It would "seam" that England are are truly skilled at making use of disadvantages (e.g. lack of batters and bowlers) and have managed to shame the Saffies into a draw at Centurion.  Still at least Jimmy Anderson has created a new record.  He is holds the the distinction of being the Night Watchman who has survived the most nights (or something like that).

HAHAHAHAHA

I like that! On ya Jimmy!!

KP had yet another brain snap and ran himself out magnificently...Swanny man-of-the-match

ROFL! Ran himself out....

Hai...

True...he did... Just took off for no reason and kept on running after the stumps were broken at Trott's end. Trott hadn't moved and looked incredulous...Just another 10/10 blooper in KP's resume...

LOL

 WOOT

The South Africans were annhial thrashed in the second test...

South Africa 343 & 133 (50.0 ov)

England 574/9d

England won by an innings and 98 runs

Yes, that's right...an innings and 98 runs...

Swanny man-of-the-match...again

Annihilated...  I've got spell checker on my browser so as long as no-one notices it's the Yankee version then I'm OK.  Rather a good win.  First time they've beaten SA by an innings since 1964

Spot on.  Just goes to show that despite being a bunch of talentless cheating bastards, England can still come up with some pleasing results.

Just goes to show what can happen when the weather is on your side..

Geeesas! That *was* a thrashing

Did SA have a brain freeze or something?

Nah...they were just outplayed

...and India go into 2010 with the Number One test ranking...

(waiting for Ruski )

heh

You'll have to keep waiting

Well I hope that the good cricket keeps going.

I've booked a few days in Cape Town for the end of this week with my mate George.  Mrs Dent and his wife are coming along but they are going to do something called "the garden route" whilst we watch the cricket. I think it's just as well that they drive on the same side of the road as we do in UK/Australia otherwise there might be a bit of a disaster as I think Mrs Dent will be doing most, or all, of the driving.

You are so nice, Arthur...she really doesn't deserve you

Awww man! How awesome Mr Dent!! *jealous*

Heller said ...

Nah...they were just outplayed

...and India go into 2010 with the Number One test ranking...

(waiting for Ruski )

Ruski said ...

... and ?

PS ... Gidday Fuckers. 

Oi Oi Oi

Bollocks

It's all bullshit

Ah...at last

Now all is right with the world

Sure feels like it doesn't it?

Weirdo

Rankings = wankings

only when you're not no 1

or even 2

wankers

Where's Aust on the table now?

Eating kebabs stolen along with the SCG Test from the Pakistani dressing room. No need to eat at the table tonight.

Kamran Akmal ought to be awarded an Order of Australia medal for his efforts.

For once (just this once) I am happy for Australia...the other mob are not among my favourites

Their supporters would be just about ready to explode.

True...they certainly bombed out badly

For once (just this once) I am happy for Australia.

Actually us Aussies don't give a shit how you feel, we just want you to leave our beautiful country..

Whoa andro, what's with the Merc avatar? No more Ferrari?

Actually us Aussies don't give a shit how you feel, we just want you to leave our beautiful country..

Gotcha again...you sad, miserable old prick...hook, line and red herring. Isn't it time you died?
 

Gotcha again..

You've got nothing, you dopey old git...not even a country where you are welcome, you pathetic old lag, just bludging on the Aussie tax payers, you senile old waste of space..

Whoa andro, what's with the Merc avatar? No more Ferrari?

Yes Deezee,  I still support Ferrari, but find it very difficult to support Fandango Alphonzo, so I will have to alternate between Ferrari and Schumi and periodically change avatars.. 

ROFL!

Ok, you take Merc, I'll take Ferrari

I will still support Felipe Massa though.....Just can't support Fandango..(who is already shooting his mouth off, before the season has even begun)..

Good. I'll support him, and you'll see, he'll beat Massa

Cape Town was rather nice.  Perhaps a tad warm for us Brits but bloody good cricket.  Both sides were a bit unlucky with the pitch. Even stevens with lots of bounce and turn for the first two days, then it became lifeless for a day and a half allowing SA to accumulate a good lead, then it turned into a "normal" wicket for the last day and a half.  The last day after lunch was edge of seat stuff.  The wicket was popping, turning and bouncing but only Steyn and Morkel could do anything with it.  Harris was hopeless and Smith didn't bring his other spinner on until it was nearly too late.  By which time England's tail had enough confidence at the crease to hold on.  Another cracking innings from Colly and Onions (England's two veg)...

I hate flying, turbulence every bloody inch of the way from Cape-Town to Heathrow...  And we got stuck in the snow as soon as we left the main roads near Colchester this morning.  I hate snow!

Me too, Arthur, but glad you are back safe. Do you think the South Africans are due to be called 'chokers' again?

Glad to hear the trip was a success Mr Dent!

I wouldn't have minded staying over for the last test in Joburg, I fancy a win for thew lads there but as ever, we'll see.  More snow while I've been sleeping today, No food in the house and no safe way of getting from our village to some shops.  Mrs Dent is blaming me because I didn't insist on going to a supermarket on the way home this morning.  I just love it when everyone is happy...!

