Filed under: Cricket | Tags: 20/20, 20/20 World cup, 20/20 World cup 2009, Adil Rashid, Cricket With Balls, Darron Reekers, De Nederlanders, De Nederlands, Dirk Nannes, Dirty Dirk, England, fucktrog, Holland, Johann Cruyff, Jrod, Last of The Summer Whine, Len The Yorkshire Kitman, Luke Wright, Pakistan, Q, Ravi Bopara, ricky schroder, Rob Key, Ryan Ten Doeschate, stuart broad, Stuart MacGill, T20i, The England, The Netherlands, Tom De Grooth, Well Pitched, west indies
De Nederlanders celebrate a famous victory over The England.
What the fuck happened there?!
Destiny, my friends, that’s what.
After mastering total football in the 70′s under Johan Cruyff, de Nederlanders have now decided to do the same in 20/20 cricket.
Watch out boys and girls, they were unstoppable (except by Ze Germans) at football during that time, and are bound to do the same to all and sundry in this 20/20 World Cup (luckily Ze Germans are not here). Never before has there been such a sublime display of a cricket, from a side wearing oranje.
Dirty Dirk bowled well, without any real penetration.
It was left to a couple of old blacksmiths to cause the damage. Darron Reekers who started off in big bludgeoning style, followed up by Tom De Grooth, who smashed The England all over Lords. Jrod loved it so much he almost threw up!
My man Ryan Ten Doeschate even got in on the act, a cracking allround display, with a red inker and taking the wickets of Ravi Bopara & Luke Wright.
The England have two young stars at the top of their order, and the rest are a bunch of cunts. Even Rob Key, the fat knacker.
The bowling, beyond the opening pair was shithouse. Rashid looked good against the West Indies, but was goes for too many runs. He reminds me of Stuart MacGill, long hops, full tosses and the odd unplayable delivery. No fucking good at 20/20, I’m afraid (and surely the fact that he doesn’t get in Yorkshire’s side, should have given them some idea, no?).
Stuart Broad couldn’t hit six stumps, the useless Ricky Schroder lookalike fucktrog.
I’m happy to lose to the Dutch though, because it might make this bunch of fuckfaced De Engelsen players actually learn to play proper 20/20 cricket. Hardly any of them actually play it, they’re learning the game in T20i’s.
Here’s to getting spanked by Pakistan on Sunday, and being out of the competition within 3 days! Good times, my friends!
Filed under: Cricket, Fail, FailCricket | Tags: epic fail, Fail, fail boat, fail cricket, fail pictures, failboat, india, Lords, odi, The England, west indies, yorkshire, Yorkshire CCC
Play is abandoned for the day after heavy rain this morning..
That my friends is fucking wank.
Yorkshire CCCCCCC have spent £600,000 on a drainage system, that after 3hrs of sunshine didn’t work well enough to allow any play today.
I’ll tell you why this is shit.
Lords, 2007, The England v India.
I went to this match, I can’t recall which day mind, but I remember everything else vividly.
I alighted the tube at Regents Park and started walking across the park in the direction of the home of cricket.
Halfway across the park, it started raining. Luckily I had waterproofs and an umbrella with me. I quickly ducked under a tree for cover, and put my waterproofs on (these are mountainy-goretexy, top of the rangy shizzle), and carried on. By the time I’d got to the other side of Regents Park, my golfing umbrella had snapped through the sheer volume of rain that fell. No wind, just pure volume of water broke the spokes, and the umbrella was fucked.
I pulled my hat out of my bag, pulled the hood of my waterproofs off, and continued towards Lords.
It’s no more than a 1mile walk from Regents Park to Lords, and in that time, the rain was so torrential, that there were three foot deep puddles on St John’s Wood Road. Cars were struggling to get through, because of the depth of the puddles. The drainage system was overflowing, to such an extent that people were starting to fear for their houses.
It was fucking terrible, monsoon like. As I got to the gates, I was completely and utterly soaked. Not 1cm of my body was not completely drenched. And I was properly attired.
I went to the pub to wait for the rain to stop, as there was no chance of getting a taxi, and the pub was dry. It rained for just over an hour, and everyone in the pub agreed, that there would be no chance of play…
I ventured into the rain, and managed to get a cab driver to take me home, so I could change.
That whole process took no more than an hour and a half. By this time the sun was out, but I didn’t hold much hope for any play, so switched on the box to get the latest updates.
What happened next left me completely fucking flabbergasted. Just after lunch, play had started, and I’d only been gone an 1.5hrs….
The drainage was so good, that with just over 2hrs of sunshine, play was able to commence.
