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Eng v Aus - Natwest Challenge, first game

By Will 3 years ago, at the start of July Leave a comment on this post

Jones just taken a “useful” catch - thought I’d open a post and leave it open for comments etc as the day goes on. Too busy to contribute anything until tonight though…

Hope none of you have any friends or family in today’s London bombings

Tags: australia, bomb, england, london, natwest-challenge |

Comments to “Eng v Aus - Natwest Challenge, first game” nick wrote:
July 7th, 2005 at 12.36 pm

Well, they said when he got Ponting out - ‘nobody bowls for dismissals down leg in ODIs’. I don’t think anything has changed since then - very lucky for Harmison and Jones. Fingers crossed everything turns out in London as well as can be expected. Not wanting to play in Karachi or Zimbabwe doesn’t seem so ’silly’ now, if it ever did.

S Jagadish wrote:
July 7th, 2005 at 1.17 pm

it works the other way as well. pakistan will
point out that even as london was attacked,
australia did play, albeit at leeds. you must
remember that london will actually be hosting the
next two one-dayers. so surely if australia doesnt
ask for a change in schedule/do something, why
should the ecb ask for a change?

nick wrote:
July 7th, 2005 at 1.32 pm

I can’t imagine the next two one dayers will be played as planned. I only hope this will be done because the matches would be inappropriate, rather than because of safety reasons or injury to players’ nearest and dearest.

Will wrote:
July 7th, 2005 at 8.22 pm

Nothing’s been said yet, as far as I know. I’d be surprised if they were cancelled.

Wraye wrote:
July 7th, 2005 at 9.31 pm

as far as I know, the ECB are meeting tonight to discuss cancelling the game, but hopefully they will go on the theory that lightning does not hit twice - and let us all pray that this is true. A friend of mine was actually in a tube behind one of the tubes that got hit, but was unhurt.

What a gutwrenching awful feeling.

Bowled Warney wrote:
July 8th, 2005 at 2.54 am

Even as a cricket lover I’m not sure how I feel about the next 2 games going ahead, I felt very uneasy watching last night from the other side of the world, while every other channel was showing the aftermath of the bombings. Still I don’t think I ‘ve ever seen a ball move around as much as it did while England was bowling. I think even one of the TV commentators inapproariately described the pitch as a “minefield”

Chris wrote:
July 8th, 2005 at 4.47 am

Fuck ‘em - don’t change a thing because of murderers. If we do, they achieve their objectives.

S Jagadish wrote:
July 8th, 2005 at 11.47 am

so i assume the fact that the next 2 games will
go on as scheduled means that the ecb cant really
tell the pcb that they wont play at karachi.

after all, if australia could play two games in
london the same week that there were so many blasts
and people dying, why cant the english team play
at karachi where there could be blasts and people
dying?

i’d be very surprised if the pcb buckled down

ram wrote:
July 8th, 2005 at 1.29 pm

what’s jagadishs’ deal with karachi. I think most people would agree karachi is a way more dangerous place than london. The fact that london attack is so out of the blue is what makes is what makes it newsworthy. In karachi probably 10 people die every month in terrorist related activity. So, Karachi - no, London - yes.

Tim wrote:
July 8th, 2005 at 7.54 pm

Totally agree with Chris, the games should not be cancelled because thats what the murderers are after. Can’t say I completely understand S Jagadish’s reasoning, but I do not totally disagree with him either. Karachi is well known as a “volatile city” but I still wonder what the % chance is of being hurt by a bombing against being run over in the street!

Anyway I will be attending the 1st test and 1 of the one dayers with only one thing in my mind - CRICKET!!

Wraye wrote:
July 8th, 2005 at 9.30 pm

The games are on. I am sure that all the players feel deeply for all the victims, their families and loved ones. Flags will be flying at half mast on Sunday and Tuesday and black arm-bands will be worn. They are playing on to be defiant in the face of a cowardly attack on innocent people. New Yorkers were not bowed, nor the citizens of Madrid, and certainly not Londoners and their Aussies guests. See you there.

I bet not one single terrorist would dare to face an over from Lee or GBH armed only with a small piece of willow. Makes you sick, doesn’t it?

nick wrote:
July 9th, 2005 at 4.33 am

I take back my earlier comment about not playing the two remaining one dayers, things should go ahead as planned. This would fit with the two fingers that people in London have collectively raised to terrorists. I still wouldn’t be keen on attending a match in Karachi.

Raka wrote:
July 9th, 2005 at 5.32 am

Actually I think the ODI’s being played is a testament to the solidarity of the British people. Cricket is a sport which unlike other sports places real emphasis on fair play, courage, and gentlemenly behaviour (though these standards are often not upheld) and the continuance of play sends the message that life (and particularily commercialism) will continue. I just find the timing quite odd since the G8 talks are working towards the reduction of Greenhouse gasses and all the sites targeted were modes of mass transport (but I doubt the attackers were thinking of it from that prespective, nay enviormentalism probably was not even on their mind).

Harry wrote:
July 9th, 2005 at 8.19 am

poeple are distraught enough because of these bombings…councilling the cricket would only make people like me sadder! It’s a good thing everyone over there is trying to get back to normal.

ps: there’s no cure like a good game of cricket

Will wrote:
July 9th, 2005 at 1.05 pm

Jagadish is correct. The ECB have crippled themselves now that the London games have been given the go-ahead. I don’t think they should have been cancelled - London life has to go on - but they’ve really dug themselves a hole as regards Karachi. A diplomatic nightmare for them!

Raka wrote:
July 9th, 2005 at 4.08 pm

But in all do fairness I think the ECB had to make this decision in regards to Karachi. England showed real quality as a nation standing up in the World Cup, even is if meant sacrificing their spot into the super six, and they kind of fell apart with mish-mash handeling of the Zimbabwe tour. The ECB had to reassert itself and caving in and allowing the Karachi tour as a knee jerk reaction to the London blasts would just damage their reputation further. Afterall, bombings in London were unfortunate the fact in most people would feel safe travelling to the British Isle, I could not say the same about Pakistan. The British bombings were not directed at the Australian cricket team hence they decided to continue. Likewise deciding to continue was more to show the attackers that the host nation would not bow down. In Pakistan the attacks would not be on the host nation but on the visitors. I mean look at the blast in front of the NZ hotel. India only played an ODI in Karachi and matters were left at that. Comparing the situations in London and Karachi simply is not reasonable, London is equipped with a certain infrastructure with Karachi simply does not possess.

Sportolysis - The World Sports Blog » Blog Archive » Oh Australia! wrote:
July 13th, 2006 at 2.02 pm

[...] What did they do when London bombings took place? If you don’t recall, see this post by Will. [...]

Woodjob wrote:
January 4th, 2007 at 10.41 pm

I say fuck yas all. The Aussie cricket team is the best! We even one the natwest series and the ashes 06/07. You could only hold it for 15 months!

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