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By: Justine Larbalestier » Most Excellent Breaking News

Justine Larbalestier » Most Excellent Breaking News — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 22:24:19 +0000

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By: Justine

Justine — Sun, 03 Jul 2005 23:33:38 +0000

Margo: great to see you coming around to my way of seeing things!

By: margo

margo — Sun, 03 Jul 2005 23:06:57 +0000

justine is a ~~censorious~~ wonderful ~~witch~~ writer (sounds of margo's ~~freedom of speech~~ joy at knowing Justine being ~~throttled~~ celebrated amongst her friends)

By: Justine

Justine — Sun, 03 Jul 2005 17:13:34 +0000

Cheryl: yup, that is crazy. I reckon a tie is always the most exciting result. If I could go back in time I’d go back to the first tied test—the one between Australia and the West Indies in 1960. I’d love to have been in the audience for that one.

By: margo

margo — Sun, 03 Jul 2005 10:12:25 +0000

You were right, Justine, ‘among’, or ‘in the middle of’ sound silly.

xx, m.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Sun, 03 Jul 2005 04:16:32 +0000

It was fabulous just listening to the commentary over the Internet. Poor old Blowers was quite hoarse by the end of it, and was so excited he kept missing vital pieces of action.

And you are right, the Americans won’t understand it at all. I remember going to an Earthquakes game here once – there was this kid in front of us holding up a sign that said “No Tie!”. He didn’t care who won the game, as long as someone did. Crazy people.

By: Justine

Justine — Sat, 02 Jul 2005 20:51:08 +0000

I imagine what this cricket blogger is confused about is the huge numbers I was quoting here. The numbers came from cricinfo's live coverage. As the total required by England during that match got steeper and steeper the computer spun enjoyably out of control. Given that England were only short of victory by 57, obviously they did not need to get one hundred odd an over. But, my, watching those numbers get loopier and loopier provided much enjoyment!

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