Elmer_Hauser
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Seems like the Poms have taken the loss as badly as most Richmond ferals do in footy.
Stuff em.
Stuff em.
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Game Day Ashes 2nd Test. Bowler hats vs Akubras. Lets go 2-nil
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Hangon mate, I thought you were supporting the Poms?
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Gideon Haigh in today's Murdoch press sums it up nicely.
"Because let’s be frank: it was not a day since every other English supporter had found themselves arguing for the letter of the law in the instance of Starc’s catch-that-wasn’t. Rightly so. This is a Test match. Laws apply with greater force in a skirmish between nations about a border and a dispute between neighbours over a fence.
The booing, as is most booing, was mainly harmless, carrying on as it did long past the point anyone could remember what they were booing, and becoming chiefly about companionship. The parrot cry of ‘same old Aussies, always cheating’ also invites the question of from whom they might have learned it. After all, you can trace the line of Ashes tit-for-tat back to the Oval in 1882 when, coincidentally, WG Grace ran out the Australian Sammy Jones for wandering out of his crease under a misapprehension the ball was dead. “I taught the lad a lesson,” Grace is reputed to have said afterwards; just so.
But the jostling of players in the members? Really? By virtue of the antiquity of the Long Room, and the assumption that people-like-us know how to behave, Lord’s retains the privilege of unusual proximity to the players [dash] the frisson from hearing a player’s spikes on the hardwood floor is one of cricket’s glories.
They will not have it long, however, if blimps and prigs want to vent fury on their visitors because they are unaware of the laws that … checks notes …. their own club sets for the world. And what could be a worse look in the week of the Equity in Cricket report than puce-faced, dim-bulb snobs picking fights with a placid, softly-spoken Muslim player? Chaps, pull yourselves together."
"Because let’s be frank: it was not a day since every other English supporter had found themselves arguing for the letter of the law in the instance of Starc’s catch-that-wasn’t. Rightly so. This is a Test match. Laws apply with greater force in a skirmish between nations about a border and a dispute between neighbours over a fence.
The booing, as is most booing, was mainly harmless, carrying on as it did long past the point anyone could remember what they were booing, and becoming chiefly about companionship. The parrot cry of ‘same old Aussies, always cheating’ also invites the question of from whom they might have learned it. After all, you can trace the line of Ashes tit-for-tat back to the Oval in 1882 when, coincidentally, WG Grace ran out the Australian Sammy Jones for wandering out of his crease under a misapprehension the ball was dead. “I taught the lad a lesson,” Grace is reputed to have said afterwards; just so.
But the jostling of players in the members? Really? By virtue of the antiquity of the Long Room, and the assumption that people-like-us know how to behave, Lord’s retains the privilege of unusual proximity to the players [dash] the frisson from hearing a player’s spikes on the hardwood floor is one of cricket’s glories.
They will not have it long, however, if blimps and prigs want to vent fury on their visitors because they are unaware of the laws that … checks notes …. their own club sets for the world. And what could be a worse look in the week of the Equity in Cricket report than puce-faced, dim-bulb snobs picking fights with a placid, softly-spoken Muslim player? Chaps, pull yourselves together."
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Grow your own dope - plant a Pom.
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If the shoe was on the other foot, the Aussies would have been sooking up a treat. Bunch of hypocritical flogs
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Is ranga stokes giving the aussies the bird at his presser discussing the bairstow dismissal?
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Starc's unawarded catch was just as controversial and we just got on with it. The Pom's are just a bunch of sooks.
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What's the difference between the Poms and a jumbo jet? The jet eventually stops whining.
Never mind the drama, how about a bit of praise for Carey?
The timing on that throw was perfect
The timing on that throw was perfect
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The English PM proves he's no smarter than the rest of the sooks in the Long Room and chooses to add his name to the list of hypocrites.
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How dare they dins this thread is a poty of year contender!
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‘Crybaby’ Stokes bites at The West’s hilarious front page
England captain Ben Stokes has cheekily responded to The West Australian’s priceless front page following The Ashes controversy that has divided the cricketing world.
www.perthnow.com.au
Futhermore as Mr. Haig stated in a related interview on ABC insiders; ''the spirit of the game' is actually codified in the rules ironically set out by the MCC, whereas if any player's action is deemed to have controvened the spirit of the game the umpires can/will make descisons accordingly."
Obviously Carey's stumping of Bairstow was not considered in breach of 'the spirit of the game' - the end..!
And as I've observed and commented on previously (which Haig also references), our former colonial masters have been fallaciously misinterpreting the rules to support or refute outcomes since 1882...
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Albo fires back:
Anthony Albanese fires back at British PM over Ashes dismissal controversy, defending 'winning' Australians
The furore continues over Jonny Bairstow's controversial dismissal at Lord's, with the Prime Minister publicly supporting the tourists amid ongoing debate and rising tensions in the world-famous series.
www.abc.net.au
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How do you spell hypocrite? P-O-M.
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The next test is gonna be a rippa !
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Get Boland on , Stark off.
