A Farewell to Beige, Cream and Off-White Jackets: The Official Cape of Good Hope 2009/10 Cricket Season Thread

At which point Timmy realised it was the WILL OF THE PROLETARIAT that the GLOVES would COME OFF

Lenin = Healy
Stalin = Gilly
Trotsky = Zoehrer!!

Wade Seccombe = deleted guy in the photograph

There's a delay! But here's Glenn McGrath and he's looking LAVENDER.

It's too wet to play cricket in our backyard, let alone at the SCG. So while you're waiting, here's the Australian Civil War of 1995:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yll7WhBpolU

good luck phil hughes

AWSME

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Yeah, choosing to bat on a pitch like this in these conditions. RICKY PONTING, YOU ARE A FUCKING GENIUS.

i'm heading down there on weds Pato, if it's not all over by then. fancy bunking off work?

$50 and one day's leave to watch Monty Punter's Flying Circus? Pass.

It'll probably be all over by then anyway...

No luck on getting ODI tix, best I could do is get free tix for the KFC BIG BASH matchup between the NEW SOUTH WALES SPEEDBLITZ BLUES and the QUEENSLAND BULLS.

looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

BAN RICKY PONTING

Just got THREE TICKETS to the NSW vs Queensland BIG BASH.

Trying to ignore the Test on television at work right now.

you'll be wanting the organisers to open more than the paltry amount of refreshment offered at the MCG on saturday night - stood in a queue for 30 minutes to get some fucken chips, that's like half a T20 innings!!

Relax, it's at Homebush - nobody will be there!

http://images.theage.com.au/2010/01/04/1013623/svBENAUDS-420x0.jpg

qual

"Simply marvellous."

Why I refuse to spend $50 to watch a Test Match at the SCG, Part 1: http://www.sydneycricketground.com.au/2010-International-Cricket-Season-QAs.html

There are dozens of cups in a beer snake that still contain residue liquid. And when this is hoisted into the air, this liquid then spills over innocent fans and impacts their enjoyment.

RESIDUE LIQUID!!

Why is full strength alcohol available in Members and corporate areas?
Full strength beer is available in these areas as the instances of violent anti-social behaviour is relatively low.

Instead of raising prices to an absurd level and banning proper beer, can't they just ban bogans? No?

Why I refuse to spend $50 to watch a Test Match at the SCG, Part 2: http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/no-beach-balls-no-mexican-waves-no-sunnies--and-no-shortage-of-guards-welcome-to-the-scg-20100104-lq4s.html

Why I refuse to spend $50 to watch a Test Match at the SCG, Part 3: http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/killing-cricket/

A bloke in our bay foolishly burst the first beach ball of the afternoon when it landed in his lap. Bad move. With that decision he effectively painted a target onto the back of his head for all subsequent inflatable props moving through the stands for the rest of the day.

Because he kept getting pinged it must have looked to some of the security detail that he was causing trouble. He was led out.

'mr cricket' has been dropped thrice by the same bloke, did i hear that correctly??

That's correct! One of 'em was a sitter too. Thank heavens that we've still got the Test on our screens in the office so we can watch the majesty that is Mr. Cricket at the crease...

Then again, we were treated to the sight of Tubby in a pink suit/tie/trousers at lunch...

the mind reels

on the nanny state-ism tip, i'm sure none of it made the coverage on saturday night but much of the crowd was entertained by a blow-up doll being bounced around the length of the southern stand and then back again - amazing effort to avoid security for that long

not especially 'family friendly T20' mind you when every sixth comic genius grabbed it and made rooting motions

guess i can look forward to sharing the SCG tomorrow morning with the 10 other ppl who have turned up to see Pakistan finish this off before lunch. $50 well spent :-/

^^ smart investor

If you want Jabba, you can have one of my free tix for the state Twenty20 game next Weds nite.

u know what? i think i get free entry to that with my ticket tomorrow! SMART INVESTOR INDEED.

You'd almost think they had 80,000 empty seats to fill...oh wait...

We might be going down but at least Mr. Cricket has brought back the Champagne Cricket that he was once famous for.

LOOK AT THE GATORADE BOTTLE-SHAPED DRINKS CART ROLL ONTO THE SCG

this is unfolding like some kind of sisyphean nightmare

if pakistan lose they should be kicked out of world cricket forever for being pissweak

I don't think you would truly want to kick out the Karachi Globetrotters and their wonderful beards.

they do bring entertainment to the masses with their hilarious collapses!

but this would be too much. too painful. they can stick around in twenty20 and KFC BIG BASH. their most talented player is, I notice, pulling up trees for the Redbacks with his dynamic all-round beard

If you had a choice between sweating it out in Dubai for the Globetrotters or playing for the glory of Sudaustralien on the lovely Adelaide Oval, then it would be obvious. But they all can't be Shahid Afridi and besides, teams like New Zealand and Sri Lanka have to play against *someone*

this is terrible. exciting but terrible. i didn't think pakistan was capable of this.

In other news, our friends at KFC help manage to get some good publicity for Cricket in the United States.

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I knew I should have paid $50 and skipped work to see this, the old magic of Mr. Cricket returning to save Australia!

Instead I'm watching it on telly at work which means a close up shot of Peter Siddle during a lunch interval interview.

gross

oh bloody hell

3/51 - it's all happening here!