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Hughes arrived at Sydney’s St Vincent’s Hospital in an induced coma at 3:30pm after being struck on the head by a bouncer at the SCG earlier this afternoon while playing for South Australia in the Bupa Sheffield Shield match at the SCG.
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horrific scenes..hope he pulls through..glad they called the game off
sickening, all positive vibes for hughes to pull through and pull through fully
hopefully he pulls through, thoughts with him and his family
Horrendous stuff. Spare a thought for the bowler, what a horrible head space he must be in right now.
If the reports are true they did CPR on the pitch which doesn't bode well.
Exactly Rhino, spare a thought for the bowler.
A horrible situation for all involved
A horrible situation for all involved
I really hope he comes through and hasn't suffered brain damage
Sean Abbott will be feeling distraught if he doesn't (even if he does he still will).. terrible stuff
Sean Abbott will be feeling distraught if he doesn't (even if he does he still will).. terrible stuff
Just seen this on and it looked horrible. Thoughts and best wishes with the lad and hopefully he makes a full recovery
A clearly emotional Jones said on his 2GB radio program on Thursday that he had been told that the "neurology is very, very bad, or in the language that the layman understands, the brain is very sick".
"What happened is that the blow from the cricket ball damaged ... a major artery in the back of his head and that caused bleeding over the skull and prevented blood from going to the brain," Jones said.
"Today is a critical day. I repeat, this is much more serious than anyone imagined. Medical technology is currently breathing for him. The brain is very sick and we pray for miracles."
"What happened is that the blow from the cricket ball damaged ... a major artery in the back of his head and that caused bleeding over the skull and prevented blood from going to the brain," Jones said.
"Today is a critical day. I repeat, this is much more serious than anyone imagined. Medical technology is currently breathing for him. The brain is very sick and we pray for miracles."
Heartbreaking news..deepest condolences..can't get my head round it.
On 11 January 2013, Hughes became the first Australian batsman in the history of ODI cricket to score a century on debut, a feat which he achieved in Melbourne against Sri Lanka. Hughes was also the youngest cricketer ever to score back-to-back centuries in a test match, a feat which he achieved in Durban, 2009 against South Africa.
Australia in mourning...tragic event
condolences to family and friends
RIP Phil
condolences to family and friends
RIP Phil
You just don't expect it in cricket. Jockeys, race car drivers and the daredevil sports you know it's just a matter of time but cricket... Never heard of anything like it. Doctor just said prior to this there has only ever been one reported incidence of the injury by a cricket ball and that St Vincents in Sydney just don't ever see this injury, that's how rare it is. and this kid, world at his feet cops it. Just shocking.
what a tragedy..bit like sofia,cant get my head around it..
RIP ........ baggy green 408
RIP ........ baggy green 408
The fcking idiots complaining about the ambos give me the sh1ts. Ambulances don't sit in stations waiting for a call. They are usually on the way back from another call when they respond. The nearest ambulance is allocated to a job.
Having an ambulance station nearby means fcking nothing.
These people work 12-14 hour shifts, often without a break, and now they have to listen to this sh1t.
Having an ambulance station nearby means fcking nothing.
These people work 12-14 hour shifts, often without a break, and now they have to listen to this sh1t.
They work on priority basis too whoopi. Who put the call through? No one on the field did as far as I know, someone off field would have. The flow of information gets all kinds of fked up when people panic. How urgent would the caller have described the situation? Cos if he said the guy got KO'd by a cricket ball and we have a doctor looking after him, that isn't very urgent. They got there quick enough, people have warped expectations.
I have waited an hour and a half for an ambulance before.
I have waited an hour and a half for an ambulance before.
iv read a few stories today..thought this was pretty good..
RIP Phillip Hughes. Those have to be the saddest words ever written in the name of cricket. This has to be cricket's saddest day.
Others have died playing the game. Others have died playing other games. But no cricketer so high profile can have died so publicly, and in such grim circumstances. No sportsman's death can have come as such a shock.
