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I think the commuting to and from London during the BBL has taken it's toll and fried his brain (not that it required that much..). Found speeding in excess of 160km/h, fined for swearing, suspended for his petulant and appalling behaviour. Perhaps he has felt the rigours of weekly botox injections? I'm no expert.... Stick with Liz, Warnie. You're looking more and more like your wax work at Maddam Tussauds in London each day.

You get much energy out of bananas.

I think we should expect a little something everyday in the lead up to the meet and greet session. It's the nature of the beast. Enjoy your cruise Redleg/WJ.

HNY all. Attended the 3rd days play at the Boxing Day's Test and whilst it was disappointing day as far as how little cricket there was, it was pleasing to see a win and the performances of Johnson and Bird with the ball. Sad to see Hussey go, however it may just be a good call by MH to go out in good form, leaving a series in India to introduce and blood a player who can gain some experience and perhaps confidence before the Ashes. Unfortunately for Australia we'll miss a very handy middle order player who ultimately occupies the crease and ticks the scoreboard over and produces partnerships. Big shoes to fill no doubt. Also sad to see Greigy pass away. RIP TG. "Oh, blow it owt your orse, Bull"

....Awaiting for confirmation of a change to the title.... The No Tanking No B$ thread.....

Johnny?

lol. If you're B$-ing, you're off topic jnr.

^ Must be that time of year.... Two weeks ago I got a bill for $570 for replacement of the radiator (which I'm not paying), 4 days later the same issue presented itself (overheating) and a reconditioning of the engine plus another replacement of the radiator (under warranty...go figure) was required. $1770. Originally the second time around he said I was looking at ~$1100. That crept up by $670. Talk about deflating someone's tyres. No B$ - (on topic)

Just heard all out for 278 having been in a meeting. Lost 7 wickets after lunch and Clarke was retired hurt....wow Nasher, I hope you're at the Test. May have a good finish.

He's seated in first class with one exception with his booking. He's to be served no meat. Clarke has again shown good leadership and decision making. Looked superb again with the bat along with Hussey scoring his 19th century. Wade was handy with the bat again.

The de-caffeinated half-caff with a twist of lemon was his downfall. That and lifting the 'lid off the Ark' in AD's absence ..

Which will come first, WYL's book or the end to the inquisition of alleged tanking. You be the judge....

Yep.WYL, how many pages are you looking at in your book? Hopefully you're talking to producers about a movie (series even)....and a book launch....wonder who will play WYL in the movie? Alan Alda? 50shadesofWYL book launch will be bigger than Ben-Hur! Must be chapters on "Batting first", "Top 150", "Michael Clarke", ..the list is endless. 50 chapters would fit in well with the title..

He's talking about the nervous nellies out and about highlighting the 21st as the end of the world. WYL...will you finish your book by then?

They would have drafted him to fill a need, that's all.

I'll have ever lasting memories watching Boxing Day tests at the ground and whilst away down the coast on holidays (watching the last couple of hours of play from tea) of Warnie mesmerising batsmen. I'll recall those days when crowds gathered around monitors when Warne was bowling. That's it, Warne created interest in cricket and was a must watch for many people. People flocked to see him turn the ball almost square and see the batsmen tremble.

Whilst we're looking for 2 more...... how is the publicity on Warne and his fanning of a possible Test comeback? Bit of a pipedream, but he's still going on about it. Must be growing tired of ol' Liz and her safety pin dress...

See post on previous page. There will be more detail on the draft when we've locked and loaded our 8.

Update: Nasher, RR if you change your mind, let us know..

Ok, Rogue. Entrants to date: - Tall Defence 45HG16 Rogue H_T Spots filling up. How about it? Nasher ? Axis of Bob ? Rhino Richards ? titan_uranus ? WJ ? ??

Entrants to date: - Tall Defence 45HG16 Rogue Spots filling up. How about it? Nasher ? Axis of Bob ? Rhino Richards ? titan_uranus ? WJ ? ??

Some may have a better memory than me on what he said, because I tend to tune out. But he had a fair bit to say on our recruiting during the trade period. Worst on record apparently......

Sometimes I reckon KB just says that sort of stuff with tongue-in-cheek. Just egging Denham to continue the crusade.I did hear Denham say yesterday morning that, "Heads will definitely roll at Melbourne..." , he also added that he thinks the 'inquisition' will go into the new year. Sounded more like confirmation than just speculation...

Any more want to sign up?WJ? RR? Rogue? AxisofBob? Deevoted? Biff? Nasher? titanuranus?

Guys (& or girls), It's unfortunate that the previous BEST XI thread created a couple of years ago has disappeared for some unknown reason. I would have liked to have used it as a reference, but it looks as though we'll have to start afresh. Have been contemplating doing another Best XI (Test) for the cricket tragics here. The most we can have is 8 players so if you're interested let us know in this thread please. We'd ideally like frequent visitors to this thread who are keen on having a go at this. So that the Draft doesn't take too long. However, I understand work and other committments make it hard to visit every now and then, plus we have all Summer...... Once we have the 'eight players' locked away I'll create the thread. For those who haven't played before it's like a Draft. I'll get eight names and eight numbers, draw them out and that will be the draft order. Each subsequent round the order will reverse. (For equalisation purposes). I think the last time we had : - 6 Bats, 1Wk, 4 Bowlers as a template. So, we'll use that again. Why eight players ? Because it amounts to 88 players worldwide, which is equivalent to 8 international teams and it gets difficult if we have any more players. ie. 9 players would require a 99 player pool and we'd be scraping the barrel for players. So register here and we'll get the ball rolling eventually... I'm prepared to also source an independant judge - and if I can't get one I'll be the judge (non player) - if you like to analyse the final teams (via criteria yet to be determined) to determine which team they think is the best team. Just a bit of fun... What is the reward?.... Bragging rights. H_T Entrants to date: - Tall Defence