Cricket

[Marv From NZ]

No battyboy, they played 13 a side, i repeat, 13 a side cricket. You do the math genius. I don't think you have any right to bash me when your Australian side actually lost, in an official ICC sanctioned game, to Bangladesh aswell. Stick that and a bunch of carrot sticks up your ass why don't ya'! :)

[Grumma]

How was it not a game of Cricket?

Did they decide to play baseball instead?

I think you missed my point

[Marv From NZ]

No, but i think you missed mine.

[Grumma]

No you did miss mine; which makes me missing your point insignificant

[Marv From NZ]

No you missed mine.

[Grumma]

As I said: that's irrelevant

[Marv From NZ]

You're irrelevant.

[Grumma]

Gee what an insult.

[Marv From NZ]

If you wanna call yourself an insult, be my guest.

[Grumma]

I have to wonder about the state of your education system if you got into Uni.

The last 2 posts of yours in this thread are up there with the most unintelligable Ive seen

[Marv From NZ]

I wasn't "trying" to be intelligent Grumm'sy. You've seen my arguments or comebacks, they're as you said yourself "essays". So surely by now, you would've known that those last 2 posts are bullshit on toast and not me. If i was going to talk intelligent to you, you'd get lost, thus why i lower my standards just so YOU can understand! :p

[The Dying Start]

Ooh Aah!!!

[Marv From NZ]

Ooh Aah UMAGA!!!

[Julian]

13 a side? Does that mean Bangladesh have better depth than NZ?

[Grumma]

http://www.funny-games.biz/pictures/owned/pwned-bike.jpg
Waits for Marv's angry reply

[Marv From NZ]

Ohhh welcome back Grumma you coward.

[Grumma]

How do you figure that?

[The Dying Start]

You hiding from girls in the playground.

[Grumma]

Good win by the Windies in the opening game of the World Cup; though I expect that 240 won't be a very good total as the series progresses

[Marv From NZ]

I'm not sure aye. That pitch turned quite a bit and even the pitch that the aussies played on last night turned quite a bit aswell. I reckon we'll be seeing alot of 240-260 scores in the big boys games. Fun game that Windies one. Should be a great WC.

[Grumma]

Well Australia made 340 odd. Though admittedly that was against Scotland

[Marv From NZ]

Exactly. That was some crap bowling from the Scots lol. Basically half volleys every 2nd ball.

[Grumma]

Ah well.

Big scores are always good :p

Good to see pidgeon pick up 3 wickets as well

[Marv From NZ]

I enjoyed watching George Hogg's knock.

[Grumma]

Wah I didn't know he had the ability to score that quickly :confused:

[Marv From NZ]

Neither, but it was bloody fun to watch lol.

[Grumma]

Were they all flips off his pads?

:p

[The Dying Start]

He's been known to do that from time to time. Funny little bastard Mr Hogg.

[Marv From NZ]

Yeah he's actually pretty little in real life aswell.

And Grumma, they were like flat sixes mainly, but a few flicks off the pads.

[Grumma]

Aight. Yeah I can't imagine him having ever hit anything out of the ground; no matter how small

[Marv From NZ]

CRAP! I just realised his 40 was off 15 balls! I thought it was like 40 off 23! EVEN BETTER!

[The Dying Start]

Yeah, it was a pretty lame attempt. He'll hopefully do better next time :p

[Marv From NZ]

LOL yup. Herschille Gibbs hit six sixes in one over! WTEWDFDFFAF!!! And good win by the kiwis aswell.

[The Dying Start]

Gibbsy coulda done better. He should hav forced a couple of no balls outta the bowler for good measure.

[kyle_182]

there probabaly not showing any match on normal tv are they?

[E.B.]

Nah I'm pretty sure there all on foxtel

[Marv From NZ]

Jesus, Mary and Joseph....India lost to Bangladesh and *wait for it*.....Pakistan lost to.....IRELAND. I'm actually lost for words.....

[Julian]

Holy crap!

[Marv From NZ]

I'm still shocked....

[Grumma]

Sucks to be Pakistan and India.

Oh and Sth Africa FTW

[Marv From NZ]

Great time to be Irish though....

I already pointed out South Africa before Grumma! :p

[Grumma]

I've been away since Friday arvo; gimme a break :p

[Marv From NZ]

Want a Kit Kat while you're at it? :p

[Grumma]

No; but I will have another Chomp or Curly Wurly.

Great food to eat before you go running/swimming

[Marv From NZ]

I'm pretty sure you're not meant to eat just before you go swimming lol!

