Wade to captain Australia. Shut the doors, this game is f***ed.

People forget Nick was on the side of a pokies Baron against a sporting club many years ago, most forget but I don't. Hypocrite much?
Some people including the media love his little games but it doesn't impress me, probably the last bloke I'd vote for at any level.

No,no,no you're wrong Wedgie lad. Troy McLure, sorry Nick Xenophon, is the dinkum article. A man of true integrity.

Strap yourselves in ladies and gentlemen, it's going to be a bumpy ride

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She's the acting attorney-general or was at the time. But really whilst I'm not suggesting that I agree with his decisions, he is entitled to sack a staff member that is not towing the line.

So you are saying it's ok to sack anyone that doesn't agree with you, even though what you are doing is probably illegal?
Pretty sure I didnt make any of the laws that currently govern the US, so relax you lefty self for a second. Magellan has provided a pretty good answer to your question.

Don't waste your time lad, he doesn't get it.

Why do the selectors persist with Sayers, he can't bowl and he's not quick enough.

Any chance Sam Stosur is a sponsor of this mob?

After watching the ladies AFL match last night I'm betting that the Flagstaff Hill under 14 team could beat both of the ladies team together. Can't believe they are spending millions on this . :shock: :shock: :shock:

They don't see them as females, just a marketable commodity. The same as us blokes, but the female footy market is an as yet largely untapped one for Gillon. There's more money for the AFL to be made in getting them involved/playing/watching/spending $ rather than sinking cash into the men's game when they already have the blokes investing in their product anyway. From a purely business perspective it makes sense. As a footy tragic, I think this is bollocks.

The Kerry O'Keefe Show on YouTube. He's a beauty young Skull.

Cletus gone for 92. All out 178.

Just had to box up my cricket books as I'm rebuilding the back room. Counted 380 and I reckon there's a couple inside the house. Plus a few Tour Guides and a 40-50 magazines. The missus ain't happy, yet guess what I get for Father's Day and my birthday from the kids?

We've just done some painting/recarpeting which required things to be moved around the house - a book shelf full of cricket books being one of them. The heavy hints came, but I repulsed them. It has got me thinking, though...

Don't give in lad.

Spargo wrote:Red/Yellow guernsey V Black/Teal/White guernsey
Panda Bear mascot V Koala Bear mascot
Wonderful marketing

The koala looks like it's pinched Alf Garnett's moustache.

Since when did the Australian batsmen and all batsmen around the world become pussy cats about spin bowling? When did it change from being afraid of pace bowlers to being afraid of spinners? The ball is travelling about an average of 80kms an hour and your grandma with half vision in her left eye still has time to smack it. Grrr. It's only spin. Watch the ball. Use your feet well and smack the f#@k out of it.

Anyone?

He'd be damaging the doulton as we speak.

Handscombe two brilliant catches. Catches like that win you games.

Wade a stumping. Drug test to follow.

batmanbegins wrote:India will make 400+, the pitch wasnt a disaster as shown by most of the top 6 batting for a while and India will murder Lyon and O'keefe, The only hope is Starc and Hazlewood with reverse swing destroying them.

If that's the case this last wicket partnership is going to be a beauty.

No point in Mitch Marsh trying to defend on this pitch, his defensive technique is non existent. Swing away, if he jags 15-20 goodo, if he fails so be it.

How f***en good is this kid Plugger Renshaw, shown maturity well beyond his tender years. I hope the ignorant halfwits that jeered him at the Adelaide Oval are watching this.

Grenville wrote:Have a swipe you fu**tard.

Like that.

Well done Smudger, whether lucky or not that is a great Test innings.

Q. wrote:Seems like one needs a lot of luck to make decent runs on this pitch. Hope we hold our catches

Agreed, makes Handscomb's catches in the 1st dig more and more valuable.

amber_fluid wrote:Only negative for me is it finishing so early tonight.
I still got 4 stubbies and half a bottle of red to drink!

I have nine empties saying you should've started earlier.

One of our best wins OS for a long time. Unfortunately with such a comprehensive win they will go with the same 11 next test

Tough call to drop anyone but the dumber Marsh brother has to go.
Bye Bye Mitch.
Get Oozy in.
Indians will produce another turner next test.

Mong Marsh probably played his best Test innings in the 2nd dig but he's a deadset liability. Some exceptional individual performances have deflected attention away from his crapness. Bring in Khawaja for Christsake.

Gozu wrote:Sad news about Bill Paxton he was excellent in Aliens & Predator 2.

"Game over man, Game over"

RIP

He was excellent as literally a giant turd in Weird Science.

Corona Man wrote:There are a few candidates for worst... such a shame I could only vote for one!

Richmond best song by far, even if it doesn't get played that often!

Agreed, you can't beat a big crowd at the MCG belting out "Yellow and Black".

The Dark Knight wrote:Australia going in with an unchanged 9 for tomorrow's second test.

Sorry DK, had to correct you there.

How about Mong Marsh's two overs, crucial again.

whufc wrote:

bennymacca wrote:hows getting invited to your AGM working for you lads?

Perfect!!

Thanks for asking

That one has a thick coating of smug whufc, you won't penetrate it.

And a grand total of noone is surprised. It was a quality duck though, should be enough to get him a gig next Test.

Computer Crashed wrote:

whufc wrote:Bloody Mitch Marsh!!!!!

That has to be the change in the next test!!!

That ball stayed pretty low lol

Even the cricket gods have had enough of Mitch.
You must obey the cricket gods.

