Cricket in the Playground

[JohnK]

Re: World Cup victory

Works for me. What version of IE are you using?

Works now but too late as I cannot enter a team.

 

[turtlemichael]

Re: World Cup victory

Good luck. I didn't join in as will be offline in some of the selection windows.

There are about 12 players there. Not sure where they came from :shock: But it is a fun thing to do for a cricket tragic ! I even picked 2 Kiwis in my team

 

[serfty]

The Turtles is no more ... it has been merged with "No Watsons" to make a 20 team league.

 

[turtlemichael]

The Turtles is no more ... it has been merged with "No Watsons" to make a 20 team league.

Just a few more to beat then! :shock:

 

[turtlemichael]

Ross, I think we are battling for 7th or 8th?

Michael

 

[serfty]

Yup! Backed the wrong team on Tuesday

 

[SF&]

backed aussies at 5/1 way way back when the WC started!!

One to go... to pay day.

 

[simongr]

I can't believe the AUssies were ever once 5/1 - was that after the VB series and NZ mini-tour?

 

[SF&]

after nz or mid way thru it

not bad hey

BUT still gotta win

 

[serfty]

Time to Lay off ... Sri Lanka can be had for quite reasonable odds ...

 

[SF&]

mate only the sensible lay off!!

all or nothin...

 

[simongr]

It really does depend how much the aussie team have placed on the sri lankans though

 

[Kiwi Flyer]

It really does depend how much the aussie team have placed on the sri lankans though

or the sri lankans on murali getting no wickets, sangakkara out for a duck, extras being top scorer, etc

 

[serfty]

mate only the sensible lay off!!

all or nothin...

With SL ~$3.15 (NSW, sorry, Oz ~$1.35) You can guarantee a profit

 

[SF&]

With SL ~$3.15 (NSW, sorry, Oz ~$1.35) You can guarantee a profit

nah

your just playin with my profit serfty ( or loss!! )

aussie win

 

[QF WP]

For those hardy folk that stayed up and watched it, the Aussie innings was a sight to behold.

I had stayed up until 11pm and when I saw it was raining, went back to bed and set my alarm for 2am (thinking it would be mid-way theough the Aussies innings). Got a pleasant shock when I turned the TV back on, to find they were starting at 2.15am. I lasted untul 5am and the end of the Aussie innings. I went back to bed thinking we had the Sri Lankan's beaten, but I was surprised with how close they got.

Even got the chance to see my father and uncle in a large group of Aussies. You would have seen the large contingent (around 400) of Aussies in the main granstand in the middle, with AST caps on (Australian Sports Tours).

Well, I'm sure they were chugging beers with the boys later on, before they had to head back to their floating hotel (they were all aboad the cruise ship moored in the Bay) for the trip to San Juan.

Now, they have SJU AA MIA AA LAX QF SYD to fly on 1 May. What my father doesn't know is that I have upgraded him on the MIA/LAX sector using my AA points and have him waitlisted on QF108 (my uncle will be jealous). Now why they didn't just buy J seats I'll never know (they could have both afforded it), but they will be told to do so hereafter (it's either he spends it now, or I will later ).

 

[drron]

Greetings from Barbados.Well it was a farce at the end but gillies innings was fantastic.The problem here is that the rum is cheaper than beer but has this nasty habit of catching up with you.I am with the fanatics and another 3 days here recuperating before winging it back to Aus.
Must tell you the story of the youngest member of our group aged 19.Had a little to much rum in the sun at St. Lucia.Awoke in the stadium alone with his bag with passport,money and boarding pass gone.Started to walk back to town and must have met the kindest woman in the world who payed a taxi $US60 to get him to the airport(at the other end of the island).Arrives at the airport and tells first official looking person that he has lost his passport etc.Overheard by police who say are you mrxx_.Here is your bag so makes the plane to Barbados.
Yes we Aussies know how to celebrate.

 

[QF WP]

Great story drron. TheFanatics were certainly enjoying themselves over the entire WC "tour".

Ther plot thickens - C class availability opened up on my father's AA flight SJU/MIA and looks like AA automatically picked that up that and upgraded him to Business, using the same 15K points (without having to ring up). Many thanks to IainF for checking and grabbing 1G for him.

Hmm, my father must have drunk and/or partied too much - my uncle emailed us to say he has an enlarged prostate and the ships doctor had to insert a catheter. He'll have it now until he gets home (so making sure of the upgrades was now a necessity). Now just praying the J upgrade on QF108 comes through (was J7 yesterday) and got to snaffle the upgrade SYD/BNE now.

 

[drron]

Well just to reassure you that I am not guilty of ageism one of the older members of our group distinguished himself after the final.Was obviously well on the way when leaving the ground as we had to help him down the steps.Partied on through the night and got back to hotel at 7am.decided to have breakfast but it did not start until 7.30 so went to the beachy,stripped off and went for a swim.When finished walked straight back into the restaurant for breakfast with clothes still on the beach.
Have had the pleasure of meeting Des Haynes-our tour leader,the Rev.Dr. Wes Hall and Clive Lloyd here at our hotel.Asked by one of our group to take aq photo of him with Clive Lloyd.I said t5here was a lot of light in background but told just to take the photo.After I did I said it is a bit dark to which Clive replied What do you expect mon,I am not exactly light!
Off home tomorrow with a few days in NY before back to Brissy via NRT.

 

[QF WP]

drron, I'm sure that my father will have similar stories from his cruise. I can't remember who was leading their tour.

After much consternation last night (my mother was concerned at how her 75 y.o. husband was going to handle the 4 flights straight through SJU/MIA/LAX/SYD/BNE in his current condition), we had discussed the options with Dave Noble and my mother was convinced that if my points upgrade on QF108 hadn't worked by 6am this morning, she wanted to buy him a one-way JOX fare. At 11.30pm it still hadn't cleared with the flight showing J9.

Better to have planned all eventualities but not need them, as this morning I logged into my QF account and 72K points had didappeared. Rang QF AND found he has been auto-allocated 18A, which in his position, probably isn't too bad a seat although I have asked them to move him downstairs if possible.

Pity QF, you were looking like getting paid $9,485 for a J seat this morning and I was then going to upgrade him to F.