Comments for Dongles :: Cricket Visionary :: Articles and Opinions on Test Cricket http://www.dongles.org Cricket Visionary: The discerning cricket community Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:27:25 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 Comment on John Howard for President by andrewg http://www.dongles.org/2010/03/john-howard-for-president/comment-page-1/#comment-83 andrewg Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:27:25 +0000 http://www.dongles.org/?p=508#comment-83 well, i wasn't saying exactly that little johnnie (tm) is a racist but more that he does tend to have trouble relating to anyone other than anglo-saxons. to this end, i think we will see a dichotomy of eng/au/nz versus the rest developing. and that won't be representative of the positive force for global stability (nee peace) that cricket could be. well, i wasn’t saying exactly that little johnnie ™ is a racist but more that he does tend to have trouble relating to anyone other than anglo-saxons. to this end, i think we will see a dichotomy of eng/au/nz versus the rest developing. and that won’t be representative of the positive force for global stability (nee peace) that cricket could be.

]]> Comment on John Howard for President by dongles http://www.dongles.org/2010/03/john-howard-for-president/comment-page-1/#comment-82 dongles Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:31:06 +0000 http://www.dongles.org/?p=508#comment-82 Reading between the lines, you are saying that Johnny Howard is a racist (and you are illuding to the "Child Overboard" episode) and that is not going to be good for the hysterical racial melting pot that international cricket has become. Perhaps he won't be so hard on "aliens' when there are not votes to be bought by protecting the home borders. Reading between the lines, you are saying that Johnny Howard is a racist (and you are illuding to the “Child Overboard” episode) and that is not going to be good for the hysterical racial melting pot that international cricket has become. Perhaps he won’t be so hard on “aliens’ when there are not votes to be bought by protecting the home borders.

]]> Comment on John Howard for President by andrewg http://www.dongles.org/2010/03/john-howard-for-president/comment-page-1/#comment-81 andrewg Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:25:45 +0000 http://www.dongles.org/?p=508#comment-81 nice call btw ajebec; very nice. i was of the opinion that it might not be such a bad thing until i heard little johnnie (tm) interviewed this morning about it. the scary thing is that individuals such as he are likely to propagate the web of lies and cover-ups that we've seen in cricket administration since, well, forever it seems. and, to be serious for a moment, that is not a good thing. cricket occupies a unique geo-political role; it brings together countries of very different perspectives (perhaps even more so than football which is not a particularly big thing in pakistan, india, sri lanka). having little johnnie (tm) in charge of cricket's governing body is, as ajebec put it so well, a little disconcerting. if only paul keating was a cricket fan... nice call btw ajebec; very nice.

i was of the opinion that it might not be such a bad thing until i heard little johnnie ™ interviewed this morning about it. the scary thing is that individuals such as he are likely to propagate the web of lies and cover-ups that we’ve seen in cricket administration since, well, forever it seems. and, to be serious for a moment, that is not a good thing. cricket occupies a unique geo-political role; it brings together countries of very different perspectives (perhaps even more so than football which is not a particularly big thing in pakistan, india, sri lanka). having little johnnie ™ in charge of cricket’s governing body is, as ajebec put it so well, a little disconcerting. if only paul keating was a cricket fan…

]]> Comment on John Howard for President by dongles http://www.dongles.org/2010/03/john-howard-for-president/comment-page-1/#comment-80 dongles Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:34:17 +0000 http://www.dongles.org/?p=508#comment-80 haha, ajebec. Some nice gags there. Personally, I think Johnny will do a good job. ICC President doesn't need to be a cricket administrator so much as a skilled politician (liar etc). Not that I am saying "Honest John" is a notorious liar. But he knows when to tailor the truth. haha, ajebec. Some nice gags there. Personally, I think Johnny will do a good job. ICC President doesn’t need to be a cricket administrator so much as a skilled politician (liar etc). Not that I am saying “Honest John” is a notorious liar. But he knows when to tailor the truth.

