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Re: English Cricket
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3rd test delayed start, it's raining at Headingly over on the dark side.  |
Dark side? surely it ain't that bad as perhaps you can ask one of them to lend you their lightsaber. 
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22-08-2019, 11:05
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Re: English Cricket
To quote a line from the Oldham Tinkers song Owdham Edge, “and now we *** ter Yorkshers line, a can’t si owt past theer but grime.” 
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22-08-2019, 11:10
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Re: English Cricket
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To quote a line from the Oldham Tinkers song Owdham Edge, “and now we *** ter Yorkshers line, a can’t si owt past theer but grime.” |
And to quote a line from the anthem of Yorkshire , "On Ilkla Moor Baht 'at".
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22-08-2019, 11:22
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Re: English Cricket
Yup - Headingley Cricket Ground is two and half miles from our house, and it's overcast and mizzling at the moment.
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22-08-2019, 11:31
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Re: English Cricket
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And to quote a line from the anthem of Yorkshire , "On Ilkla Moor Baht 'at". |
Yes but having no hat meant certain death on Ilkley Moor.
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22-08-2019, 11:37
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Yes but having no hat meant certain death on Ilkley Moor. |
Not if one is invincible..
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Only if you are from "over the Pennines"...
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Only if you are from "over the Pennines"... |
Given their directional sense they might get lost on the way...
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Given their directional sense they might get lost on the way... |
The Yorkys are over the Pennines from this vastly superior side. 
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22-08-2019, 15:37
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The Yorkys are over the Pennines from this vastly superior side.
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Remind me again what County Cricket Championship League Lancashire are in again?
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22-08-2019, 16:25
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A minor aberration, soon to be rectified. A dismal day in Yorkshire just gets worse, to dark for cricket at 4:00 pm on an August afternoon. 
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22-08-2019, 16:32
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A minor aberration, soon to be rectified. A dismal day in Yorkshire just gets worse, to dark for cricket at 4:00 pm on an August afternoon. |
They have just resumed although how long far is the question.
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And starting to make the (Yorkshire ) captains decision to bowl first a bit suspect.
The last five times a team has been inserted at Headingley in a test match they have gone on to win.
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And starting to make the (Yorkshire ) captains decision to bowl first a bit suspect.
The last five times a team has been inserted at Headingley they have gone on to win.
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Maybe its just me but for a while l have been increasingly unimpressed with Joe Roots tactical nous as captain.
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And starting to make the (Yorkshire ) captains decision to bowl first a bit suspect.
The last five times a team has been inserted at Headingley in a test match they have gone on to win.
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It seems he must have heard us.
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