Hughes was a Test cricketer, with all that imports in Australian sport. For all anyone knows, dammit, he had been pencilled into the Test team again in the hour before his calamitous accident. It was between him and two others for a vacancy in the team to play India in Brisbane from next Thursday, and he was in the runs again.
Whether anyone has the stomach to play that match now, who knows? Whether the match even can or should be played, again, who can say? As Hughes' many devoted friends in cricket gathered – literally and in cyberspace – and huddled and hugged and wept and tried to find their bearings and failed, none looked remotely up for playing a match or watching one.
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If they do play, it will only be because of a solemn consensus that Hughesy would have wanted it. He was never a man for a fuss.
For all the drama that surrounds cricket, for all its gravity and froth, for the reaching for glory, the falling short, the fame, the infamy, for the way cricket is held up as a metaphor for life, it is just a game. Yes, in Australia, we play it for sheep stations, but not life and death. Then death came into play anyway.
It is the game Hughes fell in love with as a boy, and applied himself to like few others, and wrestled with, and was sometimes vexed by, and more often master of, and for all anyone knows would have mastered again. In cricket terms, he was young enough for his best years still to lie ahead. In life, he was young enough for it still to be beginning. In three more days, he would have turned 26.
Within this game, there are games. Hughes knew this. Even as Sean Abbott's bouncer thudded into the pitch at the SCG shortly after lunch on Monday and speared towards him, he knew the score. So did Abbott. So did all of cricketing Australia. It was this type of ball that had troubled him more than most.
Abbott bowled it to ruffle him, to distract him, to break his concentration, to manoeuvre him out of position, to provoke him to play a false shot, to that ball or one soon after. This was a game. Abbott did not bowl it to harm. Feel for him; he has a life sentence.
This much we must believe, that Hughes' last thought simply was, here's four runs. Here's another step towards 100. Here's the Test door comng ajar again. That can and must be his family's consolation, that he died doing what he loved.
This much we can also believe, that he can barely have known what hit him. He lost consciousness on the pitch, and never regained it. He was not in pain when he died, and he had his family around him. He was 25 years old, and 63 not out. There was so much more to come.
In lieu, at least there is what there was of Hughes' short life to cherish. He was a humble man, country bred, without airs, and an intriguing cricketer, with a way of batting that was all his own. It brought thousands of runs, some would say despite his technique, he would say because of it. He modified it, refined it, but resisted all importuning to abandon it; in this, he had singular courage of his convictions. It was his hallmark.
At his best, he was exciting, never more so than when slashing a hundred in each innings of his second Test, against the formidable South Africans in Durban, founding a series win for a then woebegone Australian team. In recent Australian cricket history, those innings were landmarks. He was 19.
Fits and starts followed, and in the meantime every pub coach in Australia was on his case. He never touched those heights again. He never will.
Hughes' death shakes us because it seemed impossible for a sportsman to be fatally injured this way, surrounded by protection, without warning, instantaneously, innocently, as in a car crash. It makes us more mortal than yesterday. Because of it, every part of the game will be looked at again: rules, protocols, protection, philosophy, culture.
His injury was a one in a you-name-a-number chance, only once previously inflicted by a cricket ball anywhere, said Cricket Australia doctor Peter Brukner. It is one too many.
In any other cricket year, this is a time of delicious anticipation, a week before the first Test, when nothing has happened and anything can. Not this year, not now. Instead, it is a time for mourning, for crying, for dwelling, for sighing, for holding hands and holding memories and holding up, and taking nothing in sport and in life for granted, not even that there will be a tomorrow, let alone another cricket match.
RIP Phillip Hughes. Those have to be the saddest words ever written in the name of cricket. This has to be cricket's saddest day.
Others have died playing the game. Others have died playing other games. But no cricketer so high profile can have died so publicly, and in such grim circumstances. No sportsman's death can have come as such a shock.
Hughes was a Test cricketer, with all that imports in Australian sport. For all anyone knows, dammit, he had been pencilled into the Test team again in the hour before his calamitous accident. It was between him and two others for a vacancy in the team to play India in Brisbane from next Thursday, and he was in the runs again.
