lunch probably - but after that we're going to miss it.

Ben'll be happy at today's result though.

[allygatorkin.livejournal.com]

I agree with you about the twenty20 and the Somerset warm up. We have played the game for a couple of years now so should have the edge. The Somerset thing was wow, until you realised it was mainly Smith and Jayasuriya, but Bangladesh.....!!!

First, Im absolutely delighted for them. After their test probs, its good to know they can at least progress through the one day game, and hopefully this will give them confidence and courage elsewhere, even if it takes a while longer.

Second, you have to love the classy line from Jonathan Agnew: 'It's hysterical isnt it.' No offense meant to any Aussies, but let us revel in some giggles please!

Third. We know Australia is an excellent team, we dont need that spelled out, but this is just a one day game. The Ashes have yet to begin, and Im sure they are going to be even more determined now.

Tomorrow will be incredibly interesting. How will the Aussies react, can/will England take a advantage? And finally are you going to the match Ray?

[athersgeo.livejournal.com]

*points allygatorkin to the line where she admits to being an idiot who didn't buy her ticket* Sadly not. I screwed up - I was going to go to Edgbaston and didn't get my ticket order form in, plus, I didn't realise until this week that England/Australia was here in Bristol.

Having Sky, I didn't hear Aggers on the subject (instead, I got to hear Darren Lehman say "They'll improve tomorrow; I hope." - actually, I think that might just have been the most telling remark on the match all day. Lehman isn't convinced they're going to get any better!)

As for Bangladesh, I'm very pleased for them. I have no complaints at their having ODI full status because they can and DO compete at that level.

As for tomorrow: As I said, I can see two results. THey bounce back and wipe the floor with us or we destroy them. I don't see the match going down to the wire at all. Of course, this IS rather assuming the weather doesn't have a say in matters and last I saw, the forecast for this part of the world tomorrow is rather on the ropey side...

[allygatorkin.livejournal.com]

Sorry hugs!!!

I had to miss the twenty20 which was all of three miles from the parentals. Twas sad to even miss the ooh you can hear the music/cheering...

*crosses fingers for the morrow*

[athersgeo.livejournal.com]

On a clear day you can *almost* read Gloucester's scoreboard from the end of my road. (This is something that is helped by the ludicrous nature of the board here at Bristol. Where MOST counties are resigned to good old black with white numbers, the main scoreboard here at Bristol has dayglo yellow numerals for runs, wickets etc and dayglo orange for the various board headings!) I think the County Ground is even closer to this house than the Rose Bowl must be to your parents' house, in fact (at least as the crow flies!)

As for missing it, I'm not too sad because it does, at least, avoid me running into the catering staff - most of whom I know and who frequently [and embarrassingly] insist I get free drinks!

[katherine-b.livejournal.com]

To the Australians on my flist: What the 'eck's gone on?!

I'd like someone to tell me, too!

[athersgeo.livejournal.com]

*hug* Perhaps sanity will be restored later today here in Bristol... Perhaps.

[katherine-b.livejournal.com]

Or perhaps not...

[athersgeo.livejournal.com]

*hugs again* Look at it this way; the last time the Australians played in Bristol they beat England by something like five wickets (and really, the win was more comprehensive than that makes it sound), so maybe history will repeat itself.

Hang on! What am I saying!...

Guess I'm just as thrown as the average Australian.

And then again; in 97, we won the one day series AND the first test (for surreal, you can't really beat that first test of the series in 97 - Australia all out for under 150...) and you still wrapped the Ashes up by the end of the fifth test...and as everyone knows, it's the Ashes that really count.

[katherine-b.livejournal.com]

We can but hope...