Justine Larbalestier

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To Those on My Case for not Blogging WorldCon

a) our hotel is a long way from the con

b) intermittent web access

c) there’s an incredibly exciting test match on

d) there are many excellent people to talk to and parties to attend

e) too damned tired!

Posted by Justine at 13:17, 6 August 2005 under Bloggery, Cons & Other Gatherings, Excuses, Travelling | 14 Comments »

Comments

  1. Cheryl Says:

    f) Australia are getting stuffed and you are too embarrassed to blog

    Good game, isn’t it.

    August 6th, 2005 at 1:28 PM

  2. 2. Justine Says:

    Until Clarke just got out I still had major hope. Now I just have minor hope. Warne is batting brilliant. It ain’t over yet.

    Regardless of result this has been one of the best tests I’ve ever seen. How about that ball of Warne’s in the last over yesterday? Oh. My. God.

    Now back to the con.

    August 6th, 2005 at 1:37 PM

  3. Cheryl Says:

    Warne is god. See my post in Jonathan’s comments. (not as good as the gatting ball though).

    August 6th, 2005 at 2:41 PM

  4. jonathan Says:

    it’s an amazing game. both tests have been extraordinary entertainment, and parts of them have even involved good cricket. i’m still not sure what i think of the teams, though.

    the brits have major stars in pietersen and flintoff, though i’d like to see them on australian pitches. the rest of the side is still…not full of major stars.

    as to the aussies, i’m wondering if there’s some weird kind of gilchrist effect happening. do the top 5 think, at some subliminal level, that so effective is their #7 at scoring with the tail, that there’s no real pressure on them to perform. i mean, if gilchrist had done his usual thing in this test, the deficit would have been smaller and we would be in a different place. instead, the scoring has been left largely to the top order, and they’ve continued to make a bit of a fist of it. interesting times.

    August 7th, 2005 at 1:51 AM

  5. bo Says:

    g) aus may have been stuffed but somehow almost made it through anyway. noice.

    August 7th, 2005 at 7:41 AM

  6. Cheryl Says:

    Gee guys, England tried so hard to give the game away at the last minute. What went wrong?

    August 7th, 2005 at 7:48 AM

  7. jonathan Says:

    sigh. i’m going to pay for this. england played well, but australia played worse. this was a great game, but england didn’t win it: australia lost it. whatever else happened, on that pitch, they should have won easily. they didn’t. the bowling attack is solid, but missing a lot without mcgrath. the batting is dodgy. there wasn’t a single century scored in the game. the thing that sticks with me, once the thriller aspect fades, is that this was a game where england should have won at a canter, and almost couldn’t bring itself to do that. australia, on the other hand, just couldn’t keep it together. heads won’t roll, but some serious questions will need to be asked of the top five batsmen.

    August 7th, 2005 at 8:25 AM

  8. 8. Justine Says:

    Very quckly in a rush:

    It was better than the Gatting ball. They showed the two side by side all morning.

    What a match.

    August 7th, 2005 at 8:58 AM

  9. niki Says:

    yes very exciting – but what has happened to 5 day cricket ??!! Why are they all so intent to play like it’s a one dayer ?? These young people no patience ;) – and yes I agree with you jonathan- australian top order baters sux !! what’s with the no 100′s ??? Is the wicket in england that hot ?

    August 8th, 2005 at 7:43 AM

  10. jonathan Says:

    niki – i don’t know what the problem is. they bat like disinterested schoolboys. it certainly wasn’t the wicket, it was … almost disinterest. we’ll see how it goes this weekend, but pretty much everyone from #2 to #7 needs a kick in the pants. and will they win? i don’t know. the bowling attack will be missing mcgrath, and it may be a huge risk to bowl the two spinners, while the batting order really needs to do something. i think we could go two down.

    August 8th, 2005 at 8:08 AM

  11. niki Says:

    no no we’ll win – they always get their shit together once they’ve lost one – but in the mean time we have to deal with stupid web games like this :

    http://www.channel4.com/sport/microsites/B/bringiton/bringiton.html

    August 8th, 2005 at 10:41 AM

  12. niki Says:

    arggg …only three more weeks and I’m back to sanity ! ;)

    August 8th, 2005 at 10:42 AM

  13. mely Says:

    Whatever. You just love cricket more than you love me.

    August 9th, 2005 at 5:47 PM

  14. 14. Justine Says:

    Mely, I love cricket more than I love life . . .

    August 10th, 2005 at 8:35 AM

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