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No win Inverclyde but only by a 100 or so votes. Game over for the Yes campaign.

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Very best of luck beating this illness Trogs.

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I started getting anxiety attacks a few years back. All a bit peculiar because they'd mostly affect me when I wasn't feel anxious or stressed, often when I was just sat down watching TV. All of a sudden I'd get a feeling of impending doom/hopelessness and a minute or so later I'd have a bad episode ...

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Who won?

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globus wrote:I've got to go to Southampton. If I recall correctly you are on my route Ovals.

Yeah, not far from Southampton - out at Chandlers Ford, half way to Winchester.

But I'm in Kos from later today until the 10th Sept.

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globus wrote:227. What's your take Ovals? That looks pretty limp to me.

Yeah - poor effort. Quite a few soft dismissals. Not going to be anywhere near enough.

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cfm93 wrote:97-3, how are England this shit at playing spin?

Hard to fathom - it's not as if these spinners are devilish - Raina is only a part timer. Maybe they just don't use their feet enough. Run rate dropped to 4.2 now.

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WASP suggesting 302, but it doesn't take account of our abilities against spin in the middle overs. And, on this pitch, it won't be enough.

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England 73/0 off 15.3 after being put in. Cook 31 from 48, Hales 41 from 45. Steady stuff.

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If we're going to get a humping anyway, can we at least select a really attacking and dynamic team of young 'uns that might come good with a few years of ODIs under their belts? Not a whole lot of point having Cook, Bell, et al scratching around for a bit and then getting their stumps knocked over ...

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We really aren't very good at this ODI stuff !!! 84/5 off 22.3. Buttler gone - we don't appear to have any answer to the middle over spinners. Jadega has 2 wickets from 9 balls - and we all know he's not a great spinner . Can Stokes get off the mark :? Disagree with this. In Tests outside Asia, sur...

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Trouble is, with the squad they've selected it doesn't really give them much in reserve to change the way the team plays. Drop Jordan - he was awful. 12 wides FFS. Bring in Gurney, at least he has the variation of being a left armer. Can't drop Cook, so maybe give Bell a rest and bring in Moeen at 3...

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Morgan gone. It's been some time since he last played an effective innings for England.

Just leaves a little competition between our two all-rounders with a view to future selection.

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Looks like the rain will put the, out of their misery.

RRR up around 10 now and we're still blocking

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We really aren't very good at this ODI stuff !!!

84/5 off 22.3. Buttler gone - we don't appear to have any answer to the middle over spinners. Jadega has 2 wickets from 9 balls - and we all know he's not a great spinner.

Can Stokes get off the mark

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Thanks for all the answers. Kiwias I'm in France now, in Paris. For those who asked about my skills, I speak 4 languages (fr, eng, ja, spa), have experience in organising sport events and group management (say tours). I'm a people person, and very adaptable. What I cannot do is sit on a chair and d...

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That Lords' test seems a long time ago now.

Hope they realise they'll have to work much harder than that in the future.

Bizarre how players like Kohli, who did well against SA, become walking wickets. I doubt the Indians will be pushing for 5 match series any more.

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Saint wrote:
RoseGarden wrote:I know we took some pumpings in the winter. But has anyway ever seen a more one sided day of test cricket?
I'm struggling to think of any

100 runs in an hour, followed by 9 wickets in just 27 overs

Add in the defecit and the mere 220+ overs remaining in the game........

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This is becoming another rout. Jordan on fire.

Our slip catching

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What a catch. Absolute blinder from Ballance.

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Saint wrote:
globus wrote:Only just picked this up.

What an utter farce. The Indian populace must be raging.
Doubt most of them could care less. This isn't T20 or ODI

The message boards suggest otherwise.

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Reasonable rather than great day for England. Inidia finally won a session, but finished the day 237 runs behind England with another 3 wickets to go. England probably already have enough to win without batting again, but another hundred or so would probably be enough to put it beyond all doubt Tha...

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LastExit wrote:How many serious test-playing nations are left now? England, Oz, SA, WI? None from the sub-continent? Losing to Sri-Lanka was a brian-fart.

India are currently ranked ahead of us.

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He was ahead of the kicker there !! But the kicker got in front of him, so brought him back onside. I thought there was an issue with offside when I first saw it, then when sky focused on it, you could see Basta got in front of the try scorer with his momentum. Ah, got ya. Don't you have to retire ...

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He was ahead of the kicker there !!

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merry! wrote:no oom or rinky today?

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Woakes now averages more with the bat, in tests, than he does with the ball

Kumar manages to edge a very wide ball from Jordan - to a diving Buttler. 78/8

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From the BBC live text "Ian Botham was asked about James Anderson passing his record of Test wickets. He commented 'he's got to get 15 Test match hundreds too'." No he doesn't Ian, you twat. Thoroughly graceless. Botham has become a dreadful bore - just like Trueman did. Always on about how much be...

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Good catch by Root in the slips and a deserved wicket for Woakes who has beaten the bat as much as anyone.

68/7

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Are India really poor or is England playing really well Ovals? The ball is certainly doing a fair bit out there today. Indian bats really aren't used to these conditions as they don't get to play over here as much as they used to. (IPL keeps players at home more) Don't think any of the wickets have...

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Steyn's figures are massively flattered by his record against the likes of Bangladesh (17.18), New Zealand (17.05) and the West Indies (18.68). He averages 32.63 versus England and 27.13 versus Australia. Not so crash hot. It's also fair to say that South African pitches are generally quicker and s...

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Posters being a bit unfair to the Indians here. The ball is swinging and seaming all over the place, and the bounce isn't consistent. And they're up against one of the best bowlers in these conditions. I think any side would struggle. To be honest they have to be quite good to get the edges. 44/6 as...

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Don't wish to open the Lords debate up again and time will tell, but sounds like a good decision. If we bowl well with a tinge of green and some swing it could work out well.. They're probably thinking that, if the pitch offers anything, it will be today. The Oval is normally a bit of a road for a ...

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Not sure why the Saffas are getting their precious knickers in a twist over this. Steyn is clearly the more effective bowler. But that doesn't mean he is the most skillfull. If someone comes along able to bowl at 100+mph and can get it reasonably straight, I daresay he'd be pretty handy - but it wou...

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My experience is that kids really like something familiar to go to sleep to. My son had a Asterix storybook cd voiced by Willy Rushton that he fell asleep to every night. My 3 year old Grand Daughter likes to listen to an opera compilation cd when she goes to bed - quite why she especially likes tha...

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Very good Bill

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Best wishes for a good outcome DT. Hope you are able to deal with the emotional rollercoaster. I found it easier to stay strong for my family if I let it all out when on my own, or just with my wife. Needed to release it all at some point.

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How exactly will selling advertising improve life for the average boredie? Why should we care as to the commercial goals of our hosts? I don't care if my telecom provider is making a profit. I don't care if my cab driver is making a profit. But you want me to behave so YOU can make money and you wa...

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Who the fudge actually "pays" for a cat..... There are thousands going free all the time. I know and they are crapping on my lawns. You can go down the "lion's manure" route but I've just come across this. Get a sealable jar and bung in a few used tea bags. Spray "Deep Heat" into the container, sea...

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Well I'm convinced.

Henceforth I shall worship the one and only Gool

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