It's just not cricket

[DRT]

Port just mentioned on TMS. But then boyks says 'people don't use decanters much these days'....
????

Are you on the wireless? I'm all Skyed-up and enjoying the sunshine.

Sound from bbc, picture from sky. Fiddle about a bit and get them playing at the same time.. Perfect.

But then I wouldn't be able to enjoy Bumble's hilarious Lancashire wit.

With a nod to another popular thread: How long would Graeme Swann have stayed upright if he had played cricket at my school with his collar up and his Top Gun sunglasses on?

The opposite of long?

Not as long as that. He would have taken one mid-wicket before leaving the dressing room and then gone off to join the netball team.

[djewesbury]

Port just mentioned on TMS. But then boyks says 'people don't use decanters much these days'....
????

Are you on the wireless? I'm all Skyed-up and enjoying the sunshine.

Sound from bbc, picture from sky. Fiddle about a bit and get them playing at the same time.. Perfect.

But then I wouldn't be able to enjoy Bumble's hilarious Lancashire wit.

Oof. Yes that is deathless.

With a nod to another popular thread: How long would Graeme Swann have stayed upright if he had played cricket at my school with his collar up and his Top Gun sunglasses on?

The opposite of long?

Not as long as that. He would have taken one mid-wicket before leaving the dressing room and then gone off to join the netball team.

[DRT]

I'm going to bed at 2am. Before I go to bed we need to predict what the score will be by close of play.

My guess is 296 for 3.

[djewesbury]

I'm going to bed at 2am. Before I go to bed we need to predict what the score will be by close of play.

My guess is 296 for 3.

I am also going to bed at 2. I predict 200-5.

[djewesbury]

I'm going to bed at 2am. Before I go to bed we need to predict what the score will be by close of play.

My guess is 296 for 3.

I am also going to bed at 2. I predict 200-5.

Sorry. Mistyped. Not 200. Was going to write 300. You have written that however. Let me say 350.

[DRT]

I'm going to bed at 2am.

I'm also going to bed at 2am.

For those who were thinking the worst: No.

[djewesbury]

I'm going to bed at 2am.

I'm also going to bed at 2am.

For those who were thinking the worst: No.

Oh. I'll turn my collar down then.

[DRT]

So 296-3 plays 350-5.

Winner gets bragging rights.

[djewesbury]

So 296-3 plays 350-5.

Winner gets bragging rights.

See you here in the morning...

[DRT]

So 296-3 plays 350-5.

Winner gets bragging rights.

See you here in the morning...

Glad to see you have the correct number of dots in your ellipsis this time.

[DRT]

So 296-3 plays 350-5.

Do we need to agree a weighting system to balance runs v wickets?

We could call it the Turnbull-Jewesbury Method.

[djewesbury]

So 296-3 plays 350-5.

Winner gets bragging rights.

See you here in the morning...

Glad to see you have the correct number of dots in your ellipsis this time.

..................................................................................................!

[DRT]

So 296-3 plays 350-5.

Winner gets bragging rights.

See you here in the morning...

Glad to see you have the correct number of dots in your ellipsis this time.

..................................................................................................!

Which is not the same as!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DRT]

So 296-3 plays 350-5.

Do we need to agree a weighting system to balance runs v wickets?

We could call it the Turnbull-Jewesbury Method.

This is more important than the ellipsis fiasco.

[djewesbury]

So 296-3 plays 350-5.

Do we need to agree a weighting system to balance runs v wickets?

We could call it the Turnbull-Jewesbury Method.

Good God, you want to devise a mathematical equation? On the Port Forum??

[djewesbury]

So 296-3 plays 350-5.

Winner gets bragging rights.

See you here in the morning...

Glad to see you have the correct number of dots in your ellipsis this time.

..................................................................................................!

Which is not the same as!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My last three were one ellipsis. The rest were just scummy little dots.

[djewesbury]

Person closest in wickets gets 2 pts.
Person closest in runs gets 1 pt.

Oohhhh! Nice wicket for Broad.

[DRT]

So 296-3 plays 350-5.

Do we need to agree a weighting system to balance runs v wickets?

We could call it the Turnbull-Jewesbury Method.

Good God, you want to devise a mathematical equation? On the Port Forum??

Yes. Whilst all the mathematicians are sleeping.

I propose that runs are more important than wickets in this game, so the nearest run score wins. In the event of a tie, as defined below, the nearest wicket score wins.

A tie is where two or more guesses are within 30 runs of the real score.

[DRT]

Person closest in wickets gets 2 pts.
Person closest in runs gets 1 pt.

So wicket score wins every time?

[DRT]

We have 1 minute to agree.

[djewesbury]

We want wickets. We want them not to score runs. In your method runs win every time.

What about... We just split the honours and take a point each if appropriate?

It's lunchtime. Time for bed. As I say every day of the week.

[DRT]

We want wickets. We want them not to score runs. In your method runs win every time.

I will tackle the "we" tomorrow.

My proposal means that everyone (and there could be more than two) who guesses within 30 runs of the total goes to the tie-break and then wickets decide. That, dear boy, is more akin to cricket than your ridiculous suggestion.

[djewesbury]

We want wickets. We want them not to score runs. In your method runs win every time.

I will tackle the "we" tomorrow.

My proposal means that everyone (and there could be more than two) who guesses within 30 runs of the total goes to the tie-break and then wickets decide. That, dear boy, is more akin to cricket than your ridiculous suggestion.

Hmm. We shall try it your way...
Good night!

EDIT: Deleted one dot.

[DRT]

I declare.

[Alex Bridgeman]

And the good news is that Radio 5 Sports Extra is repeating the entire day's commentary from 11am. Gents, you can do this all over again - even your competition to guess what the close of play score will be.