Fuck you Yorkshire CCC, and the horse you rode in on. That’s how drainage should work, not your £600,000 fuck up.
The moral of the story? Never trust northerners, the workshy bastards!!
Filed under: Cricket | Tags: Ashes, Ashes 2009, australia, Dale Steyn, Ian Botham, Ishant Sharma, james anderson, jimmy anderson, Mitchell Johnson, New Zealand, Peter Siddle, Shane Bond, South Africa, The England, west indies
Please be good against the big boys Jimmy!
Somewhere along the lines, my thought process has changed. Not necessarily for the better to be fair.
I used to hate Greame Smith, now I don’t mind him.
I spent many long hours wanting to smash Jimmy Anderson’s head in, now I don’t.
This is perturbing.
Alas, as we get older, we grow wiser. Well some of us. By us, I mean you lot, not me, obviously, or Ian Botham, we’re both pickle brained fucknuts, but I digress.
I now believe we have a good opening bowler.
This is a man who has learnt to swing the ball both ways at pace.
That my friends, is fucking dangerous.
He averaged 29.84 for 2008, and is currently averaging 26.85 for 2009. Pretty good figures them.
But, before Ceci jumps on me, for hypocrisy (I rather bagged him back in March over at the Lovely King Cricket). Let’s look at his averages again.
Since 2006/7 Ashes.
| Series | Average | Strike Rate |
| Aus v Eng |
82.6 |
112 |
| Eng v Ind |
35.5 |
62.7 |
| Eng v SL |
83.5 |
116 |
| NZ v Eng |
35.57 |
44.2 |
| Eng v NZ |
19.31 |
32.6 |
| Eng v SA |
33.93 |
69.3 |
| Ind v Eng |
53.5 |
109.5 |
| WI v Eng |
38 |
86 |
| Eng v WI |
17.72 |
35.1 |
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| Home |
37.992 |
63.14 |
| Away |
52.418 |
87.925 |
| Overall |
44.403 |
74.155556 |
Still not good enough I’m afraid..
Compare his stats to Mitchell Johnson, or Dale Steyn, or Ishant Sharma, or Shane Bond, or Peter Siddle. He doesn’t compare.
I want fast/swing bowling that actually smashes peoples jaws, stumps and batsman’s confidence.
Jimmy’s not there yet. I hope he gets there, because it’ll be a blast seeing him uprooting off-stumps of Aussies this summer, but he’s yet to do anything significant against any of the top 5.
It’s all well and good smashing Kiwi’s & Windies players who don’t want to be here, but can you smash the Aussies or the Saffers (who we face this winter).
That’ll be the true test of his character.
So I’ll hold out on the Jimmy Anderson Wankfest until early 2010 if you don’t mind.
Filed under: Cricket | Tags: Albie Morkel, australia, Church Of Sehwagology, Cricket, England, odi, South Africa, The England, Virender Sehwag, west indies
Ring a ding ding…
Albie Morkel, is a batting behemoth. He reminds me of Lance Klusener in his pomp. Bowls fast medium, and can absolutely belt the covers off the ball.
His 40 off 22 today, was the difference between the sides. South Africa cleverly waited until he got his eye in, then took the batting powerplay, and he went batshit. Admittedly he was helped by poor fielding from Australia (they are looking average in the field at the moment, dropping two catches in the first over of South Africa’s reply). This boy can really strike a ball, and the fact that he has a supervillain as a brother, probably helps. I imagine it would give you that extra confidence one requires, to beat all and sundry.
South Africa now take a 2-1 lead in the series, and it’s turning out to be a cracker.
In other news, The England arrived safely in the West Indies, after pissing off a plane load of tourists, by diverting the flight. They did hand out The England cufflinks to those that were upset by the delay, which is nice.
I’m expecting the england to draw the series. We will not be able to bowl out Grand Lord Megachief of Gold, so it’ll be another year of averaging over 100 for Shiv.
For the sehwagology members amongst us (that should be all of you, by the way, if I find out any of you are non-believers, it’lll be the Suavish Inquisition), our Lord hath spoken..
More to come shortly..
Filed under: Cricket | Tags: New Zealand, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, west indies
He bats and bats and bats.
Super Shiv on his way to a hundred, to underline his status as one of The Almighty Holy Trinity!
If one fails the others will deliver, for it is written in the bottom of your beer glass.
Worship at his Krabby Shrine.
Filed under: Cricket | Tags: Auckland Aces, Cricket, New Zealand, Tarun Nethula, west indies
Legspin, it's cooler than you are.
