NationStates Jolt Archive

I've just come across this unbelievable feat of cricketing brilliance.
http://content-nz.cricinfo.com/slvrsa/content/current/story/254960.html
That's right. A 624 run partnership and no against some shit team. Against South Africa. Sangakkara and Jayawardene have batted fucking awesome.

I'm pissed off at NZ tv now.. How was it that I missed this perfect display?!

I blame Sky TV, they take my money raise their prices don't secure the NHL and miss out on good cricket!
Shit cant wait for the free to air digital maybe then we'll see some more sport.

Yeah i know, pity Jayawardene didnt break Laras batting record, but 624 for a partnership is a rediculous amount, where were SA's bowlers?

i dont have Sky so i couldnt watch that partnership or England dancing on Pakistans batsmen :(

go Monty and Harmy!

Yeah i know, pity Jayawardene didnt break Laras batting record, but 624 for a partnership is a rediculous amount, where were SA's bowlers?

i dont have Sky so i couldnt watch that partnership or England dancing on Pakistans batsmen :(

go Monty and Harmy!
it looked pretty dusty and i guess flat it certainly was a sandy colour.
The pitch that is...

Yeah i know, pity Jayawardene didnt break Laras batting record, but 624 for a partnership is a rediculous amount, where were SA's bowlers?

i dont have Sky so i couldnt watch that partnership or England dancing on Pakistans batsmen :(

go Monty and Harmy!
I missed England completly :(
Well Nicky Boje was there..

65-5-221-0

I missed England completly :(
Well Nicky Boje was there..

65-5-221-0


Boje, poor chap, I cant even watch Bangladesh v Zimbabwe, the highlight of the cricketing calender :(

Boje, poor chap, I cant even watch Bangladesh v Zimbabwe, the highlight of the cricketing calender :(
I have no idea what we can/can't see. For some reason we get most of England/Aussies games, but not much else.

I have no idea what we can/can't see. For some reason we get most of England/Aussies games, but not much else.

Money, and you NZers like to see Australia loose ;)

Well at least i get my 45 minute highlight package :)

Money, and you NZers like to see Australia loose ;)

Well at least i get my 45 minute highlight package :)
More like see Australia win virtually everything... Bastards.

That is pretty good. It sucks that England and Pakistan isn't still on. I would be watching it now :(

More like see Australia win virtually everything... Bastards.

That is pretty good. It sucks that England and Pakistan isn't still on. I would be watching it now :(

Who'd though the convicts were turn out so good at sports *shakes head*

Anyways ive got a cricket game in an hour or so... C'Mon TINTERN

Who'd though the convicts were turn out so good at sports *shakes head*

Anyways ive got a cricket game in an hour or so... C'Mon TINTERN
Woah you're lucky. I don't have cricket for another 2 and a half months.. So far away :(

Woah you're lucky. I don't have cricket for another 2 and a half months.. So far away :(

Poor you, but you got Rugby! All ive got is my cricket match and the German Grand Prix :(

Poor you, but you got Rugby! All ive got is my cricket match and the German Grand Prix :(
I'm not even playing rugby this year though :(
Lots of it to watch which makes up for it!

We've had the tests out of england on Sky sport 3 recently. I followed the amazing patnership on cricinfo.com

Sri Lanka broke one of New Zealand's proudest records :(


They didn't have shaun pollock. Would he have made a difference? Maybe. But they had Ntini who is no bunny with the ball in hand...

Boje, poor chap, I cant even watch Bangladesh v Zimbabwe, the highlight of the cricketing calender :(
lol Test or one day?

Yesterday:
Bangladesh 246/7 (50 ov)
Zimbabwe 248/8 (49.1 ov)
Zimbabwe won by 2 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)

Today:
Bangladesh 238/8 (50 ov)
Zimbabwe 17/1 (6.0 ov)
Zimbabwe require another 222 runs with 9 wickets and 44.0 overs remaining
Match delayed - Live Updates unavailable



To be honest with some of their recent showings, I would have expected Bangladesh to take this series easily. Remember their amazing first day in the test against australia? Remember their one dayer against australia?

We've had the tests out of england on Sky sport 3 recently. I followed the amazing patnership on cricinfo.com
Sri Lanka broke one of New Zealand's proudest records :(


They didn't have shaun pollock. Would he have made a difference? Maybe. But they had Ntini who is no bunny with the ball in hand...
Isn't it brilliant? Cricinfo that is.

Crow and Jones will be sad :(. If not I'll be sad for them.

