2007/2008 WI tour to SA thread

[sand_man]

do not play cricket indoors! I read an article stating that watching indoors is just not the same and I can imagine. Imagine no bikinis, no smell of suntan oil and lotions, no smell of braaivleis... no thanks!

Nah come on, that stadium is a tour de force in terms of engineering as all in door stadiums tend to be not to mention the acoustics and the unbelievable atmosphere it creates. I love the fact that the weather cannot affect the game. There is no fun to be had watching 4 days of an intriguing test match only to have the last day rained out. I wish all stadiums were covered quite frankly. It creates a consistent environment for both players and spectators alike...

As for the bikini clad babes, that's what the beach is for...

 

[JK8]

My understanding is that there is a sweatband lining the inside edge of the helmet... when they squeeze the helmet against their head it obviously squeezes the sweat out of it

Ahhh makes sense!!
Dont believe I never taught of that.

 

[chiskop]

So, at teatime we're near as dammit 300 runs ahead. What do you guys think - will Smiff declare half an hour before the close today, or will he want to carry on tomorrow?

 

[milomak]

Sorry but that does not make sense... the point is if it hit the roof it would not have got across the boundary line... the roof would stop it from getting that far. If that is what you were referring to?

eh if the roof covers the whole stadium it means that the stands for instance would be under a roof. Meaning that the ball could hit the roof at that point. Which is past the boundary line. Which would make it a six.

Make sense?

 

[Ou grote]

eh if the roof covers the whole stadium it means that the stands for instance would be under a roof. Meaning that the ball could hit the roof at that point. Which is past the boundary line. Which would make it a six.

Make sense?

We'll probably see batsmen like Afridi trying to hit the roof every ball.

 

[feo]

So, at teatime we're near as dammit 300 runs ahead. What do you guys think - will Smiff declare half an hour before the close today, or will he want to carry on tomorrow?

I hope he declares then at least we'll have a couple of hours to knock over their top order.

 

[milomak]

So, at teatime we're near as dammit 300 runs ahead. What do you guys think - will Smiff declare half an hour before the close today, or will he want to carry on tomorrow?

I wouldn’t rush per se. I would look to have at least upto Pollock bat. I would however tell them to up the pace a bit as well.

 

[chiskop]

I hope he declares then at least we'll have a couple of hours to knock over their top order.

I hope they bat on. I would like to watch some cricket this weekend and I don't mean just on Saturday while we finish up.

 

[feo]

I hope they bat on. I would like to watch some cricket this weekend and I don't mean just on Saturday while we finish up.

300 is a pretty big deficit you're right, so yeah I guess we can still mess around with the bat today. It's just that I wanna see SA adopt a style of play like the Aussies, if you're in a a winning position, take full advantage and crush the opposition ASAP and I think bowling at their top order today would be the best way for us to finish this match ASAP.

 

[milomak]

would it not be a crushign sign if your opponents use a match against you as batting practice?

 

[feo]

would it not be a crushign sign if your opponents use a match against you as batting practice?

Well yeah, as long we win and win well I'm happy.

 

[.geek]

It's nice to see the positive scoring from yesterday has continued.

South Africa RR 4.53

 

[killadoob]

it about time we find out that test match does allow more than 2 runs an over

pity its taken 10 years and a weak west indian team

 

[hj2k_x]

it about time we find out that test match does allow more than 2 runs an over

pity its taken 10 years and a weak west indian team

Ya, the Aussies have known about it all along, unfortunately

 

[killadoob]

lol ya now watching 5 day sucks but not when the aussies play

they play 5 days of 50 over cricket

we play 5 days of boring (we cannot loose) cricket

go out score fast and you will win
go out and block and you will loose

i would rather loose knowing i tried to win than loose knowing i tried not to loose

 

[chiskop]

i would rather loose knowing i tried to win than loose knowing i tried not to loose

I know that you wrote that just to irritate me and feo, but I'm not going to take the bait.

 

[JK8]

500 up I think they should declare 4pm a the last hour just pick up some wickets.

 

[Ou grote]

500 up I think they should declare 4pm a the last hour just pick up some wickets.

Hope they wait till tmrw morning.
If its cloudy then declare, otherwise get some more runs.

 

[JK8]

Hope they wait till tmrw morning.
If its cloudy then declare, otherwise get some more runs.

Simon Gear aka Highflyer posted clear skies for the next 3 days in Durbs.

 

[chiskop]

Simon Gear aka Highflyer posted clear skies for the next 3 days in Durbs.

That's not a nice thing to say about Highflyer.