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Good luck to him. Pity he missed out on my 1023 off 319 balls posted several years ago on the beach. Cracker of a day & innings that one! Big night too from what I can recall....

Marked improvement in performance under Hiddink at Chelsea over Crystal Palace away - 3-0 up. Here they come...

Have we got play in Sydney yet? Fancy asking CA for a second Test (day/Night Test) in Sydney when they can't even get their weather right. The 'Pink Test' isn't enough for them. I'm a supporter of the McGrath Foundation. But I reckon they go overboard with the ever increasing pink each year which surely comes at significant cost. First it was wear pink day 3, then pink stumps, pink caps, commentators in pink (thankfully the late Richie didn't have to put up much with it in his beige), pink ball, soon it will be pink bats and pink outfield. And televised in HD Pink! Overboard if you ask me. Too late to go back now for fear of PC backlash. Anyway the Sydney Test now being the last Test of Summer is quickly becoming irrelevant. Despite it's historical significance. PS. The Pink Test really does suit Sydney though...

The Shiek has obviously given butternut pumpkins the green light!

Is there an AFL Ethics Committee?? One which can hand out 8 year bans?

Jeepers. And here I was saving water bottles and looking at potential creative (scribble) artwork in the pursuit of ink poisoning. I guess my perforated ear drums can remain perforated for another year, without any vain hope of recovery.

Might have a few on Chelsea with Hiddink in charge. Just for the ride.

Guava paste..........you are licking your wounds EH.

I think you're right Redleg. We'll become an attractive proposition and dare I say it, a destination club for a couple of players.

Will the Aussies put Khawaja back in and drop Marsh? Or will Burns be stiff? As good as Marsh was in the first Test against ordinary bowling, Khawaja who played brilliantly against NZ, deserves to come back IMO after injury.

Wouldn't matter Earl which way they bent, left/right, flip it over and no one will ever know, and it wouldn't faze me in a smoothie. And as squire BBO would indicate.... as long as they're ribbed for pleasurre.

Just keeping with the No B$ theme.

As long as they're less than $2.80 /kg deal me in.

Would love to see Leicester on top at Christmas, in fact as much as I'd like to see Utd win the EPL - I don't think they will - I hope Leicester win it. Maybe it's the MFC/Underdog in me...

^ I said that with a bit of tongue-in-cheek, but seriously thought there may have been a chance the Aussies would dismantle the WI twice in no time. The Taswegians were lucky to catch a few hours on Saturday. Dismal Test Cricket. No matter who wins the toss on Boxing Day - send the Aussies into bat so it guarantees some cricket on Day 3! Imagine if Pattinson had gone with his original technique in the first innings and not the second in Hobart! .....

Nah, Chop sui.

What a stuff up. Sylvester (Police) has already said the way it's been handled is a disgrace. Unbelievable. How unprofessional.

Mmmm AFL negotiations . ....this is No B$ , so it's topical here. From Twitter... Shane McInnes ‏@shanemcinnes 10m10 minutes ago Tom Elliot spoke to woman involved in Martin saga: Not happy with way case handled by AFL. Feels AFL wants her to water down her version.

583/4 dec. Voges 269no....not bad. There is a glimmer of hope we'll reach day 3 and see cricket this weekend...the Tasmanians looking forward to the weekend may get to see some of the Test. They'll be praying the WI see out today. Currently 2/58 and looking shaky..

J.Brown was a captain.

I think we can rule out constipation. Although I believe that is dependant on how many bananas in the smoothie for Red.

This cricket season badly needs an injection of interest. The Adelaide Test was a good spectacle and close encounter. Day/Night concept and pink ball a resounding success with crowds over 40K for each of the 3 days. Unfortunately it only lasted 3 days. Perhaps it's partly to do with the changes: - Night concept, cooler conditions creating swing and favourable towards the bowlers Pink Ball....swing Grass coverage on pitch favoured bowlers - - - > contributed to swing and uncertainty for batsman All in all, it made for an interesting Test and did grab my attention a lot more than that of Brisbane and Perth Tests. This Summer certainly needed it and NZ can count themselves very unlucky with poor decisions this Test clearly favouring the Aussies. No one likes the flat track bully conditions that have traditionally favoured long drawn out Tests and excellent batting conditions for the Aussies on their home dung hill. A pitch which clearly offers something for bowlers in swing - even bowlers who can't get swing - and a challenge for the Aussie batsmen, is good for cricket and may help the Aussies prepare for Ashes series in England. It demands patience. Now for the West Indies. They're depleted at the best of times these days. The Aussies will be playing against a line up akin to Ringwood's or South Melbourne's 2nds team. Melbourne and Sydney Tests should be demanding the Aussies bat first, just to guarantee to get through to Day 3 in each Test...

Welcome the new emoticon .....PJ

Cheers to the new migrated version of D'Land. May your smoothies be awesome.

Are you certain? Next year happens to be a leap year. No WJ, I'm not certain. Just a wild guess for amusement.