20 hours ago, Redleg said:

Put simply, if you put a dollar to win on every horse, you need a winner at 24 to 1 or better, to make a profit. 

I know someone who says she has backed the winner every year. She backs every horse in it.

Funny!

My tip is the French horse Absurde.

 

Edited November 6, 20232 yr by leave it to deever

13 hours ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

Just flicking through Fox . There's a programme called " Dr Pimple Popper" !

Could someone please explain this to me in a way that doesn't make me feel more vomitus than I am at the moment.

Still probably better than the slop they serve up from the good people at Netflix. New releases read like a list of Hollywood classics from the forties. It's now become a collection of b grade movies from Mongolia and 500$ "doco series" about mass murderers. The only people who this defunct streaming service appeals to these days are executive Producers. 

Enjoy the races today peeps

12 minutes ago, layzie said:

Enjoy the races today peeps

It's okay, I'm not running.

 

32 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

Still probably better than the slop they serve up from the good people at Netflix. New releases read like a list of Hollywood classics from the forties. It's now become a collection of b grade movies from Mongolia and 500$ "doco series" about mass murderers. The only people who this defunct streaming service appeals to these days are executive Producers. 

For authentic, vintage rubbish you need TubiTV, but I'm pretty sure it'll install a virus that makes your washing smell funny and pokes holes in your flyscreen. I ended up there after seeing 'Bad Movie Bible' on youtube, which appears to be hosted by the unacknowledged offspring of Margaret & Dave from the movie show.

Ironically, 'Mystery Science Theatre 3000' is on Netflix.

10 hours ago, Redleg said:

It’s actually 3 minutes.

But what’s a minute between friends?

It used to be three minutes. It’s now two.

A minute’s a long time if you only have two of them!

the punishment seems way out of whack with reason

there must be other penalties more appropriate, like x runs per minute late etc

2 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

It used to be three minutes. It’s now two.

A minute’s a long time if you only have two of them!

It was 2 minutes when I played club cricket back in the 70's and 80's and everyone was aware of the rule.

In those days, the club kit might only have allowed to have 2 batsmen padded up, so if a couple fell quickly it was a rush to get padded up.

2 hours ago, leave it to deever said:

Whatever it is , it's worse than getting out than handled ball or hit wicket. 

How do you explain it to your teammates. Oh wait you probably did while you were playing poker with them at the time.

I'm looking forward to the finals but I really think India already have it won. They have an exceptional bowling line up.

I also can’t see anyone else winning it, Deeves. As you mention, their bowling stocks are chef’s kiss. Shami, Siraj and Bumrah are absolutely  formidable. Add that to their batting lineup (Shreyas, Shubman Gill and of course, King Kohli) and it’s easy to imagine they’ll take the championship out without dropping a single match.

 

I still believe we’re the only ones who can trouble them, though.

edit: Even without Hardik who was yesterday officially ruled out for the remainder of the tournament they’ll romp home.

Edited November 7, 20232 yr by WalkingCivilWar

6 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

I also can’t see anyone else winning it, Deeves. As you mention, their bowling stocks are chef’s kiss. Shami, Siraj and Bumrah are absolutely  formidable. Add that to their batting lineup (Shreyas, Shubman Gill and of course, King Kohli) and it’s easy to imagine they’ll take the championship out without dropping a single match.

 

I still believe we’re the only ones who can trouble them, though. 

Sometimes not dropping a game builds ironic pressure.

24 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

the punishment seems way out of whack with reason

there must be other penalties more appropriate, like x runs per minute late etc

I agree it’s a very harsh penalty. It was avoidable, too. I reckon it wouldn’t have happened had Mathews not been so cavalier. He should’ve talked to Shakib explaining the issue with his helmet, the strap on it was loose or whatever the reason, and in all likelihood Shakib wouldn’t have appealed to the umpire. That said, it is an unsavoury incident. 

43 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

It used to be three minutes. It’s now two.

A minute’s a long time if you only have two of them!

Two friends?

I actually have nothing to say.

