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Apr 18, 2007 | 09:19 AM

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Funkii Munkii

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From: Conrod Straight

Re Vaughn, he has no form, but I still thought until yesterday he was our best captain since Brearley, the summer will be a big one for him he needs to turn this around.

Have you ever heard boo's like that at the cricket ?? I can't remember it.

Apr 18, 2007 | 09:50 AM

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Sorry for being thick but can someone explain to me how they can have a cricket match that lasts 5 days when it has been shown time and time again that you can get the whole team out in less than 50 overs? Or do they just play 10 overs a day so they can drag it out for 5 days??

Australia got Ireland all out in an hour the other day, SA got England all out in 2 hours yesterday so what do they do for the the other 4 days and 6 hours?

Apr 18, 2007 | 09:55 AM

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A lot of test matches don't last the full 5 days, you have 2nd innings, it's probably more relaxed etc

Apr 18, 2007 | 12:23 PM

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The difference is the fact in the one day game you have 50 overs to get as many runs as possible and you have to decide how many risks you take in how fast you score those runs. In test match cricket you could in theory bat all 5 days (although obviously you never would). There is no time limit to each of the two innings each team has. Because of this Test Cricket is a much slower game and to many people exceedingly boring to watch because it can go overs and over before a boundary is scored because there is no need to hit out, well not until the side chasing the target score starts running out of time on day 5 if it gets that far. Test match cricket is far more tactical and you have to be a die hard cricket fan to be able to sit down and watch it for 5 days solid. Going to them is much more fun as its just a beer fest

Apr 19, 2007 | 04:41 PM

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Test match cricket is far more tactical and you have to be a die hard cricket fan to be able to sit down and watch it for 5 days solid. Going to them is much more fun as its just a beer fest

The tactics recently though appear to have been "treat it like 2 odi's and slog it, forget about the wickets"

Agree with the beer fest though

Apr 26, 2007 | 12:00 AM

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Took pakistan to win this one.

Laying SA and betting Sri Lanka & India for the tournament at the moment too.

350+ sixes looks a good bet given the size of the grounds in the WI

360 with 1 match left

now, do I invest in Sri Lanka

Apr 26, 2007 | 11:41 AM

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From: Conrod Straight

Well done

Aussies has pished it have they not ??, I know SL left out cunilinga and murali against the Aussies and lost, but they still had their top batsmaen playing that day and the aussies took their wickets easily, that said SL might have wanted to play against NZ in the semis and through the game.

My last bet died yesterday with SA