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I must say, I'm rather stumped.

Robinson

― Robinson (Robinson), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 17:01 (twenty years ago)

oh, robinson!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 17:05 (twenty years ago)

She talks! Her eyes move!
http://www.toyzdollz.com/images/DollPictures/DOLLS.38.jpg

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 17:06 (twenty years ago)

You can record yourself saying creepy doll-comes-alive things and put the tape in to totally screw up your little sister's head forever!

― Kittens Licking Cakes (coco), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 17:07 (twenty years ago)

http://www.qualityents.co.uk/Jimmy_Cricket.jpg

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 17:08 (twenty years ago)

I don't like cricket.
I LOVE IT.

I don't really, but it had to be said.

― Craig Gilchrist (Craig Gilchrist), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 17:12 (twenty years ago)

1. When a fast bowler hurls a googly for a golden duck.

― Aimless (Aimless), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 17:30 (twenty years ago)

2.It's the only sport I'm aware of that let's the players take lunch breaks.

― matlewis (matlewis), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 17:31 (twenty years ago)

3. Cricket jumpers are a functional item of apparel.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 17:33 (twenty years ago)

4. Tea

― Masked Gazza, Tuesday, 16 August 2005 17:34 (twenty years ago)

5. white on green, so serene

― dahlin (dahlin), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 18:03 (twenty years ago)

6. A match can last five days, end in a draw and still be gripping.

― RickyT (RickyT), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 18:07 (twenty years ago)

7. Blowers on the radio

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 18:12 (twenty years ago)

8. The tail fighting back

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 18:13 (twenty years ago)

9. A fast ball just short of length that swings away from the right hander

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 18:13 (twenty years ago)

10. A perfectly timed drive

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 18:14 (twenty years ago)

11. A catch at short leg

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 18:14 (twenty years ago)

12. A spectacular hook that clears the 1st tier

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 18:14 (twenty years ago)

13. Devon Malcolm

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 18:15 (twenty years ago)

14. The batsmen spotting on playing the ball that keeps low

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 18:15 (twenty years ago)

15. Narrow run out calls that have to go to the third umpire

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 18:16 (twenty years ago)

16. The debate over if the new ball should be taken or not

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 18:16 (twenty years ago)

17. Aggressive back foot batting when the scorecard is looking shakey

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 18:17 (twenty years ago)

18. Tendulkar in full flow

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 18:17 (twenty years ago)

19. The phrase "cafeteria bowling"

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 18:18 (twenty years ago)

20. What they show on telly / put on the radio when rain has stopped play

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 18:18 (twenty years ago)

21. 6 man slip cordons

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 18:19 (twenty years ago)

22. An off break bowler who can make it turn on a fresh pitch

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 18:19 (twenty years ago)

23. Sledging

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 18:20 (twenty years ago)

24. Fat men that are world class sportsmen.

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 18:21 (twenty years ago)

25. Someone playing a perfect pull shot on a ball just short of a length

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 18:21 (twenty years ago)

26. That India fightback

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 18:22 (twenty years ago)

27. The rambling memoirs of ex-players

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 18:22 (twenty years ago)

28. Listening to it in the car on a long journey

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 18:23 (twenty years ago)

29. Tufnell

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 18:23 (twenty years ago)

30. "Bawlin' Shaaaannnneee"

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 18:24 (twenty years ago)

31. That society that donates money to charity for every run Glen McGrath scores

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 18:24 (twenty years ago)

32. The Aussies being really, really bitter about Muli

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 18:25 (twenty years ago)

33. The Wisden Trophy, 2003/04, 4th Test - West Indies v England -Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's, Antigua.

*BC Lara not out 400

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 18:27 (twenty years ago)

34. Botham's Ashes

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 18:28 (twenty years ago)

35. Harmison's reverse sweep last summer

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 18:29 (twenty years ago)

36. That look in Aktar's eyes when he steams in.

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 18:29 (twenty years ago)

37. Andy Flower

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 18:30 (twenty years ago)

38. Andy Caddick

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 18:30 (twenty years ago)

39. Andy Flintoff

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 18:31 (twenty years ago)

40. Imran Khan

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 18:32 (twenty years ago)

41. The Chris Read / Geraint Jones debate

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 18:32 (twenty years ago)

42. "King of Spain"

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 18:32 (twenty years ago)

43. Any West Indian commentator pronouncing Curtley Ambrose's name.

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 18:33 (twenty years ago)

44. Hoggard's hat-trick

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 18:35 (twenty years ago)

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98. When Shane Warne bowls a Wrong 'un.

ps Mr Holding's accent is most definitely a Jamaican one (a quick Google says he's from Kingston)...As such he sounds like the majority of the older male members of my family...My mum's met him a few times and she says he's gorgeous.

