Cold Ale - The Blokes' Thread!

[prendrelemick]

Well, well! Australia looking like a different side today, it was toe to toe stuff for a couple of sessions, but they didn't crumble and then pulled away after tea - just like the old days. Michael Clarke, their captain and best player, scoring a century and wearing out Anderson and Broad, who were hailed as world beating bowlers only last week.
Make no mistake there was some good bowling out there today, the ball flying past the edge again and again, but the batsman rode their luck and got on top. They are set for a big score. England need to believe they can find way to win and show some resolve. But at 300 for 3, Australia shouldn't lose this one.




But the umpiring needs sorting, every appeal they are looking like a rabbit in the headlights - too scared of being seen to be wrong, unable to make a decision.

[The Atheist]

It's going to be a pretty daunting total set up. Is the pitch tame, or have the Aussies learnt to bat during the week?

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

Gilliatt!

Have you been up in BC lately?

Bigfoot in Canada

It has been many years since I was in BC, but it's good to know 'ole Squatch is still ambling around up there.
I still keep my Sasquatch field guide handy (signed by Dr. Jeff Meldrum no less)
Thanks for the heads up! That's some amazing footage.

I ran across this footage of an actual Bigfoot attack... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEFFrvv0b5Q

...Make no mistake there was some good bowling out there today, the ball flying past the edge again and again, but the batsman rode their luck and got on top...

I'm still trying to figure this game out.
They must be swingin some mighty big bats to knock a bowling ball around like that!

[The Atheist]

I ran across this footage of an actual Bigfoot attack... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEFFrvv0b5Q

Thanks for that - it is a work of pure genius!

I love the blood spurting at the end. Legendary.

[prendrelemick]

It's going to be a pretty daunting total set up. Is the pitch tame, or have the Aussies learnt to bat during the week?

It looks like they've learnt to bat.

It's a typical test pitch, a bit there for the bowlers in the morning -a noticeable uneven bounce, then it settled down and dried out. The bowling deserved a couple more wickets though. It will crumble, I think, and the footmarks are coming along nicely. England will not relish having to bat last on it - probably to save the game.





I love cricket it so...... deep.

[The Atheist]

Looks like your boys are trying to make it very hard for themselves.

Interesting day in prospect.

[prendrelemick]

We aint gonna win. But we aint lost yet!




The whole thing could be decided in the first hour's play. If Australia gets 3 wickets before England get 33 runs, they will probably win this test match.

If not, England avoid the follow on and can "force" a draw and retain the Ashes.

[stlukesguild]

My local grocery store has started carrying this... one of the finest from a regional micro-brewery:



It is definitely a dessert beer... tasting like butterscotch and coffee... perfect with a slice of chocolate cake, but a bit too heavy to drink more than one (or perhaps two)... and at nearly 10% alcohol, you won't need to.

[Hawkman]

A fitting beverage for a Byzantine emperor; one stop down from Ambrosia

[prendrelemick]

From my, head-in-the-sand old git all change is wrong even though I've never tried them, perspective NO! Dessert beers are just wrong!

[The Atheist]

Haha!

You owe it to yourself to at least try.

We aint gonna win. But we aint lost yet!

The weather gods are shining on you, but I think getting well past the follow-on showed that they probably could have salvaged it regardless.

My local grocery store has started carrying this... one of the finest from a regional micro-brewery:

Love the colour! I'd be at that like a robber's dog - it looks delicious, and drinking it while eating chocolate cake is something I definitely have to try.

You might have to send me a bottle.

[prendrelemick]

Here we go! England turned up this morning not expecting to have to bat because of rain. And it shows. Australia expected to lose, but the weather gods have handed them a chance - and it shows too, they are grabbing at it like drowning men clutching at straws.

7 more wickets needed to keep the series alive, the pitch damp and unpredictable, some rain probable, the Aussies desperate and in last chance saloon. The pressure, the pressure. I wish I was there.




Afterwards The DRS needs to be dropped. It is just no good, the technology isn't ready and is beset by arbitary rules. Peterson was given out LBW in the first innings when there was a Hot Spot on his bat, and given caught in the second innings when there wasn't! And he isn't the only one who has had a raw deal. I think both sides and the Umpires are sick of it.

[The Atheist]

Not much to add to that - I agree with every word.

The next one will be interesting. Will England turn up?

I think there's more chance of a very angry Aussie side turning up.

[Paulclem]

My local grocery store has started carrying this... one of the finest from a regional micro-brewery:



It is definitely a dessert beer... tasting like butterscotch and coffee... perfect with a slice of chocolate cake, but a bit too heavy to drink more than one (or perhaps two)... and at nearly 10% alcohol, you won't need to.

I'd give it a go. I have a sweet tooth. I've just bought a bottle of Jim Beam with honey again after my wife got me a bottle last year. I shall sample later.

[The Atheist]

And on the subject of dodgy umpiring calls: http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket...heating-claims

Get rid of it now.