At 1/30/05 06:27 AM, Manic_streetpreacher wrote:
Darts boring? I beg to differ! Darts ids a fantsatic game. how cna yu call it boring.
Darts is a fantastic game, once you learn to throw on the out breath, which increases your accuracy. (Army technique for shooting.)
One has spent one's first session in the nets today, getting ready for the new cricket season.
Talking of cricket...
First one day international, Johannesburg
50 Overs
South Africa 175-9 (50 Overs)
England 103-3 (25.1 Overs)
England won by 26 runs (Duckworth-Lewis Method)
Ashley Giles was England's hero today, on a rain-shortened first one dayer. The England spinner returned figures of 3-18 from seven overs. England's attack was started when Michael Vaughan won the toss and elected to field. We were soon rewarded, as Darren Gough and Matt Hoggard reduced the South Africans to 19-3. Kabir Ali stepped in and took the key wickets of Kallis and Prince, and when all three bowlers finished their stints with two wicket each, we were looking in control.
England's innings looked shaky at the start, with Trescothick, Jones and Strauss falling relatively cheaply, leaving us 44-3. Michael Vaughan (44*) and Kevin Pietersen (22*) steereing us toward home, when the rain came down. Our higher run rate meant that when play was abandoned for the day, England were awarded the win.
We now lead the series 1-0, with six more to play.