ATS's favourite personality, Piers Morgan may get his head knocked off tomorrow

For those who that have heard, Piers Morgan thinks he's a better cricketer than most of the Englishmen touring Australia at the moment, he's now here in Australia and has challenged Brett Lee, one of the fastest bowlers in the world (even in semi-retirement), to bowl an over at him in the nets at the MCG.

This should be great if Brett doesn't go easy on him, at his best, he could bowl at around 160km/hr or 100 mile an hour for the Americans.

A visual for those who don't know cricket:



Ouch

Excellent let the games begin!

This thread is too funny. lmfao

reply to post by AlphaHawk


maybe piers should have a jockstrap skullcap to protect his coconut. also by the way i've always wanted to ask someone being american i don't know many legendary batsmen. who's yer babe ruth?

reply to post by rockoperawriter


Don Bradman.

It's a no brainer really!

Modern would be Adam Gilchrist.

Brett Lee was/is good.
But oooh ahhhh Glen Mcgragth was the king!

reply to post by muSSang


Not many could hold down an end like he did.

muSSang
Brett Lee was/is good.
But oooh ahhhh Glen Mcgragth was the king!

Thommo, in my days. Fastest and most accurate.

reply to post by bally001


Yup.

You seen this bowling comp from the 70's?



I actually thought Thommo was faster, but for that era and no helmets...scary stuff

reply to post by AlphaHawk


Yes, have seen that. First saw it many years ago televised. Thommo certainly showed them how to bowl.

reply to post by AlphaHawk

Piers Morgan thinks he's a better cricketer than most of the Englishmen touring Australia at the moment, he's now here in Australia

Oh please tell him he is.

Also and I speak as an American "Will you please keep him?"

reply to post by Bassago


We'll send him back in a body bag if you like.

Mwahaha

that dude with the paddle, what are those 3 sticks he stands next to?

reply to post by AlphaHawk


Bingas lost a bit of pace, I want to see him face a Mitchell Johnson bouncer.

bigfatfurrytexan
that dude with the paddle, what are those 3 sticks he stands next to?

They be the wickets, with bails placed on top of the 3 sticks. The general idea is to knock the bails off the 3 sticks or to catch a ball struck by the batter before the ball lands on the ground? No mitten allowed/except for a the wicket keeper, who wears gloves. Its a long complicated game, with lots of strange positions for the fielders, like silly mid off and silly mid on. I don't really understand it despite being English. Its possibly as boring as baseball if not more so.

Piers Morgan Tweet:My mother called. 'Who is Bert Lee, and why is he saying he's going to make you eat hospital food?' @BrettLee_58 @MCG

reply to post by woodwardjnr


It's a tough game to explain isn't it?

You have a bowler delivering slow left chinamen around the wicket to the batsman looking to sweep off his legs down to deep fine leg for a quick single, but the ball gets picked up by backward square leg and thrown to the keeper who whips the bails off and appeals for a run out to the umpire.

They be the wickets, with bails placed on top of the 3 sticks. The general idea is to knock the bails off the 3 sticks or to catch a ball struck by the batter before the ball lands on the ground? No mitten allowed/except for a the wicket keeper, who wears gloves.

...what the # are you talking about

Bisman

They be the wickets, with bails placed on top of the 3 sticks. The general idea is to knock the bails off the 3 sticks or to catch a ball struck by the batter before the ball lands on the ground? No mitten allowed/except for a the wicket keeper, who wears gloves.

...what the # are you talking about

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It's some game they do over in Austria.

reply to post by darkbake


Are you Lloyd Christmas's doppelgänger?



Cricket is the second most popular game in the world, after soccer.