At the recent MCG 20/20, guy got thrown out for drinking beer out of his shoe (he did do it 4-5 times though). At least with the wave or beer snake there's the tiniest chance that someone else could get the tiniest bit hurt, not sure what the danger to others is with drinking out of a show though. Apart from it being pretty rank.
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At the recent MCG 20/20, guy got thrown out for drinking beer out of his shoe (he did do it 4-5 times though). At least with the wave or beer snake there's the tiniest chance that someone else could get the tiniest bit hurt, not sure what the danger to others is with drinking out of a show though. Apart from it being pretty rank.
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He may be a hipster douche, but is the best captain we've had since Tubby and fitness prevailing easily our best bat.
WHY THE SELECTORS INSIST ON HIM PLAYING MICKEY MOUSE PYJAMA CRICKET WHEN HE'S GOT A F**KED BACK IS BEYOND BELIEF!!!!!!!
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Went the day before! and as of course there is no cover at the WACA - was burnt to a crisp and fairly hungover/dehydrated - so gave that day a miss
Barely got to the Noel Gallagher concert at the Concert Hall that night!
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Yep, agree with all of that 100%. I do wish that Clarke would just retire from ODIs himself though, and concentrate purely on tests for the remainder of his career. I assume/hope he will do so after the world cup, which I think Brian Lara also suggested recently.
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My thoughts as well, wants to captain the world cup
haha....my mate went the day after Gilly went nuts and sat in the temporary stand with no shade near the scoreboard and it was near on 40 degrees that day.
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Yeah its like that most days.. i remember the bottom of a plastic cup of beer i had melting on the fence rail as i sat against the fence last summer at the Ashes Test - i think it was about 42 that day! Pretty much most days at the WACA though
Even on Sunday, it wasn't that hot but you just get baked in the sun there.
It was 42 degrees in the shade wasn't it?
Had seats in the Northern Perimeter one day right against the fence.
Felt like 50.
The metal fence makes the heat worse.
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The WACA just looks uncomfortable to frequent even from the serenity of evening prime-time eastern states television viewing 
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Best part about it used to be the 90s...we used to train there once/twice a week, and getting used to the place we found a little "hole" in the back of the indoor centre that we used frequently to get to the cricket/footy that was played there...just pick your moment and you're in!
Times and my size has changed though...alas.
Also used to be able to get a mate to walk into Trinity College next door and throw a bag of grog over the fence, voila
But yeah, terrible for viewing if you're there the whole day and its 40 ... Battle to get through the day
Times and my size has changed though...alas.
Also used to be able to get a mate to walk into Trinity College next door and throw a bag of grog over the fence, voila
But yeah, terrible for viewing if you're there the whole day and its 40 ... Battle to get through the day
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Ah yes that was dubbed the 'grand final' of test cricket, where master tactician Mickey Arthur decided to rest Pattinson and Siddle and injected the lethal firebrands of John Hastings and Mitchell Starc and played Nathan Lyon on a wicket that resembled Tonkin Hwy.
I think everyone's a-hole was red raw after what Amla and de Villiers did to us that day.
It was the most drunk I've ever been at the cricket, and the most Ive ever spent...
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Two more unpopular opinions:
1) The WACA is a baking s**t hole. Horrible ground. No shade. Sterile atmosphere. Big high metal fences - there's no intimacy between the spectators and action. Its time for a housing development. Would rather watch matches at Lilac Hill - at least there would be a better atmosphere.
2) The size of the bats these days is f***ing ridiculous. They mask player's true abilities. Aaron Finch is a joke of a cricketer. Give me a Gray Nicholls scoop, but him against Greg Chappell and he'd play like Chris Martin. 9/10 shots he attempts are nowhere near the middle. Edit: As I speak he gets out hooking a dolly.
3) Raise the stitches on the ball 2mm. Give the bowlers a break FFS.
1) The WACA is a baking s**t hole. Horrible ground. No shade. Sterile atmosphere. Big high metal fences - there's no intimacy between the spectators and action. Its time for a housing development. Would rather watch matches at Lilac Hill - at least there would be a better atmosphere.
2) The size of the bats these days is f***ing ridiculous. They mask player's true abilities. Aaron Finch is a joke of a cricketer. Give me a Gray Nicholls scoop, but him against Greg Chappell and he'd play like Chris Martin. 9/10 shots he attempts are nowhere near the middle. Edit: As I speak he gets out hooking a dolly.
3) Raise the stitches on the ball 2mm. Give the bowlers a break FFS.
My lord that was incredible
There's something awesome about those innings - late in Perth, prime time here, somebody going to town with the bat.
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More an art-form than a sport.
Pretty sure there'll be a match in progress as i turn up to the pearly gates ( hopefully it's dollar day )
Footy's my primal fix
Cricket's my spiritual ( you w***er ) fix
Pretty sure there'll be a match in progress as i turn up to the pearly gates ( hopefully it's dollar day
)Footy's my primal fix
Cricket's my spiritual ( you w***er ) fix
PaddyO
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First test predictions?
This is what I'd pick...
Warner
Rogers
Khawaja
Clarke (if unfit, Chris Lynn)
Smith
Marsh
Haddin (if unfit, Hartley or Paine)
Johnson
Harris
Hazelwood
Lyon
Siddle if Harris not fit.
The selectors won't do this though.
This is what I'd pick...
Warner
Rogers
Khawaja
Clarke (if unfit, Chris Lynn)
Smith
Marsh
Haddin (if unfit, Hartley or Paine)
Johnson
Harris
Hazelwood
Lyon
Siddle if Harris not fit.
The selectors won't do this though.
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Chris Lynn isn't playing at all till January and I can't see Usman getting picked.
The rest of the team is pretty close. Really just comes to Siddle v Hazlewood.
3 and 4 is a lottery but almost certain Watson will get one of those spots.
The rest of the team is pretty close. Really just comes to Siddle v Hazlewood.
3 and 4 is a lottery but almost certain Watson will get one of those spots.
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That's not an opinion, that's a fact.
And it's not unpopular.
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Small problem with Richo playing at state level: it'd mean going back to play with the Deadbacks: surely one of the more soul destroying punishments in Australian sport. GWS will beat Melbourne in an AFL grand final before SA wins another Sheffield Shield......
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Yep: I reckon he's still got a few credits in the bank from his awesome batting throughout most of his career. The only question is, can that hamstring hold up: if not, then maybe it's time to pull the pin. But if he's injury free for the Ashes next year, he must lead our Ashes defence.
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And the deadest of deadbacks is the Australian coach..Go figure..
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Been playing well, hopefully can continue his form into the test series. Has to be incumbent for captain, no one else is putting their hand up.
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