West Indies tour of Australia, November-December 2009

[Dutch]

Jerry Seinfeld would be proud :sarcasm

I hope not! Anyway here is a real golf joke that I heard recently. Still not any good but ah well:


Bill and Shirely are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary.

"Shirely, I was wondering -- have you ever cheated on me?"

"Oh Bill, why would you ask such a question now? You don't want to ask that question..."

"Yes, Shirely, I really want to know. Please."

"Well, all right. Yes, 3 times."

"Three? When were they?"

"Well, Bill, remember when you were 35 years old and you really wanted to start the business on your own and no bank would give you a loan? Remember how one day the bank president himself came over to the house and signed the loan papers, no questions asked?"

"Oh, Shirely, you did that for me! I respect you even more than ever, that you would do such a thing for me! So, when was number 2?"

"Well, Bill, remember when you had that last heart attack and you were needing that very tricky operation, and no surgeon would touch you? Remember how Dr. Johnson came all the way up here, to do the surgery himself, and then you were in good shape again?"

"I can't believe it! Shirely, I love that you should do such a thing for me, to save my life! I couldn't have a more wonderful wife. To do such a thing, you must really love me darling. I couldn't be more moved. When was number 3?"

"Well, Bill, remember a few years ago, when you really wanted to be president of the golf club and you were 23 votes short?"

 

[angryangy]

swing and a miss

 

[formula1man]

the pitch is definitely burnt. Saturday and Sunday over here were 40 degrees and it was 32 on Monday. a pitch is usually white in Australia but this one has an orange tinge to it which could be the cause of it deteriorating so quickly. I can't see Windies getting more than 180 in their innings.

 

[rahuldravidfan]

C'mon Windies. Pull this one off. For the sake of your fans who have been patient since a long time now. For your islands. For your glory.

As for the discussion about sports, yes, golf is boring. Agree with everyone who says that

 

[pcfan123]

Really going to miss Chanderpaul here the Windies. Sarwan better step it up in the 2nd innings, he has been way below par all series. Nash to get a 100

 

[Dutch]

Looking forward to todays play: come on the Windies!!!

 

[hedger_14]

I don't think we'll score many more runs unless Hauritz plays like he did in the First Test and score that quick fifty.

 

[TumTum]

^ Can you manage to withstand yourself saying the H word :laugh

Shiv would not have made a difference for WI, with this pitch he would be a sitting duck. Only the quick scorers can win the game for WI, aka the top order.

 

[Raj_Aryan]

WI bowlers have really done a good job, Aus 137/8, good bowling by Bravo.Still Aus lead by a big margin of 345...

 

[sifter132]

Looks like a good pitch for bowling now. Benn was spinning it a mile last night. Bravo was getting regular seam movement from the extra grass on top and the ball was starting to reverse swing. You can also bowl down breeze to crank up the pace and the pitch has still got plenty of bounce so you can still stick it right up the batsman a la Kemar Roach. The only thing the ball's not doing is swinging when new. Apart from that, it's a great pitch to bowl on.

I really think the only way the West Indies get close is with another Gayle masterpiece, and it's going to be much harder to hit Hauritz onto the roof if the ball is turning more. But even if he plays like he did in the 1st innings, when he was out the score was only 135! Sometimes I wonder the value of scoring really fast if you aren't building much of a partnership. Good personally, but not really good for the team.

 

[TumTum]

If it turns into a batting paradise today, we're screwed

 

[TumTum]

Ahaha Tony Creig is waiting till the cracks to open up before he grabs his keys he lost down there long time ago.

 

[aussie1st]

Poor shot by McKay, hes got a good defence and we could have used a few more runs. Oh well time to have some bunny fun.

 

[Dutch]

Game on! This is going to be one hell of a day of cricket! Bring it on!

Well done Bollinger: beaten his high score!!!!:

Having said that the Aussies wont mind too much how the pitch is shaping up at the moment.....

 

[aussie1st]

All out for 150, another poor effort with the bat for us. We have been bowled out under 200 far too much of late.