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  • state_go_awaystate_go_away Posts: 5,855
    Boris would actually be NOT OUT with that shot.
  • SandpitSandpit Posts: 56,091
    Second like Valtteri Bottas, New Zealand and Roger Federer.
  • tlg86tlg86 Posts: 26,994
    Third like F1 in the ratings.
  • SandpitSandpit Posts: 56,091
    Electric go-kart race is still going on, for anyone who wants more sport to watch.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DaAuxN1hJVU
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 55,529
    I'm betting that Boris somehow engineers a delay to the Downing Street reception for the England cricket team until May is out the door....
  • tpfkartpfkar Posts: 1,578
    edited July 2019
    So, phytosanitary checks on the Northern Irish border, anyone?

    More urgently, I’m trying and failing to explain to my German wife what the point of cricket is, why we should care about the World Cup when countries like, errr, Germany can’t be bothered, and why today was such a great match. Any ideas?
  • SandpitSandpit Posts: 56,091
    edited July 2019
    MarqueeMark said:

    I'm betting that Boris somehow engineers a delay to the Downing Street reception for the England cricket team until May is out the door....

    Do it tomorrow morning, like in 2005, so we can see who’s the Flintoff that’s clearly not been to bed and can barely stand up straight!


  • tlg86tlg86 Posts: 26,994
    edited July 2019
    MarqueeMark said:

    I'm betting that Boris somehow engineers a delay to the Downing Street reception for the England cricket team until May is out the door....

    Hopefully none of the cricketers go for a leak (not the Mail on Sunday kind) in the rose garden, this time.
  • AlistairAlistair Posts: 23,670
    I see Trump has been particularly racist today.
  • Pro_RataPro_Rata Posts: 5,700
    "I'd focussed on the tennis"

    Heretic!
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 79,663
    state_go_away said:

    Boris would actually be NOT OUT with that shot.

    According to HYUFD ?
  • surbiton19surbiton19 Posts: 1,469
    Alistair said:

    I see Trump has been particularly racist today.

    Particularly ?
  • BenpointerBenpointer Posts: 35,627
    tpfkar said:

    So, phytosanitary checks on the Northern Irish border, anyone?

    More urgently, I’m trying and failing to explain to my German wife what the point of cricket is, why we should care about the World Cup when countries like, errr, Germany can’t be bothered, and why today was such a great match. Any ideas?

    Don't bother?
  • glwglw Posts: 10,470
    Alistair said:

    I see Trump has been particularly racist today.

    Even for someone as dumb and bigoted as Trump it was exceptionally indefensible and stupid. I think it's quite fair to say that anyone who defends or agrees with those tweets is themselves a racist.

    I sure as hell would like to hear what Boris thinks about them.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 123,020
    So Theresa May joins David Cameron, Tony Blair, and Harold Wilson as a world cup winning PM.
  • ralphmalphralphmalph Posts: 2,201
    tpfkar said:

    So, phytosanitary checks on the Northern Irish border, anyone?

    More urgently, I’m trying and failing to explain to my German wife what the point of cricket is, why we should care about the World Cup when countries like, errr, Germany can’t be bothered, and why today was such a great match. Any ideas?

    Tell her we play it because the Germans do not, so we have a good chance of winning.
  • GallowgateGallowgate Posts: 20,751
    TheScreamingEagles said:

    So Theresa May joins David Cameron, Tony Blair, and Harold Wilson as a world cup winning PM.

    What did England win between 2010 and 2016?
  • state_go_awaystate_go_away Posts: 5,855
    TheScreamingEagles said:

    So Theresa May joins David Cameron, Tony Blair, and Harold Wilson as a world cup winning PM.

    What did Camo win?
  • tlg86tlg86 Posts: 26,994
    @Sandpit - I've just put on the Formula E race. What the hell is "attack mode" - it looked like something out of Fun House?
  • tlg86tlg86 Posts: 26,994
    Gallowgate said:

    TheScreamingEagles said:

    So Theresa May joins David Cameron, Tony Blair, and Harold Wilson as a world cup winning PM.

    What did England win between 2010 and 2016?
    Darts.
  • state_go_awaystate_go_away Posts: 5,855
    tlg86 said:

    Gallowgate said:

    TheScreamingEagles said:

    So Theresa May joins David Cameron, Tony Blair, and Harold Wilson as a world cup winning PM.

    What did England win between 2010 and 2016?
    Darts.
    Oh yes the World Cup of Darts ! Dont we win that every year or at least share it with Holland?
  • SandpitSandpit Posts: 56,091
    tpfkar said:

    So, phytosanitary checks on the Northern Irish border, anyone?

