Sports Thread

Gotta say the cricket seems to be turning farcical.

First a ball tampering allegation (with England being awarded 5 runs, and the ball changed), then Pakistan do not turn up after tea!

[color=magenta]really???????/ wow cool mit switch the telly on!!well they ar enjoying their tea n its an asian thng to turn up late[/color]

[quote]1704: The crowd are utterly baffled. There's been no official announcement whatsoever, and there's a growing sense of disbelief at the ground.

1702: There is chaos at The Oval. Nobody knows what has happened. Rumours are flying around. Has the match been awarded to England because Pakistan are refusing to come out? The England players are in their training kit, standing around on their balcony.[/quote]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/5268250.stm

Missing all the cricket action because canceled my subscription to Sky Sports, Admin do keep us posted. I think the Pakistani team are cutting the fifth day short and are visiting there relatives in London

LOL @ the pakistani crickt team

what a disgrace....no play today at all after tea, even after meetings and attempts to get the match back underway. poor fans.

lost the series 2-0.....last match to win back some confidence, and in good position to take the win....and they blow it lol.

moving onto the football 😃

i missed it, but i sure as hell am gona watch the highlights

5-1 😃

1st day is a sign of things to come...chelski and united winning (United better fashion tho!) and scousers and arsenal struggling.

i think, bar portsmouth, this could be how the table will finish:

P Team
1 Man Utd
2 Chelsea
3 Portsmouth
4 West Ham

😂

[quote][size=18]How Hair courts controversy[/size]

Throughout his umpiring career, Darrell Hair has been no stranger to controversy.

In the 14 years since his international debut, he has been among the most visible of a new breed of match officials.

But Hair is not one for the crowd-pleasing physical antics of a Billy Bowden or David Shepherd, nor the animated chatter of a Dickie Bird.

The title of his autobiography - "The Decision-Maker" - provides a hint to his character.

Hair sees himself as a figure of authority on the pitch. If you want banter, talk to your team-mates. If you want to take things further, don't expect him to back down.

It has been that way from his very first match, a Test between Australia and India at Adelaide in January 1992 which Australia won by 38 runs.

A flick through the pages of Wisden reveals that the game was "marred... by controversy over lbw decisions - eight times Indians were given out, while all but two of their own appeals were rejected".

But that was only the start of things for a man who had spent his earlier cricketing days as a right-arm fast-medium bowler with the Mosman club in Sydney grade cricket.

Sri Lanka fury

It was on Boxing Day 1995 that Hair became embroiled in the row that made him a household name from Kandy to Kalgoorlie.

On the first day of the second Test between Australia and Sri Lanka at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Hair no-balled Muttiah Muralitharan seven times in three overs for chucking.

This was despite the fact that Hair was at the bowler's end, rather than at square leg, from where an umpire would ordinarily study a bowler's action.

Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga was so incensed by Hair's actions that he took his team off the pitch, although - unlike Pakistan on Sunday - they returned shortly afterwards.

The other umpire that day, New Zealander Steve Dunne, had no problem with Murali's action when he was brought on from his end.

Dunne also pointed out that the rules stated that any suspect action should be reported to the match referee rather being called immediately, and that it was governing body the ICC - not the umpires - who should rule a bowler's action legitimate or not.

Hair, convinced he had acted correctly, refused to back down.

Despite receiving death threats, he went on to describe Murali's bowling action as "diabolical" in his autobiography.

In Hair's mind, he was merely upholding the old maxim that the umpire's decision should always be final.

To others, he was guilty - at best - of stubborn intransigence, and at worst of bias against Asian players.

"Hair is a misfit in today's cricket because he acts in a high-handed manner whenever he officiates," said Ranatunga after Sunday's fiasco at the Oval.

There have been other incidents too.

Prior to the Murali mayhem in Melbourne, Hair had attracted criticism for his decision to give Craig McDermott out caught behind as Australia were denied a record-breaking win over the West Indies in Adelaide in January 1993.

