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  1. Stapel

    *Official* - India in West Indies

    Slowly the lead is growing big enough for a draw. Or can the Windies bowl the Indians out in 50 overs? I'm dreaming, I know, but still! Good fight!
  2. Stapel

    Tour de France 2011 Thread

    Well, Johnny Hoogerland made it! But what a freak day! Van den Broeck, Vinokourov, Zabrisky, Willems... all out with broken bones. And then this lunatic taking out Flecha and Hoogerland, the latter ending up as a rolled roast in the barbed wire.... Just saw Johnny at the price ceremony...
  3. Stapel

    Tour de France 2011 Thread

    That is a very good point! Dutch commentators got slightly enthousiastic when they figured out that both Thomas and BH were in the 2nd peloton, as it meant that Robert Gesink would hold they White Jersey. But they never even tried tried to figure out if the two of them were simply behind the...
  4. Stapel

    Tour de France 2011 Thread

    Well, you guys will have to wait until next week's thursday then! Soem very interesting stages coming weekend, but the real deal is not there before 14 July. Todays stage is again supposed to be won by Philippe Gilbert. However, the 5 escapees of today might have a better chance than...
  5. Stapel

    Tour de France 2011 Thread

    Sure they are! Yet, what we see in NL (and Belgium, France, Spain and Italy), is a massive build-up towards the TdF. It drags people into it! There is no escaping the TdF these days in NL, even before it gets really interesting. Same difference with cricket I guess. An enormous cricket event...
  6. Stapel

    Tour de France 2011 Thread

    Ha! Actually, the last climb did disturb Cavendish' team mates sprint preparations! But Team Garmin did right. Good team work that! Anyway, not too many cycling fans here, I guess?
  7. Stapel

    ***Official*** Road to Euro 2012

    I can't think of anything more ridiculous than the FIFA rankings. It has always been crap and probably always will be.
  8. Stapel

    ***Official*** Road to Euro 2012

    Would you care to enlighten me which core of players played together at club level? and for which club? Please do not say Ajax, as I am very happy to point out that of the 1978 Dutch WC team, only 3 players of the 22-men selection played for Ajax. In 1974, it was 6 out of 22. Three of them were...
  9. Stapel

    Tour de France 2011 Thread

    Gooooooooooooooooooood! A tour thread! Good thing of Le Tour is that the word defenite is not applicable :) . But yeah, big chance of a mass spurt and thus a Cavendish win. 10 km to go. The only tricky thing is a small climb at 2km from the line. Nothing too troublesome, but it could break...
  10. Stapel

    **Official** Sri Lanka in England / Scotland - 2011

    Well, as his name is most likely German, it should be pronounced Dairnbach, with the ch like the ch in the Scottisch loch.
  11. Stapel

    *Official* - India in West Indies

    I really would like to see the Windies push the Indian on the back foot. You'ld expect Sarwan, Chanders and Samuels to contribute a bit with the bat....
  12. Stapel

    ***Official*** DRS discussion thread

    From cricinfo: I can understand why some people are sceptical towards the Hawk-Eye ball tracker. But a ball pitching outside leg, has nothing to do with ball tracking. You don't even need Haw-Eye, just a TV-rerun should be enough! The only dubious thing about Hawk-Eye, is its ball track...
  13. Stapel

    *Official* - India in West Indies

    First of all, it's always nice to have a bowler who can do so. Second: when did he do that, apart from yesterday? Anyway, let's not forget that Sammy has a few decent scalps: Cook, Vaughan, Collingwood, Bell, Prior, Amla, Haddin, MHussey, Watson, Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene & Laxman.......
  14. Stapel

    *Official* - India in West Indies

    I'm puzzled by Sammy. Ever since his introduction to Test Crikcet in england a couple of years back, I've liked him. I got a pretty well-argumented smack in my face form you CW-guys when SA were touring SA. (I was wrong posts 350-400). Sammy is not a brilliant bowler, but he is a persistant...
  15. Stapel

    *Official* - India in West Indies

    Not in regard of trailing 200 with 9 wickets in hand..... If this is not WI's advantage, what is? A day of Test cricket could only be in WI's advantage, if they bowl their opponents out first day below 150.... That's a bit odd, not? Let me put it this way: Since India's projected first innings...
  16. Stapel

    Who should be England's third seamer?

    The last session of the fourth day at Southampton convinced me England should stick with Broad. Having said so, I haven't seen any action on day 5. If they are better options, I don't think Bresnan or Finn are much better options. Generally, the English way to deal with cricketers, is that the...
  17. Stapel

    **Official** Sri Lanka in England / Scotland - 2011

    Though 30 is nowhere near a good average as a batsman, it is not completely crap either. I cannot back things up by statistics, but could it make a difference he has always batted in May/June, rather than July/August in England?
  18. Stapel

    *Official* - India in West Indies

    I'd say, trailing 212 runs with 9 wickets in hand is always a favourite situation. The simple fact that Windies haven't scored too many runs in Tests recently, hardly matters imho. The 7th wicket stand was excellent, but let's not forget that the Windies would blindly have said yes to "trailing...
  19. Stapel

    **Official** Sri Lanka in England / Scotland - 2011

    What do you know about Sweedish? In Swedish, like Norwegian, Danish and German, England is England, but in Sweedish? Who knows?
  20. Stapel

    **Official** Sri Lanka in England / Scotland - 2011

    Bring on Broad?

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