Whether anyone has the stomach to play that match now, who knows? Whether the match even can or should be played, again, who can say? As Hughes' many devoted friends in cricket gathered – literally and in cyberspace – and huddled and hugged and wept and tried to find their bearings and failed, none looked remotely up for playing a match or watching one.
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If they do play, it will only be because of a solemn consensus that Hughesy would have wanted it. He was never a man for a fuss.
For all the drama that surrounds cricket, for all its gravity and froth, for the reaching for glory, the falling short, the fame, the infamy, for the way cricket is held up as a metaphor for life, it is just a game. Yes, in Australia, we play it for sheep stations, but not life and death. Then death came into play anyway.
It is the game Hughes fell in love with as a boy, and applied himself to like few others, and wrestled with, and was sometimes vexed by, and more often master of, and for all anyone knows would have mastered again. In cricket terms, he was young enough for his best years still to lie ahead. In life, he was young enough for it still to be beginning. In three more days, he would have turned 26.
Within this game, there are games. Hughes knew this. Even as Sean Abbott's bouncer thudded into the pitch at the SCG shortly after lunch on Monday and speared towards him, he knew the score. So did Abbott. So did all of cricketing Australia. It was this type of ball that had troubled him more than most.
Abbott bowled it to ruffle him, to distract him, to break his concentration, to manoeuvre him out of position, to provoke him to play a false shot, to that ball or one soon after. This was a game. Abbott did not bowl it to harm. Feel for him; he has a life sentence.
This much we must believe, that Hughes' last thought simply was, here's four runs. Here's another step towards 100. Here's the Test door comng ajar again. That can and must be his family's consolation, that he died doing what he loved.
This much we can also believe, that he can barely have known what hit him. He lost consciousness on the pitch, and never regained it. He was not in pain when he died, and he had his family around him. He was 25 years old, and 63 not out. There was so much more to come.
In lieu, at least there is what there was of Hughes' short life to cherish. He was a humble man, country bred, without airs, and an intriguing cricketer, with a way of batting that was all his own. It brought thousands of runs, some would say despite his technique, he would say because of it. He modified it, refined it, but resisted all importuning to abandon it; in this, he had singular courage of his convictions. It was his hallmark.
At his best, he was exciting, never more so than when slashing a hundred in each innings of his second Test, against the formidable South Africans in Durban, founding a series win for a then woebegone Australian team. In recent Australian cricket history, those innings were landmarks. He was 19.
Fits and starts followed, and in the meantime every pub coach in Australia was on his case. He never touched those heights again. He never will.
Hughes' death shakes us because it seemed impossible for a sportsman to be fatally injured this way, surrounded by protection, without warning, instantaneously, innocently, as in a car crash. It makes us more mortal than yesterday. Because of it, every part of the game will be looked at again: rules, protocols, protection, philosophy, culture.
His injury was a one in a you-name-a-number chance, only once previously inflicted by a cricket ball anywhere, said Cricket Australia doctor Peter Brukner. It is one too many.
In any other cricket year, this is a time of delicious anticipation, a week before the first Test, when nothing has happened and anything can. Not this year, not now. Instead, it is a time for mourning, for crying, for dwelling, for sighing, for holding hands and holding memories and holding up, and taking nothing in sport and in life for granted, not even that there will be a tomorrow, let alone another cricket match.
cheers Ted .. great article .. covered it all and spoke for many
brilliant article Bigted - just about the best I've read - thanks
do you know who wrote it?
do you know who wrote it?
Greg Baum of the SMH - sorry Bigted I answered my own question
Sean Abbott trending on Twitter. Overwhelming public concern for the kid which is good to see, have not read a single negative comment. God only knows how he recovers from this.
gee the victory v adelaide soccer game has been all class,,the minutes silence then a minutes applause on the 63rd minute..great scenes..
good game as well
reckon 63 will get a raise of the bat as well when cricket resumes....
good game as well
reckon 63 will get a raise of the bat as well when cricket resumes....
