Swinging Balls

[sunny-dave]

No spoiler details in here - see next post.

[sunny-dave]

Amazing display of swing bowling by Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad before lunch. Even Sir Geoffrey seemed impressed.

NZ will be lucky to make tea ...

[Stephen_G]

Won't be swinging much longer!!!!!!!!!!

[jim360]

And they don't -- crikey!

Makes England's 232 in the first innings suddenly look massive, and Root's top-score 71 huge too.

[gness]

You're a cricket fan Jim! Life gets better!!! ;-) x

[jim360]

Doesn't it just!

I timed my fandom perfectly... got interested just as Sky got the TV coverage. Stuck with TMS now, although in many ways that's probably so much better.

[humbersloop]

result!

[Svejk]

Nicely put, Dave. Just posted about football spoilers. :)

[gness]

I have Ashes tickets and for the England/Australia Twenty 20 at Southampton. I'm going with the daughter..the lovely single one who has the misfortune to have a mother who is husband hunting for her. x

[jim360]

Never yet watched a -- well, any live sport really. Mope on the settee mainly! Would be an experience to go along, though, must try it one day.

[gness]

Jim! Get yourself to Lords...a day to remember. x

[jim360]

Yes, but I'm too busy not revising at the moment... and no-one to go with anyway.

[gness]

Next game I manage to get tickets for...you shall have one....x

[mrs_overall]

oooh get you two. Do I need to buy a hat? ;-)

[gness]

Well if you do make it a flat one...you'll never get under the church door otherwise...:-) x

[tonyav]

Doh, dave caught me there, just saw the title Swinging Balls on the latest posts..

[mrs_overall]

Hmm, flat cap and a frock. Wonder if it will catch on?

I've only been to one cricket match. Within 5 minutes of play starting someone hit a six. It caught me right between the eyes and knocked me out cold

[jim360]

Mrs_O, I have a question. Have you ever had something happen to you that wasn't funny?

[mrs_overall]

jim, trust me, having 2 black eyes and concussion was not in the slightest bit funny

[jim360]

It was afterwards though, right?

[tonyav]

You should have caught it with your hands mrs o and not try to head it, c'us thats football and not cricket !.