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Re: Edladd's Blog Yes, I am far more handsomer than people think :p

The Duck Cup is MINE! We'd our end of season dinner Friday night, was great craic. 50 odd people turned up, which is more than last year I think. At that dinner one of our founder members provided the highlight of the night by singing a lament he had composed! Lamenting the fact that Sandyford...

International Rules Football It would be remiss of me not to point out that Ireland beat Australia today in the first test of this years International Rules series. At one stage we were 17 points ahead, but remarkably we ended up winning by a single point! 45-44! There's a report HERE on our...

Re: Blueprint to rebuild Brett Lee Who else had this thought when they saw the title of the post: "Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to build the world's first bionic man. Brett Lee will be that man. Better than he was before. Better, stronger...

Re: The Specialist Tryer I'm playing both these days, Friday's is the one where an out is -5 and you have to run. Thursday is the lone batsman on a team and an out is an out. Both have their merits.

The Specialist Tryer Had indoor on Thursday with work - quite sedate in comparison with the Friday evening version, but still good. There's no running involved during the batting - so scoring is controlled by hitting the walls or getting the ball past lines on the floor. For the most part it's...

Re: Jonesy's Blog. Fair play lad, good thing you "accidentally" superglued the bails on eh... IMO, middle order batting isn't based so much on ability than on attitude. Some people need to be moved up the order and told to "go for it" - as they might be too nervous and defensive at 8 trying...

Re: Name A Good TV Show Hardly! Fawlty Towers is one of those shows that is on constant repeat on some channel or other. I doubt there's anyone that thinks of it as being consigned to the past in any real sense. Unless of course you mean you watched it the first time it was shown ;)

Re: Terrible off the Pads What problems are you having with it? Do you find that you don't have time to get the bat over to the line of the ball? Or is your front leg getting in the way of the shot? The major problem I have on the leg side is that I'm always falling over towards the off side...

Quick Update Not much going on these days really cricketwise! I'd another indoor session last Friday (missed Thursday - work too busy). Went really well, I took 5 or 6 catches and effected a few run-outs - but I suppose the hectic nature of the game means that it throws up a ridiculous amount...

Re: Wrist Spin Bowling Has anyone come across Terry Jenners blog before? Terry Jenner - "The Spin Doctor" For the most part it's about his clinics around the world, and his thoughts on happenings in international cricket - but there are a few posts about different parts of the bowling action...

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Re: New Zealand in Bangladesh 5 required from the last 4 wickets, and Ashraful just dropped Flynn. They probably would have been safe enough, but you never know! Maybe not - NZ need 1 to win and Flynn (49) just edged to short leg! Mills in now. Edit: Mills gets the single, match over...

Re: Australia in India Had a look at the scorecard when I came into work this morning - didn't make good reading! Anyone watching it? Did Australia give up or were they out-bowled?

Re: Australia in India MY MOB!! Nope, my mob (Ireland) are in the final of the Intercontinental Cup at the end of the month :p When it comes to test cricket I'm just a very interested neutral. I am up for Australia in this series as I love their aggressive style and self-belief. There was...

Re: Batting Drills One I've found very useful recently is practicing with a tennis ball and a stump against a wall. Just stand about 3 metres from the wall and throw the ball against it so it bounces before it gets back to you, and then just drive it with the stump. This is good for...

Re: Australia in India Big trouble now - no chance of an Australia win, and I don't think it's possible for them to survive 4 sessions with 6 wickets after losing the first 4 so quickly!

Re: Good line and length and pick up wickets When you are bowling line and length, where do you get hit? Maybe it can show you if you need to adjust something. Line is easy enough to understand - basically try to consistently land the ball so that it is hitting off stump or just missing it...

Sleeping with the Enemy Well, Ireland managed to wrap up the Kenya game with just 20 minutes to spare - so they are through to the final against Namibia starting Thursday week. I hadn't fully realised that a draw would have put Kenya through instead of them, which makes it even better. And a...

Re: Australia in India :D I think I know who you're talking about. Siddle has been very impressive so far - sure, a bit expensive at times - but he looks far more comfortable than your usual debutant in a big match.