    More urgently, I’m trying and failing to explain to my German wife what the point of cricket is, why we should care about the World Cup when countries like, errr, Germany can’t be bothered, and why today was such a great match. Any ideas?

    My Ukrainian wife doesn’t understand why I’m still dancing around the house either. And it’s just turned her birthday!
  • SandpitSandpit Posts: 56,091
    edited July 2019
    tlg86 said:

    @Sandpit - I've just put on the Formula E race. What the hell is "attack mode" - it looked like something out of Fun House?

    It’s four minutes of extra power, activated by taking a different route down the straights and allowed to be used twice by each driver during the race.

    The real Fun House is the “Fan Boost”, whereby the drivers with the most social media followers get a few seconds of extra power on one occasion during the second half of the race.

    By the way, there’s currently 4,000 people watching the worldwide live stream of the FE race on YouTube. That’s how popular it is.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 123,020
    Gallowgate said:

    TheScreamingEagles said:

    So Theresa May joins David Cameron, Tony Blair, and Harold Wilson as a world cup winning PM.

    What did England win between 2010 and 2016?
    World T20 in 2010.
  • _Anazina__Anazina_ Posts: 1,810
    Just coming down to Earth. Not quite there yet. What a game.
  • ReggieCideReggieCide Posts: 4,312
    Sandpit said:

    tpfkar said:

    So, phytosanitary checks on the Northern Irish border, anyone?

    More urgently, I’m trying and failing to explain to my German wife what the point of cricket is, why we should care about the World Cup when countries like, errr, Germany can’t be bothered, and why today was such a great match. Any ideas?

    My Ukrainian wife doesn’t understand why I’m still dancing around the house either. And it’s just turned her birthday!
    Isn't the real question, what is the point of marrying women like that?
  • tlg86tlg86 Posts: 26,994
    TheScreamingEagles said:

    Gallowgate said:

    TheScreamingEagles said:

    So Theresa May joins David Cameron, Tony Blair, and Harold Wilson as a world cup winning PM.

    What did England win between 2010 and 2016?
    World T20 in 2010.
    Not a world cup at the time, though.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 123,020
    tlg86 said:

    TheScreamingEagles said:

    Gallowgate said:

    TheScreamingEagles said:

    So Theresa May joins David Cameron, Tony Blair, and Harold Wilson as a world cup winning PM.

    What did England win between 2010 and 2016?
    World T20 in 2010.
    Not a world cup at the time, though.
    The ICC said at the time we were the world champions, so it counts as a world cup.
  • nichomarnichomar Posts: 7,483
    That was the most unbelievable, exciting, nerve wracking thing I have ever watched, how anybody thought the tennis was more interesting. Bloody well done the black caps, bloody well done England and Wales I’m privileged to have seen it let’s hope the stupid plans for limited overs going forward don’t ruin the game
  • tlg86tlg86 Posts: 26,994
    TheScreamingEagles said:

    tlg86 said:

    TheScreamingEagles said:

    Gallowgate said:

    TheScreamingEagles said:

    So Theresa May joins David Cameron, Tony Blair, and Harold Wilson as a world cup winning PM.

    What did England win between 2010 and 2016?
    World T20 in 2010.
    Not a world cup at the time, though.
    The ICC said at the time we were the world champions, so it counts as a world cup.
    Ah, but there's the problem, it's "a" world cup, not "the" world cup. That's what we won today.
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 55,298
    edited July 2019
    Well done to England and Novak Djokovic
  • AndrewAndrew Posts: 2,900
    tpfkar said:


    More urgently, I’m trying and failing to explain to my German wife what the point of cricket is, why we should care about the World Cup when countries like, errr, Germany can’t be bothered, and why today was such a great match. Any ideas?

    Hard to justify calling it a world cup, when only about 4 countries play the sport.
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 55,298
    edited July 2019
    Do they have a European Championships for Cricket? :lol:
    ralphmalph said:

    tpfkar said:

    So, phytosanitary checks on the Northern Irish border, anyone?

    More urgently, I’m trying and failing to explain to my German wife what the point of cricket is, why we should care about the World Cup when countries like, errr, Germany can’t be bothered, and why today was such a great match. Any ideas?

    Tell her we play it because the Germans do not, so we have a good chance of winning.
  • nichomarnichomar Posts: 7,483
    Andrew said:

    tpfkar said:


    More urgently, I’m trying and failing to explain to my German wife what the point of cricket is, why we should care about the World Cup when countries like, errr, Germany can’t be bothered, and why today was such a great match. Any ideas?

