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Aug. 15th, 2005
You clever people identified all but one of my ten movie stills. The unidentified one was no. 8 and the answer is Burial of the Rats, a rather bizarre saga of man hating young women in rat skin bikinis.
Another cricket oddity
Aug. 15th, 2005 08:30 amSimon Jones is bowling beautifully which prompts me to ask the question:
Is there any precedent for a bowler, having taken six wickets in the first innings of a test, being the sixth bowler to be called on in the second innings?
Is there any precedent for a bowler, having taken six wickets in the first innings of a test, being the sixth bowler to be called on in the second innings?
Old Trafford - the grisly end
Aug. 15th, 2005 03:47 pmAlmost but not quite.
Fine batting by Ponting and Warne added to their earlier, equally skilful but less admirable, time wasting was just enough to get Australia the draw. I can't help feeling though that England choked. Vaughan's handling of his bowlers and his field settings were quite bizarre at times. Jones, despite being clearly the best of England's bowlers in the first innings was the sixth to be used in the second and had to wait until thirty overs had been bowled this morning before he got a second spell. When he came on he bowled beautifully and was very unlucky to get only one wicket. Who knows what might have happened if Vaughan had attacked more earlier in the day instead of persisting with a toothless Giles bowling to defensive fields?
In many ways the result is as bad as it could be, short of a defeat. The series is still all square but England will no doubt see the "almost win" as reason not to look at the composition of the side. As it is, the side is good but not quite good enough. It's the same disease that afflicts England's rugby selectors; pick a safe side that's good enough to perform adequately to well in the 6N and find excuses for why it gets stuffed against the SANZAR teams. Unfortunately beating the world champions takes more than that.
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Fine batting by Ponting and Warne added to their earlier, equally skilful but less admirable, time wasting was just enough to get Australia the draw. I can't help feeling though that England choked. Vaughan's handling of his bowlers and his field settings were quite bizarre at times. Jones, despite being clearly the best of England's bowlers in the first innings was the sixth to be used in the second and had to wait until thirty overs had been bowled this morning before he got a second spell. When he came on he bowled beautifully and was very unlucky to get only one wicket. Who knows what might have happened if Vaughan had attacked more earlier in the day instead of persisting with a toothless Giles bowling to defensive fields?
In many ways the result is as bad as it could be, short of a defeat. The series is still all square but England will no doubt see the "almost win" as reason not to look at the composition of the side. As it is, the side is good but not quite good enough. It's the same disease that afflicts England's rugby selectors; pick a safe side that's good enough to perform adequately to well in the 6N and find excuses for why it gets stuffed against the SANZAR teams. Unfortunately beating the world champions takes more than that.
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Ten more movies
Aug. 15th, 2005 05:55 pmThis was fun so I thought I'd do it again.
1. Pick ten films you love/thoroughly enjoy.
2. Find screen stills for each film.
3. See how many of them people get correct.
( The films )
ETA 3,9 and 10 still unidentified
1. Pick ten films you love/thoroughly enjoy.
2. Find screen stills for each film.
3. See how many of them people get correct.
( The films )
ETA 3,9 and 10 still unidentified