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Old 22-08-2019, 11:50   #556
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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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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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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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Old 22-08-2019, 12:22   #559
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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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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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Yes but having no hat meant certain death on Ilkley Moor.
Not if one is invincible..
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Yes but having no hat meant certain death on Ilkley Moor.
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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The Yorkys are over the Pennines from this vastly superior side.
Remind me again what County Cricket Championship League Lancashire are in again?
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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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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.
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.
It seems he must have heard us.
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