    Hard to justify calling it a world cup, when only about 4 countries play the sport.
    About thirty countries play international cricket. I’m not sure how many play in the baseball World Series
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 123,020
    tlg86 said:

    TheScreamingEagles said:

    tlg86 said:

    TheScreamingEagles said:

    Gallowgate said:

    TheScreamingEagles said:

    So Theresa May joins David Cameron, Tony Blair, and Harold Wilson as a world cup winning PM.

    What did England win between 2010 and 2016?
    World T20 in 2010.
    Not a world cup at the time, though.
    The ICC said at the time we were the world champions, so it counts as a world cup.
    Ah, but there's the problem, it's "a" world cup, not "the" world cup. That's what we won today.
    It counts, if you can call yourselves the world champions then it is a world cup.
  • NickPalmerNickPalmer Posts: 21,736
    tpfkar said:

    So, phytosanitary checks on the Northern Irish border, anyone?

    More urgently, I’m trying and failing to explain to my German wife what the point of cricket is, why we should care about the World Cup when countries like, errr, Germany can’t be bothered, and why today was such a great match. Any ideas?

    Tell her she's not alone. :)
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 55,298
    edited July 2019
    nichomar said:

    Andrew said:

    tpfkar said:


    More urgently, I’m trying and failing to explain to my German wife what the point of cricket is, why we should care about the World Cup when countries like, errr, Germany can’t be bothered, and why today was such a great match. Any ideas?

    Hard to justify calling it a world cup, when only about 4 countries play the sport.
    About thirty countries play international cricket. I’m not sure how many play in the baseball World Series
    30?

    Pah, FIFA consists of 211 national associations.
  • GallowgateGallowgate Posts: 20,751
    Unfortunately for Boris I don't think there's any world cups scheduled in the next few months.
  • NickPalmerNickPalmer Posts: 21,736
    surbiton19 said:

    Alistair said:

    I see Trump has been particularly racist today.

    Particularly ?
    Yes, saying "send them back where they came from" about people born in the US is pretty naked stuff.
  • nichomarnichomar Posts: 7,483
    Sandpit said:

    tpfkar said:

    So, phytosanitary checks on the Northern Irish border, anyone?

    More urgently, I’m trying and failing to explain to my German wife what the point of cricket is, why we should care about the World Cup when countries like, errr, Germany can’t be bothered, and why today was such a great match. Any ideas?

    My Ukrainian wife doesn’t understand why I’m still dancing around the house either. And it’s just turned her birthday!
    She doesn’t understand that you’re happy to have lost £100 that you put on about five hours ago
  • SandpitSandpit Posts: 56,091
    Gallowgate said:

    Unfortunately for Boris I don't think there's any world cups scheduled in the next few months.

    Rugby World Cup, in September and October.
  • GallowgateGallowgate Posts: 20,751
    NickPalmer said:

    surbiton19 said:

    Alistair said:

    I see Trump has been particularly racist today.

    Particularly ?
    Yes, saying "send them back where they came from" about people born in the US is pretty naked stuff.
    You are very quick to criticise Trump but very slow to criticise racism in your own party.
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 55,298
    Gallowgate said:

    Unfortunately for Boris I don't think there's any world cups scheduled in the next few months.

    "I love tennis with a passion. I challenged Boris Becker to a match once and he said he was up for it but he never called back. I bet I could make him run around."
    - Boris, 21 March 2005.
  • GallowgateGallowgate Posts: 20,751
    Sandpit said:

    Gallowgate said:

    Unfortunately for Boris I don't think there's any world cups scheduled in the next few months.

    Rugby World Cup, in September and October.
    Too late I think.
  • nichomarnichomar Posts: 7,483
    ‘
    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    nichomar said:

    Andrew said:

    tpfkar said:


    More urgently, I’m trying and failing to explain to my German wife what the point of cricket is, why we should care about the World Cup when countries like, errr, Germany can’t be bothered, and why today was such a great match. Any ideas?

    Hard to justify calling it a world cup, when only about 4 countries play the sport.
    About thirty countries play international cricket. I’m not sure how many play in the baseball World Series
    30?

    Pah, FIFA consists of 211 national associations.
    ‘‘Twas just a guess, I think cricket and rugby union are on a par for world class international team and the way the World Cup plays out is not that different but I stand to be corrected.
  • state_go_awaystate_go_away Posts: 5,855
    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    nichomar said:

    Andrew said:

    tpfkar said:


    More urgently, I’m trying and failing to explain to my German wife what the point of cricket is, why we should care about the World Cup when countries like, errr, Germany can’t be bothered, and why today was such a great match. Any ideas?