North Middlesex CC’s overseas player from 2008, Tarun Nethula, has made the cut for Auckland Aces, in the West Indies three day tour match, prior to the Windies upcoming test/ODI series against New Zealand.
Which is great news. Not only is he a talented cricketer, but he’s a bloody good chap as well.
He bowls leg-spin, (I kept wicket too him for a friendly last season) which we all know is as cool as it gets, and he’s a handy lower order bat too.
Doesn’t look as though he’s going to get a bat in this innings, as Auckland were 359-2 on day 1, so we’ll be watching out for his bowling performance…
Let’s hope he has a blinder, because we need more leg-spinners in world cricket!
Filed under: Cricket | Tags: Andrew Symonds, australia, Brad Haddin, Brett Lee, Cricket, Daren Powell, Darren Sammy, Denesh Ramdin, Devon Smith, Dwayne Bravo, Fidel Edwards, Jerome Taylor, Lord megachief of gold, Michael Clarke, Mike Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Phil Jacques, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Ricky Ponting, Runako Morton, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Simon Katich, Stuart Clark, Stuart McGill, west indies, Xavier Marshall
Indepth Player analysis.
Australia
Phil Jacques. OMG he;s like so shit in the field and like had to hide from some other blokes shit long hops all match, and thing.
Simon Katich. he looks like a crab and things, and he got hurt and stuff.
Ricky Ponting. LOL, where’s that hair from, looks like he picked it up off the road and stuff. ROFL
Michael Clarke. He’s so fit and that.
Mike Hussey. God all I did was sleep when i saw this old bloke. He’s like so boring and that. Fuckoff grand dad
Andrew Symonds. He looks like predator LMAO. He’s scary like a bear
Brad Haddin. ROFL, looks a bit like some ovvver bloke that used to bend down and things.
Brett Lee. Gay, wants to design pants for teenage boys, ROFL. Call the coPS
Mitchell Johnson. big teeth xxxLMAOxxx Shit.
Stuart Clark. BORIng. Sent ME TO sleep and shit, and all that other stuff
West Indies
Xavier Marshall. OMG looks nice, and fly. Shoots to soon.
Devon Smith. UGLY! Fuckoff uglyboy.
Ramnaresh Sarwan. He’s like cute and thing, gets a bit crazy but goes all the way LOL xxx.x.xx
Runako Morton. You gonna get raped. OMG HE@S SHITa and scary N that,
Shivnarine “Lord Megachief Of Gold” Chanderpaul. he looks like that strayan bloke, but is millions better and things
Dwayne Bravo. all blinged up and no place to go, ROFL.
Denesh Ramdin. Cute, Shit, but Cute.
Darren Sammy. OMG he could be good, but isn’t really and stuff
Jerome Taylor. Good, bad and ugly LMAOxxx ROFL<
Daren Powell. Shit
Fidel Edwards. You never guess WHAT, he’s like really quick and stuff, but he misses too much LOL
Filed under: Cricket | Tags: 'straya, australia, Brett Lee, Devon Smith, Left arm bucktoothed twat, Mitchell Johnson, Stuart Clark, Stuart McGill, west indies
Australia have declared, and set the Windies a target of 372 to win. There is 98 overs left in this match.
Windies will need to score at around 3.7 overs to win, and the Aussies obviously need to take 10wickets.
I like the fact, that the ‘strayans have opened the bowling with Clark. Positive that. The bucktoothed left arm twat, is fucking rubbish, and should be put out to pasture.
Will McGill finish his test career on a high? Fifth day pitch, playing a team with little or no confidence, should be easy as pie for him. Unfortunately, he only bowls pies now.
I’m going with a win for ‘straya.
First wicket down already, Smith has gone without troubling the scorer. Brett Lee properly worked him over!
Brett Lee is now giving Marshall the working over.. Greate short ball, and he has a little dig. Marshall plays a beautiful back foot defence next ball. He’s got a couple of bruises, and he’s just had a big shout, that no one else went up with.. Off the elbow though, so Marshall survives.
Sarwan now, facing Clark. Smash, cut shot behind square, and no-one’s moved.
OOOh he nearly had Sarwan there, the pitch looks as though it’s got a bit of uneven bounce now!
12-1 now.. And it’ll be Sarwan to face Brett Lee.
Good short ball, Sarwan gets out of the way nicely. Short leg, short cover in place.
Bit fuller, No Ball, Sarwan pushes that through covers for two.
Big slash over slips for four there. He looks like he meant that.. Just a bit of bat, and no third man.
Sarwan has a baseball attempt there, no run.
Good length, Defended to point.
Another nice delivery, defended to mid-off.
Solid from both men for the last delivery.
