Comments on: Stuart Broad saved this man from expensive audible Australian smugness

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 07:54:55 +0000

It’s not cricket, but I thought you lot might appreciate this:

https://twitter.com/JoeNaConnacht/status/1688631819925626881?s=20

By: A P Webster

A P Webster — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 07:30:23 +0000

Bazdrinking sounds like the sort of thing that got Stokes into trouble in Bristol.

By: Ged Ladd

Ged Ladd — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 05:50:54 +0000

In reply to Sam.

I find it hard to believe that The Bet would ever be settled with sweet red wine.

Would Madeira, for example, even qualify as European wine under Clause 3? It is politically Europe, granted, but this hopelessly ambiguous clause might well be limiting the choice to the European mainland. Further proof that the Whakatane waffler was not a real lawyer.

I’ll be seeing some experts in sports law at Lord’s later today. Bert. For a modest fee (low tens of thousands of guineas) I’m sure I could get you an opinion on the rules of The Bet – plus, for the same fee again, a more sensible redraft.

By: King Cricket

King Cricket — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 19:16:14 +0000

In reply to Sam.

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 19:07:45 +0000

Of course, we all know it was a moral victory for England. The moral wine must taste even sweeter.

By: Ged Ladd

Ged Ladd — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 14:57:29 +0000

Last Monday was a nail-biter, but I just about managed to hold myself together during that final session. Had I known that the outcome of The Bet was still in the balance, I might not have been able to contain myself.

I don’t think the Whakatane drunk could have been a lawyer, although goodness knows, most lawyers do seem to hail from the Bay of Plenty. But a real lawyer would have started Clause Five with the phrase, “For the avoidance of doubt”, because that’s what real lawyers do. Then you wouldn’t have needed Clause Six. Although, come to think of it, if you were paying the lawyer by the word, you might still have end up with Clause Six prefaced with the phrase, “For the avoidance of further doubt”.

It is genuinely interesting to note that the “actual series wins” tally since the inception of The Bet is 5-5. Also interesting to realise that you have not yet had to stump up for an Australia series win in England, whereas your potentially smug Aussie mate has had to do so for an England series win in Australia.

Fun read Bert, thanks.