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Matblack
13-09-2007, 16:07
We won the 20:20 cricket today.

Thats good and I am pleased :)

MB
Justsomebloke
13-09-2007, 16:10
I am Pleased for you even though i don't know what 20:20 cricket is :confused:
Pebs
13-09-2007, 16:11
Does it come in kiwi flavour? :D
Matblack
13-09-2007, 16:13
20:20 is a foreshortened version of cricket in which only 20 overs are bowled by each team and the other team attempts to score the highest possible score of those 20 overs. Its is a good game and probably (for some) more exciting then the traditional test format :)

MB
Feek
13-09-2007, 16:13
Yay, *sings* England won the Twenty20 :D
Admiral Huddy
13-09-2007, 16:15
English sport is on the up.. Next we'll retain the Rugby world cup, next year we'll win Euro 2008 and the year after win back the Ashes in England!! #cough#

EDIT - 20:20 @ Essex is great fun.. Kids love it :)
Justsomebloke
13-09-2007, 16:15
Sounds like my kind of cricket :) I'll look out for it.
Matblack
13-09-2007, 16:16
Yay, *sings* England won the Twenty20 :D

Well, one of their matches in the competition but it is still a victory for the gentlemans sport.

Apparentenly some thugish game has been going rather well too, but we don't need to dwel on that.

I feel I should build up my faith in British sport before we take a pasting in the organised fighting tomorrow.

MB
Goose
13-09-2007, 16:22
Well, there goes that surprise. :'(
Matblack
13-09-2007, 16:24
Sorry Old Bean, I am not used to these sports based shenanigans

MB
Goose
13-09-2007, 16:25
Fair enough. :D

Edit: In fact, I was going to mention a sports forum at some point.
Matblack
13-09-2007, 16:26
You can have a special forum for all that stuff if you like?

MB
Goose
13-09-2007, 16:27
Well, I don't know if we'd need it and whether it'd take too much away from GD (not that sport is mentioned much). It was just a half-thought.
Feek
13-09-2007, 16:29
Can we have a big debate now about whether it's:

20:20
Twenty20
20Twenty

Or any other variations? :)
Mark
13-09-2007, 16:33
It's Twenty20. I have evidence to prove this should it be required. :)

Glad we won, though it was only Zimbabwe. Tougher tests (pardon the pun) will follow.
Goose
13-09-2007, 16:33
I had this debate with my skip when we were setting our batting order, I think the ICC say Twenty20.
BBx
13-09-2007, 16:50
Well, I don't know if we'd need it and whether it'd take too much away from GD (not that sport is mentioned much). It was just a half-thought.

There's a couple of threads already so it may not be a bad idea :)

BB x
Mark
13-09-2007, 16:54
With the influx of new victi... I mean members, any negative effect on GD is likely to be balanced out. :)
Admiral Huddy
13-09-2007, 17:29
In this, the Spurs Championship winning season, a Sports forum would be great :)
Mark
13-09-2007, 17:30
I'd be tempted to say the same about Reading, but it seems they're going down. :/
Goose
13-09-2007, 19:02
In this, the Spurs Championship winning season, a Sports forum would be great :)
I guess we'll need 2 forums. 'Sports - Reality' and 'Sports - Fiction' then.
Goose
13-09-2007, 19:03
I'd be tempted to say the same about Reading, but it seems they're going down. :/
Pfffft, it's way too early to tell.
Feek
14-09-2007, 15:34
England Vs Australia.

It's not looking good now, Australia are 103 for 1 off 12 overs in reply to Englands 135
Mark
14-09-2007, 15:39
I don't want to look all smug, but meh. Don't say I didn't warn you. :-p
Goose
14-09-2007, 15:40
I have a forum-y based question. Why don't spoilers get removed from e-mails? Or isn't this possible?

Edit: Or do they and the people above were quick on the edit button?
Nutcase
14-09-2007, 16:24
English sport is on the up.. Next we'll retain the Rugby world cup, next year we'll win Euro 2008 and the year after win back the Ashes in England!! #cough#

EDIT - 20:20 @ Essex is great fun.. Kids love it :)

I went to one a couple of weeks back, was quite good. I'm gonna try and get to more matches next season.

Mini-meets?!?!
Mark
14-09-2007, 16:30
Twenty20 internationals aren't cheap. The ones at the Oval cost me about £58 iirc and that, while not cheap seats, certainly wasn't the most expensive option - by a long way. Think we're done for this season, but I'd certainly be up for next year if it's local(ish). :)
Desmo
14-09-2007, 17:45
I have a forum-y based question. Why don't spoilers get removed from e-mails? Or isn't this possible?
Not possible as far as I'm aware. All the spoiler tag does is change the text colour to the same as the background.
Mark
14-09-2007, 17:58
Definitely not possible if you can't spell 'spoiler'. :o :)

You could always not subscribe to threads with spoilers in them. :)
Feek
14-09-2007, 18:13
Doesn't help if one is subscribed to a thread which then gets spoilers.
Goose
14-09-2007, 18:55
Indeed. There are always going to be cases where spoilers appear out of nowhere.
Mark
19-09-2007, 20:41
Fireworks (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/7003537.stm) - and we're on the receiving end. :'(

I'll not post the outcome so Goose doesn't read it in his email. :p
Feek
19-09-2007, 21:55
Holy cow!
Mark
19-09-2007, 22:38
In cow corner. Well, that's where the first one went.
Goose
20-09-2007, 11:32
Feel free to discuss, I've seen the highlights etc. Thanks for keeping it quiet. ;)
Mark
20-09-2007, 11:35
I missed the highlights. Would have loved to see them just for that over. I missed the Mascarenhas fireworks over as well. :(