Raised the juniors from 50 to 63 as the score to retire on for the weekend I believe.
remarkable tributes from the world over, very moving stuff
the scenes from Day 1 of New Zealand vs Pakistan were just amazing
the scenes from Day 1 of New Zealand vs Pakistan were just amazing
https://soundcloud.com/eltonjohndotcom/elton-johns-phill-huges-dedication/s-...
Elton John dedicated "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" to Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes during his concert in Munich, Germany
That's brilliant Henry.
It is staggering how much this has got to people all over the world. I hope it makes Phil's family to proud to see he was so admired
It is staggering how much this has got to people all over the world. I hope it makes Phil's family to proud to see he was so admired
I can't remember seeing and experiencing this amount of empathy displayed by the younger Aussie males surrounding a persons tragic death. Amazing emotions on display at this time
Last round of the Australian Open today. They had a cricket bat resting up against the advertising boards on the 9th tee - 63rd hole of the tournament.
My son-in law has leaned a cricket bat up against his letterbox....(he lives in house opposite ours)
I have now done likewise.....
Actually has a nice united feeling to it all....
I have now done likewise.....
Actually has a nice united feeling to it all....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31mFkAOjsWs
Footage of the Victory game including the 63rd minute appluase.
Footage of the Victory game including the 63rd minute appluase.
In memory of Phillip Hughes
Sometimes the veil between this life and the life beyond becomes very thin
On behalf of all the betfair threadsters
Sometimes the veil between this life and the life beyond becomes very thin
On behalf of all the betfair threadsters
Very moving funeral.
A couple of the cricketers' partners need to have a think about how self absorbed and self obsessed they are that they felt the need to wear skimpy figure hugging outfits that flashed their boobs or gripped their backside.
Classless....it wasn't a fashion event.......it wasn't about you.
A couple of the cricketers' partners need to have a think about how self absorbed and self obsessed they are that they felt the need to wear skimpy figure hugging outfits that flashed their boobs or gripped their backside.
Classless....it wasn't a fashion event.......it wasn't about you.
You just made it about them. You have no idea their intentions when they got dressed so not sure why you feel the need to judge them? And considering you who would rather concentrate on tits and ass, maybe it is you that is classless.
yes. You're right of course BJT. They should've turned up in bikinis.
There's a little thing called being respectful and dressing modestly.
But you feel free to have a parade of t and a when a member of your family passes away.......
There's a little thing called being respectful and dressing modestly.
But you feel free to have a parade of t and a when a member of your family passes away.......
Watched parts of funeral....never saw anything disrespectful....(not to say not there,,,but never saw anything but appropriate funeral attire)
So you didn't see it.....yet you're offering an opinion.....facts never were your strong point
Btw BJT, I watched the funeral with the females of my family. They were the first to find the outfits offensive.
Are you suggesting they were focused on boobs?
That was the second dumbest comment you have ever made on the forum.
If I notice a footballer wearing ballet shoes instead of footy boots does that mean I have a foot fetish?
Are you suggesting they were focused on boobs?
That was the second dumbest comment you have ever made on the forum.
If I notice a footballer wearing ballet shoes instead of footy boots does that mean I have a foot fetish?
And now let's examine the dumbest comment...You have no idea their intentions when they got dressed
They were going to a FUNERAL.
When someone lunges at me with a knife I can't be certain they intend to stab me, but I can make a an educated guess.
When someone dresses like a tart to attend a funeral I can't be sure of their intentions.....but I can make an educated guess
Anyway, that'll do me......the forum has gone to wrack and ruin....populated by homophobes and belligerent horse owners.
They were going to a FUNERAL.
When someone lunges at me with a knife I can't be certain they intend to stab me, but I can make a an educated guess.
When someone dresses like a tart to attend a funeral I can't be sure of their intentions.....but I can make an educated guess
Anyway, that'll do me......the forum has gone to wrack and ruin....populated by homophobes and belligerent horse owners.
I didn't see anything slutty whoopi. Tabloid journalism has made the WAG a celebrity. This doesn't sit well with most people, so people judge the WAGs. Constantly. If it was some scrapper nobody from nowhereville wearing exactly the same thing at the same funeral, you probably wouldn't have noticed. And if you did, you would have glazed over it for half a second and never thought of it again. But these chicks are hot, we can't shag em but we really want to, and they have a virtual free ride through life because of their hotness. And that makes us mad so we find ways to justify being mad, like worrying about their attire at the funeral of people we have never met.