'No safe way of getting to the shops'

It's that bad?

The snow was not horrendously bad but our local council has run short of salt and is not spreading it on small roads.  Driving on a couple of inches of compacted snow which has fallen on top of black-ice seems to me to be a bit of a fools game. And now it's melted into slush.  So if the temperature drops again then we'll have frozen slush on top of re-frozen ice.  Managed to get out to the shops yesterday afternoon and into work today.  I think I need an Avenger...

Oh dear.... that does sound hazardous.

Can you see black ice? I mean, is it obvious?

It's not actually black.  It's just clear ice and adopts the colour of the road (hence black-ice).  It's a real bastard because you can't see it and it only becomes obvious when your tyres can no longer grip the road...  The UK is one of the worst places in the world for winter driving.  Snow falls, then quickly melts.  This has two effects, the melting snow washes away the salt and then makes it easier to re-freeze - into black-ice.  It's impossible to drive with snow chains or studded tyres because the snow is not guaranteed to be compacted enough on all the roads in an area.  It's actually easier to get around in Scandinavia, Central Europe, Canada etc in the winter 'cos the snow is there all time, or at least the temperature is very rarely above freezing.

Yeah, I know it's not black, but I was wondering if they'd be easy to spot. If they reflect light differently for example.

But I guess not

What I also didn't know is the difference between England and Scandinavia etc. Makes sense though

Dent ...

I think I need an Avenger...

Ruski ...

I was reading your story and was thinking the same. I've a few Landy chums in the old dart who have been out and revelling in the conditions. Towing twats in Volvos etc.

Tomorrow me and the boys are packing a lunch and fishing gear and taking the Avenger out in complete opposite conditions up Teewah beach via the Tewantin Ferry. Should be a right fucking hoot. I showed them the pics ...

HERE

... of where we will be going and they're off their collective faces with excitement. One may have even shit himself. Or perhaps that was me.

Yeah now back to the cricket ... Sarfers are chokers when they're not being fuckwits. De Willy-ers plays with his balls often enough when he bats. Tosser.

Whoa!!

Take me with you! I'll bring my own lunch n everything!

High tide at 8:23am so we leave at 8:00am and arrive at ferry at 10:00am which should give us 4 and a half hours on the outgoing tide plus about 3 on the incoming. So far the esky is loaded with egg and lettuce sangas, ham and cheese sangas, nutella sangas for Mr Fusspot, heaps of popcorn, about 5 litres of drinking water, two bottles of fizzy drink and two frothy amber jobs for the old man. I gotta tell ya, that nutella is awful stuff. It sticks like shit to a blanket.

TIDE TIMES

I can haz Nuttella too pls?

You'll be fighting for them. Hope you like brown bread because he only eats that. Only because it was the first one he had. He's not so much a fusspot ... more a stubborn little turd.

HAHAHAHAHAH

That'd be your fault then

So it befits that he has turd sandwiches

There is no fault. Only what you do and you don't do.

When you don't or do that's your fault.

See?

Nope.

Eggactly

Don't come the philosophical prawn with me old girl. You know it's all bullshit.

You know I'm right....

That's a whole different argument and for the record you're wrong but whatever the case it's neither your fault nor mine.

Yes, I'm right

That's what I've been tellin ya!

No.

Yesh

There is no fault. Ask Serena Williams.

LOL!

I wouldn't pay $10000 to insist that

She can afford it. I wouldn't take her on. I suspect she'd hold her own (nuts) in the mens comp.

Possibly...

Looks like winning the toss continues to be a bit of a curse in SA.  Strauss out first ball and now it's 86-4.  I give in...!

Oopsh...

Maybe your presence was their lucky charm

I can assure you, I am neither charming or lucky...

Least you've got snow?

Er, not quite.  You are forgetting I live in the UK.  Some of the UK still has a lot of snow but in the south-east of England it is pissing down and driving is now dangerous because visibility is well below 50 yards in the fucking fog!

D'oh.

umm.... least you have ice?

*hands Mr Dent some scotch*

Yes, but not on the road... Not until tomorrow morning when the rain and clouds have cleared overnight and the temperature will, once again be well below zero, then we'll have miles on end of skating rinks and even the Landy's will be in the shit...!

Oath....

Do you go to work in those conditions?

Work from home.  I now have 20mbs broadband with an Down/Up ratio of 4-1 so it's almost as good as being in the office.

Oh good. That's a relief.

ummm... I trust you have stocked up on food? Otherwise I imagine you getting nagged all day

Gidday Dent

Hello Mr 73

So sweet watching the Grumpies reunite

Get fuckerd

What he said.  England hammered out for 180...  Just as well I left some rain with them to stop play!

Geesas... that's almost as bad as Australia's Sydney performance.

'Cept Aust managed to win it...