    Hard to justify calling it a world cup, when only about 4 countries play the sport.
    About thirty countries play international cricket. I’m not sure how many play in the baseball World Series
    30?

    Pah, FIFA consists of 211 national associations.
    but its quality not quantity - by definition any country that is civilised enough to play cricket is on the quality side
  • SandpitSandpit Posts: 56,091
    edited July 2019
    nichomar said:

    Sandpit said:

    tpfkar said:

    So, phytosanitary checks on the Northern Irish border, anyone?

    More urgently, I’m trying and failing to explain to my German wife what the point of cricket is, why we should care about the World Cup when countries like, errr, Germany can’t be bothered, and why today was such a great match. Any ideas?

    My Ukrainian wife doesn’t understand why I’m still dancing around the house either. And it’s just turned her birthday!
    She doesn’t understand that you’re happy to have lost £100 that you put on about five hours ago
    Betfair voided the market on the match as it was a tie (buried in the Ts and Cs). I had £100 on both sides at roughly 2/1. Not that I care at all, but it must have cost Betfair a fortune to void a £100m market.

    There was another market that included the tie, which many fewer people played.

    She’s happy that I’m happy, and still doesn’t understand cricket. I’ll have her trained by the end of the Ashes. ;)
  • IanB2IanB2 Posts: 52,525
    edited July 2019
    nichomar said:

    Andrew said:

    tpfkar said:


    More urgently, I’m trying and failing to explain to my German wife what the point of cricket is, why we should care about the World Cup when countries like, errr, Germany can’t be bothered, and why today was such a great match. Any ideas?

    Hard to justify calling it a world cup, when only about 4 countries play the sport.
    About thirty countries play international cricket. I’m not sure how many play in the baseball World Series
    The World Series is (possibly) named after the New York World newspaper, rather than claiming to be a World Cup, and began as the World’s Series.
  • nichomarnichomar Posts: 7,483
    Sandpit said:

    nichomar said:

    Sandpit said:

    tpfkar said:

    So, phytosanitary checks on the Northern Irish border, anyone?

    More urgently, I’m trying and failing to explain to my German wife what the point of cricket is, why we should care about the World Cup when countries like, errr, Germany can’t be bothered, and why today was such a great match. Any ideas?

    My Ukrainian wife doesn’t understand why I’m still dancing around the house either. And it’s just turned her birthday!
    She doesn’t understand that you’re happy to have lost £100 that you put on about five hours ago
    Betfair voided the market on the match as it was a tie (buried in the Ts and Cs). I had £100 on both sides at roughly 2/1. Not that I care at all, but it must have cost Betfair a fortune to void a £100m market.

    There was another market that included the tie, which many fewer people played.

    She’s happy that I’m happy, and still doesn’t understand cricket. I’ll have her trained by the end of the Ashes. ;)
    I did wonder when it was a tie if bets would be voided but you clearly have won each way
  • alex.alex. Posts: 4,658
    IanB2 said:

    nichomar said:

    Andrew said:

    tpfkar said:


    More urgently, I’m trying and failing to explain to my German wife what the point of cricket is, why we should care about the World Cup when countries like, errr, Germany can’t be bothered, and why today was such a great match. Any ideas?

    Hard to justify calling it a world cup, when only about 4 countries play the sport.
    About thirty countries play international cricket. I’m not sure how many play in the baseball World Series
    The World Series is (possibly) named after the New York World newspaper, rather than claiming to be a World Cup, and began as the World’s Series.
    That’s a well publicised myth.
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 55,298
    state_go_away said:

    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    nichomar said:

    Andrew said:

    tpfkar said:


    More urgently, I’m trying and failing to explain to my German wife what the point of cricket is, why we should care about the World Cup when countries like, errr, Germany can’t be bothered, and why today was such a great match. Any ideas?

    Hard to justify calling it a world cup, when only about 4 countries play the sport.
    About thirty countries play international cricket. I’m not sure how many play in the baseball World Series
    30?

    Pah, FIFA consists of 211 national associations.
    but its quality not quantity - by definition any country that is civilised enough to play cricket is on the quality side
    Cricket is a symbol of British colonial oppression :trollface:
  • tlg86tlg86 Posts: 26,994
    Rugby League World Cup.

    Now if England ever win that, then we'd have something to shout about.
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 55,298
    nichomar said:

    ‘

    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    nichomar said:

    Andrew said:

    tpfkar said:


    More urgently, I’m trying and failing to explain to my German wife what the point of cricket is, why we should care about the World Cup when countries like, errr, Germany can’t be bothered, and why today was such a great match. Any ideas?