― Stone Monkey (Stone Monkey), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 13:41 (twenty years ago)

Shit! Cocked that up didn't I?

― Stone Monkey (Stone Monkey), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 13:42 (twenty years ago)

99. The media centre at Lord's.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 13:42 (twenty years ago)

99. Hair Transplants

Goochy:

http://www.advancedhair.com.au/img/testimonial_gooch.jpg

Greg Matthews:

http://www.advancedhair.com.au/img/greg_matthews_before_after.jpg

Martin Crowe:

http://www.advancedhair.com.au/img/martin_crowe_before_after.jpg

― Diddyismus (Dada), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 13:43 (twenty years ago)

spot the difference

xxxpost

― Ste (Fuzzy), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 13:43 (twenty years ago)

101. JACK RUSSELL

http://www.bunburycricket.com/media/player%20photos/jack-russell.jpg

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 13:46 (twenty years ago)

102. Jack Russell's website

― Diddyismus (Dada), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 13:50 (twenty years ago)

103. Shane Warne's 'Ball of the century'

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 14:00 (twenty years ago)

104. Ramprakash getting out for 27 AGAIN!

― Pete (Pete), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 14:04 (twenty years ago)

105. My dad's repeated insistence that every cricket ground is in some way inferior to The Oval, mostly because their boundaries aren't long enough.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 14:05 (twenty years ago)

106. Shivnarine Chanderpaul getting out for 93 AGAIN!

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 14:08 (twenty years ago)

107. Everyone avoiding the egg sandwiches at the lunch interval. More for me then.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 14:10 (twenty years ago)

107. Shivnarine Chanderpaul's name, i.e. Shivnarine Chanderpaul

― Diddyismus (Dada), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 14:13 (twenty years ago)

...oops that should be 108!

― Diddyismus (Dada), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 14:14 (twenty years ago)

109. The way that the rest of the Channel 4 team all act a bit uncomfortable around Tony Greig.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 14:16 (twenty years ago)

110. W.P.U.J.C. Vaas.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 14:17 (twenty years ago)

111. ireland once beating the west indies after bowling them all out for about 40, but it only happened because they only came to play us so they could drink guinness and get stoned all day, which is what they did before the game, but no-one in the irish cricket establishment is allowed to mention this fact.

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 14:18 (twenty years ago)

112. Samuel Beckett = the only man to be both a Nobel laureate and to be mntioned in Wisden

― Diddyismus (Dada), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 14:24 (twenty years ago)

113. Samuel Beckett's obituary in Wisden!

Samuel Barclay Beckett, who died in Paris on December 22, 1989, aged 83, had two first-class games for Dublin University against Northamptonshire in 1925 and 1926, scoring 35 runs in his four innings and conceding 64 runs without taking a wicket. A left-hand opening batsman, possessing what he himself called a gritty defense, and a useful left-arm medium-pace bowler, he had enjoyed a distinguished all-round sporting as well as academic record at Portora Royal School, near Enniskillen, and maintained his interest in games while at Trinity College, Dublin. Indeed, Beckett, whose novels and plays established him as one of the important literary figures of the twentieth century, bringing him the Nobel Prize for literature in 1969, never lost his affection for and interest in cricket.

― Diddyismus (Dada), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 14:26 (twenty years ago)

"A gritty defence" - I'll bet he made Boycott seem like Freddie Flintoff

― Diddyismus (Dada), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 14:27 (twenty years ago)

xpost - Now that's brilliant.

Fucking U.S. cable channels. I want to watch some cricket.

To hell with that. Next time I'm over there, CricketFAP.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 14:33 (twenty years ago)

It's always wonderful asking someone to not explain the game to me. They proceed to fail to explain the game in brilliant terms.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 14:34 (twenty years ago)

Derek Randall fielding. An elastic and briliant man.

Darren Gough doing a ghost imrpession in the one day game at Durham to frighten Brett Lee.

Lillie caught Dilly bowled Willy.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 14:53 (twenty years ago)

Cricket is the only thing that gets me through the summer really. It's the greatest sport ever.

― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 15:42 (twenty years ago)

114. Stats!
115. Alex Tudor

― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 15:51 (twenty years ago)

116. Mexican wave and booing the members stand
117. Drunks shouting "bring on the aussies"
118. Trying to catch up with Geoff Boycott when we saw him at Lords, dude walks fast, got to the lift to the media centre in no time!

― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 15:55 (twenty years ago)

Ned, the only way to understand cricket is to watch it for long, long periods of time - it's kinda like a zen garden really. Like osmosis.

― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 15:59 (twenty years ago)

119. England vs Pakistan at Edgbaston some time in the early 90s, and the home fans start singing "We know where Salman Rushdie lives".

― I Ain't No Addict, Whoever Heard of a Junkie as Old as Me? (noodle vague), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 16:56 (twenty years ago)

120. How did we get so far without, the sound of leather on willow.

― Mark P-a- (Assumed persona), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 18:04 (twenty years ago)

121. Walking through Lillywhite's, seeing all the discounted cricket bats and getting ridiculously wistful, despite the fact that when you actually played cricket you dreaded batting like you dreaded double physics, except worse because double physics didn't consist of people THROWING A LUMP OF LEATHER AT YOU.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 18:11 (twenty years ago)

122. Watching the cricket is like watching a nature documentary; listening to the cricket is like sitting by the fire in the reading room of a private gentlemen's club behind two senile but charming old men who have not left their armchairs since 1956.

― spontine (cis), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 18:33 (twenty years ago)

123. The 12th man

― webber (webber), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 20:51 (twenty years ago)

124. Fred Nerk

― On one hand I've got myself to blame (Lynskey), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 21:13 (twenty years ago)

125. *that* commentary when Aggers said that the batsman couldn't quite get his leg over and Jonners just went.

126. Jonners and his cakes sent from the Shires

― Porkpie (porkpie), Wednesday, 17 August 2005 21:33 (twenty years ago)

Alan Knott's 'exercises' behind the stumps. Gooch's triple Nelson. Streakers hurdling the stumps.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Thursday, 18 August 2005 08:55 (twenty years ago)

Bowling an absolute snorter. Creaming one over mid wicket.

― jonnie5, Thursday, 18 August 2005 15:54 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

127. wooly jumpers

― dot-ball-toby, Tuesday, 6 September 2005 12:57 (twenty years ago)

The batsmans Holding the bowlers Willey

― ffxter, Wednesday, 14 September 2005 17:15 (twenty years ago)

Brian Johnson's immortal: "Stewart waiting around the corner, legs wide open, waiting for a tickle"

― mental1st, Thursday, 15 September 2005 08:48 (twenty years ago)

130. A yorker taking out middle stump.

― Crackity (Crackity Jones), Thursday, 15 September 2005 09:16 (twenty years ago)

131. David 'Boony' Boon downing 54 tinnies on the Sydney-London flight, setting a still unbeaten record. Apparently made it off the plane under his own steam too. No wonder they made him a selector.

― The Velvet Overlord (The Velvet Overlord), Thursday, 15 September 2005 16:19 (twenty years ago)

five months pass...

In thinking about cricket again I notice this upthread:

Ned, the only way to understand cricket is to watch it for long, long periods of time - it's kinda like a zen garden really. Like osmosis.

This surely must be the truth.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 17 February 2006 15:25 (twenty years ago)

132. Monty Panesar - The English Turbanator!

ihttp://www.nccc.co.uk/upload/img_200/Monty_Panesar.JPG

― Rotatey Diskers With Dadaismus (Dada), Thursday, 2 March 2006 14:05 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

133. Henry Blofeld (commentating on Gladstone Small):

"He walks back to his mark, very slowly, ungovernably slowly, one might say..."

― Tom D., Tuesday, 29 May 2007 09:52 (nineteen years ago)

134. Marcus Trescothick's uncomplicated approach to playing spin

135. Namibia nearly beating England in 2003 World Cup

136. Three of Namibia's team were called Burger

― Just got offed, Tuesday, 29 May 2007 10:02 (nineteen years ago)

137. Yesterday's Test Match Special:

Christopher Martin-Jenkins: "Rather an unfortunate incident when I got up this morning, I accidentally brushed my teeth with shaving foam..."

*collapse of commentary box in hysterics*

Viv Richards: "Tomorrow you'll have to try shaving with toothpaste."

138. (Ladies Love Cool) Chris Gayle

― Tom D., Tuesday, 29 May 2007 10:10 (nineteen years ago)

139. Colin Croft and Henry Blofeld's awesome banter during the current Test series

― Just got offed, Tuesday, 29 May 2007 10:26 (nineteen years ago)

eleven months pass...

140. Cricketers who wear glasses

http://www.stuff.co.nz/images/692687.jpg

http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/nov/06clive2.jpg

http://www.cricinfo.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/53800/53851.jpg

― Tom D., Monday, 19 May 2008 10:47 (eighteen years ago)

FAIL

http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2006/03/09/howardcricket2_wideweb__470x347,0.jpg

― SeekAltRoute, Monday, 19 May 2008 12:14 (eighteen years ago)

141.

― Tom D., Monday, 19 May 2008 14:01 (eighteen years ago)

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