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#261 Post by Woody » Tue Nov 26, 2019 8:42 am

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From bails that don't get blown off, will they have ones that float?
They’ll be frozen to the stumps :D
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#262 Post by ian16th » Tue Nov 26, 2019 10:11 am

I'm too depressed by the happenings in the Land of the Long White Cloud to think about the next English season.
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#263 Post by Woody » Tue Nov 26, 2019 11:22 am

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I'm too depressed by the happenings in the Land of the Long White Cloud to think about the next English season.
Really looking forward to the Test Match in Cape Town in January :-o
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#264 Post by ian16th » Tue Nov 26, 2019 12:44 pm

Only getting white ball knock about stuff at Durban. So I'll be watching it on TV.
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#265 Post by ian16th » Mon Dec 02, 2019 1:43 pm

I see England in general and Root in particular seem to have found out how to bat in a 1st class match.

But too little too late seems to apply.

I hope that they prove me wrong though.
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#266 Post by Wodrick » Wed Dec 04, 2019 4:34 pm

Bob Willis has died at 70, an England great - RIP
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#267 Post by ian16th » Wed Dec 04, 2019 4:52 pm

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Bob Willis has died at 70, an England great - RIP
RIP.

His 8 for 43 at Leeds was arguably a bigger factor than Botham's batting, in 'Bothams Test Match'.
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#268 Post by 4mastacker » Wed Dec 04, 2019 7:01 pm

Oh dear. Wasn't expecting that. RIP.
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#269 Post by Woody » Sun Dec 15, 2019 9:51 am

Not really my cup of tea, but the Big Bash League in Australia starts Tuesday, live on BT Sport, starts at 8am, so fills the dark mornings quite nicely :D
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#270 Post by ian16th » Sun Dec 29, 2019 10:47 am

Less than 200 needed!
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#271 Post by ian16th » Sun Dec 29, 2019 12:49 pm

Oh dear.
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#272 Post by Wodrick » Sun Dec 29, 2019 2:01 pm

Do you get a nearby test to go to Ian ?
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#273 Post by ian16th » Sun Dec 29, 2019 2:13 pm

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Do you get a nearby test to go to Ian ?
Not these days. I am now about 120km south of Durban. And there isn't a test in Durban this tour.

When I lived in Joburg I went to Wanderers quite regularly. A nice ground for the general paying customer. In the Corlett Rd stand, you can buy a ticket for a seat behind the bowlers arm.
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#274 Post by ian16th » Fri Jan 03, 2020 12:32 pm

Something you don't get at Lords!

A hadeda on the pitch at Newlands.
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#275 Post by Woody » Sat Jan 04, 2020 5:24 am

Pity that you’re not down here Ian, I didn’t have any tickets for the Test, but have ended up with spares for the first 3 days :D

That hadeda spent all day on the outfield yesterday, must’ve been at MTOW by the close of play =))
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#276 Post by Woody » Sat Jan 04, 2020 5:56 pm

Just saw your photo of the hadeda on another thread Ian and a couple of the noisy buggers flew past my apartment %-(
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#277 Post by ian16th » Sun Jan 05, 2020 3:09 pm

Weather in CPT getting a bit iffy for cricket.
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#278 Post by Woody » Sun Jan 05, 2020 7:45 pm

ian16th wrote:
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Weather in CPT getting a bit iffy for cricket.
It was much more comfortable watching today, forecast for next two days is to get hot again.
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#279 Post by Woody » Wed Jan 08, 2020 10:14 am

What a great Test Match, managed to get tickets for all the days that I needed, paying face value every time and somewhere in the middle watched Liverpool Youth Team knock Everton out of the FA Cup, bet Ribrash enjoyed that unless he was busy throwing lumps of lead into the Mersey :D

Edit- wonder if MrsWoody will let me come back out for the PE Test next week ^:)^
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#280 Post by ian16th » Wed Jan 08, 2020 11:15 am

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What a great Test Match, managed to get tickets for all the days that I needed, paying face value every time and somewhere in the middle watched Liverpool Youth Team knock Everton out of the FA Cup, bet Ribrash enjoyed that unless he was busy throwing lumps of lead into the Mersey :D

Edit- wonder if MrsWoody will let me come back out for the PE Test next week ^:)^
If you mean actually going to PE and needing a bed to sleep in, you will be better off waiting for the Wanderers game.

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