Do they need a human sacrifice to appease them?

If he reckons the ball is even remotely in his zone Marsh should have a dip. 25 here is worth 50-60 in a normal circumstance.

I'm not watching the cricket, just following on Cricinfo. Sounds like the ball is flying all over the place off cracks in the pitch? Please tell me they are exaggerating and we are still a chance.

Well we havnt been rolled for 60 for awhile, today might be as good a day as any for that to happen. They get Renshaw and Smith cheap they could go through us
Weren't far off Daisy[emoji35]
I don't care how badly we lose to India in India it will never get as low as that day at Trent Bridge when Broad bowled us out for 60

I know you're going for the glass is half full Senor but I can't, I just threw my f****ng glass against the wall. F***en shits me.

amber_fluid wrote:Better have been an empty glass there Grenville!

Technically it was a plastic cup, the missus doesn't trust me with glass when I'm watching the cricket after she saw me kick the shit out of the couch after we lost the 2nd Ashes Test in 2005.

I'd put a busted shithouse in for Mitch Marsh. Mark this dud's card do not select again for Christsake.

Magellan wrote:

Good value Viz magazine.

bennymacca wrote:sayers bowling accurately stump to stump would be good over there

Horrible concept, think like a selector lad, pick a quickie who has bowled in one Shield game in the last 35 years and once got Peter Van Der Merwe lbw in a tour game.

Starcs injury the reason why Sayers didn't bowl today?
Doubt it, Bird is over there and would be next in line I'd think.
Knowing the selectors though they will want a bowler that can handle a bat so Cummins or Patto should have their passports ready
BINGO!
Cummins has been selected as Starc's replacement and will fly out tomorrow

What chance is there he gets injured on the flight over? Those bags of peanuts can be a bastard to open.

Deadset trainwreck. Three ministers lost their seats, looking at about a 16% swing against the Liberals. One Nation only got about 4.5% of the primary vote.

Sad news passed on to me today by a mate.
Gentle Giant Tanka passed away earlier this week aged 55.
Not a household name but he played some footy for Woodville & West Torrens in the early 80s.
Those that played SAFA in the late 80s early 90s would be well aware of who he was, big strong CHF for Pooraka that always had your back.
Was a pleasure knowing you and getting to play so many great games of footy with ya.
RIP big fella, the Bulls will be in force in a few days time.
Radar.

Everyone who followed the SANFL in that era knew of Dragan Tankosic, the name stuck out like dogs aggats.

Spargo wrote:

Grenville wrote:

amber_fluid wrote:

Grenville wrote:Looks like rolled elephant shit.

I was thinking more like Camel sh*t mate.

Hehehehe great minds think alike.

If you two are great minds, we're in some strife...

When it comes to talking shit, I think great is an adequate description.

Every time i see Renshaw do alright I cant help but shake my head that CA considered leaving him out for Marsh to open this series.. he's shown what in form batsmen can do - regardless of left hand or right hand, which is why Khawaja should be playing as well!

Problem with Khawaja was he had a bad reputation against spin and then got out horribly to spin in the tour match for nothing

100% agree rocketeer. Don't take him on tour, may as well have taken Head or a kid for the experience if they had no intention of playing him.

Matthew Hayden is obviously auditioning for a spot on Ch9's commentary team. An absolute stream of shit.

I don't give a tinkers shit if we only score 50 this session, just keep them out there.

Deadset how unlucky was BJ Watling's dismissal.

Smith has now levelled up with Mark Taylor in test centuries (19)
He's done it in 51 less test matches than Tubby.

Interesting stat that. He's long, long way away from being anywhere near Tubby as a skipper, hopefully the gap closes with time. I reckon Tubs would rather have started his career against a Smudger era Windies than the one he faced.

The gap will close a long way if they win this series! This will be more impressive than Taylor's 1995 West Indies win. And Border's 1989 Ashes victory.

Maybe, I'm from a different era, that Ashes win was like winning lotto for a cricket nuffie back then. AB is our version of a cricketing deity. Without him in the mid to late 80's we were completely fu***d. Not the tactically best skipper we've had but he saved Australian cricket from complete ruin.

Teeling and dry, tis the day to over imbibe.

The Dark Knight wrote:Never noticed until they put his stats up when he came out to bat- Wriddhiman Saha is 32 years old. No way! He looks 14 lol

The Indian Emmanuel Lewis.

Id never put a radio on in a pub but can quite easily have my phone on muted.

In 86 the bloke who worked for me got married on the 2nd semi final, most of the people attending were from Kapunda & the west coast, almost all North barrakers. The racket that went up after every goal while the ceremony was on shit the bride no end.
My own wedding was on Cox Plate day, could just hear the priest over the earphones listening to the Group 1's.
Moral of the story..........Take at least a mild interest in your wedding preparations.......
My folks were getting married GF day 1973 - when the Bays made it, Dad postponed the wedding a week
Still together 44 years on

Women aren't as forgiving as they once were in the day! ;)
Imagine some poor bloke trying to pull that off these days........

I reckon any bloke trying that these days would end up pulling it off.

Fairly good, there's a patch with no grass short of a good length at one end which might cause a few issues.Barry Kumar has bowled some decent cherries, he's bowling plenty if 4 balls in between as well. Smudger just played a giant f*** you shot over cover off Yadav.

RB wrote:3/154. Warner out for 56 and Nick Marsh out for 4 to bring his test average below 37.

Worth persisting with this young Marsh lad, he should come good eventually.

That went to shit rather quickly.