cricket australias latest add how stupid

 stupid latest add by cricket austraia promoting the ashes  says the players dont play for the team they play for australia , i would have thought it should have been greedy over paid cricketers wanting more money  play for australia , i was a half decent mediun / fast bowler in my day No 8 batsman i will play for australia for free just want a bagy green 


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I can see this ending badly

Wed, 2017-07-19 00:12

With no one giving ground I think talk about the ashes might be a bridge to far.

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 Peter mac you must have been

Wed, 2017-07-19 04:05

 Peter mac you must have been a fearsome forbidden fruit back in your hay day... Like that of a browning half squashed banana...

 

Good on the players, the top tier players looking after the lower end lads and even ( dare i say it.... ) the chics....

 

Cricket Australia ( who the fuck are they ) cant operate without the players..... The players certainly can operate without Cricket Aus so i can only see there being one winner.....

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Not really a sports person

Wed, 2017-07-19 08:42

Not really a sports person but I thought the cricketers made it pretty clear last week that they play for the money and no one / nothing else really matters.

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 Don't normally agree with

Wed, 2017-07-19 08:44

 Don't normally agree with boon lol , but this time on the money pardon the pun.  P mac difference is mate i wouldn't cross the road to watch you play .

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The players have had a

Wed, 2017-07-19 09:06

The players have had a revenue sharing model since 2012 where they get between 24.5% and 27% of Australian Cricket Revenue.

Now that deal has expired Cricket Australia wants to take all that money for themselves.

I don't blame the players for standing up for themselves, do we really need more money going into the hands of the cricket administrators?

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You heard it from me...

Wed, 2017-07-19 09:07

This will all be settled in the next ten days and we will move on and enjoy whipping the poms this summer.

 

Only shame is that it won't be in the new stadium 

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im also siding with the players

Wed, 2017-07-19 16:13

 any other model can offset income to show even a loss and on that basis players would be totally screwed over , classic example of admins. greed 

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What was ya stock ball

Wed, 2017-07-19 20:44

What was ya stock ball Pdiddy? If you fought Lester Ellis as a pro you'd have been super featherweight so around 5'5-5'7 so no room for error in both the line where you pitched it or your length.

I'd imagine you came in tight to the stumps to angle it in slightly, on or fractionally short of a length, on off-stump and moved it away relying on the odd ball to nip back in off the seam?

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stock ball

Thu, 2017-07-20 23:37

 stock ball to blokes like you was a full toss about head hight , realy didnt have a special ball just bowled line and length and would change and come around the wicketes  hey mate me and young bloke whent to scitec  and i got raydared i can still chuck a ball down at 81 MPH  albee it i can only do 1 or 2  times   dont think i couldnt do an over  and yes that of about 7 steps isnt much room there

 

 

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That’s an understandable

Fri, 2017-07-21 11:05

That’s an understandable tactic seeing as there is no chance you’d have had a decent bouncer at the chin in your repertoire.

So what you are asking me to believe is that Scitech which is a centre built in 1988 and is solely dedicated to science programs and education for children under 12 has an activity that uses a unit of measurement that Australia disbanded in 1970? How much does it cost to get in these days 4 pound, 6 pence and a shilling? Does the tram run out there from the Hay Street Mall? 

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I can imagine Pete being in the mould of Froggy Thompson

Wed, 2017-07-19 20:56

 Who played for Australia in the 70's 

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 Yeah Pdiddy you could devote

Wed, 2017-07-19 22:02

 Yeah Pdiddy you could devote your talented life to playing Cricket for Australia but be a broke C$*^t

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if i got a baggy green

Thu, 2017-07-20 23:49

if i got a baggy green i would play for free no problem(never going to happen) but think the aussie cricket team is a spoilt over paid bunch of blokes , bloody hell they play cricket  not afl or arl  games where you get hurt  and in saying that i am nominating Johnathon Thurston for aussie of the year what a great bloke he is and has the best smile in sport instead of a growl 

 

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Don't get hurt ??

Fri, 2017-07-21 21:40

tell that too phil Hughes family! There's a risk

of injury and permanent body injuries in all

sports Pete! Wasn't Lillie doing those arthritis

ads ? Coz he's body's fucked !!  

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 I agree with you pirate, one

Sat, 2017-07-22 08:02

 I agree with you pirate, one of petermacs less thought out comments this time.  When was the last time Australia had a full strength bowling attack?

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I am licking my lips at the

Sat, 2017-07-22 08:46

I am licking my lips at the prospect of a rock hard WACA pitch with Starc, Hazelwood, Pattinson and Cummins rolling in.

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 Starc Hazelwood Pattinson

Sun, 2017-07-23 00:28

 Starc Hazelwood Pattinson Cummins and ( drum roll ) Peter Mac at his fearsome 8.1mtrs/hr according to a calculation Peter Mac saw on beyond 2000 back in 1974