Posts Tagged ‘cricket’

Robbery! Muggery! Aussie skullduggery!

The Aussies were seriously lacking in skullduggery at the Adelaide Test last weekend. But that didn’t stop us from having a good time at the Adelaide Oval. Even if it did seem to involve a full day of watching England’s mercenary South African batsman Kevin Pietersen spend the whole day smacking Australian bowlers around the [...]

 
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Beware the demon bowler

I want to get off of our canine tragedy and talk a bit about the rest of our makeshift family holiday. Starting at the end with the cricket on Sunday. Dr.O’C and I took the boys to the third day of the second test between Australia and the West Indies. I had hoped to wow and woo you [...]

 
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That’s Dr. Cricket to you…

I know what’s going on
I know how you going on
I got the Ra Ra
go ahead and throw the ball
Cause Bingo, now I’m hittin’ a six…

Mike Hussey’s got nothing on my special lady friend. ‘Twas a stellar weekend filled with sunshine, beach cricket, barbecues and friends. It’s weekends like this that remind me why we [...]

 
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Well, sit right down my wicked son

Well, now that Christmas is over for another 365, A Free Man’s holiday can start in earnest. I’ve got a house near the beach, Dr. O’C, Boy Z, and Timmins, and no work until January 5. I’ve got  five days of test cricket on the TV. It just doesn’t get much better than that.
Because I’m [...]

 
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Baggy green or three lions?

For the Commonwealth readers…
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