busybeeburns Posted August 7, 2013 Author Share Posted August 7, 2013 Cricket, the only game which can be played for 5 days and still end up without a result. a draw is not a result? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted August 7, 2013 Author Share Posted August 7, 2013 Monty Panesar: England cricketer 'urinated on bouncers' Monty Panesar has taken 164 Test wickets for England Monty Panesar: England cricketer 'urinated on bouncers' England cricket star Monty Panesar has been fined by police after being caught urinating on nightclub bouncers in Brighton, the BBC understands. The spin bowler, who plays for Sussex County Cricket Club, was fined for being drunk and disorderly outside the Shooshh club early on Monday morning. Sussex Police said a 31-year-old man had received a fixed penalty notice for being drunk and disorderly. "The matter is under full investigation and the club will make no further comment at this stage." A spokesman for the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said the incident was a matter for Panesar's club and the ECB would not be commenting on it. Simon Hoole, general manager of the nightclub, said: "Unfortunately we can only confirm that there was an incident at that time." He said the club would not make any further statement because the club valued its customers and their need for privacy. It is the second drink-related incident involving Ashes players this summer. In June, Australian batsman David Warner was reprimanded for striking England opener Joe Root in the face during a night out in Birmingham. Warner missed the first two Ashes Tests against England, but featured in the drawn Test at Old Trafford. Panesar was part of the 14-man England squad that retained the Ashes at Old Trafford on Monday but did not play in the match. The left-arm bowler, who has taken 164 Test wickets for England, has not been included in the squad for the next Ashes Test at Durham, which starts on Friday. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-23600037 Sussex County Cricket Club said it was investigating the incident. It said in a statement: "Sussex County Cricket Club can confirm that an incident took place involving Monty Panesar in the early hours of Monday August 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rose Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 a draw is not a result? Result, as in win or loss. Or a proper draw when both teams end up on the same score after both innings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted August 9, 2013 Author Share Posted August 9, 2013 England win toss and will bat first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted August 9, 2013 Author Share Posted August 9, 2013 England 34-1 Hotspot works! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted August 9, 2013 Author Share Posted August 9, 2013 England 107-2 Trott throws another wicket away, albeit for a fast 49 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted August 9, 2013 Author Share Posted August 9, 2013 I go away for 10 mins and a collapse begins! England 155-4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted August 9, 2013 Author Share Posted August 9, 2013 England 168-5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted August 9, 2013 Author Share Posted August 9, 2013 Ashes 2013: England collapse as Australia take charge of fourth Test Ashes 2013: England collapse as Australia take charge of fourth Test Fourth Investec Test, Emirates Durham ICG (day one): England 238-9 v Australia Australia took an early grip on the fourth Ashes Test at Chester-le-Street as England's batting frailties were exposed once again. Denied victory at Old Trafford by the rain as England retained the Ashes with a draw, Australia boosted their hopes of coming from 2-0 down to draw the series by reducing the hosts to 238-9 at the close of day one. After winning the toss, England had battled their way to 149-2 on a slow pitch, but they lost seven wickets for 65 runs as Australia took control. Off-spinner Nathan Lyon found a testing line and length to take 4-42, while the other wickets were shared among Australia's impressive quartet of seamers. Captain Alastair Cook top-scored for England with 51 and Jonathan Trott made a fluent 49, but it was a day to forget for the hosts' other batsmen as they fell to a combination of intelligent, accurate bowling and reckless batting. Cook's men have yet to post a total in excess of 400 this series and once again it will be down to their bowlers to right the wrongs of those paid to score runs. The day was in the balance when England took tea on 155-4, but the momentum swung drastically in Australia's favour when Bell was caught at mid-off after trying to hit Lyon over the top in the first over after the interval. Matt Prior and Jonny Bairstow dug in during arduous stand of 34 in 19 overs, but when both departed in quick succession England were in deep trouble. Stuart Broad and Graeme Swann fell trying to take on short balls from Ryan Harris and only some late resistance from Tim Bresnan and James Anderson, who struck four fours, prevented England from being bowled out in a day. The hosts, who avoided the temptation to select Graham Onions on his home ground, made a solid if unspectacular start to their innings as they saw out the first 17 overs of the first Ashes Test to be held at Durham's county ground. All-rounder Shane Watson made the breakthrough for the tourists as Root feathered a delivery through to wicketkeeper Brad Haddin. Umpire Tony Hill gave the decision not out, but the much-maligned Hot Spot was on hand to detect the edge. Trott struck seven fours in an innings of uncharacteristic ease as his score motored past that of Cook to within one run of his fastest Test fifty. But a partnership of 73 was broken when Trott aimed his 60th delivery - bowled by Lyon - to the leg side and was caught at short leg off inside edge and pad. Kevin Pietersen signalled his intentions from his first ball when he tried to smash Lyon over the top and almost holed out to midwicket. In an ugly, skittish innings, Pietersen nearly ran out his captain with a crazy single and almost played on. His demise for 26 actually came to a defensive shot as a thin nick was snaffled behind the stumps. Just four runs had been added to England's total when Cook was lbw shouldering arms to a ball from Ashes debutant Jackson Bird that nipped back and rapped his front pad. Lyon, who was hit for three sixes in two overs by Pietersen and Bell during their vital 115-run partnership during the first innings at Old Trafford, exacted full revenge when he followed up with the wicket of Bell. Aiming another huge drive at the off-spinner, Bell simply skewed the ball to mid-off, where Harris took a tumbling catch. Australia successfully reviewed an lbw appeal to remove Prior for 17 after Peter Siddle angled a ball into his pads, and Bairstow, who took 77 balls to score 14, attempted to sweep Lyon and was trapped leg before. Broad added only three before slapping Harris wastefully to point and Swann had managed 13 when he top-edged a pull to Lyon at deep square leg. Anderson's late flurry belatedly provided England fans with something to cheer but the day belonged indisputably to Australia. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/23641040 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted August 10, 2013 Author Share Posted August 10, 2013 No runs added to Englands overnight total All out 238 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted August 10, 2013 Author Share Posted August 10, 2013 Australia 12-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted August 10, 2013 Author Share Posted August 10, 2013 Australia 12-2! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted August 10, 2013 Author Share Posted August 10, 2013 Australia 49-3 Captain Michael Clarke gone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted August 10, 2013 Author Share Posted August 10, 2013 Australia 85-4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted August 10, 2013 Author Share Posted August 10, 2013 Australia 211-5 Chris Rogers 100 not out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Myshkin Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Damn. I was getting excited scrolling down the page and seeing that they were collapsing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted August 10, 2013 Author Share Posted August 10, 2013 yeah England can't blame the pitch now, nothing wrong with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted August 11, 2013 Author Share Posted August 11, 2013 Ashes 2013: Chris Rogers century gives Australia control of Test Ashes 2013: Chris Rogers century gives Australia control of Test Chris Rogers scored a gutsy 101 not out to give Australia the advantage in an absorbing fourth Ashes Test at Chester-le-Street. The left-handed opener's maiden Test century guided the tourists to 222-5 at the close of the second day in reply to England's 238 all out. Rogers led Australia's recovery after an incisive spell from Stuart Broad reduced them to 49-3 in overcast conditions, forging a partnership of 129 with Shane Watson, who made 68. Both enjoyed slices of good fortune, with Rogers reprieved on review on 20 and dropped at slip on 49, while Tim Bresnan spilled a chance off his own bowling to remove Watson for five. But as the ball softened and the England attack tired, Rogers and Watson began to prosper to give Australia the ascendancy as they look to recover from 2-0 down in the series. Stuck on 96 for 20 balls, Rogers was kept in check by Graeme Swann before finally sending a sweep to the boundary to go to three figures shortly before bad light ended play. The 35-year-old paused to allow the moment to sink in before removing his helmet to acknowledge the applause from the crowd and his team-mates. As he posted the first hundred by an Australia opener in 12 Tests, Rogers became the second oldest Australian to score his maiden Test century. After Jackson Bird had bowled James Anderson with the 12th ball of the day to end England's first innings, Broad produced a spell reminiscent of his Ashes-winning burst at The Oval in 2009. Pitching the ball up and finding some late swing, he removed David Warner, Usman Khawaja and captain Michael Clarke in the space of 27 balls and beat the bat of Rogers on countless occasions. Warner, promoted to the top of the order after batting at number six in the drawn third Test at Old Trafford, was bowled after bringing his bat down too late on a ball that arrowed into his off stump. Khawaja got a thin edge off the underside of his bat to give Matt Prior his 200th Test catch and a frustrated Clarke and perished to a wild swipe that flew high to Cook at first slip. There was no let-up from Broad as he had Rogers groping outside off stump before throwing his arms up to celebrate what he thought was a catch behind. Umpire Tony Hill upheld the appeal but Rogers successfully reviewed the decision when replays showed the ball struck pad not bat. With Hawk-Eye suggesting the ball would have clipped off stump, England assumed Rogers would be given out lbw, but because Hill had given him out caught and the lbw prediction was only an "umpire's call", the batsman survived. The reprieve allowed Australia to scrape through to lunch without further damage, only for Bresnan to reapply the pressure with the wicket of Steve Smith, who poked tentatively and nicked through to Prior. With the tourists reeling on 76-4, England would have been confident of securing a first-innings lead, but their efforts were fatally undermined by two dropped catches in successive overs. Watson, fidgety and unsettled against the moving ball, drove a delivery back towards Bresnan, who stuck out a left hand but could not hold on. Then, from the final ball of a superb over, Broad drew a loose drive from Rogers that flew off the edge and was put down at second slip by Swann, diving across Cook, who looked well positioned to take the catch. Unfortunately for England, the wicketless James Anderson and Bresnan struggled to match Broad's intensity or threat, allowing Rogers and Watson to settle into their rhythm and accumulate runs with greater ease either side of tea. Watson hit seven fours in his first half-century of the series, while Rogers began to find the gaps in the field to move towards his landmark century. Broad returned to strangle Watson down the leg side, but Rogers held firm under darkening skies to complete a memorable hundred. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/23651271 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted August 11, 2013 Author Share Posted August 11, 2013 Early wicket for England Australia 224-6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted August 11, 2013 Author Share Posted August 11, 2013 Australia 233-7 Brilliant 110 from Rogers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted August 11, 2013 Author Share Posted August 11, 2013 Australia 245-8 Lead by 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted August 11, 2013 Author Share Posted August 11, 2013 Australia 258-9 Lead of 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted August 11, 2013 Author Share Posted August 11, 2013 Australia 270 all out Lead of 32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Myshkin Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Wow. Gutted I missed that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted August 11, 2013 Author Share Posted August 11, 2013 England 17-1 Root clean bowled not for the first time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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