@hydro11 the Crusaders of tipping..

@canefan said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:

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@mofitzy_ said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:

The previous highest number of abandoned games in a World Cup was two, in 1992 (Australia) and 2003 (South Africa). We are now at 4.

Two games were abandoned in 2015 also. Aus/Bangladesh due to rain and the NZ skipper abandoned the final on the third ball of the match.

You mean at the toss?

It still haunts me today that we chose to bat when our number one strength in that tournament was Trent Boult. Letting him at the Aussies when it was hooping around would have put them on the back foot to begin with. Grrr.

At the time i didn't hate the decision. Had we scored 300 they would have been under enormous pressure. And there was no reason not to think our top order was capable of that.

Aussies bowled beautifully, and we cracked. Simple as that. Fuckers.

I was worried as hell about Starc in that tournament, he was in the form of his life and tearing teams apart; including us in the round robin. Letting him have first crack meant we were always going to start on the back foot, and Aussie ruthless as they were never took their foot off our throat.

Sure it probably wouldn't have mattered overall, but at least if Boult had been given the ball we could have put them under the pump to begin with. As it was Boult was largely nullified as they just blocked him out given the small total they were chasing.

They were relentless in that match. Starc, Johnson, Hazelwood, they just kept coming and we didn't have a weaker bowler to try and exploit

From memory we pulled it back with a couple of promising partnerships but that medium gay but not actually gay medium pacer took a few crucial wickets.
The Hairy Javelin was magnificent in both the Semi (especially) and the I’ll fated final.

@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Hawt discussion (lots of PG13 gifs/pics):

@NTA said in Hawt discussion (lots of PG13 gifs/pics):

FFS scratch that one off the list...

Like that would put any of us off. It's not like she's going to be having an antivac rant in the two minutes it takes.

Plan on doing it twice?

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@Virgil said in 2019 Cricket ODI WC:

How high did Davey jump in the air when he celebrated his 100??

About as high as your level of triggered outrage when discussing the topic of Warner.

I don’t know, my triggered outrage over Davey dumb dumb is impressively high...

How high did Davey jump in the air when he celebrated his 100??

@MN5 said in HBO - Chernobyl:

All finished up, defintiely a good watch.

1980's Russia looked like some depressing dystopian future setting, fuck living in a country like that.

I see there's still no clear number on exactly how many people died as a result of all this.

A lot.

@Mokey said in HBO - Chernobyl:

@Virgil Hahaha that bit was funny.

New characters in one of your novels perhaps??

Also how horrific was the make up with the guys dying from radiation? Horribly way to suffer and die.

Since watching I looked into what’s happened since. That new incasement they have built is amazing, it was constructed onsite and slid over the old reactor, perfectly fitting around the various shapes and dimensions of the structure.

Fair to say the only reason Henry is in the frame and is close to being a certainty in the team is post 2015 Southee has fallen away badly completed to pre 2015.
Stats don’t lie, since taking the 7for vs the Poms in that game he’s struggled to take wickets.
Averaging over 40 is not going to help any team.
Not sure if it’s an age thing or simply loss of form. But he’s definitely no longer deserving of an automatic spot in the team.

@Mokey said in HBO - Chernobyl:

I ended up watching eps 1,2,3. Someone asked me if it was sad, and I said nope, I just felt rage at the lies and cover ups and everything is fine bullshit despite the fact that people's faces were literally melting. But those who did the worst jobs imaginable were so stoic. The guys who had to open the sluice gate. Pitch black, radioactive water, torches going out, wearing heavy claustrophobic suits that wouldn't protect them...

Oh and did you enjoy the miners especially once it go too hot for them to work...

@Mokey said in HBO - Chernobyl:

I ended up watching eps 1,2,3. Someone asked me if it was sad, and I said nope, I just felt rage at the lies and cover ups and everything is fine bullshit despite the fact that people's faces were literally melting. But those who did the worst jobs imaginable were so stoic. The guys who had to open the sluice gate. Pitch black, radioactive water, torches going out, wearing heavy claustrophobic suits that wouldn't protect them...

Looked into the guys who went below to open up the sluice gates. Despite reports of them dying soon after from the effects of the radiation they intact lived well after the disaster, at least 1 is apparently still alive today. Amazing really