BJT • December 3, 2014 6:39 AM GMT
You just made it about them. You have no idea their intentions when they got dressed so not sure why you feel the need to judge them? And considering you who would rather concentrate on tits and ass, maybe it is you that is classless.
i'll tell you what dickhead, I get the feeling they were going to attend a funeral with their partners given they were seen on national tv at a funeral with their partners
****wit
You just made it about them. You have no idea their intentions when they got dressed so not sure why you feel the need to judge them? And considering you who would rather concentrate on tits and ass, maybe it is you that is classless.
i'll tell you what dickhead, I get the feeling they were going to attend a funeral with their partners given they were seen on national tv at a funeral with their partners
****wit
Interesting thread. 
Contributions from everyone ....... from schoolboys to vermin!
Firstly, a very sad outcome from a freak occurrence. Reminds me of the intos to various Six Feet Under episodes.
Sheeeesh, the imagination simply can't fathom all the ways we humans are vulnerable to freak circumstance.
Anyhoo, the unfortunate incident... I understand. The mass outpouring of emotion...I simply don't.
I never attended a funeral until I was 30. I'll make an assumption here......
A LOT of those present today wouldn't have ever attended a funeral before, Lots of naive pretty-young-things included.
Contributions from everyone ....... from schoolboys to vermin!Firstly, a very sad outcome from a freak occurrence.
Reminds me of the intos to various Six Feet Under episodes.Sheeeesh, the imagination simply can't fathom all the ways we humans are vulnerable to freak circumstance.
Anyhoo, the unfortunate incident... I understand. The mass outpouring of emotion...I simply don't.
I never attended a funeral until I was 30. I'll make an assumption here......
A LOT of those present today wouldn't have ever attended a funeral before, Lots of naive pretty-young-things included.
well spun this is cricket..need i say more
an Australian test cricketer dying on field in this way,have we seen it before..
i understand it..IMO the baggy green is australian sports highest prize..
anyway Clarkey..wowee,his eulogy was something else
an Australian test cricketer dying on field in this way,have we seen it before..
i understand it..IMO the baggy green is australian sports highest prize..
anyway Clarkey..wowee,his eulogy was something else
Thought the media and crickets main body over milked this tragic event. Michael Clarke was reminisent of Bob Hawke when he was leader, very sad but please.
TINS
Not sure of the necessity of your remark:
Contributions from everyone....from schoolboys to vermin!
Seemed condescending words from you ....imo and includes all the participants on this thread...
Perhaps you forgot the wink!!
Not sure of the necessity of your remark:
Contributions from everyone....from schoolboys to vermin!
Seemed condescending words from you ....imo and includes all the participants on this thread...
Perhaps you forgot the wink!!
the days of appropriate dress are no longer I'm afraid woopi.
well spun this is cricket
IMO...most boring game and simply gambling fodder for players......can do anything at any time...no integrity committees or no stewards....WD to the players contriving so many close finishes
Not deserving of the TV coverage it gets...
But hey we'd all be doing the odd drop of the ball for a lazy quarter of a million dollars.....(just like our Olympic swim team ...no doze tablets days before the big event)
Human nature...the quick buck
IMO...most boring game and simply gambling fodder for players......can do anything at any time...no integrity committees or no stewards....WD to the players contriving so many close finishes
Not deserving of the TV coverage it gets...
But hey we'd all be doing the odd drop of the ball for a lazy quarter of a million dollars.....(just like our Olympic swim team ...no doze tablets days before the big event)
Human nature...the quick buck
An interesting bloke you are Henry. An ardent horse racing fan paying out on another sport for being gambling fodder and not deserving of the coverage... Agree about the boring, but the 20/20 style of cricket is great. The long format is horrendous viewing.
Only reason HIT AND GIGGLE has survived is.................for 5 months of the year A.F.L is having rest time.
Horse racing v, Cricket...Integrity...
