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England Touring Sri Lanka

Post by M H » Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:23 pm

Looks like Broad's crocked, not the best start

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/17448027
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Post by Randall » Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:54 pm

2 warm up games before the tests? must be some kind of record.
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Post by Randall » Thu Mar 22, 2012 5:44 pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/hi/english ... recard.stm

wouldnt see losing bopara as a blow of any sort.

some truly ludicrous names in the sri lankan board 11 :lol:
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Post by M H » Thu Mar 22, 2012 5:51 pm

Me neither mate, would like to see Bell hit some form though
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Post by Randall » Thu Mar 22, 2012 5:57 pm

just looked up his stats, surprised to see he averages almost 35 in all honesty.
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Post by Oche Balboa » Thu Mar 22, 2012 6:03 pm

Darth Randall wrote:2 warm up games before the tests? must be some kind of record.

Its like the old days

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Post by M H » Thu Mar 22, 2012 6:09 pm

In the old days the ODIs would be out of the way before the real stuff started Oche
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Post by Randall » Thu Mar 22, 2012 6:12 pm

a two test tour is quite lengthy for us in sri lanka, i remember 1 test tours in the past.

seem to recall robin smith opening in a test there one year.
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Post by micko » Thu Mar 22, 2012 6:12 pm

Is it right that sporting teams representing their countries tour places like Sri Lanka while their Government has been accused of war crimes?

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Post by M H » Thu Mar 22, 2012 6:13 pm

Is it only two tests? What's the fucking point!
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Post by M H » Thu Mar 22, 2012 6:15 pm

micko wrote:Is it right that sporting teams representing their countries tour places like Sri Lanka while their Government has been accused of war crimes?

http://srilanka.channel4.com/
I haven't seen the video but is it the present or a past government accused Micko?
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Post by Randall » Thu Mar 22, 2012 6:16 pm

M H wrote:Is it only two tests? What's the fucking point!
aye its only two tests, as i said thats lengthy in comparison to some of our past tours there.
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Post by M H » Thu Mar 22, 2012 6:18 pm

Fully understandable when they were crick minnows mate but they're far from that now and deserve a proper series
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Post by Randall » Thu Mar 22, 2012 6:22 pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/13959571

if thats correct there is no limited over cricket at all on the tour??!!!
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Post by micko » Thu Mar 22, 2012 6:23 pm

Present MH.
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Post by Randall » Thu Mar 22, 2012 6:25 pm

zimbabwe were certainly penalised for their governments actions in the past.
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Post by M H » Thu Mar 22, 2012 6:30 pm

In that case it should be the same treatment as Zimbabwe
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Post by Oche Balboa » Fri Mar 23, 2012 8:31 pm

M H wrote:In the old days the ODIs would be out of the way before the real stuff started Oche

Not Always MH.

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Post by M H » Fri Mar 23, 2012 8:58 pm

Talking about my old days not yours Oche
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Re: England Touring Sri Lanka

Post by Randall » Fri Mar 23, 2012 9:00 pm

first test starts in the early hours of monday morning, when i will already be at work thinking about it :lol:
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