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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2019 19:04:27 GMT
Son #2 wanted to go with me to the England- Afghanistan match at Old Trafford for his birthday. He was looking at secondary ticket sites before I got involved and I realised that there would be a main site which we found fairly easily. However, the ICC ticket site is very poor.
I wanted to buy some mid-range tickets which were not sold out but the site kept stating that I had too many tickets in my basket, when of course I had none. Eventually I realised I was able to buy either very expensive tickets or those at the cheaper end, so I bought the latter and sent a message to the site administrators. Needless to say, apart from an automatied acknowledgement, I have heard nothing. Some organisations manage to do ticketing very well......
Anyway, we have tickets, we can spend the day together in hopefully reasonable weather and see some decent cricket. If today's result is anything to go by, it seems like we will be watching the cricket equivalent of the ManCity v Burton game (9-0)..
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Post by WDB on May 31, 2019 9:52:10 GMT
I'm looking forward to seeing Afghanistan play. They're no mugs, have beaten higher-ranked teams - and you'd need a heart of stone not to wish them well.
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2019 11:05:16 GMT
Very true. Given the circumstances of their country it is astonishing they are in the World Cup even have a team.
Looking forward anyway and in reality the best games are those won in the last over.
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Post by Humph on May 31, 2019 11:19:55 GMT
Watching cricket? Second only to watching paint dry isn't it? 💤
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2019 15:14:17 GMT
And yet one of England's best captains was Scottish....
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Post by Humph on May 31, 2019 15:21:09 GMT
Well, it can't be that hard can it? Just standing there with a great big wide bat waiting for someone to throw a ball straight to you? All you'd have to do is just hit it quite hard and job done it seems to me. No wonder they have time for tea...
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Post by WDB on May 31, 2019 15:33:35 GMT
Watching cricket? Second only to watching paint dry isn't it? 💤 Now you really are inviting me to explore the limits of the swear filter. 🙊
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Post by Humph on May 31, 2019 15:55:28 GMT
Well, it can't be that hard if you sometimes have to keep your jumper on can it? Not really a "sport" if you don't even break a bit of sweat is it? 😈
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Post by WDB on May 31, 2019 17:17:49 GMT
Well, it’s kept me as fit as I’ve ever been for 35 years. Except when it’s caused me injury, of course: herniated disc, broken toe, broken finger, torn hip cartilage, two groaning knees, too many bruises and pulled muscles to count... My physio assures me it’s just the price of staying active, and it would just be different — and probably worse — if I’d not done it. I’ll be out there again tomorrow, trying to comfort myself with that thought.
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Post by Avant on Jun 2, 2019 15:17:22 GMT
"....it would just be different — and probably worse — if I’d not done it."
Debatable - I've no regrets that I was absolutely useless at all sports (partly through astigmatism so that I don't have an eye for a ball), and at 70, even though I'm a little overweight, my hips and knees are fine.
SWMBO used to manage the practice of a hip and knee surgeon in Reading. There were people half our age needing new hip and knee joints, mainly through an excess of sports. Some man had even had 3 new hips. I've only got 2, but I wasn't jealous.
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Post by WDB on Jun 2, 2019 21:03:28 GMT
OK, the herniated disc was probably caused at least as much by too much time in an office chair as by anything that happened on a cricket field. The problem, which required surgery on both hips, is congenital - too much bone on the head of the femur - and apparently affects as many as 15 percent of adults, whether they know it or not. Probably precipitated by too much economy class flying, my surgeon kindly wrote down - which got me a few business class trips in the days when I still travelled outside Europe. The knees have to hold up a lot of me whether I'm playing or not - and a day in a museum can leave them just as sore as a day playing cricket. Which leaves the bruises, fractures and pulled muscles as the penalty for playing, so I reckon I've not done too badly really.
But I suppose physios have a business to sustain as much as anyone, so it might be in his interest to keep my as an active client for a few more years.
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Post by Alanović on Jun 3, 2019 7:28:13 GMT
Glad to be a mere 5'10". I'm a bit creaky at nearly 50, but no real problems. I ain't much in to exercise.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2019 12:21:55 GMT
Swimming.... It's exercise but without the impact and body fully supported by the water, assuming you can actually swim or even float. Going fast can really raise the heart rate which is good and you can 'cool down' with some more gentle lengths.
But you have to enjoy your own company. You can get very bored trawling up and down a pool. I do mental arithmatic based upon the intended number of lengths and the lengths completed. Others have waterproof MP3 players.
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Post by WDB on Jun 3, 2019 13:04:55 GMT
Never enjoyed swimming, so although I can do it, I don't choose to. I don't mind my own company out on a bike but at least the scenery changes. Cricket for me isn't so much a fitness activity as one that gives me a reason to do the other things I need to do to keep fit to play
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Post by WDB on Jun 3, 2019 21:17:44 GMT
Pakistan deserved their win today, but England’s fightback showed a lot of spirit. Probably the closest game of the tournament so far.
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