Horse racing has stewards and endless integrity checkpoints....
Cricket has ....... ???? players with so much chose to do anything to manipulate a match outcome....
At least one looks like it is trying to keep it all as honest as possible...
(Success or otherwise is another topic)
News 4 December
New Zealand lawmakers have unanimously passed a bill which will give police increased powers to tackle match-fixing ahead of next year's Cricket World Cup.
The bill passed this week will become law before the World Cup in February and March and ahead of football's under-20 World Cup in New Zealand in May and June and makes match fixing a criminal offense in New Zealand for the first time. Offenders face terms of up to seven years in prison.
Sports minister Jonathan Coleman welcomed the passing of the bill and said "match-fixing is a growing problem internationally and it is the No 1 threat to the integrity, value and growth of sport. In New Zealand we are not immune to this growing threat."
Former New Zealand test batsman Lou Vincent received a life ban from cricket earlier this year after admitting his involvement in match fixing in competitions in 12 countries.
Horse racing has stewards and endless integrity checkpoints....
Cricket has ....... ???? players with so much chose to do anything to manipulate a match outcome....
At least one looks like it is trying to keep it all as honest as possible...
(Success or otherwise is another topic)
News 4 December
New Zealand lawmakers have unanimously passed a bill which will give police increased powers to tackle match-fixing ahead of next year's Cricket World Cup.
The bill passed this week will become law before the World Cup in February and March and ahead of football's under-20 World Cup in New Zealand in May and June and makes match fixing a criminal offense in New Zealand for the first time. Offenders face terms of up to seven years in prison.
Sports minister Jonathan Coleman welcomed the passing of the bill and said "match-fixing is a growing problem internationally and it is the No 1 threat to the integrity, value and growth of sport. In New Zealand we are not immune to this growing threat."
Former New Zealand test batsman Lou Vincent received a life ban from cricket earlier this year after admitting his involvement in match fixing in competitions in 12 countries.
Mondaymike:
Thought the media and crickets main body over milked this tragic event. Michael Clarke was reminisent of Bob Hawke when he was leader, very sad but please.
I was also getting both those vibes but in the circumstances gave it all the benefit of the doubt.......thought my anti-cricket feelings seeping through......so I went back to feeding my unicorns
Thought the media and crickets main body over milked this tragic event. Michael Clarke was reminisent of Bob Hawke when he was leader, very sad but please.
I was also getting both those vibes but in the circumstances gave it all the benefit of the doubt.......thought my anti-cricket feelings seeping through......so I went back to feeding my unicorns
Pleeeaaasssseee....................anyone who thinks 20/20 is where cricket is at, doesn't understand cricket at all. The 20/20 game has turned cricket into carnival BASEBALL. The best bowlers in the world getting slugged for 30 runs in an over is just swing feast, and batsman turned into baseball sluggers is not cricket at all.
logroller 05 Dec 14 06:18
the days of appropriate dress are no longer I'm afraid
Logroller...meet you back in the 17th century on Monday ....
the days of appropriate dress are no longer I'm afraid
Logroller...meet you back in the 17th century on Monday ....
your typical of the young sports fans today henry, a quick in and out, wham bam thank you man. we want immediate gratification and we want in now! you like so many younger sports fans are all about external quickly attained pleasure and have lost the art of appreciation of the internal strengths (in all walks of life for that matter)
The concentration of a batsman on his way to a double century (or even 100 in test cricket)is unsurpassed in any team sport. the 5 day tests are a cruelling test of physicality and mental strength which is hard to find a comparison in any sport today.
and as for comparing corruption between horse racing and cricket, what a ludicrous notion.
The concentration of a batsman on his way to a double century (or even 100 in test cricket)is unsurpassed in any team sport. the 5 day tests are a cruelling test of physicality and mental strength which is hard to find a comparison in any sport today.
and as for comparing corruption between horse racing and cricket, what a ludicrous notion.