]]> Comment on John Howard for President by ajebec http://www.dongles.org/2010/03/john-howard-for-president/comment-page-1/#comment-79 ajebec Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:27:59 +0000 http://www.dongles.org/?p=508#comment-79 little johnny promises to be firm in deciding who gets to play on our pitches and the circumstances in which they play. he also has big plans to set up 'first class' net facilities on various islands a few hundred kilometres off the mainland coasts of all cricket nations. this is so others who wish to join the great cricketing tradition can have space to learn their new craft before being seamlessly integrated into the greater cricketing world. little johnny promises to be firm in deciding who gets to play on our pitches and the circumstances in which they play. he also has big plans to set up ‘first class’ net facilities on various islands a few hundred kilometres off the mainland coasts of all cricket nations. this is so others who wish to join the great cricketing tradition can have space to learn their new craft before being seamlessly integrated into the greater cricketing world.

]]> Comment on Thank God That’s Over by dongles http://www.dongles.org/2010/02/thank-god-thats-over/comment-page-1/#comment-78 dongles Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:23:39 +0000 http://www.dongles.org/?p=498#comment-78 You betcha, ajebec. While we say it is a different game, cricket is cricket, after all. Of course, we would need to limit it to the top 8 teams. And of course, we would need a T20 World Cup where some minnows can play and more round 1 matches would be played so it is not quite so sudden death. You betcha, ajebec. While we say it is a different game, cricket is cricket, after all. Of course, we would need to limit it to the top 8 teams. And of course, we would need a T20 World Cup where some minnows can play and more round 1 matches would be played so it is not quite so sudden death.

]]> Comment on Thank God That’s Over by ajebec http://www.dongles.org/2010/02/thank-god-thats-over/comment-page-1/#comment-77 ajebec Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:51:33 +0000 http://www.dongles.org/?p=498#comment-77 so you're advocating abandoning all 50 over games, except for once every four years, when all the countries come together to find out who is the best cricketing nation in the world by playing a game that they otherwise never play? so you’re advocating abandoning all 50 over games, except for once every four years, when all the countries come together to find out who is the best cricketing nation in the world by playing a game that they otherwise never play?

]]> Comment on Springbok Stew by dongles http://www.dongles.org/2010/02/springbok-stew/comment-page-1/#comment-76 dongles Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:08:55 +0000 http://www.dongles.org/?p=492#comment-76 Well spotted ajebec but not quite. I don't really care who is number 1 but more specifically, I enjoy seeing Smith tormented because I think he is an arrogant prat. Well spotted ajebec but not quite. I don’t really care who is number 1 but more specifically, I enjoy seeing Smith tormented because I think he is an arrogant prat.

]]> Comment on Springbok Stew by ajebec http://www.dongles.org/2010/02/springbok-stew/comment-page-1/#comment-75 ajebec Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:35:33 +0000 http://www.dongles.org/?p=492#comment-75 do i detect an element of 'if-australia-can't-be-number-one-i-don't-care-who-is-as-long-as-it's-not-south-africa' in your attitude there, dongles? do i detect an element of ‘if-australia-can’t-be-number-one-i-don’t-care-who-is-as-long-as-it’s-not-south-africa’ in your attitude there, dongles?

]]> Comment on Will the World’s Best Fast Bowler Please Step Forward by andrewg http://www.dongles.org/2010/02/will-the-world%e2%80%99s-best-fast-bowler-please-step-forward/comment-page-1/#comment-74 andrewg Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:32:50 +0000 http://www.dongles.org/?p=488#comment-74 i think the best bowler in england must be david cameron. he came on to bowl in december 2005 and, from what i can tell, labour hasn't put any runs on the board since then... ;) i think the best bowler in england must be david cameron. he came on to bowl in december 2005 and, from what i can tell, labour hasn’t put any runs on the board since then… ;)

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