Last Man Standing: Ashes 2009

[pup11]

1) Yes
2) Yes

 

[Adamc]

Boo, no more toss-related questions.

1) Yes 2) Yes

 

[BoyBrumby]

Boo, no more toss-related questions.

Pretty hard to avoid unless I wait til the toss has been made, tbf. Unless I go for something similarly vaporous like "Will the first wicket fall to a catch"?

 

[NUFAN]

Pretty hard to avoid unless I wait til the toss has been made, tbf. Unless I go for something similarly vaporous like "Will the first wicket fall to a catch"?

Reckon it's easy enough to avoid BB.

- Will the first wicket fall under 50 runs?
- Will 2 or more Sixes be hit on the first day?
- Will the first boundary happen in the first 3 overs?
- Will there be more then 12 maidens bowled in the day?
- Will anyone achieve a batting strike rate over 90 in the days play?

I like the other questions but like Adamc not really a fan of the toss questions.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Reckon it's easy enough to avoid BB.

- Will the first wicket fall under 50 runs?
- Will 2 or more Sixes be hit on the first day?
- Will the first boundary happen in the first 3 overs?
- Will there be more then 12 maidens bowled in the day?
- Will anyone achieve a batting strike rate over 90 in the days play?

I like the other questions but like Adamc not really a fan of the toss questions.

Yeah, point taken. But if I do two questions per day some of those would throw it out of chronological sync. Not that it's necessarily a problem tho.

Anyway, feedback noted. No more toss questions after this one.

 

[GIMH]

Nice pun

 

[NUFAN]

Yeah, point taken. But if I do two questions per day some of those would throw it out of chronological sync. Not that it's necessarily a problem tho.

Anyway, feedback noted. No more toss questions after this one.

Cheers mate

Q1 No
Q2 Yes

Eng all out 197
Aus 3/138

 

[Adamc]

Yeah, not a big deal but I prefer questions that relate to the cricket itself. More fun to follow, and ostensibly rewards good guesses rather than merely lucky guesses. As a two time winner I think it's important that people recognise my superior skill.

 

[pasag]

Yes, yes

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

As a two time winner I think it's important that people recognise my superior skill.

 

[superkingdave]

Yes,Yes

 

[BoyBrumby]

grecian still to tip. Friendly nudge.

 

[grecian]

Oh thanks

No, No

please

 

[NUFAN]

Cheers mate

Q1 No
Q2 Yes

Eng all out 197
Aus 3/138

This prediction is looking fairly good at the moment. As soon as Australia won the Toss I was thinking about changing my bet to under 310, I just felt like today would be a good ol' fashioned day, with tight bowling and tight fielding. Didn't expect 5 wickets before lunch though!

 

[BoyBrumby]

So I asked:

3) Will Australia win the toss?

& they didn't, but one suspects are quite pleased about it.

Fallers:

pasag: Yes
pup11: Yes
Adam: Yes
SKD: Yes

Standing:

grecian: No
NUFAN: No
stephen: No

If 310 or more runs are scored today NUFAN is our winner.

 

[BoyBrumby]

ok, so the second Q was:

4) Will 310 or more runs be scored by close of play on day one?

& it was close, but with 298 it's no cigar.

Faller:

NUFAN: Yes

Standing:

grecian: No
stephen: No

So just the one Q for the last waltz:

5) Will Australia's first innings lead be 250 or more?

 

[grecian]

Yep

They'll be approaching that, by the time my train rolls into hell......

 

[stephen]

I guess that means I'm saying "No"

 

[BoyBrumby]

That'll be yer lots then. I asked our finalists:

5) Will Australia's first innings lead be 250 or more?

& they just scraped a 343 run lead.

Fair play to grecian, who becomes the 4th holder of the Fullins Vase and hard lines to stephen, who secures his second consecutive runners-up spot.

Faller:

stephen: No

Last Man Standing:

grecian: Yes

The Honour Roll:

Adamc 1st test day 1- 1st test day 4
Adamc 1st test day 5 -2nd test day 2
biased indian 2nd test day 3 - 2nd test day 5
CDM 3rd test day 1 - 3rd test day 3
grecian 3rd test day 5 - 4th test day 2

I'll post new questions at the close of play.

Assuming we go into a third day, obv...

 

[BoyBrumby]

Right, off we set.

1) Will Jimmy Anderson be the next wicket to fall?

2) Will any English batsman score more than 37*?

& Could a lovely mod change the thread title to include "new game starting 3rd day of the 4th test" too, please?