Dec 3, 2014 -- 7:55AM, whoopi wrote:
Btw BJT, I watched the funeral with the females of my family. They were the first to find the outfits offensive.Are you suggesting they were focused on boobs?That was the second dumbest comment you have ever made on the forum.If I notice a footballer wearing ballet shoes instead of footy boots does that mean I have a foot fetish?
Really? Females jealous of other females? What a shock event that is. Never thought I would see the day.
Dec 3, 2014 -- 8:05AM, whoopi wrote:
And now let's examine the dumbest comment...You have no idea their intentions when they got dressed They were going to a FUNERAL.When someone lunges at me with a knife I can't be certain they intend to stab me, but I can make a an educated guess.When someone dresses like a tart to attend a funeral I can't be sure of their intentions.....but I can make an educated guessAnyway, that'll do me......the forum has gone to wrack and ruin....populated by homophobes and belligerent horse owners.
My bad, was it not you that suggested their intentions was to make the day about them?
You are taking that comment back?
Dec 3, 2014 -- 10:07AM, SecondComing wrote:
BJT • December 3, 2014 6:39 AM GMTYou just made it about them. You have no idea their intentions when they got dressed so not sure why you feel the need to judge them? And considering you who would rather concentrate on tits and ass, maybe it is you that is classless.i'll tell you what dickhead, I get the feeling they were going to attend a funeral with their partners given they were seen on national tv at a funeral with their partners****wit
Yes. You know that, and I know that. Whoopi doesn't apparantly, so why not direct your post at him?
Hmm
Logroller
your typical of the young sports fans today henry,
My conspiracy theories interfere with any enjoyment of any sport where their is a betting market....sorry Logroller..mistaken me for another
want immediate gratification and we want in now! you like so many younger sports fans are all about external quickly attained pleasure
Nope again not me....immediate money...dash for cash...yes....
The concentration of a batsman on his way to a double century (or even 100 in test cricket)is unsurpassed in any team sport. the 5 day tests are a cruelling test of physicality and mental strength
I little bit over the top IMO ....thoughts on their minds as they walk to the crease are more gambling oriented IMO
Describing IMO pre-betfair and other easily accessible betting platforms
Think you are describing some imagery from the 15 years ago......sorry...wait...:
On 7 April 2000, Delhi police revealed they had a recording of a conversation between Cronje and Sanjay Chawla, a representative of an Indian betting syndicate, over match-fixing allegations. Three other players, Herschelle Gibbs, Nicky Boje, and Pieter Strydom, were also implicated. After an enquiry by the King Commission, Cronje was banned from playing or coaching cricket for life.[24] He challenged his life ban in September 2001 but on 17 October 2001, his application was dismissed.[25]
After 13 years on July 22, 2013 the Delhi Police registered an First Information Report for match-fixing in 2000, the chargesheet in the case involving a few South African cricketers including its former captain Hansie Cronje, was finally filed. The scandal is touted to be one of the biggest ever to have hit international cricket.
Maybe a bit of sand in the hair there Logroller
Hmmm..maybe a bit harsh in my reply ..perhaps prompted by your remarks to me ....(thanks for the "young"..) ....Good that you can still enjoy cricket without conspiracy theories in your head.....
I better go and feed the unicorns
your typical of the young sports fans today henry,
My conspiracy theories interfere with any enjoyment of any sport where their is a betting market....sorry Logroller..mistaken me for another
want immediate gratification and we want in now! you like so many younger sports fans are all about external quickly attained pleasure
Nope again not me....immediate money...dash for cash...yes....
The concentration of a batsman on his way to a double century (or even 100 in test cricket)is unsurpassed in any team sport. the 5 day tests are a cruelling test of physicality and mental strength
I little bit over the top IMO ....thoughts on their minds as they walk to the crease are more gambling oriented IMO
Describing IMO pre-betfair and other easily accessible betting platforms
Think you are describing some imagery from the 15 years ago......sorry...wait...:
On 7 April 2000, Delhi police revealed they had a recording of a conversation between Cronje and Sanjay Chawla, a representative of an Indian betting syndicate, over match-fixing allegations. Three other players, Herschelle Gibbs, Nicky Boje, and Pieter Strydom, were also implicated. After an enquiry by the King Commission, Cronje was banned from playing or coaching cricket for life.[24] He challenged his life ban in September 2001 but on 17 October 2001, his application was dismissed.[25]
After 13 years on July 22, 2013 the Delhi Police registered an First Information Report for match-fixing in 2000, the chargesheet in the case involving a few South African cricketers including its former captain Hansie Cronje, was finally filed. The scandal is touted to be one of the biggest ever to have hit international cricket.
