Ashes 3rd Test - Perth

[The TRUTH]

Trumpets and the sort have been banned at Australian sporting grounds for some time now, mostly due to those bloody horn things that every man and his dog use to blow on.

There's nothing worse than sitting next to some idiot with one of those horns when your trying to enjoy a relaxing day at the cricket.

Nice touch by the WA cricket authorities to make an exception for Billy the trumpeter who's obviously not your average hack with a horn.

 

[An Tarbh]

Agree about the air horns, they're a right pain in the arse, was at the Pacific Islands match and had one hell of a hangover and it wasn't helped by some clown constantly letting off this air horn, was great when it ran out but then he went and produced a second one, wouldn't stop despite being asked several times as well.

But you're right though there is a difference between that and this trumpeter.

Decent start so far for England, Strauss looking in nice touch, needs to follow it through though with a big score this time, same applies for Cook, made some decent starts but not finished the job.

 

[Prestwick]

Oh yeah, whenever Pakistan tour England, you have literally every Pankistani fan with a little horn blowing every time someone scores a single or fields a ball well. Its like a droning air raid siren and it just goes on and on and on and its BLOODY ANNOYING!

Yeah, anyway, the Barmy Army knew this and they spent most of this summer negotiating with the grounds to allow him access with his trumpet, sit him with the England fans and away from the more family orientated fans.

However, for some reason the Gabba and the Adelaide Oval let the guy in with his trumpet, let him take his seat, then booted him out. At Adelaide they waited for him to sit down then got the filth in to escort him out which was annoying.

Thats why the Barmy Army were so outraged.

Edit: And I forgot about motormouth McGrath. Drat.

 

[The TRUTH]

2/37 :bana:

However, for some reason the Gabba and the Adelaide Oval let the guy in with his trumpet, let him take his seat, then booted him out. At Adelaide they waited for him to sit down then got the filth in to escort him out which was annoying.

Thats why the Barmy Army were so outraged.
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There's a reality show on pay tv over here called 'an aussie goes barmy'...... it's about this aussie guy who has infiltrated the barmy army and is forced to spend the whole tour with them(it's a good show)....

...anyway, they showed the barmy army trying to get the trumpet cleared for the adelaide test.They were told they were not allowed to bring it in to the Adelaide Oval before hand but did so anyway.They also saw the signs at the entrance of the GABBA so it's not like they didn't know what was going to happen.

The Aussies fans almost started a riot during the GABBA test when police escorted the poor guy out. They want him there as much as the barmy army do.

lets just hope this doesn't start a trend of drunken, talentless idiots bringing their own bloody orchestra to the cricket in future test matches now that Billy has got away with it

 

[Prestwick]

Indeed. Theres only one Billy the trumpeter.

Nobody can quite do his Kentucky Derby bugle call like he can. NOBODY.

I hereby give you Australians permission to lynch anyone else who dares sully his lovely trumpet with some half hearted drunk competition!

That said, I want the Channel 4 WG Grace guy back. Channel 4 used his DNA to create a clone of the great Victorian Cricketer and then did adverts to promote the Ashes of him dancing on the "grave of Australian cricket" to the tune of The Prodigy's Spitfire.

His catchphrase?

"I'd be careful Australia, my boys are coming for you!"

Genius

Anyway, during the entire series, he'd like randomly appear, fully dressed in whites, his funny hat with a vintage 19th century bat amongst the crowd, yelling random abuse at the team at the field.

Also, picture of the day:

 

[An Tarbh]

Great pic lol

Definitely England's day alebit a bit tempered by losing 2 wickets in their reply but relief for Collingwood with Warne dropping the chance, big pressure on Strauss to make a big score and help provide a decent lead for England tomorow.

 

[Prestwick]

Clark tried the same line with Collingwood four times and four times Collingwood got away with murder.

One - played, edged & droped.
Two - played and missed.
Thrree - played and just missed.
Four - played and missed.

You'd think poor old Paul would get the message and leave those kind of balls alone.

 

[SaintsFan_Webby]

Have to love Monty Panesar. Always seems to play with a smile on his face - the reaction to his first wicket was priceless: like a kid who's just found an unlocked sweet shop.

Mabye, just mabye, the Ashes aren't quite forlorn yet.

 

[BokMagic]

Yeah well, thank you mr Fletcher for eventually doing what everyone`s been calling for some time now- even us neutrals who want to see a decent contest.

Well played to Monty, guess his performance was just about a week too late to get the BBC Sports Personality award hey. Also well played to Harmison who looks like a bowler again, and Hussey who just keeps on getting runs all the time. Honest yet stylish grafter- a bit like Allan Border, only much more stylish.

Brett Lee also looks particularly menacing- damn, his opening spell was rather rapid- 90mph plus- awesome to watch really. This does have all the makings of a classic test match- the 2 real quickies are bowling well( Harmison and Lee), 2 spinners who actually look like spinners, geez runs will be hard to come by.

 

[woosaah]

i was surprised that mahmood was getting close if not to 150kph. he just looks so relaxed while he was bowling.

was a good first day, looking forward to the rest of the test, though ill miss some of it tomorrow as i will be at the new zealand test

 

[Prestwick]

i was surprised that mahmood was getting close if not to 150<strike>kph</strike>. he just looks so relaxed while he was bowling.
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Speak English please . Is that, like 90mph?

 

[woosaah]

sorry we dont use that mph crap over here.

but yes it is about that fast i guess.

its just what the speed thing said at the top right hand corner, didnt say anything about mph at all SORRY!!!!!!

 

[An Tarbh]

93 actually

 

[sanzar]

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i was surprised that mahmood was getting close if not to 150<strike>kph</strike>. he just looks so relaxed while he was bowling.
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Speak English please . Is that, like 90mph?
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No, it's like 150 KILOMETRES per hour . It's the 21st century bud, get with the program and start using the metric system, it just makes so much more sense.

Sorry, but usually it's the yanks who whinge about people using the metric system.

 

[ak47]

Well we were gien the full extent of the FULL MONTY

I love that man............he gets soo excited, and he really deserves the credit.

Warny must be rubbing his hands with glee....1st day of a TEST a spinner cleans up.

The series just got another heartbeat injected............cant wait to get home and watch Monty....he is an excitement indeed!!

 

[woosaah]

yeah was really good to watch. and good to see harmy get some wickets. and look like he was in some form.

warny only needs 7 wickets to get to 700 is it?

 

[ak47]

that Mahmood

i like his style - is action is very sleak, and smooth....i think in the years to come with a few notches under the belt he will be a force in the pace bowling of world cricket

 

[Prestwick]

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i was surprised that mahmood was getting close if not to 150<strike>kph</strike>. he just looks so relaxed while he was bowling.
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Speak English please . Is that, like 90mph?
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No, it's like 150 KILOMETRES per hour . It's the 21st century bud, get with the program and start using the metric system, it just makes so much more sense.

Sorry, but usually it's the yanks who whinge about people using the metric system.
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hahaha I'm not whinging, and metric isn't 21st century, its a system instigated by Napoleon's France as a way of ensuring Franco domination of Europe

Aannnyway, in the UK we use both systems. By law, everything has to be in both Imperial and Metric. The only exceptions are pints of beer, Miles, Miles Per Hour (far more manly than the bloody wimpy KPH) and the bizarre human weights called "stone."

So nyah!

 

[woosaah]

well as long as you dont use yards!!

 

[Prestwick]

No no no, definitely not.

Essentially, we all here use a strange mix of metric and imperial. "Metroperial" if you will.

Then on top of that we have the Bilbo Baggins weighing language of "stone".

Like I am 13 stone, 10 pounds.