    Hard to justify calling it a world cup, when only about 4 countries play the sport.
    About thirty countries play international cricket. I’m not sure how many play in the baseball World Series
    30?

    Pah, FIFA consists of 211 national associations.
    ‘‘Twas just a guess, I think cricket and rugby union are on a par for world class international team and the way the World Cup plays out is not that different but I stand to be corrected.
    FIFA is football, as a direct comparison!
  • nichomarnichomar Posts: 7,483
    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    state_go_away said:

    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    nichomar said:

    Andrew said:

    tpfkar said:


    More urgently, I’m trying and failing to explain to my German wife what the point of cricket is, why we should care about the World Cup when countries like, errr, Germany can’t be bothered, and why today was such a great match. Any ideas?

    Hard to justify calling it a world cup, when only about 4 countries play the sport.
    About thirty countries play international cricket. I’m not sure how many play in the baseball World Series
    30?

    Pah, FIFA consists of 211 national associations.
    but its quality not quantity - by definition any country that is civilised enough to play cricket is on the quality side
    Cricket is a symbol of British colonial oppression :trollface:
    Or as a symbol of how on occasion we added value.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 123,020
    edited July 2019
    tlg86 said:

    Rugby League World Cup.

    Now if England ever win that, then we'd have something to shout about.

    Rugby League isn't proper rugby, not with that big girl's blouse fifth tackle rule.

    In proper rugby you have prise the ball from our cold cold dead hands.
  • SandpitSandpit Posts: 56,091
    edited July 2019
    nichomar said:

    Sandpit said:

    nichomar said:

    Sandpit said:

    tpfkar said:

    So, phytosanitary checks on the Northern Irish border, anyone?

    More urgently, I’m trying and failing to explain to my German wife what the point of cricket is, why we should care about the World Cup when countries like, errr, Germany can’t be bothered, and why today was such a great match. Any ideas?

    My Ukrainian wife doesn’t understand why I’m still dancing around the house either. And it’s just turned her birthday!
    She doesn’t understand that you’re happy to have lost £100 that you put on about five hours ago
    Betfair voided the market on the match as it was a tie (buried in the Ts and Cs). I had £100 on both sides at roughly 2/1. Not that I care at all, but it must have cost Betfair a fortune to void a £100m market.

    There was another market that included the tie, which many fewer people played.

    She’s happy that I’m happy, and still doesn’t understand cricket. I’ll have her trained by the end of the Ashes. ;)
    I did wonder when it was a tie if bets would be voided but you clearly have won each way
    I would have made ~£100 profit (less commission) on either definitive result, but ended up with nothing but my stakes back. The tie was the only result on which I didn’t win.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 123,020
    edited July 2019
    Theresa May is dancing again.

    https://twitter.com/theresa_may/status/1150489298438959105
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 55,298
    IanB2 said:

    nichomar said:

    Andrew said:

    tpfkar said:


    More urgently, I’m trying and failing to explain to my German wife what the point of cricket is, why we should care about the World Cup when countries like, errr, Germany can’t be bothered, and why today was such a great match. Any ideas?

    Hard to justify calling it a world cup, when only about 4 countries play the sport.
    About thirty countries play international cricket. I’m not sure how many play in the baseball World Series
    The World Series is (possibly) named after the New York World newspaper, rather than claiming to be a World Cup, and began as the World’s Series.
    The series was promoted and referred to as "The Championship of the United States",[5][6] "World's Championship Series", or "World's Series" for short. In his book Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883, Simon Winchester mentions in passing that the World Series was named for the New York World newspaper,[7] but this view is disputed.[8]
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Series
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    https://twitter.com/murphy_simon/status/1150499563998011392
  • nichomarnichomar Posts: 7,483
    Maybe the start of another famous treble bet, England win the cricket World Cup, Liverpool win the premier league and the lib dems win ....... ok I can dream
  • alex.alex. Posts: 4,658
    Eight countries have won the football World Cup, six the cricket, 4 the rugby union, 2 the rugby league
  • tpfkartpfkar Posts: 1,578
    edited July 2019
    Sandpit said:

    tpfkar said:

    So, phytosanitary checks on the Northern Irish border, anyone?

    More urgently, I’m trying and failing to explain to my German wife what the point of cricket is, why we should care about the World Cup when countries like, errr, Germany can’t be bothered, and why today was such a great match. Any ideas?

    My Ukrainian wife doesn’t understand why I’m still dancing around the house either. And it’s just turned her birthday!
    Happy birthday to Mrs Pit (the elder?) and thanks for all your suggestions, got a giggle or two from us both :)

  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    https://twitter.com/matt_dathan/status/1150512701396987904
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 55,298
    TheScreamingEagles said:

    tlg86 said:

    Rugby League World Cup.

