Comments on: Moeen Ali and Jimmy Anderson – kings in defeat

By: daneel

daneel — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 17:28:32 +0000

In reply to Deets. He's an arsehole. I would, however, support parachuting him back into the side as captain.

By: cent

cent — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 09:34:27 +0000

In reply to Mahinda.

haha… yeah, but *what* have you been told exactly? sting famously admitted in an interview that the whole tantric sex thing had been wildly exaggerated (as regards himself at least), and that any reports of twelve-hour sex sessions actually meant “eleven and a half hours of begging, followed by a shag”.

ron jeremy OTOH is renowned throughout the “adult” industry for his proven ability to ejaculate on cue – which requires greater self-control than the vast majority of us can even dream about. moral of all this? not much, except don’t always believe what you heard down the pub (or down that ashram, for that matter!)

By: Deets

Deets — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 08:45:08 +0000

In reply to Deets. Yep, good point...I realized that when I wrote it. I was joking anyway. I respect Vaughany as a cricketer. He was the poor man's Ricky Ponting. The blind man's Steve Waugh.

By: King Cricket

King Cricket — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 07:47:14 +0000

In reply to Deets. In a way, 'glorified county cricketer' is the very definition of 'England international'.

By: Deets

Deets — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 02:54:53 +0000

Well done SL. Jimmy wasn’t going to be 27th time lucky with another rearguard, let’s face it. He dug in manfully.
What I would have given to see Michael Vaughan’s face after that wicket. Glorified county attack, indeed. If so, then England are a glorified county team. And Michael Vaughan is nothing more than a glorified county cricketer.

By: sam

sam — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 15:28:56 +0000

Has everyone seen this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8BnhH4-83M

By: Mahinda

Mahinda — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 13:05:12 +0000

In reply to Mahinda. Oh, of course. Sort of like Test cricket being Sting to football's Ron Jeremy. Or so I've been told. Erm.

By: King Cricket

King Cricket — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 12:18:35 +0000

In reply to Mahinda. Yes, but part of our point is that even in those situations the utmost tension still only lasts a minute or so. It's intense, but not so prolonged. That is what is unique about Test cricket.

By: Mahinda

Mahinda — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 11:49:16 +0000

To be fair to football (which certainly isn’t the treatment it deserves), you can sometimes get huge amounts of tension, but never during a single isolated match. Instead, how about a cup final that one team loses in the last minute of extra time? There, your vested interest in the outcome is dependent on the 5 or 6 matches that have gone before.

Or there’s the penalty shoot-out analogy — the final overs of both Tests did feel strangely like England vs Germany back in 1990.

Test cricket. Awesome.

By: sam

sam — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 11:19:34 +0000

In reply to Bert. Keith Senior could do a job