Ashes 2021-22
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@rotated said in Ashes 2021-22:
@tewaio said in Ashes 2021-22:
What annoys me the most is how the Aussies mispronounce his name, yet in the 2000s Wallabies fans/commentators were fine with saying Jannes Labuschagne correctly.
It is at his insistence that it is Labuschange like Champagne. The Hyacinth Bucket of test cricket.
His family gave up because Australians
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@canefan said in Ashes 2021-22:
Funny how that aussie all rounder Green(?) came out to bat and got bowled by Ben from Chch second ball. The aussie comms could only squeeze in a couple of minutes of fapping about how good he is. Then they went on about Stokes being the English Talisman. Ha give me Neil from Pretoria anyday. We loves Wags ❤
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@canefan said in Ashes 2021-22:
Funny how that aussie all rounder Green(?) came out to bat and got bowled by Ben from Chch second ball. The aussie comms could only squeeze in a couple of minutes of fapping about how good he is. Then they went on about Stokes being the English Talisman. Ha give me Neil from Pretoria anyday. We loves Wags ❤
Wasn't it Greymouth ? Offf to google..
No... Chch. Sorry ...
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@booboo said in Ashes 2021-22:
@rotated said in Ashes 2021-22:
@tewaio said in Ashes 2021-22:
What annoys me the most is how the Aussies mispronounce his name, yet in the 2000s Wallabies fans/commentators were fine with saying Jannes Labuschagne correctly.
It is at his insistence that it is Labuschange like Champagne. The Hyacinth Bucket of test cricket.
His family gave up because
AustraliansQueenslandersFixed.
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@rotated said in Ashes 2021-22:
@tewaio said in Ashes 2021-22:
What annoys me the most is how the Aussies mispronounce his name, yet in the 2000s Wallabies fans/commentators were fine with saying Jannes Labuschagne correctly.
It is at his insistence that it is Labuschange like Champagne. The Hyacinth Bucket of test cricket.
Quite understandable, really. The name would have come from French (boscage = woodland) and then butchered into Afrikaans along the way.
Wouldn't have started out as "Lah-boo-skuhk-knee", fer shure.
And that's the innings....
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@nta they only lead by a million.
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@antipodean said in Ashes 2021-22:
@nta they only lead by a million.
Yeah I don't think we're quite at "let's take the piss stage".
I want to crush them.
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@nta said in Ashes 2021-22:
@antipodean said in Ashes 2021-22:
@nta they only lead by a million.
Yeah I don't think we're quite at "let's take the piss stage".
I want to crush them.
I think you’ll get your wish.
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@sparky said in Ashes 2021-22:
@nta said in Ashes 2021-22:
Stokes won't make Melbourne at this rate
His head is still all over the place, I suspect. I think he will be given time off once Australia have secured the urn.
He’s impressed me with his guts and effort and he did his best in that innings yesterday. I still think he’s overrated but a lot of that is down to crap written on the Wisden page which I guess England can’t help given the quality players they ( don’t ) have. He’s a very decent player but certainly not in the echelon of the best ever.
Despite that bullshit written about him he’s not gonna be enough to make them competitive, they will lose this test by a huge margin.
Even though I honestly can’t see any other result than 5-0 ( or maybe 4-0 if the weather plays up ) there is something so intangibly awesome about Ashes cricket that makes it so compelling. I mean, I’ll happily switch allegiances depending on who is in the team ( I was more of an England fan when Pietersen, Cook, Flintoff and Collingwood were playing for example ) but I’ll always love watching quality cricket. Long may the series continue.
I wish NZ had something like it.
