Maybe a chance to educate the Texan family on CRICKET!!

Yesterday, I listened to The Queen (Betty II) delivering the Christmas message to us "subjects".

She did not mention Cricket once

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I need to repeat this here, Rumpole. Got confused by 3 games today and was thinking this was tomorrow. Didn't read up far enough past SA v Eng.

Thx.

Try and keep up Molly

NZ V SL on at moment (ODI)

The Aust V WI test will be on at same time... in an hour or so.... much later a Test in South Africa V England

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Match delayed by rain - Day 1

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This is good for me. Bad for fans already there

Any idea how long delayed? Not postponed, right?

Nah... delays for rain all part of cricket... they can try and make up some time by starting early on next days...

They have got out to pitch to do coin toss.. so Cricket soon?


West Indies have won the toss, and have chosen to bowl

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Game underway....

Australia 40/1 (7.3 ov)

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Australia 70/1 (20.0 ov)

10 minutes left in Lunch break.

Finally watching!

You should be watching other game

McCullum 55 off 24 balls

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I know ... but I can only do so much when I should be with the others at Christmas! LOL

No one gets "cricket"

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Watching SLvNZ now, forgot I could switch back and forth on "watchcric"

AND it's over! lol

Yes... Shame SL did not score enough to make "a game" of it

At least we can now FOCUS on the game in Oz

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It looks to me like they lost 10 overs due to rain. I hope they make those up by starting a half hour early next 2 days.

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WI bowling slowly and not bowling required overs is NOT helping.

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TEA... seems to me to be an hour late??

They have bowled 53 overs today... so I assume 7 overs lost. They will still have to bowl 30 overs in last session... make up 7 tomorrow??

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Lunch break was 1:00 instead of 12:30

Yeah they need to make up for lost time for sure.. don't you think?

I missed details of times and breaks etc... but I see they have got as far as 90 overs in the day?

So no overs lost... they seem to me to have played an hour and a half overtime?

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Stumps - Day 1


Australia 345/3 (90.0 ov) (RR 3.83)
West Indies To play

West Indies won the toss and elected to field

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It seems to me that WI are a bit crap at cricket (these days).

Australia could bat all day and score a million runs, but I dont see the point of that. ANY cricket match can "run out of time" and so end in a draw. And... RAIN has already disrupted play...it COULD rob more overs?

So IMO Smith should DECLARE... before lunch would be good. Australia will have 400+ which is "enough" Certainly after the first session (if not before)... maybe half way through second session (Australia 500+).. have an hours bowling at WI before Tea.

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As I said... no point in Australia batting forever

A lead now of 403 is enough.. but to be sure they can bat on a short while more.

Maybe Smith on 56 can keep going and try for a century (44 more runs).. Voges on 41 can hang in there and maybe get a century too (59 more runs).. SURELY with about another 100 and a lead of 500+ Australia should DECLARE!!!! (at lunch if they get on with it)

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LUNCH

Australia 473/3 (120.0 ov) (RR 3.94)

Steven Smith (rhb) 90 /131

Adam Voges (rhb) 74/122


36 more runs needed if both batsmen are to score centuries... worth trying for

BUT... that is it!! Smith should decare once they both get there, or if one goes out and the other makes it.. or if both go out.
470 runs is more than enough already

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