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Fortunately, the bit of me that's not English is, via my mother, Indian. So what he took with one hand, he gave with the other.DRT wrote:One of those is very wrong.LGTrotter wrote:1)Daniel is not an Englishman.
2)Sachin is a god.
3)Indians make better English gentlemen than the English ever did.
This needs to be tested before we accept it.djewesbury wrote:the bit of me that's not English is, via my mother, Indian.
True of DJ.DRT wrote:Half Indian? True or false?
Indeed. In India, I am a god.jdaw1 wrote:True of DJ.DRT wrote:Half Indian? True or false?
But have you ever scored 16 in England?djewesbury wrote:Indeed. In India, I am a god.jdaw1 wrote:True of DJ.DRT wrote:Half Indian? True or false?
Yes. I forget my high score but it was above 16. In fact I briefly attended the Alf Gover Cricket School in Wandsworth, around the corner from where my father now lives; I think I went with my school friend Ram Patel. But by secondary school, ours being a rugby school, and my eyesight forbidding me to advance at that game, I never advanced beyond the E team. If you're no good at rugby, after all, it obviously follows that there's no point evaluating your skill in cricket.AHB wrote:But have you ever scored 16 in England?djewesbury wrote:Indeed. In India, I am a god.jdaw1 wrote:True of DJ.DRT wrote:Half Indian? True or false?
The cheapest Test Match I ever went to: Eng v Pak in Lahore at the Gadaffi Stadium. You could only buy a ticket for all 5 days. It was US$5 or thereabouts. Once I was in, a load of teenagers came to talk to me, to practise their English. Mostly they were all very nice (and their English very good) but one was very politely insistent, in a disturbingly rational manner, on what a good thing al Qaeda were, which was depressing. This was (I think) 2005 or 2006. Then a policeman came over and told them to stop pestering me and asked where I was from and did I like Birmingham, as his brother lived there. Every so often he barked a command at the school kids and one of them ran off to get me an ice cream. England were thrashed. I think Collingwood made a score.LGTrotter wrote:Ashes starts tonight. Just saying.
More irritatingly my brother-in-law is going to all five days of the opening test for flumpence (compared to what you would pay over here).
Consider me there.benread wrote:Is anyone else debating a late nightcap and a little TMS around midnight tonight?!
I shall probably do the opposite and go to bed early but aim to wake about 5am to catch the last couple of hours. Is scheduled play 11pm to 7am, UK time?benread wrote:Is anyone else debating a late nightcap and a little TMS around midnight tonight?!
+1, just checked Cricinfo.benread wrote:12am to 7 am I think. 40 minutes for lunch and 20 for tea. Start is definitely 12am.
Thanks gents, means I won't start shouting at the radio for a while yet.djewesbury wrote:+1, just checked Cricinfo.benread wrote:12am to 7 am I think. 40 minutes for lunch and 20 for tea. Start is definitely 12am.
Time to prepare that nightcap too!AHB wrote:Thanks gents, means I won't start shouting at the radio for a while yet.djewesbury wrote:+1, just checked Cricinfo.benread wrote:12am to 7 am I think. 40 minutes for lunch and 20 for tea. Start is definitely 12am.
You missed one important piece of kit... Your glass...?benread wrote:I'm sat with phone, tablet and sky sports news waiting. Twitter feed running too!
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And you didn't even take the opportunity to refer to it as rounders. C'mon Scotland!DRT wrote:My glass of Malt is by my side. The Foster's is on ice. The barbie is ready to be fired-up.
First novice question: Why does KP play for England and not his native South Africa?
No. He didn't speak. I can only assume that he was star-struck.benread wrote:Didn't he explain when you met last year?!
Does that mean "KP wasn't good enough to qualify for the section of the quota for which he was ethnically eligible."?benread wrote:A quota system in Cricket South Africa denied him the opportunity there.