    Now if England ever win that, then we'd have something to shout about.

    Rugby League isn't proper rugby, not with that big girl's blouse fifth tackle rule.

    In proper rugby you have prise the ball from our cold cold dead hands.
    Proper football should be played with the feet!
  • Pro_RataPro_Rata Posts: 5,700
    Sandpit said:

    tpfkar said:

    So, phytosanitary checks on the Northern Irish border, anyone?

    More urgently, I’m trying and failing to explain to my German wife what the point of cricket is, why we should care about the World Cup when countries like, errr, Germany can’t be bothered, and why today was such a great match. Any ideas?

    My Ukrainian wife doesn’t understand why I’m still dancing around the house either. And it’s just turned her birthday!
    I did once stroll along a golf course with a Ukrainian lass of some considerable interest, the fathoming of a near half kilometer range to a 10cm target was a little beyond her, the explaining that there you had to complete18 of these ranges, more so.
  • nichomarnichomar Posts: 7,483
    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    TheScreamingEagles said:

    tlg86 said:

    Rugby League World Cup.

    Now if England ever win that, then we'd have something to shout about.

    Rugby League isn't proper rugby, not with that big girl's blouse fifth tackle rule.

    In proper rugby you have prise the ball from our cold cold dead hands.
    Proper football should be played with the feet!
    I’m afraid that is now called soccer in some countries
  • MikeSmithsonMikeSmithson Posts: 7,382
    TheScreamingEagles said:

    So Theresa May joins David Cameron, Tony Blair, and Harold Wilson as a world cup winning PM.

  • tlg86tlg86 Posts: 26,994
    alex. said:

    Eight countries have won the football World Cup, six the cricket, 4 the rugby union, 2 the rugby league

    The most remarkable thing, in my opinion, is that South Africa have not made even a final in the cricket world cup. They have massively underachieved since they came back into the fold in 1992.
  • nichomarnichomar Posts: 7,483
    There must be a poll which shows which sport is the true sport and is going to conquer the world?
  • Philip_ThompsonPhilip_Thompson Posts: 65,826
    nichomar said:

    Maybe the start of another famous treble bet, England win the cricket World Cup, Liverpool win the premier league and the lib dems win ....... ok I can dream

    This could be the middle of a decent treble.

    Liverpool win the Champions League, England the World Cup, Boris . . . ;)
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 55,298
    nichomar said:

    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    TheScreamingEagles said:

    tlg86 said:

    Rugby League World Cup.

    Now if England ever win that, then we'd have something to shout about.

    Rugby League isn't proper rugby, not with that big girl's blouse fifth tackle rule.

    In proper rugby you have prise the ball from our cold cold dead hands.
    Proper football should be played with the feet!
    I’m afraid that is now called soccer in some countries
    Still football:

    Fédération Internationale de Football Association

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA
  • _Anazina__Anazina_ Posts: 1,810
    TheScreamingEagles said:

    Theresa May is dancing again.

    https://twitter.com/theresa_may/status/1150489298438959105

    Ha!
  • SandpitSandpit Posts: 56,091
    Scott_P said:

    https://twitter.com/murphy_simon/status/1150499563998011392

    So the Graudiad finally found this one in their archives, and followed up with it a month too late...
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 55,298
    nichomar said:

    There must be a poll which shows which sport is the true sport and is going to conquer the world?

    Well it certainly ain't crappy cricket :lol:
  • state_go_awaystate_go_away Posts: 5,855
    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    nichomar said:

    There must be a poll which shows which sport is the true sport and is going to conquer the world?

    Well it certainly ain't crappy cricket :lol:
    Golf
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 55,298
    tlg86 said:

    alex. said:

    Eight countries have won the football World Cup, six the cricket, 4 the rugby union, 2 the rugby league

    The most remarkable thing, in my opinion, is that South Africa have not made even a final in the cricket world cup. They have massively underachieved since they came back into the fold in 1992.
    Surprised to see that Zimbabwe failed to qualify.
  • Scrapheap_as_wasScrapheap_as_was Posts: 10,069
    Fantastic cricket event.... And even headbanger Rees mogg idiocy can't ruin the day.
  • Philip_ThompsonPhilip_Thompson Posts: 65,826
    Nigelb said:

    state_go_away said:

    Boris would actually be NOT OUT with that shot.

    According to HYUFD ?
    According to the rules of cricket. Both bails are still on the stumps and none of the three stumps have left the ground.
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 79,874
    tlg86 said:

    Rugby League World Cup.

