I have said two matches is not a series, and today it is all I can think of.
This could have been one of the best series in the history of world cricket; instead we are stuck with two games.
Look at what we got:
Batsmen playing so well you feel they don’t even need to be looking at the ball to hit it.
Both team collapsing at times.
Fast bowlers bullying the opposition at times, then getting smashed.
Spinners controlling the scoreboard.
One team takes the first game, only for the second to grab the second in tight finish.
Two teams who are evenly matched fighting for the prestige.
Poorly choreographed cheerleaders who didn’t seem to want to be there at all.
Oh, this was a series.
It is just a shame that Pakistan and England only chose to play 2 games of 2020 cricket, think of how great this would be as a 15 match series (to the death).
2020 cricket, there is just never enough.
if kallis did not have brain freeze and duminy did not drop sehwag on 47 , SA would have won the series 2-0 and no need for more TESTS. Sometime shit happens.
Heh heh. You magnificent sarky bastard, you.
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Brilliant post in a while by uncleJ :D
Illusion at work!!!awesome
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smartass.
Well done. Till the cheerleader thing, it seemed like a summary of the Ind – SA series. When I read that statement, I was like “Wha… since when did Test matches have cheerleaders? Why didn’t I see them?”
Really well done. Also it seems like you fooled cwb’s resident loony. Proves that he just reads the headlines and then start crapping all over here.
Like the Sehwag Facts, think we need an Alex Fact too.
Uncle J,
You did that on purpose didn’t you?!
And the moron is still talking about Kallis and Sehwag!!
You are right Dhananjay!
Spot on Uncle J Rod……spot on
I would have love to see Pakistan play with the confidence of a win on their back and the brilliant talent thats available to them. WHY did they play at all?…..whose the winner and runner up?.
We need a captain who holds the winning throphy and the whole squad having cheers as they take pictures. pietersen finding form and pakistan on winning momentum. what a final it could have been. but what a waste. we are nor here nor there. we are GRAY
I still can’t get over how a single team can be so different on any chosen day. For the first time in a long while we saw the brilliance of the world champions.
Barbie acted like a twat, as usual.
Dhananjay and stanny, I think UncleJ was talking about the IND-SA series.
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Okay, a little insight – the first 90 % of the post was designed to make us feel like it’s about the Ind – SA series, and then it makes a complete U-turn to say “gotcha!”
Ah, whatever, it applies to both series anyway.
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Trying to explain a joke are we? lmao @ midget fans :D
Bait and switch, ladies and gentlemen. Bait and switch. It’s not that complicated.
Two very inconsistent teams but only two matches was inconclusive. Then again another match might have been a lottery to see which of these widely form fluctuating teams would have got up.
Or would India’s home advantage have come to the fore?
Smith has come down a long way in the world. Form was poor and he has an average looking girlfriend who goes by the name of Brigitte Sarembock sitting in the stands. What happened to Minki?
Wasn’t Dirty Dirk fantastic today, you must be pleased! He’s a star. Wish we could see more of him.
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I love SA win now.
Cricinfo
10 min ago..
India winning easily
1 min ago
SA has outside chance
8 runs 6 balls to go
Go STEYN!. :D
Oh well dhoni wake up from slumber and gave the ball to street smart P kumar. Steyn stump flattened. 4 balls to go still.
I am starting to wonder , dhoni want to finish off sreesanth as a bowler. He and Nehra always give freebies like RP singh used to give.
These guys are not pressure bowlers. They should start to eat 1kg beef everyday and mellow down!. :D
It came down to Indian bowling Vs SA Choking. Very sad to know that choking prevailed (call it what you will, it is choking for me). Undeserving victory imo! And really scary too, what happens to Indian bowling? Even Afghanistan would feel they have a strong chance now!
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Nice work Jrod.
BTW Beggy Groin, who is Barbie, and what did he do this time?
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UJ is thethe 21st century’s O’Henry :-)
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For anyone who is confused, this post is actually about the Ind-SA series …. the reference to the T20 series just reinforces Jrod’s longstanding with that 2 Tests just isn’t enough …
I hope Mr.Alex saw the dive by Sachin at the ropes, which eventually turn out to be a match winning effort.
aaah.. we just dont hv enuf matches to the death these days… Lalit are u reading?