[Grumma]

wives tale.

I had 3 chomp bars, 4 curly wurly bars and 250mL carton of Iced Coffee Big M :p

[Marv From NZ]

Marvins tale.

I had 6 VB stubbie's, 4 giant Export Gold cans, 3 Coronas and a Sol.

[Grumma]

Was that before going running and swimming?

Or just your Saturday night?

[Marv From NZ]

Well when i think about it...both!

[Julian]

This is the cricket thread guys. Not the unimpressive diets of Marv and Grumma thread

[Grumma]

How is mass consumption of alcohol and chocolate a) not impressive and b) not have anything to do with Cricket?

Haven't you seen the Boonie adds!?

[Julian]

Because you're not David Boon

[Grumma]

What has that got to do with anything?

I was talking about the culture of Australian cricket ie beer

[The Dying Start]

Grumma is now dubbed "David Poon"

[Grumma]

Oh right.

Australia bustin out the pwnage.

Unfortunately I have to knock the Metal thread of page 1 :p

[Marv From NZ]

NZ busting out the pwnage aswell. Aus and NZ definetly the two best looking teams atm.

I suspect a NZ vs. Aus semi or final coming up aye....

[Grumma]

Yeah.

South Africa looked good til they had to bowl to us lol

[Marv From NZ]

Someone shoot Haydos! :p That dude's on fire atm.

[Grumma]

I'm just annoyed he beat John Davison's record :p

[Habibster]

I was getting a bit worried there for a while...AB and Smitty were going awff....

[Grumma]

Yeah but I think overall SA have more weak links in their batting then what Australia do.

And we have more firepower in our bowling with Tait

[Marv From NZ]

I reckon Tait's pretty over rated. ATM he's still young and just all out pace. He has jack all swing movement, or seam movement. Give him a few more years and i reckon he'll be up there with the worlds best.

And thank god Tuffey's out injured. Chris Martin was always better. He swings the ball better then Bondy for farks sake!

[Grumma]

How much of Tait have you seen?

Cos he swings the ball an absolute mile sometimes.
He's just wayward all the time

[Colezy]

It's been a good while since I was last in this thread... Tassie won the Pura Cup :D I was there!


(Sorry to butt in guys! :p)

[Habibster]

I reckon Tait's pretty over rated. ATM he's still young and just all out pace. He has jack all swing movement....
Tait is one of the best exponents of reverse swing in the world at the moment and on his day he can be better than anyone....that said his days usuallly go for 50 plus off 10.... :p
Oh and Marv Shaun Tait swings the ball better than Bondy aswell

EDIT: haha don't worry bout it Colezy

[The Dying Start]

TAITY!

Can we bring back Dizz and Boof yet?

[Grumma]

Maybe in the veterans side :p

[tanguyen]

I reckon Tait is a bit inconsistent at times, but he'll mature through time. Although, that action does not look good for him in the long run.

[Marv From NZ]

I'm sure he chucks the ball aswell. His action's very dodgy.

And pffft swings the ball more than Bondy my arse!! No-one swings it like Bondy! :p

FARKK....Lou Vincent's gone for the rest of the tournament. Thanks Bond! (He broke his wrist in training with a vicious ball aparently!) Looks like some people are gonna have to step up. Fleming's time to shine again.

[Grumma]

Bond doesn't swing it that much

[Marv From NZ]

Well Tait doesn't swing it like Bond. Like i said, he's just all out pace and no control. I'd love for him to face NZ sometime soon because we had a field day against him during the CH series.

[Grumma]

This certainly swung:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1SHNFRxVLs

And so did these:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBrGDG7Wqk0

[Marv From NZ]

While that was extremely badarse, this is also just as badarse if not more badarse!

some Bondy highlights...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Xq4AyXvyCI

there's more aswell on youtube, some absolute crackers. :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOA6uRYp8LQ&mode=related&search=

^ Great bowling. See the 2nd wicket. The amount of swing on that delivery is ridiculous. PLUS THE CAUGHT AND BOWL!

[Grumma]

I've seen Tait swing it more than any of those in ING games.

Especially in his first season. I can remember him pitching a full on on off and the keeper missed it down the leg side

[Marv From NZ]

Oh for farks sake Grumma, Bond is a whole class above Tait. You know it, we know it, the cricket world knows it. Get over yourself! :p

[Grumma]

I didn't say he wasn't . ..

Tait just swings the ball more and bowls 5-10km/h quicker

[Marv From NZ]

Haha more like 15 km's quicker! And that's on average! Tait's just ridiculously fast. How anyone sees the ball i dunno....