    Now if England ever win that, then we'd have something to shout about.

    Australia are err "strong" at that one.
  • nichomarnichomar Posts: 7,483
    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    tlg86 said:

    alex. said:

    Eight countries have won the football World Cup, six the cricket, 4 the rugby union, 2 the rugby league

    The most remarkable thing, in my opinion, is that South Africa have not made even a final in the cricket world cup. They have massively underachieved since they came back into the fold in 1992.
    Surprised to see that Zimbabwe failed to qualify.
    Well unfortunately the history around their cricket is very sad although I don’t recall the details but given what goes on out there it’s not surprising
  • AlastairMeeksAlastairMeeks Posts: 30,340
    The FT goes puntastic about the cricket (see top left):

    https://twitter.com/alliehbnews/status/1150502850784616448?s=21
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 79,874
    nichomar said:

    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    tlg86 said:

    alex. said:

    Eight countries have won the football World Cup, six the cricket, 4 the rugby union, 2 the rugby league

    The most remarkable thing, in my opinion, is that South Africa have not made even a final in the cricket world cup. They have massively underachieved since they came back into the fold in 1992.
    Surprised to see that Zimbabwe failed to qualify.
    Well unfortunately the history around their cricket is very sad although I don’t recall the details but given what goes on out there it’s not surprising
    Otoh Afghanistan are doing well considering their issues.
  • nichomarnichomar Posts: 7,483
    Scrapheap_as_was said:

    Fantastic cricket event.... And even headbanger Rees mogg idiocy can't ruin the day.

    Nothing can ruin the day
  • nichomarnichomar Posts: 7,483
    Pulpstar said:

    nichomar said:

    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    tlg86 said:

    alex. said:

    Eight countries have won the football World Cup, six the cricket, 4 the rugby union, 2 the rugby league

    The most remarkable thing, in my opinion, is that South Africa have not made even a final in the cricket world cup. They have massively underachieved since they came back into the fold in 1992.
    Surprised to see that Zimbabwe failed to qualify.
    Well unfortunately the history around their cricket is very sad although I don’t recall the details but given what goes on out there it’s not surprising
    Otoh Afghanistan are doing well considering their issues.
    True will need to look into why I think
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    https://twitter.com/AlastairJT/status/1150512129902092294
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 79,874
    AlastairMeeks said:

    The FT goes puntastic about the cricket (see top left):

    https://twitter.com/alliehbnews/status/1150502850784616448?s=21

    A win by countback on boundaries + an astonishingly lucky overthrow 4 for Stokes ! We'll have to remember that one any time we have some inevitable bad luck in sport.
  • tlg86tlg86 Posts: 26,994
    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    tlg86 said:

    alex. said:

    Eight countries have won the football World Cup, six the cricket, 4 the rugby union, 2 the rugby league

    The most remarkable thing, in my opinion, is that South Africa have not made even a final in the cricket world cup. They have massively underachieved since they came back into the fold in 1992.
    Surprised to see that Zimbabwe failed to qualify.
    Obviously there are more important things than cricket or sport in general, but the impact on cricket in Zimbabwe is quite sad in my opinion. They had a good team in the 1990s and helped knock England out in 1999. On that subject, I think the format used in 1999 was better than the one used this time. Of course, had the 1999 format been used this time, England might have been out weeks ago.
  • nichomarnichomar Posts: 7,483
    Well at last I understand what a supernova is!
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    https://twitter.com/AllieHBNews/status/1150516449150197760
  • SandpitSandpit Posts: 56,091
    edited July 2019
    Pulpstar said:

    nichomar said:

    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    tlg86 said:

    alex. said:

    Eight countries have won the football World Cup, six the cricket, 4 the rugby union, 2 the rugby league

    The most remarkable thing, in my opinion, is that South Africa have not made even a final in the cricket world cup. They have massively underachieved since they came back into the fold in 1992.
    Surprised to see that Zimbabwe failed to qualify.
    Well unfortunately the history around their cricket is very sad although I don’t recall the details but given what goes on out there it’s not surprising
    Otoh Afghanistan are doing well considering their issues.
    I have friends involved in their setup, based out of Dubai. To say that the Afghan cricket team is completely inspiring a nation to rebuild themselves after all they’ve gone through, is the most gross of gross understatements.