We've had the tests out of england on Sky sport 3 recently. I followed the amazing patnership on cricinfo.com

Sri Lanka broke one of New Zealand's proudest records :(


They didn't have shaun pollock. Would he have made a difference? Maybe. But they had Ntini who is no bunny with the ball in hand...
Judging by the 4 balls i saw on the news the ptch looked pretty dead and batter friendly

Judging by the 4 balls i saw on the news the ptch looked pretty dead and batter friendly

SA still got rolled for 160-odd in the first innings..

The partnership probably wouldn't have gone on that long if that hadn't happened. Had sri lanka not had that behind them they probably would have had to declare way earlier.

I'm not even playing rugby this year though :(
Lots of it to watch which makes up for it!

yea lucky you, if your interested my game result was:

Caerphilly Druids 49 all out (15.2)
Tintern 53-3 (9.1 Overs)

I wish I understood Cricket. :(

(yes, I have been to a Match before, no, I had no clue what was going on)

yea lucky you, if your interested my game result was:

Caerphilly Druids 49 all out (15.2)
Tintern 53-3 (9.1 Overs)
Shit.. What team do you play for?

I wish I understood Cricket. :(

(yes, I have been to a Match before, no, I had no clue what was going on)
It's not too hard! Try and watch it some more and you should pick it up.. Watch it while someone explains to you what the fuck is going on.. Easier that way. :)

Shit.. What team do you play for?

Tintern, we this dodgey village team with a pitch that is used for football in the winter.

Last year Caerphilly Druids caned us, this year they just hit the bad balls straigh to feilders (3 times) and because there opener got hit on the head the kept playing over the ball (thinking it would bounce, but the wicket calmed down after a few overs) and got another 4 bowled and 3 lucky edges fineshed them off.

We then knocked of the runs in double quick time and was home by half 5

http://content-nz.cricinfo.com/slvrsa/engine/match/249193.html

Wow. South Africa got absolutely dicked. An innings and 153 runs.
Murali - 10 wickets for the match.
Jayawardene - 374.
Sangakkara - 287.

What fantastic players.. Great to see Sri Lankan cricket going through some good times.

http://content-nz.cricinfo.com/slvrsa/engine/match/249193.html

Wow. South Africa got absolutely dicked. An innings and 153 runs.
Murali - 10 wickets for the match.
Jayawardene - 374.
Sangakkara - 287.

What fantastic players.. Great to see Sri Lankan cricket going through some good times.
I think that's a bigger margin of victory than England v. Pakistan the other day. The Sri Lankan partnership really was astonishing. I wonder if this is just the team coming into a period of excellent form, or if they will continue to grow and become a real force to be reckoned with.

I think that's a bigger margin of victory than England v. Pakistan the other day. The Sri Lankan partnership really was astonishing. I wonder if this is just the team coming into a period of excellent form, or if they will continue to grow and become a real force to be reckoned with.
Hell, if they could continue that form.. They would be than a force.. They would be the force.
I wish I had seen live coverage of it--stupid NZ television! My mind is still having probems getting around the magnitude of it all! :p

Hell, if they could continue that form.. They would be than a force.. They would be the force.
I wish I had seen live coverage of it--stupid NZ television! My mind is still having probems getting around the magnitude of it all! :p
I don't know, their Test form in England was pretty poor; England just let them get away with it. It might be a just a blip; don't forget even England beat the Aussie's once or twice during the dark ages of the 1990s.

I don't know, their Test form in England was pretty poor; England just let them get away with it. It might be a just a blip; don't forget even England beat the Aussie's once or twice during the dark ages of the 1990s.
Hmm true. They sucked down here in NZ last year (maybe even 2 years ago--not sure) aswell. I guess only time will time. Still pretty exciting! Murali back in destructive form.. Good signs.

Hmm true. They sucked down here in NZ last year (maybe even 2 years ago--not sure) aswell. I guess only time will time. Still pretty exciting! Murali back in destructive form.. Good signs.
He's no match for Monty. :p

I went to the final day of the Lord's test against Pakistan the other week. It was very disappointing that they could only get a draw when they were in such a dominating position; I don't rate Strauss as captain at all, and don't understand why they don't give it back to Trescothick.

How come you don't have any cricket for months? Hasn't NZ gone on a winter tour?

He's no match for Monty. :p

I went to the final day of the Lord's test against Pakistan the other week. It was very disappointing that they could only get a draw when they were in such a dominating position; I don't rate Strauss as captain at all, and don't understand why they don't give it back to Trescothick.

How come you don't have any cricket for months? Hasn't NZ gone on a winter tour?
I was watching that. Pretty poor really. I don't rate Strauss one bit either, he isn't right for the job. You need Vaughn :(.