19/1
Extravagant leave for Marshall, against Clark. Very KP/Punter.
Dodgy looking drive, bit of inside edge there.. was aiming for mid off, ended up at a shortish mid-wicket
Good delivery, wideish, and Marshall has a swish an d miss..
nice length, well defended back to the bowler.
Another extravagant leave..
Nice over from Clark. Maiden,
19/1
I lied, it’s Michael Clarke to have a go at Sarwan, who looks like he’s up for it. Bit of a surprise this!
Two solid deliveries first up
Good line and length, pushed into the covers.
Flighted nicely and defended off the toe
Next one is defended off the inside edge.
Maiden.
19/1
Clark to continue..
Drives with a flourish, but straight to mid-off.
Marshall’s gone.. A great delivery there, shortish, and extra bounce off the handle, and that’s out!
19/2
In comes the Stabby McStab Stab Runako Morton. Won;t be long before we see Lord Megachief of gold..
Nice ball, Morton Stabs it back to the bowler.
Oops lost pictures now.. Bastard Sky.
Now I have to listen to the Retard that is Ian Harvey. FUCK OFF!
Pictures back, and it’s 20/2
Weirdness all round.
Clarkey continues. Which is weird when you’ve got McGill & Jonhson in the wings.
Here comes the bucktoothed one.
Nice delivery, Forward defensive, pushed into the ground.
Straight bat, forward, stroked back down the pitch.
Smacked to covers for none.
On leg, nudged square for 1..
Forward defensive, solid.
Bit wide that one, left well alone.
22/2
Greg Blewett and Ian Bishop on.
Wide, Smashed away squRE FOR TWO.
Wide down leg, swept to fine leg for two..
smashed at Symonds at silly mid something..
Banged away sqaure for three.. Sarwan’s looking good.
Played to leg for none.
Full toss, smashed to the long on boundary. 11 runs from that one..
33/2
Smashed to mid-off for one.
Defended to extra cover, and a quick single is taken.
beautiful shot, on the front foot and driven thru covers.
nice line, straight and quick, and Sarwan defends back to the bowler.
Slashed again, and ONLY JUST over the slips.. FOur.
square drive, no run.
42/2
Clarke to continue…
Nice flighted delivery, defended back to him
Trys the same, but it’s a wasted ful toss.
Defended nicely behind square on the legside, and a quick single is taken.
played to square leg for two.. Tight one, but made well by Sarwan.
Driven to the point boundary for one.
Good delivery flighted and defended back..
46/2
Johnson again.
single from a leg side nudge.
defended, off the outside edge, no run.
good line by Johnson, just outside off-stump. Windies scoring a decent clip now.
on the front foot, defends to the cover region.
The word ‘month’ doesn’t rhyme with any other word, my researchers tell me. Intriguing. Unlike the cricket being played here.
Shortish ball just outside off stump which is watchfully defended to the off side of the pitch.
Full on the leg and middle stump line. Flicked through behind square for two..
49/2
Here comes McGill, will it be a fairytale ending?
shit. No run
full toss. badly played by Sarwan
shit half volley, one run
shit half volley, no run
same again.
shit. No run, padded away outside off.
50/2
Johnson continues, and I can’t! It’s hard work this shit, and the nipper is back!
Filed under: Cricket | Tags: australia, Brett Lee, Darren Sammy, Denesh Ramdin, Dwayne Bravo, umpires, west indies, Zimbabwe
Jesus wept, Brett Lee is a flukey motherfucker!
Three wickets in four balls. Thigh Pad, outside the line, dot, outside the line.
Bravo, Ramdin and Sammy have all been well and truly shafted!
Don’t get me wrong, he’s bowling well, reverse swinging the nut at real pace (99over old ball), but how the fuck did he get any of those wickets. A zimbabwean umpire called Tiffin gave all three, when none of them should have been!
Bastard Aussies, Bastard Zimbabweans.
Filed under: Cricket | Tags: australia, Chennai Super Kings, Cricket, fatheadflattrackbully, IPL, Knack, Matthew Hayden, orphan eating bear like fuckhead, west indies
In the nicest bit of news I’ve heard in days, FatheadFlatTrackBully aka BearlikeOrphanEatingFuckHead aka Matthew Hayden, is unlikely to play in the first test at Sabina Park versus the West Indies, due to achilles tendon knack.
Wankchops picked this injury up whoring himself for the Chennai Pikey’s Fags, in the IPL. Serves him right, the odious twAT.
As you can probably tell, I’m back from mountain climbing (knacked from it too), so will crank up the work rate, whilst I can, as I’m also job hunting.
Love to all, except FatHead.