Did sachin break his knee or elbow yet? That is the good news i want to hear.
Midget showing his cunning ways again. Sachin fans must not forget how he falsely testified for monkey bhajji during sydneygate controversy. He used his innocent face to help monkey escape ban. Ask Symmonds about it! Pure evil!
Today also sachin know it was a boundary but umpire cant rule against midget. Umpire gave boundary!
Ajit Agarkar, Kuruvilla, Nilesh Kulkarni, Dahiya, Kambli, Kanetkar, Jaffer etc all useless idiots played for india only due to midget influence.
He is a tyranny who has destroyed Indian cricket in last two decades. After great Kapil Dev win WC for India, we should have won more glory. All we are left with is a country of midget worshipers and statwhore attitudes.
And then, God said enough is enough! Thank you master :) I am sure your efforts will bear fruits shortly. Sachin fans your days are numberd. hahahaha :D
“Today also sachin know it was a boundary but umpire cant rule against midget. Umpire gave boundary!”
Hahahahaha! Brilliant!
SA are champions at losing the close matches.
Since we are mixing posts, I have liked katich since his debut innings against india when he (and bucknor of course) denied us victory at sydney.
Hey, dont tell me there are actually some dicks who think this post is about england-pak. I mean, even Alex din’t fall for it..
I beg to differ jrod, these two teams are really mediocre, 2 is enough. india australia is the real good one for me. and let SA be number 1, who cares a fuck.
Jogesh, Katich made his debut much before that Sydney match against India – it was in the 2001 Ashes.
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and it is probably more disappointing when you have guys like Morgan , KP and Razzaq on fir what a batting display we had in two matches with some quality spin bowling from both sides , damn at least make them 5 if ODIs could be deadly 7 why not T20s
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Alex is ant sachin fan.
Alex fan is anti sachin fan on steroids.
Sahitan is idiot sahcin fan. Millions of them. Time to crush them…and drink their blood. :D
Isn’t it blindingly obvious that this is about the upcoming NZ / Aus series?
The T20 part of it.
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Aleks fan do not exist :D
Master, I request 10% of the evil blood. I promise more broken bones and egos before midget retire :)
What is Aleks Fan’s fav food?
Fav food do not exist. All are illusions. We just make it real so humans can masturbate with his mind.
truth is so simple it does not exist.
anything secret and complex is just a way of trying to create something out of air. Baloney!.
Just like hinduism crap. All conman make you believe he knows something. All priests , gurus,swamys, all con artists knows how to play the game of humans.
Sachin fools do not get it. They believe that conman sachin even though he never showed one winning inning in his life.. Hahaha. :D
Sachin fans are lowest of lowest life forms. Amoebas. No brain!. :D
One of the more interesting threads on cricketwithalex.com
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Oh master! Of course you are right :P Aleks fan do not exist -> no fav food! :)
That was meant to be a trick qn to brainless sachin fans. hahaha :D
Rishab, thats the match im referring to, if im not totally alzeimered. it was steve waugh’s last match. sachins 240+ strokeless wonder set it up, bucknor refused to give several plumb lbws against langer and haydn on the 5th morning, and finally waugh and katich saved the match. bucknor v/s india has a long history (i dont generally pick on umpires but this guy was special)
@Jogesh
Katich made intl Test debut in 2001 Ashes. The farewell series was not his debut as you have mentioned. Am I correct Rishab?
Master, see Rishab not just statwhore worshiper, he also follows misc cricket. I think he is only one here who thinks and exists. Point to be noted :)
Correct.
And as much as I enjoy being vindicated, please don’t drag me into the looney bin!
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Honestly, am lost in admiration for Aleks Fan. His may just be the most brilliant counter-troll strategy in web history.
is it ? do you think so?. how do you know?.
Instead of one post now it multiplied. Hahaha,
I am against all sachin fans , yes the same one having sehwag fan cover, internally they are sachin fans.
They are traitors. Should be hanged in public square. :D
… multiple times!!!!!!
(got that from a comment at Reverse Swing)
Can’t believe how many people *claim* to have thought this was about India-SA; group dynamics?
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