At the same ground a year later, South Africa's Peter Kirsten was incensed by a series of lbw decisions from Hair, eventually prompting an outburst which cost him 65% of his match fee.

In Hair's defence, the ICC clearly has a lot of faith in him. He has officiated in 76 Tests - only three men in history have stood in more - and 124 one-day internationals.

He has a reputation as an umpire who is consistent in his decision-making, and has also made high-profile calls against Pakistan's opponents.

"The Darrell Hair I know calls the game the way he sees it without fear or favour. He knows the laws better than anyone," said fellow Australian Simon Taufel, another member of the elite umpiring panel.

"Umpires have to follow the laws and the playing conditions as they are written, so it's hard to fault the umpires in this case.

"The disappointing thing is that the spirit of cricket has taken a hit over this," Taufel told the Sydney Morning Telegraph.

Problems in Pakistan

The current Pakistan side's issues with Hair began during England's tour last winter.

The team were angered by Hair's decision to refer a run-out call involving captain Inzamam to the third umpire, despite the skipper only being out of his ground because he was taking evasive action.

In the same Test, Hair warned opener Salman Butt for running down the middle of the pitch, sent him back to the striker's end and gave him out lbw next ball.

When he was appointed for the third and fourth Tests in England this summer, the Pakistan management privately expressed their disappointment.

And Hair's refusal to give Kevin Pietersen out when he appeared to edge a Shahid Nazir delivery to the wicketkeeper on the first morning of the third Test only succeeded in stirring troubled waters still further.

Hair may yet survive this latest controversy, as he has done all previous ones.

Whether his authority with the world's best cricketers will be intact is another question entirely.

[url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/5271108.stm]BBC Sport[/url][/quote]

Fat Darrel needs to be sorted out. This is beyond a joke - the guys a piece of fat lard and needs to be sorted out asap.

england 3
pakistan 0

so over da two series da score is

england 3
pakistan 2

champions! now we gonna whup da aussies again

:twisted:

[quote="Med"]Fat Darrel needs to be sorted out. This is beyond a joke - the guys a piece of fat lard and needs to be sorted out asap.[/quote]

breaking news from da cricket investigation....

govt has rushed through strict new anti ball tampering laws....

tony blair has praised fat darrells heroic actions which have "saved the country from carnage on an unimaginable scale"....

john reid has demanded that inzy should be held for 90 days without charge...

it is vital for da authorities to have this time to fully investigate inzys computer records and his links to pakisani cricket fundamentalists like the notorious imran khan....

chelsea got beat tonight...oh well...plenty more games to go

and man utd won against lame charlton...

just in case any one gets too "hyper" 😉

we still gonna win da league with a month to spare....

we got "light" on our side...

as for our other rivals...well liverpool werent too "exquisete" yesterday....

hezbollah put up a better fight against da israelis than da scousers....

:twisted:

[quote="SAINT GEORGE"]we got "light" on our side...[/quote]

Too right we have! 😉

lol @ the fight against israeli's 😂

trust st georgy to go on about the cricket, when he knows full well that cheslea this season are easier than last, and even easier than the year before

moaninho isnt as gud as he was, beatin by gareth southgate, with a whole 1 games experience as manager 😂

united only team so far to win 2 outta 2

a gud start is important to a gud finish.

come on u reds

and the super sub is back! we love you ole! 8)

Ole Ole Ole!

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer!

what a brilliant brilliant player. Glad to have him back.

[quote="Admin"]Ole Ole Ole!

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer!

what a brilliant brilliant player. Glad to have him back.[/quote]

ur damn ryt there

hes a player who defines loyalty, and is loved by every united sporter, never set a foot wrong 🙂

you tell em boss

i suggest a banning for all man united haters :twisted:

[quote="Sirus"]

come on u reds

[/quote]

[color=magenta]obviously referring to the reds on merseysid rite?,n look georgie who cares if liverpools match didnt hav quality we are thru to the champz league proper now,n CHELSEA LOST wiv BORO thtas wht u were meant to say[/color]

[color=magenta]so far its [/color]
[color=red][b]
LIVERPOOL 2 west ham 1[/b][/color]

sense when had that admin been a red devil?

ole bummer solsakers not a bad player….but it only a matter of time before he gets yet another injury…just let ben thatcher have a go at him… :twisted:

equitsettes liverpool r lame…no chance of any glory this yr…peter crotch went to my old school...so i dont mind him...but he aint world class...not like our shevchenko...