Nope not this year. Some of oour boys are doing pretty good in County cricket though..

Hmmm, now I need to play some Cricket '05 on ps2.

Hmmm, now I need to play some Cricket '05 on ps2.
I have Cricket 2004 on PC, but it's not brilliant. It's really hard to find a decent cricket simulator; I hate the way that on this game when the computer is bowling you will get about 50-100 extras in the innings because the keeper misses anything bowled even slightly wide and it goes to the boundary.

I have Cricket 2004 on PC, but it's not brilliant. It's really hard to find a decent cricket simulator; I hate the way that on this game when the computer is bowling you will get about 50-100 extras in the innings because the keeper misses anything bowled even slightly wide and it goes to the boundary.
Cricket '05 isn't too bad. It's a bit silly though because some places are just impossible to get runs in while others are always easy. A leg glace for example will always get you runs.. Whilst a cover drive can ve very risky and a straight drive is highly unlikey to be successful unless you try go over the top. 3/4's of the time I try to go over the top, I get caught.

Alas, it's still fun.

bah, bring on the ashes, with pigeon back the pomes have no chance

bah, bring on the ashes, with pigeon back the pomes have no chance
Pigeon being?

Pigeon being?
mcgrath

mcgrath
He is well past his use-by date.

yea lucky you, if your interested my game result was:

Caerphilly Druids 49 all out (15.2)
Tintern 53-3 (9.1 Overs)
lol, sounds like my type of wicket nice and low dodgy bounce and a bit of swing right?:cool:

I have Cricket 2004 on PC, but it's not brilliant. It's really hard to find a decent cricket simulator; I hate the way that on this game when the computer is bowling you will get about 50-100 extras in the innings because the keeper misses anything bowled even slightly wide and it goes to the boundary.
I've got 2002 and i had Graeme Gooch Cricket, that was the best ever.:cool:

It's not too hard! Try and watch it some more and you should pick it up.. Watch it while someone explains to you what the fuck is going on.. Easier that way. :)

The US isn't exactly full of Cricket. In fact, i have never seen Cricket played in the US ever.

The US isn't exactly full of Cricket. In fact, i have never seen Cricket played in the US ever.

lol...I am just back from a cricket game at Fremont, California.:p

lol...I am just back from a cricket game at Fremont, California.:p
lol, TSI got OWND!

I saw a news clip on TV about the new American Cricket league 3 years ago...

It always warms my heart to see a crikkit thread here :)

Monty had a corking game but he played that partnership with Harmison nearly perfectly....

As for the Ashes....well fingers crossed the sun has set on Aussie crikkit...but I don't hold out much hope for that LOL

wow!!! Wish I'd been there...or I should wish I was there!

THIRD TEST, HEADINGLEY, DAY THREE: England 515 all out v Pakistan 481-7

Kamran Akmal was caught at slip off Sajid Mahmood to boost England's hopes of claiming a small lead in the third Test against Pakistan at Headingley.

It left Pakistan on 481-7, 34 behind, but they looked like establishing a big lead earlier when Mohammad Yousuf (192) and Younis Khan (173) put on 363.

That was a Pakistan record for any wicket against England.

Yousuf eventually edged Steve Harmison behind and Younis was run out, one of three wickets in 10 balls before tea

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/5249778.stm

lol, TSI got OWND!

I saw a news clip on TV about the new American Cricket league 3 years ago...

And the league folded after one year.

And the league folded after one year.
Did it really?:(
I blame September 11th!

Did it really?:(
I blame September 11th!

I believe it was formed quite some time after 9/11.

Although it was odd, in the SI article that ran before the start of the season, they reported that the league had secured funding for at least 3 years of operation.

Yeah i know, pity Jayawardene didnt break Laras batting record, but 624 for a partnership is a rediculous amount, where were SA's bowlers?

i dont have Sky so i couldnt watch that partnership or England dancing on Pakistans batsmen :(

go Monty and Harmy!

Sky are complete tossers in regards to cricket. Not that it concerns me overly, since I pay for sky out of my wages, but the figures for the final ashes test were 9 million, whereas the average figures for sky cricket are in the region of 200,000.

I believe it was formed quite some time after 9/11.

Although it was odd, in the SI article that ran before the start of the season, they reported that the league had secured funding for at least 3 years of operation.
Yes but from what i saw many of the players were ex-pat Pakistanis and other Sub-Continent almost Arab extractions.
The majority of the remainder were from the West Indies.
It would be great to see it start up again right after the coming World Cup.

