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[Steven Russell]

[quote=Adam Went;187981
Nimrod:

Your face is a difficult concept.

Skype?

Cheers,
Adam.[/quote]

Right again! How do you know so much about me? Are you related to The Piddingtons (Aussie mentalists)? Still haven't checke out Skype: would I need to fork out for a stupid headset or would an ordinary mic and headphones do?

Best wishes,
Nimrod.

[Monty]

"Monty:

LOL, rubbish. You just exposed yourself again as an idiot.

And Xavier Doherty just got MOTM in his last match."

Oop, forgot to add Adam Went to that list of Aussie comics.

Who was he playing against? Jebus, my Gran would have gotten MOM against them and she is deceased.

Even you, you could have and you were only watching.

However, against England? We laughed so hard at him a lil bit of wee came out.

Monty

[Phil Carter]

Hello Adam,

Err... if the bowling is the problem.. as you say... please note the problem will be getting the top 6 or 7 out. Those from Strauss all the way down...

And England, like Australia at their best used to, bat all the way down to 9 or 10.

Yup, love my stats. ;-)

cheers

Phil

[Adam Went]

Monty:

LOL, rubbish. You just exposed yourself again as an idiot.

And Xavier Doherty just got MOTM in his last match.

Phil:

Love yer stats, don't ya?
Well I saw an interview with Ricky the other day where he said he hoped to be able to play for "at least a couple of years to come" - that would, I presume, include 2013. And Hussey is such a passionate cricketer that he won't go anywhere any time soon, he's a late bloomer anyway.

But that's not the point. The point is that we have plenty of batting depth in our state teams, plenty of willing and able batsmen to fill holes players like that will leave behind. Hell, Brad Hodge couldn't get a game and he averaged over 50 in his handful of Test matches including a double ton. It's the bowling that's the concern for us.

As for England, good as they are going at the moment, I see no out-and-out superstars in that team. Traitorsen is the only one who comes close and he's nothing compared to the player he was 5 years ago. They're just an OK team, nothing more.

Nimrod:

Your face is a difficult concept.

Skype?

Cheers,
Adam.

[Steven Russell]

Phil is right. Learn humility. A difficult concept for an Aussie. But do try.

[Phil Carter]

Hello all,

This is the latest update, including the current Test Match, of most Test runs in a career of current leading Australian and English players.


RT Ponting 152 matches 259 innings 28 not out 12363 runs 257 highest 53.51 average 39 (100's) 56(50's)

AJ Strauss 89 matches 157 innings 6 not out 6340 runs 177 highest 42.90 average 19 (100's) 25 (50's)

K Pietersen 78 matches 133 innings 7 not out 6361 runs 227 highest 50.40 average 18 (100's) 25 (50's)

AN Cook 72 matches 125 innings 7 not out 5868 runs 294 highest 49.88 average 19 (100's) 26 (50's)

IR Bell 69 matches 116 innings 14 not out 5027 runs 235 highest 49.23 average 16 (100's) 28 (50's)

M Hussey 59 matches 103 innings 12 not out 4650 runs 195 highest 51.09 average 13 (100's) 24 (50's)

J Trott 23 matches 38 innings 4 not out 1963 runs 226 highest 57.79 average 6 (100's) 7 (50's)


Ponting is 36 years old
Hussey is 36 years old

Strauss is 34 years old
Pietersen is 31 years old
Trott is 30 years old
Cook is 26 years old
Bell is 29 years old

Sorry Adam. This tells me that for the next 3 or 4 years, England's batting is pretty safe.

That would include the Ashes in 2013.

unless you have a sudden influx of players with experience without age.. it isn't looking good old chap, is it?


kindly

Phil

[Monty]

Steven:

Well, Maurice, I can only say that my TV heroes, the Trailer Park Boys (perhaps the funniest and most addictive comedy of all time)

Says it all, really.

Monty:

Go look at Bells record you, especially this summer. He is, on current form, by far the best left hander in the world. I can only assume your post was formed out of jealousy.

Umm....last time I checked, The Sherminator was a right handed bat?
Now Monty, I know you're not exactly Einstein's long lost twin, and that's fine, but SURELY you know the difference between left and right?

Meanwhile, Australia clinched the ODI series against Sri Lanka last night....

Cheers,
Adam.

