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Post by dixinormus on Jun 4, 2019 8:14:48 GMT
Can’t believe that the fickle English Summer weather hasn’t scuppered any matches yet?! Wait until I get there at the end of the month 🌨!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2019 11:03:36 GMT
I'm waiting for 18th June for it to rain....
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Post by WDB on Jun 8, 2019 9:00:41 GMT
Well, yesterday certainly delivered the watery goods.
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Post by tyrednexited on Jun 8, 2019 9:35:08 GMT
Drove down the M5 past Bristol yesterday in absolutely dire driving conditions (in both directions). Wind, lashing rain and impenetrable spray. Overhead signs bore warnings on expected congestion due to the world cup cricket match. "Good luck with that!".
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Post by Humph on Jun 8, 2019 9:50:54 GMT
Working in Avonmouth next week for a few days. Quaint little fishing village I believe... 🤔
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Post by tyrednexited on Jun 8, 2019 10:33:25 GMT
When the (only) two local places of interest are defined on Wikipedia as "Avonmouth Sewage Works Nature Reserve" and "The Range Distribution Centre" ....you just know it has to be on the bucket list
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Post by Humph on Jun 8, 2019 10:56:35 GMT
Sounds idyllic.
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Post by tyrednexited on Jun 8, 2019 11:12:13 GMT
....Brizzle's an OK place, though.......
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Post by Humph on Jun 8, 2019 14:26:00 GMT
Used to know Bristol quite well, at the time I lived in Bath, but socialised quite a bit in Bristol. Used to ride there and back on my bike along the cycle path created from the old railway line. Back then, the tunnels didn't have lights in them and if I was coming back later than planned, it was necessary to ride through them in the pitch dark. This could often seem like a good idea after a couple of halves of shandy...didn't always end all that well.
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Post by WDB on Jun 16, 2019 20:23:02 GMT
The much-hyped Pakistan-India match was another one-sided anticlimax. There have been rather too many of those. England have yet to play India, Australia and New Zealand, and NZ still have to play India and Australia. Let’s hope for some closer contests and even a Podmoresque diarrhoea finish.
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Post by dixinormus on Jun 17, 2019 9:02:37 GMT
NZ v India was rained off last week without a single ball being bowled...
Whose bright idea was it to run a cricket tournament in the UK in June..?!
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Post by WDB on Jun 17, 2019 9:21:44 GMT
NZ v India was rained off last week without a single ball being bowled. So it was. I suppose that at least means one side didn’t run away with it. 🤓
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Post by Alanović on Jun 18, 2019 7:30:25 GMT
Was Bangladesh beating the West Indies a surprise? Big win too. I don't know much about cricket but I do know Bangladesh are a new side at the top level and the Windies have been around for ever.
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Post by WDB on Jun 18, 2019 15:46:21 GMT
Bangladesh command respect in one-day cricket and have beaten most of the top teams. Shakir is their key player and did well against WI.
WI have the makings of a top side but have been poorly led and dreadfully managed since Brian Lara, the last of their galacticos, retired. Jason Holder seems a decent man and a steady captain, but he’s lumbered with the overbearing ego of Chris Gayle — who will at least (and at last) retire once they’re eliminated from this tournament.
So no, Bangladesh’s win may not have been expected, but wasn’t especially surprising either.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2019 17:25:35 GMT
Just had a very pleasant day at Old Trafford Cricket Ground.
Decent victory by England over Afghanistan but need to be sharper to beat better teams.
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