I was watching that. Pretty poor really. I don't rate Strauss one bit either, he isn't right for the job. You need Vaughn :(.

Nope not this year. Some of oour boys are doing pretty good in County cricket though..

Hmmm, now I need to play some Cricket '05 on ps2.

It should be either Vaughan or Trescothick, and most certaily not Flintoff. Colossus though he is, he simply lacks the cricketing nouse to captain a team.

It should be either Vaughan or Trescothick, and most certaily not Flintoff. Colossus though he is, he simply lacks the cricketing nouse to captain a team.
You are just saying that because he is from 'Add Region of England here'.

I agree, Vaughan is the 2nd best Test Captain in the world.
Fleming being Number 1.:)

You are just saying that because he is from 'Add Region of England here'.

I agree, Vaughan is the 2nd best Test Captain in the world.
Fleming being Number 1.:)

Nope. I'm english too.

Who's Fleming again?:)

Nope. I'm english too.

Who's Fleming again?:)
Yeah but, i meant are your from different different areas of England.:)
He is the Captain of Bangladesh.:cool:

oooooooooh Kamran Akmal :(




Next keeper for the next series methinks..

oooooooooh Kamran Akmal :(




Next keeper for the next series methinks..
What happened?

What happened?

Main page of cricinfo:

England v Pakistan, 3rd Test, Headingley, 4th day

Akmal drops two early chances

Live scorecard | Bulletin | Relying on the big three | Panesar bucks Leeds trend | Gallery | Video highlights | Match home


He grassed a few last match too, and they should have been straight forward for an international keeper.

Ouch, Akmal is not doing well.

On a similar subject, where do people stand on the Read vs Jones debate? Who should be the senior man in Aussieland?

Ouch, Akmal is not doing well.

On a similar subject, where do people stand on the Read vs Jones debate? Who should be the senior man in Aussieland?
I have no idea.
I am tuned into Rugby mode.

Ouch, Akmal is not doing well.

On a similar subject, where do people stand on the Read vs Jones debate? Who should be the senior man in Aussieland?


Jones is resonably solid, if unspectacular. He was completely and utterly out played in both keeping and batting by Sangakkara, which shows how much better you can be keeping at this level. IMO, Jones is probably good enough to be an international keeper, but the selection of Read (who I assume has been playing well at domestic level) if nothing else shows there is real competition for places which is what a team needs.

Strauss emulates his partner, getting on the front foot and launching Kaneria over mid-wicket before sweeping him from outside off-stump for four more in the same region. The opening partnership is now England's highest of the summer.
That's good news that they've got a good score, but bad news in that it's come through a complete fluke. The fact that it's the highest this summer is sad...

624 runs? I heard about that - that's more runs than Zimbarwe can score in series ... :p

624 runs? I heard about that - that's more runs than Zimbarwe can score in series ... :p


The scored a total of 158 in one game against NZ last year. This was after NZ scored 452 on the first day and declared. It was the second match ever to feature a team bowled out twice on one day.l

The scored a total of 158 in one game against NZ last year. This was after NZ scored 452 on the first day and declared. It was the second match ever to feature a team bowled out twice on one day.l

That's bad - Bangladesh play better than they do. Heck Bangladesh beat Australia in a one day game too!

That's bad - Bangladesh play better than they do. Heck Bangladesh beat Australia in a one day game too!


Bangladesh just lost a 5 match series in Zimbabwe 3-2. I don't fucking get it, Bangladesh have made huge strides recently, and considering their cricket mad population will only get better over time, but they still lost to Zim. Cricinfo punters were talking about the possibility of Bangladesh winning 5-0 before the series..

Bangladesh just lost a 5 match series in Zimbabwe 3-2. I don't fucking get it, Bangladesh have made huge strides recently, and considering their cricket mad population will only get better over time, but they still lost to Zim. Cricinfo punters were talking about the possibility of Bangladesh winning 5-0 before the series..

They were doing so well too, pity.

It's going to be a tense final day tomorrow; Pakistan need 323 to win but Inzamam won't be able to bat until five wickets have fallen.

I think on a pitch like this England are going to really struggle to bowl them all out before they get the total.

hee hee...Dean Jones in trouble after calling a Sri Lankan muslim player as a terrorist.

What is with Ozzies and SriLankans...always mouthing off and getting into trouble...:p

lol, Dean Jones!!!
The terrorists got another wicket!:p :rolleyes:

Deano,

the only player I know off that was axed after making a century. He should have learnt to keep his mouth shut by now.

He's still a champ, for a victorian