    Their participation in this tournament meant so much to define them as a nation on an international stage, irrespective of the results.
  • nichomarnichomar Posts: 7,483
    Scott_P said:

    https://twitter.com/AllieHBNews/status/1150516449150197760

    Sad if that is the height of his ambitions.
  • DecrepitJohnLDecrepitJohnL Posts: 13,300
    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    state_go_away said:

    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    nichomar said:

    Andrew said:

    tpfkar said:


    More urgently, I’m trying and failing to explain to my German wife what the point of cricket is, why we should care about the World Cup when countries like, errr, Germany can’t be bothered, and why today was such a great match. Any ideas?

    Hard to justify calling it a world cup, when only about 4 countries play the sport.
    About thirty countries play international cricket. I’m not sure how many play in the baseball World Series
    30?

    Pah, FIFA consists of 211 national associations.
    but its quality not quantity - by definition any country that is civilised enough to play cricket is on the quality side
    Cricket is a symbol of British colonial oppression :trollface:
    There were an awful lot of oppressed colonial Asians with England flags on their cars or faces round here tonight.
  • surbiton19surbiton19 Posts: 1,469
    Scott_P said:

    https://twitter.com/matt_dathan/status/1150512701396987904

    Quite right too ! And after what she said about Johnson in the GE2017 debates. They all like chauffer driven cars !
  • DecrepitJohnLDecrepitJohnL Posts: 13,300
    nichomar said:

    Scott_P said:

    https://twitter.com/AllieHBNews/status/1150516449150197760

    Sad if that is the height of his ambitions.
    That explains why the Americans turned their lights off: they are pretending to be out when Boris calls round.
  • surbiton19surbiton19 Posts: 1,469
    Scott_P said:

    https://twitter.com/AllieHBNews/status/1150516449150197760

    Er...but it is CONGRESS which ratifies trade deals ! And zero chance of that now.
  • oxfordsimonoxfordsimon Posts: 5,845
    Scott_P said:

    https://twitter.com/AlastairJT/status/1150512129902092294

    I used get_iplayer to make sure that I had access to the original - and if they do succeed in forcing an edit (which I think is highly unlikely), we can make sure the original stays in circulation
  • surbiton19surbiton19 Posts: 1,469
    DecrepitJohnL said:

    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    state_go_away said:

    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    nichomar said:

    Andrew said:

    tpfkar said:


    More urgently, I’m trying and failing to explain to my German wife what the point of cricket is, why we should care about the World Cup when countries like, errr, Germany can’t be bothered, and why today was such a great match. Any ideas?

    Hard to justify calling it a world cup, when only about 4 countries play the sport.
    About thirty countries play international cricket. I’m not sure how many play in the baseball World Series
    30?

    Pah, FIFA consists of 211 national associations.
    but its quality not quantity - by definition any country that is civilised enough to play cricket is on the quality side
    Cricket is a symbol of British colonial oppression :trollface:
    There were an awful lot of oppressed colonial Asians with England flags on their cars or faces round here tonight.
    In fact, it seemed they were the majority.
  • tlg86tlg86 Posts: 26,994
    Good point on Sky News paper review. England's three world cup wins have all been after extra time.
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 55,529
    Sandpit said:

    Pulpstar said:

    nichomar said:

    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    tlg86 said:

    alex. said:

    Eight countries have won the football World Cup, six the cricket, 4 the rugby union, 2 the rugby league

    The most remarkable thing, in my opinion, is that South Africa have not made even a final in the cricket world cup. They have massively underachieved since they came back into the fold in 1992.
    Surprised to see that Zimbabwe failed to qualify.
    Well unfortunately the history around their cricket is very sad although I don’t recall the details but given what goes on out there it’s not surprising
    Otoh Afghanistan are doing well considering their issues.
    I have friends involved in their setup, based out of Dubai. To say that the Afghan cricket team is completely inspiring a nation to rebuild themselves after all they’ve gone through, is the most gross of gross understatements.

    Their participation in this tournament meant so much to define them as a nation on an international stage, irrespective of the results.
    I went on a good number of business trips to Bangladesh in the early 90's. Getting a test match with England would have opened up to me the riches of their (admittedly riches-light) country. Sadly, couldn't wangle it - but somebody else delivered that a few years later.
  • Richard_TyndallRichard_Tyndall Posts: 33,484
    Sunil_Prasannan said:

    nichomar said:

    Andrew said:

    tpfkar said:


    More urgently, I’m trying and failing to explain to my German wife what the point of cricket is, why we should care about the World Cup when countries like, errr, Germany can’t be bothered, and why today was such a great match. Any ideas?

    Hard to justify calling it a world cup, when only about 4 countries play the sport.
    About thirty countries play international cricket. I’m not sure how many play in the baseball World Series
    30?

    Pah, FIFA consists of 211 national associations.
    There are 105 nations who play cricket and are full or associate members of the ICC.
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