32 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

I agree it’s a very harsh penalty. It was avoidable, too. I reckon it wouldn’t have happened had Mathews not been so cavalier. He should’ve talked to Shakib explaining the issue with his helmet, the strap on it was loose or whatever the reason, and in all likelihood Shakib wouldn’t have appealed to the umpire. That said, it is an unsavoury incident. 

according to matthews he did talk to shakib and the umpire about helmet. he claims the helmet strap broke at 1'55" whilst he was at the crease, and time  shown on video. after the talk, umpire asked shakib if he wanted to withdraw and he refused.

umpires and review umpire had opportunity to rule it a safety issue and not a time wasting issue ... but obviously didn't

Just now, daisycutter said:

according to matthews he did talk to shakib and the umpire about helmet. he claims the helmet strap broke at 1'55" whilst he was at the crease, and time  shown on video. after the talk, umpire asked shakib if he wanted to withdraw and he refused.

umpires and review umpire had opportunity to rule it a safety issue and not a time wasting issue ... but obviously didn't

That really is harsh! And not in the spirit of the game at all. I’m not a huge fan of Angelo Mathews and I was going for Bangladesh. But yeah, no wonder Mathews was extremely upset, he had every right to be.

1 hour ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

That said, it is an unsavoury incident. 

For a game that's supposedly played between gentlemen, there are a surprising number of unsavory incidents.

16 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Anyone else watching the cricket? Angelo Mathews was just given for “timed out.”  I’ve never seen that before. He was more surprised than anyone.

Yeah the commentators just said it’s the first time this has happened in International Cricket.

It’s just not cricket! 🧐

Looks weird on the scorecard…

* Couldn't be stuffed.

1 hour ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

That really is harsh! And not in the spirit of the game at all. I’m not a huge fan of Angelo Mathews and I was going for Bangladesh. But yeah, no wonder Mathews was extremely upset, he had every right to be.

It's a strange rule. I wonder if it applies to all formats. I mean limited over games are a tad different to a game played over 5 days.

In The NZ / Pakistan game with the rain coming into the result it makes some sense but seems pretty stiff in a test match. And bowlers often slow games down with over rates.

It reflects poorly on the team appealing for it for me.

Edited November 7, 20232 yr by leave it to deever

1 hour ago, leave it to deever said:

It's a strange rule. I wonder if it applies to all formats. I mean limited over games are a tad different to a game played over 5 days.

In The NZ / Pakistan game with the rain coming into the result it makes some sense but seems pretty stiff in a test match. And bowlers often slow games down with over rates.

It reflects poorly on the team appealing for it for me.

It is applicable to all forms of cricket, even T20, if you wanna call that cricket. 😁 Same with the D/L method (for rain interrupted matches). 

On 06/11/2023 at 13:05, Redleg said:

Put simply, if you put a dollar to win on every horse, you need a winner at 24 to 1 or better, to make a profit. 

I know someone who says she has backed the winner every year. She backs every horse in it.

Funny!

The odds shortened a bit today but at the time of posting backing the field each for a place would have given a modest return due to third place Sheraz. Two days ago it was @ $ 27 for a place. Throw in the other winners and it wasn't too shabby. 

1 hour ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

It is applicable to all forms of cricket, even T20, if you wanna call that cricket. 😁 Same with the D/L method (for rain interrupted matches). 

Tx Wcw.

I agree Test matches are where it's at but T 20 is not too bad for simple entertainment. And the Indian Premier League has done a lot for making cricket popular again.

6 hours ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

It was 2 minutes when I played club cricket back in the 70's and 80's and everyone was aware of the rule.

In those days, the club kit might only have allowed to have 2 batsmen padded up, so if a couple fell quickly it was a rush to get padded up.

Too bad if you forget the box. It's a tough rule. 

7 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

It used to be three minutes. It’s now two.

A minute’s a long time if you only have two of them!

I think the rule says 3.

That’s what the quoted rule in the Sun said.

1 hour ago, Redleg said:

I think the rule says 3.

That’s what the quoted rule in the Sun said.

The rule is three minutes. Except for during the World Cup matches where it used to be three minutes but has been changed to two minutes. 

8 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

The rule is three minutes. Except for during the World Cup matches where it used to be three minutes but has been changed to two minutes. 

I bow to your superior cricket knowledge.

A humbling experience for Redleg admitting he was wrong.

I feel a headache coming on.

2 hours ago, leave it to deever said:

Too bad if you forget the box. It's a tough rule. 

It’s especially tough when you consider there’s a safety concern if a batsman’s helmet isn’t secured properly. One would think the timed out wouldn’t happen. I don’t know if the box is as much a safety issue.