CFC r easily gonna win da league…i’ll eat my hat if we don’t…dats a promise…

we got barca in da champions league…tyme for some revenge against those fancy dans…

[quote="SAINT GEORGE"]
CFC r easily gonna win da league…i’ll eat my hat if we don’t…dats a promise…[/quote]

Just preserving the evidence for when you try to deny it next may...

[quote="SAINT GEORGE"]sense when had that admin been a red devil?

ole bummer solsakers not a bad player….but it only a matter of time before he gets yet another injury…just let ben thatcher have a go at him… :twisted:

equitsettes liverpool r lame…no chance of any glory this yr…peter crotch went to my old school...so i dont mind him...but he aint world class...not like our shevchenko...

CFC r easily gonna win da league…i’ll eat my hat if we don’t…dats a promise…

we got barca in da champions league…tyme for some revenge against those fancy dans…[/quote]

[color=magenta]thatz not good sportmanship is it?ben thatcher is a dirty player just like ur essien n lampard who broke our alonso's leg

you seem to foget abt chelskis lost against boro, so long as a team in red wins the premiership this year im not too fussy i thnk its liverpool's turn this season

atleast benitez is working with wht he has unlike ur jose who just thnks money will be enuf to lure a player whch is often tru but not in our stevie g's case so there, u aint never gna get him

n u honestly fink ur gna win against barca?we shall see[/color]

[color=magenta]my bros so lucky he got a part time job at the emirates stadium so he gets to watch all of arsenal's hom matches for free,n he gets to see all matches played in the emirates stadium i fink brazil n argentina on sunday n he gts paid for watching it!!!!!!!!!!1 🙁 🙁 🙁 n he is gna see our liverpool play there toobut its gna be hard to watch as he is a man utd supporter[/color] 🙁 🙁

[color=MAGENTA]today are the big matches it going to be CRAZY

Man UTD v Arsenal

Chelsea v[/color] [color=red][b]LIVERPOOL[/b][/color]

can some explain the offside rule plz

i dont get it

[quote] A player is in an offside position if:

* he is nearer to his opponents' goal line than both the ball and the second last opponent

Commiting an Offside Offence

A player in an offside position is only penalised if, at the moment the ball touches or is played by one of his team, he is, in the opinion of the referee, involved in active play by:

* interfering with play
* interfering with an opponent
* gaining an advantage by being in that position[/quote]
[color=magenta]
click on the link below has nice diagrams to help u understand[/color]

[url=http://www.offside-ref.co.uk/laws/11-offside-rule/detailed/]Offside rule[/url]

so united arent doin too bad whilst i've been gone, bit gutted at losing to arsneal tho!

see alonso's goal? blimey :shock:

[color=magenta]His goal was wicked wasnt it???liverpool are improving n man utd aint doing too bad[/color]

[color=magenta]whtz goin on with football these days?iv had amnesia for the past week 😛 [/color]

[quote][b][color=red][size=18]Liverpool [/size]v Reading[/color]
[/b]
[color=green]After finally fielding the same team for the first time in 100 games, injuries to Luis Garcia and Xabi Alonso will force Liverpool into changes.

Craig Bellamy remains a doubt and Jermaine Pennant is set to start. [/color][/quote]

uniteddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd
premiership champions 2006/7
chelsea who

[color=magenta]nah its all about liverpool this season, come on you reds (merseysiders of course)[/color]

u got it all wrong wat happened 2 weeks ago our centre back smashed 1 in da bak of ur net sort it out u need 2 support a team dats actually gnna do sumting