[Grumma]

at Bond's best he would've only been 5 or so clicks slower than him.

[Marv From NZ]

Yeah but he would've snapped his back during the process lol! :p Him and his stupid injuries.

He bowls within himself these days. He uses the odd 150km+ ball to scare the batsmen, but he mainly operates between 140-145 now. For some reason he's even more dangerous and he's getting even more wickets then before.

[Grumma]

Maybe cos he's slightly more accurate? Tries different stuff?

McGrath has proved that you don't need to be quick to take wickets

[Marv From NZ]

Well he was always accurate, but yeah his slower delivery is very hard to pick. Ask Nathan Bracken lol. He's got him with that delivery about 5 times now.

[Grumma]

Not that getting Nathan Bracken is anything great to be boasting about :p

[Marv From NZ]

LOl yeah i know, but still.

[Grumma]

It'd be like if Jacob Oram bowled Glenn McGrath then all of a sudden called himself a bowling all rounder :p

[The Dying Start]

Fair call.

[Grumma]

Marv; why do New Zealand keep playing Franklin?

[Marv From NZ]

Fudged if i know, but yeah he either majorly sucks and bowls half volleys all day, or he's unbelievable and gets a ridiculous amount of swing. He can bat aswell, he's a bit of an all-rounder, so that's the only reason why i see the selectors picking him. Get bloody chris Martin there! But Franklin aside, we're playing great cricket atm and i can't wait for the Aus. vs. NZ match! Alot of people are saying a trans tasman WC final is on the cards, i dont doubt them.

[Grumma]

Yeah NZ have upped the ante at the right time

[Marv From NZ]

Basically. I've never seen Bond so good before, he's unbelievable atm.

[Grumma]

We'll see how he goes against the Aussies.

Him vs Haydos will be interesting.
And Gilly found a little bit of form to smack whoever we played last game around the park

[Marv From NZ]

Yeah that will always be the test, but then again, we all know how much Bondy LOVES PLAYING THE AUSSIES! His record against them is basically unbelievable lol....so i have faith. He always delivers Grumma! And yeah, Australia are definetly playing awesome aswell, it'll be a fun match to watch that's for sure.

[Grumma]

Most certainly will be.

I hope we go after him and Vettori.

If they got 6 between em but we took 50+ runs off their overs I'd back us to make a big score

[Marv From NZ]

Yeah well most teams would, Bond's the 2nd best bowler in the world and Vettori's like 7th or something like that. If they play well, we tend to win our matches, but yeah if you get over them, then i'm not sure....it'd come down to big Jakey Oram and maybe Scotty Styris bowling those middle overs.

[Grumma]

Australia should take about 100 off those to at least.

But cricket is a funny game.
I can still remember Michael Clarke taking 6-9 against Sri Lanka :p

[Marv From NZ]

Obviously you haven't been watching those two bowl during the WC! :p

Their figures are probably almost on par with Bond's.

[Grumma]

Yeah but clearly they aren't anywhere near the standard that Bond is

[Marv From NZ]

Clearly. But i doubt Ponting and co. will take at least a 100 runs off the both of them, Fleming's to good a captain to let that happen.

[Grumma]

Doesn't matter how good of a captain he is if they're going into the stands :p

[Marv From NZ]

Haha let the contest begin!

[Habibster]

I can still remember Michael Clarke taking 6-9 against Sri Lanka :p
It was against India in his 4th test match.... Although he took 5-35 against Sri Lanka in a one day match...

NZ dark horses for the World Cup in my opinion, up with Sri Lanka....

hey Marv, you know brendon mcCullum??He married a chick whose younger brother and sister were attending my primary school at the same time i was. Brendon came over to our school and gave us a 6 hour training session..Top notch bloke even though he's a kiwi. I still see him around town sometimes, like at the end of the Commenwealth Bank Series I saw him at Dominoes at my bros work.

anyway it should be a cracker of a match

[Marv From NZ]

Haha yeah Brendon's a pretty cool guy aye. I remember i had a pretty good chat to him after one of their matches. He's bloody small lol. Is his wife an Aussie or something?

[Habibster]

Yeah Brendon's wife is an aussie.... :D When he does well we say he's our own haha :p

[Marv From NZ]

haha get screwed fool.

Interesting fact...Brendon used to be a very good rugby player. He had to choose between that and cricket, and well yeah the rest is history. Damn interesting...

[The Dying Start]

Tought choice. Go out and play some cricket, or get taken from behind by a bunch of fat blokes. I dunno. I bet he gave that some thought.