Maybe a bit of sand in the hair there Logroller
Hmmm..maybe a bit harsh in my reply ..perhaps prompted by your remarks to me ....(thanks for the "young"..
) ....Good that you can still enjoy cricket without conspiracy theories in your head.....I better go and feed the unicorns
The girls all looked appropriately dressed to me.
I can't see what f@ckw1t Whoopy is on about.
Maybe she reckons they all should have dressed in long black.
Just like the good ol days.
Move on. Dickhead.
I can't see what f@ckw1t Whoopy is on about.
Maybe she reckons they all should have dressed in long black.
Just like the good ol days.
Move on. Dickhead.
oh come on Henry............u bring up a cricket scandal from 14 years ago pleeeaaasssseeee. I only have to look back to last week to bring forward another racing scandal.
u think I'm a bit over the top on my praise of a test cricketer, yet u don't try and trump me with an alternative sport/sportsman (actually a good topic for debate)
"immediate money...dash for cash...yes...." staring you in the mirror mate, you just don't see it yet.
I'm sure your unicorns are extremely over weight, so start to cut back on the feed bags.
u think I'm a bit over the top on my praise of a test cricketer, yet u don't try and trump me with an alternative sport/sportsman (actually a good topic for debate)
"immediate money...dash for cash...yes...." staring you in the mirror mate, you just don't see it yet.
I'm sure your unicorns are extremely over weight, so start to cut back on the feed bags.
Logroller:
To some degree I am talking through jealously.....I find it extremely difficult to luv sport with a gambling opportunity connected to it.....
To show you my sincerity on that statement I now find myself wandering if that pose of muhammad ali standing over sonny liston (classic poster) was contrived and dare I say it Rufus young blood -gay adam titanic battle to please us all at albion park that night.....I push back these conspiracy theory thoughts to retain continued passion for those moments frozen in time...
So I salute your maintained passion for cricket as a sport pure of indecencies that have invaded many other sports.
I have committed money and time to my belief that many outcomes of many sports is contrived hence my full time commitment to betfair graphs and trading patterns (from perspective of a layer) so I must maintain my belief that gambling has contaminated the purer aspects of sport.
Each day (for hours that would exceed normal working hours) I take a forensic look at horse races and other sporting matches and am pleased to say that I enjoy doing it immensely and wouldn't continue if there wasn't positive outcomes....
So I have to "knock" as a knee jerk reaction to glorifying statements while at the same time there may be a bit of concealed envy......
All good logroller ........
To some degree I am talking through jealously.....I find it extremely difficult to luv sport with a gambling opportunity connected to it.....
To show you my sincerity on that statement I now find myself wandering if that pose of muhammad ali standing over sonny liston (classic poster) was contrived and dare I say it Rufus young blood -gay adam titanic battle to please us all at albion park that night.....I push back these conspiracy theory thoughts to retain continued passion for those moments frozen in time...
So I salute your maintained passion for cricket as a sport pure of indecencies that have invaded many other sports.
I have committed money and time to my belief that many outcomes of many sports is contrived hence my full time commitment to betfair graphs and trading patterns (from perspective of a layer) so I must maintain my belief that gambling has contaminated the purer aspects of sport.
Each day (for hours that would exceed normal working hours) I take a forensic look at horse races and other sporting matches and am pleased to say that I enjoy doing it immensely and wouldn't continue if there wasn't positive outcomes....
So I have to "knock" as a knee jerk reaction to glorifying statements while at the same time there may be a bit of concealed envy......
All good logroller ........
test cricket..how good..late on 5th day all 3 results possible..great viewing..
fk your 20/20 garbarge
imo
fk your 20/20 garbarge
imo
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