Btay Posted November 10, 2021 Report Share Posted November 10, 2021 Up the Kiwis. Hope they get over the line here. A real golden generation for them in all formats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted November 11, 2021 Report Share Posted November 11, 2021 Wishing NZ even more luck now. MikeO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Btay Posted November 12, 2021 Report Share Posted November 12, 2021 6 hours ago, Romey 1878 said: Wishing NZ even more luck now. Going to be tough for them. Conway is out with a broken hand - did after he got dismissed against England smashing his bat into the ground. Seriously can’t stand how arrogant the Aussies are and wish so bad it was a Pakistan NZ final. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted November 14, 2021 Report Share Posted November 14, 2021 Fuckers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formby Posted November 14, 2021 Report Share Posted November 14, 2021 What on Earth was going on with batting second throughout this tournament? Looked like they were all batting on a different pitch. Really ruined it for me. And Australia winning it, of course... MikeO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formby Posted November 17, 2021 Report Share Posted November 17, 2021 I don't know why i thought cricket would be different from football or from any other walk in society but Azeem Rafiq's testimony to the DCMS was absolutely shocking. I hope all those responsible for his appalling treatment, and all those who turned a blind eye to it, are brought to account. Every time you feel the country has moved on, you realise it hasn't. I don't want to spout the usual platitudes on this topic but I can't help despairing. Is it really that hard to respect people, to treat people well, to get on, to be kind and friendly? What are these f'in morons seeing and thinking when they denigrate someone of a different skin colour, creed, sexuality, tradition, country? Bailey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted November 17, 2021 Report Share Posted November 17, 2021 19 minutes ago, Formby said: I don't know why i thought cricket would be different from football or from any other walk in society but Azeem Rafiq's testimony to the DCMS was absolutely shocking. I hope all those responsible for his appalling treatment, and all those who turned a blind eye to it, are brought to account. Every time you feel the country has moved on, you realise it hasn't. I don't want to spout the usual platitudes on this topic but I can't help despairing. Is it really that hard to respect people, to treat people well, to get on, to be kind and friendly? What are these f'in morons seeing and thinking when they denigrate someone of a different skin colour, creed, sexuality, tradition, country? Heartily agree, it really is very shocking. With the history and tradition the game has on the Indian subcontinent and in the West Indies you'd have put a fair amount of money on it being, of all sports, above this garbage. Bailey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted November 18, 2021 Report Share Posted November 18, 2021 Bit of a twist.. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/59338118 Palfy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted November 18, 2021 Report Share Posted November 18, 2021 27 minutes ago, MikeO said: Bit of a twist.. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/59338118 You'll struggle to find a single person that's never said anything racist in their lives. Palfy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palfy Posted November 18, 2021 Report Share Posted November 18, 2021 20 minutes ago, MikeO said: Bit of a twist.. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/59338118 Very much so, if you look hard and deep enough most people will have something that they’ve said which isn’t PC, and as a 62 year old male I include myself in that group not that I’m proud of it because I’m not, but I was brought up in a time were institutionalised racism was the norm and seen as part of every day life and even broadcast on TV into our front rooms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palfy Posted November 18, 2021 Report Share Posted November 18, 2021 4 minutes ago, Romey 1878 said: You'll struggle to find a single person that's never said anything racist in their lives. Agreed mate I was writing the same thing as you posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted November 18, 2021 Report Share Posted November 18, 2021 6 minutes ago, Romey 1878 said: You'll struggle to find a single person that's never said anything racist in their lives. Just now, Palfy said: Agreed mate I was writing the same thing as you posted. True enough probably if you're of our generation Palf but that comment was ten only years ago; and "people in glass houses.." springs to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palfy Posted November 18, 2021 Report Share Posted November 18, 2021 Just now, MikeO said: True enough probably if you're of our generation Palf but that comment was ten only years ago; and "people in glass houses.." springs to mind. It does spring to mind, and if I was a racist or had racial abused someone the last thing I would be complaining about in the public domain is that someone had racial abused me, he’s completely lost my sympathy and respect, he’s proved to be no better than people he has condemned as being racist, you reap what you sow, wtf goes through some peoples heads is beyond me. Formby 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted November 18, 2021 Report Share Posted November 18, 2021 Without meaning to start a conversation about what is "bad" racism and what is poor judgement