Just making sure you actually read the posts. Another Daddy hundred by an England player, Bell 230 odd.

SURELY you know the difference between a great player and say, an Australian.

Ooop, I mean SURELY you know the difference between a great player and say, an Australian?

"Chris Lilley? Hamish & Andy? Dame Edna, of course....."

.....Mitchell Johnson, Michael Clarke, Cameron White, Ben Hilfenhaus, Xavier Doherty.

All great comics.

Monty

[Adam Went]

Not a fan of Crocodile Dundee then, Nimrod? Perhaps slightly upset that CDIII was set in the US instead of England, are we?

I actually wish Hoags would do more work these days, despite the fact that he's 70 odd and the worst enemy of the tax man....

Cheers,
Adam.

[Steven Russell]

As for Hoags....BLASPHEMY!!! The man deserves a knighthood.

No way. Les Patterson maybe.

Nimrod.

[Adam Went]

Nimrod:

I remember seeing several episodes of TPB some years ago and just couldn't understand what was supposed to be funny about it. Let's set a comedy amongst a bunch of bogans in a caravan park? Yeah, real original.

That guy in "Kenny" was pretty good but he is the only funny Australian I have ever seen. Paul Hogan is on a par with Max Boyce i.e. absolutely appalling and not in the slightest bit funny. Drongos the pair of them.

You're not familiar with Glenn Robbins and his various characters? Uncle Arthur, Russell Coight, etc? Or Hey Hey It's Saturday which has been on air since 1971? (Actually scratch that, only Australians would get the humour in that.)

Chris Lilley? Hamish & Andy? Dame Edna, of course.....

As for Hoags....BLASPHEMY!!! The man deserves a knighthood.

Cheers,
Adam.

[Steven Russell]

Galah:
You were right to castigate Monty for his inability to tell left from right but what have you got against the TPB? They are hilarious. That guy in "Kenny" was pretty good but he is the only funny Australian I have ever seen. Paul Hogan is on a par with Max Boyce i.e. absolutely appalling and not in the slightest bit funny. Drongos the pair of them.

Best wishes,
Nimrod.

PS Umm...last time I checked, The Sherminator was a right handed bat?

This is not a question. You Aussies make me ******* sick with your up at the end of a sentence bullshit. Stop pronouncing everything as if it was a question. We are quite capable of following your lines of reasoning and do not require that ridiculous upwards inflection at the end of every ******* sentence to check we are keeping up.

Best wishes?
Steve?

[Adam Went]

Steven:

Well, Maurice, I can only say that my TV heroes, the Trailer Park Boys (perhaps the funniest and most addictive comedy of all time)

Says it all, really.

Monty:

Go look at Bells record you, especially this summer. He is, on current form, by far the best left hander in the world. I can only assume your post was formed out of jealousy.

Umm....last time I checked, The Sherminator was a right handed bat?
Now Monty, I know you're not exactly Einstein's long lost twin, and that's fine, but SURELY you know the difference between left and right?

Meanwhile, Australia clinched the ODI series against Sri Lanka last night....

Cheers,
Adam.

[Monty]

Adam, a swear word, really, your boyfriend won't approve.

Go look at Bells record you, especially this summer. He is, on current form, by far the best left hander in the world. I can only assume your post was formed out of jealousy.

And the next one out of idiocy.

Monty

[Steven Russell]

Linguistic aside: You know, I've visited, or lived in, every province and one territory in this fair land, and I've never heard a Canadian pronounce "about" as "aboot". Perhaps my fellow Canadians on this site can either confirm my statement or tell me where this strange word is spoken. (I'm guessing maybe Newfoundland but, despite the delightful local accent, I never actually heard it there.)

Well, Maurice, I can only say that my TV heroes, the Trailer Park Boys (perhaps the funniest and most addictive comedy of all time) hail from Nova Scotia and actually do pronounce "about" as something in between "aboot" and "aberwt". Think of a posh English person saying "a boat", then move it halfway or more towards "aboot" and you have it.

Best wishes,
Steve.

[Adam Went]

Supe:

There's a difference in shortarse Pommy cricketers. Some have got quality and some haven't. Unfortunately, quality doesn't run throughout the Bell family. In fact, Neil and "run" don't go together well at all, except on the toilet, which goes to prove that most of what he says is sh*t.

Cheers,
Adam.