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Discussion in 'Queens Park Rangers' started by Stroller, Jan 23, 2019.

  1. Eric Le Merde

    Eric Le Merde Well-Known Member

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    Yes you did, we'll be back, you just know we will :emoticon-0103-cool:
     
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  2. sb_73

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    I hope so, a good, tense, evenly balanced Ashes Series is a thing to behold.
     
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  3. Stroller

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    You'd hope they might be able to play a little better than they did today.

    A brilliant atmosphere at Edgbaston, from an English point of view at least, but what will it be like at Lord's I wonder? Fifteen hundred quid a ticket won't help.
     
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  4. rangercol

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    Absolutely pissing down at Lords!!!

    Typical.
     
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  5. Sooperhoop

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    I hope it's not going to be one of those days when winning the toss decides the match, Lords can often be difficult to bat on in the first hour or so and many a final has been decided in that first hour...
     
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  6. sb_73

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    According to my wonderful new weather app as recommended by one Rangercol of this parish all stopped by 10.00 and very low chance of rain for rest of the day. But cloudy, could swing a bit.
     
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    4 out of 5 of the last tosses won in the final have gone on and lost, read that somewhere this morning.
    Can’t watch the game today as I am umpiring a ladies middx league game, pah!
     
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  8. Stroller

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    Could be a bowl first day.
     
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  9. rangercol

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    Exactly my thoughts.

    The Kiwis have a very good seam attack.
     
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  10. rangercol

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    Or a day to lose the toss and not have that burden of a tricky decision.
     
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  11. jeffranger

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    Sun is more out later in day so should be bowler friendly in first two hours, but I don’t think either will bother England
     
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  12. The one good thing is they now know they can lose a toss, bowl first and win. Of course all grounds are different but they must have so much self belief after Thursday. Well that's what I'm hoping anyway!
     
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  13. Hoop-Leif

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    Early wickets again please!!
     
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  14. qprbeth

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    NZ win the toss and bat
     
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  15. rangercol

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    Yep.

    Lords is a hard wicket to read these days.

    Anyway, we are bowling first again.
    Nervous? Me?
     
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  16. qprbeth

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    I have been volunteering at Lords throughout the World Cup, again on transport, so have not experienced much of the match day atmosphere. Although I did get into see Pakistan take apart Bangladesh and South Africa. It has been a wonderful experience and has taught me so much about cricket.

    Today is my only day off, "strangely" all shifts today were snapped up and slightly dawdly volunteers like me never got a look in. I am now very happy as we have now been told that security will be exceptional today and no transport people will be allowed within the ground. So I am quite smugly sitting infront of my TV awaiting a full superfest day of Cricket, Tennis, Netball and F1. Looking forward to it so much. Shame I have to get up at 5.30 tomorrow to get back to Lords for "bump down", "strangely" no-one wanted that shift!
     
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  17. Funny isn't it - anything in our lives we have control over we just deal with it. Put us in a stadium or in front of a telly for a big match with our team in and we go to pieces. Bloody sport <laugh>
     
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  18. Sooperhoop

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    I've had a few bookings to Lords for staff usually to arrive by 6.00 am on match days. Also had one MCC member I picked up in Chipstead for the Lords Test against India last year, it started raining when he got in the car and didn't stop, 1st day washout...
     
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    Good toss to lose, I reckon.
     
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  20. Sooperhoop

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    I'm waiting for the haka...
     
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