I think, having seen what Rafiq posted, that what he said was actually worse than what he later received. It was consciously racist while I think what he received was ignorant/thoughtless racism rather than stuff done with intent (making no excuses for those that did it). Formby 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Btay Posted November 19, 2021 Report Share Posted November 19, 2021 Tim Paine stripped of the captaincy for Australia over a texting scandal in 2018. https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/australia/cricket-australia-2021-tim-paine-sexting-scandal-texts-latest-news-investigation-the-ashes-sacked-resigns/news-story/f0f04ffd8664c276552f36217f98ab3d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted November 19, 2021 Report Share Posted November 19, 2021 4 minutes ago, Btay said: Tim Paine stripped of the captaincy for Australia over a texting scandal in 2018. https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/australia/cricket-australia-2021-tim-paine-sexting-scandal-texts-latest-news-investigation-the-ashes-sacked-resigns/news-story/f0f04ffd8664c276552f36217f98ab3d How could the woman say it was "unwelcome" and "unsolicited" and then the investigation find the interaction "consensual"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Btay Posted November 19, 2021 Report Share Posted November 19, 2021 31 minutes ago, Romey 1878 said: How could the woman say it was "unwelcome" and "unsolicited" and then the investigation find the interaction "consensual"? The whole thing seems very suspect. I’m pretty cricket Australia have swept this under the cover with all the Smith/Warner ball tampering business. Now I don’t know if this is their way of pushing Paine out of the team. Not sure really, it’s a mess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formby Posted November 19, 2021 Report Share Posted November 19, 2021 13 hours ago, MikeO said: Without meaning to start a conversation about what is "bad" racism and what is poor judgement I think, having seen what Rafiq posted, that what he said was actually worse than what he later received. It was consciously racist while I think what he received was ignorant/thoughtless racism rather than stuff done with intent (making no excuses for those that did it). Very hard to qualify the boundaries between ignorance and intent. Rafiq's views on Jews are pretty widespread in the Pakistani community. I say that as someone who has worked with, for, and is connected by marriage and children to Pakistanis the last twenty-five years. Every country and community has issues to deal with. We must all do better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted December 7, 2021 Report Share Posted December 7, 2021 No Anderson for the first Test, which is a bit rubbish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted December 7, 2021 Report Share Posted December 7, 2021 37 minutes ago, Romey 1878 said: No Anderson for the first Test, which is a bit rubbish. Read somewhere that they only reckon he'll be up to three of the five games, so they'll pick the ones where he'll (hopefully) be most effective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted December 7, 2021 Report Share Posted December 7, 2021 45 minutes ago, MikeO said: Read somewhere that they only reckon he'll be up to three of the five games, so they'll pick the ones where he'll (hopefully) be most effective. Let’s hope they get it right because their recent attempts at rotating the side have not been done well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted December 8, 2021 Report Share Posted December 8, 2021 Root is either very stupid or he realises he has a poor bowling attack. I can think of no other reasons why you’d choose to bat first on this pitch. He must’ve then forgotten that he also has a shite batting line-up though - I’ll be surprised if they manage to put a big score up against a quality Aussie bowling attack all series tbh. Englands Test side really isn’t good at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted December 8, 2021 Report Share Posted December 8, 2021 4 down already . Going to be an embarrassing Ashes for England. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Btay Posted December 8, 2021 Report Share Posted December 8, 2021 How’s Warnie though, he hates Mitchell Starc so much he even tried to rip on him for getting a wicket first ball of the innings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted December 8, 2021 Report Share Posted December 8, 2021 4 hours ago, Btay said: How’s Warnie though, he hates Mitchell Starc so much he even tried to rip on him for getting a wicket first ball of the innings What did he say? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted December 9, 2021 Report Share Posted December 9, 2021 As expected once the Aussie's got to bat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Btay Posted December 9, 2021 Report Share Posted December 9, 2021 On 08/12/2021 at 20:41, Romey 1878 said: What did he say? Just said it was half volley on leg with no swing. He’s a right wanker is Warnie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted December 10, 2021 Report Share Posted December 10, 2021 Better late than never I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted December 10, 2021 Report Share Posted December 10, 2021 2 hours ago, Romey 1878 said: Better late than never I suppose. Yup, wasn't expecting to wake up to that, thought it was going to be over. Romey 1878 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted December 10, 2021 Report Share Posted December 10, 2021 Great start . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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