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Posted: 19-02-2011 20:25 Post subject:

I watched the first half, planning to go over the pub for Happy Hour if Utd looked like winning heavily. But as they were only 1-0 up at HT, I stayed in for the second half too. I'm glad I did, as it was a very entertaining game. Well played Crawley!

(I could have watched the game in the pub, but the screen is poorly placed in relation to the bar, and there's always some eejit come to chat with his mate who stands in your line of sight... Evil or Very Mad

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Posted: 22-02-2011 13:56 Post subject:

Live Cricket World Cup - England v Netherlands

England: Yet to bat
Netherlands: 292-6 (50.0 overs)
Venue: Nagpur

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/9403795.stm

Oh dear... Sad

Posted: 22-02-2011 14:47 Post subject:

Posted: 22-02-2011 15:07 Post subject:

We were prevented from seeing latest episode of the Tudors this weekend because BBC2 wales thought the sight of two men hitting balls with sticks into holes in a table was far more interesting.

my complaint has been duly acknowledged - but it won't stop them doing it again and again - BBC TV in Wales seems dominated by sports-mad men.

Wouldn't have this problem if they pegged the TV time for men's sports to that for women's sports.

Posted: 22-02-2011 15:23 Post subject:

In my region we only get half an hour of highlights (tonight it's 10pm). Which is a shame, it is the World Cup after all. And I'm usually tucked up in bed not long after that Embarassed

Posted: 22-02-2011 17:40 Post subject:

oh boy!

...England need just more than a run a ball at 13 from 12. Shocked

...

Ravi Bopara alleviates the building pressure with a humpty of a six over long-off from Bernard Loots' first delivery, surely game over from here. Loots holds his head in his hands, serving up a slow length ball was a risk - and he paid for it as Bopara anticipated it brilliantly. And the Essex all-rounder ties the scores, dispatching a juicy full-toss over midwicket for four - winning the match with a similar shot which crosses the boundary in a similar place.
ENGLAND BEAT THE NETHERLANDS BY SIX WICKETS. Very Happy

They were just toying with them all along! Wink

Posted: 27-02-2011 10:20 Post subject:

Chelsea defender Ashley Cole shoots...

- wait for it -

...student at club's training ground Shocked

England left-back Cole, 30, was 'larking about' with a .22 air rifle when he fired at the work experience student from five feet away
James Orr The Observer, Sunday 27 February 2011

England defender Ashley Cole accidentally shot and wounded a 21-year-old student on work experience at his club's Cobham training ground, it was revealed last night.
The Chelsea left-back was reported to have been "larking about" with a .22 calibre air rifle when he fired at student Tom Cowan from just five feet away.

Sources at Chelsea Football Club told the News of the World how Cowan was treated by medics at the ground and allowed to rest following the incident. But two days later the wound was still weeping and he was tended to again by medical staff.

"It's truly inconceivable that a Premier League footballer could bring a gun to the training ground," a source said. "But Ashley pulled the rifle from a box and started larking about with it in the changing room."

Former Arsenal star Cole, 30, arrived at Chelsea's Cobham training ground in Surrey holding the weapon, complete with a muzzle and nightscope, last week. The incident was witnessed by a dozen members of staff, but Cole claimed he was unaware that the rifle was loaded. Cowan, a Loughborough University sports science student, was at the team's training ground as part of a year's work placement with Chelsea.

On Wednesday, he was called into a three-hour meeting with "deeply worried" Chelsea officials to discuss the accident, and a day later his father, Ronald, a 51-year-old quantity surveyor, held a second meeting at the club where he demanded to know what action would be taken against Cole.

A .22 air rifle is the most powerful type of weapon that can be legally owned in Britain without a licence. Under British law the incident could be deemed actual bodily harm which carries a maximum penalty of five years' imprisonment and an unlimited fine.

Cole, who earns £110,000 a week, is reported to have been given a severe dressing down, and has formally apologised to Cowan.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/feb/27/ashley-cole-chelsea-air-rifle

Posted: 27-02-2011 13:34 Post subject:

England's bowlers getting hammered by India.
But they've just taken two wickets in two balls! Very Happy

Still chasing a huge total, India currently 311-5.

Now for a Fortean bit:

Posted: 27-02-2011 13:43 Post subject:

If we manage that it is going to be an AMAZING innings!

I have friends who flew down there ((it's only an hour away by air) to watch it ..... I've settled for the settee Cool

Posted: 27-02-2011 13:57 Post subject:

The first part of the prediction was a tad low - India made 339, all out.

Now for the Strauss ton... (fingers crossed) Cool

Posted: 27-02-2011 16:13 Post subject:

And there it is!!

I hate it when we stand a chance!

Posted: 27-02-2011 16:15 Post subject:

Well, bugger me - Strauss made his ton! Very Happy

How's that for a dream prediction, then? Cool

And the game is finely balanced, but England are still in with a chance...

Gripping stuff - but I want got to watch the Arsenal game in 45 minutes... Confused

Posted: 27-02-2011 18:28 Post subject:

Wow!

A tie!
It was win, lose or draw on the last ball after an absolute rollercoaster of an innings.
Amazing stuff!

Posted: 28-02-2011 08:33 Post subject:

I wonder how Birmingham got on v Arsenal?

Ryn will probably know...

Posted: 28-02-2011 08:40 Post subject: