Glenn Maxwell and the non shot heard around the world
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Dan Liebke is a comedy writer and former Nathan Hauritz impersonator, who has written multiple books on cricket (the details of which are all available at his website, liebcricket.com). He is a genuine all-rounder, equally inept with both bat and ball, and he steadfastly believes that cricket is the funniest, and hence best, sport that humanity has ever invented.
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Look, it’s needlessly convoluted, I’ll grant you that. But then, so is cricket.
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An excellent decision. Thank you.
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Yes. And so is S**** W****.
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Further evidence for my theory that he’s now just a grumpy old retiree. “Marnus? What kind of name is that? Now, Marcus. That’s a proper name. Or Mark, which is even batter. I had a captain named Mark once.” “Brother, too, Steve.” “Hmmm? Oh, yes. I suppose so.”
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Also unsportsmanlike. But also funny. So it’s all good.
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I was ridiculously pleased with myself when the possibility of working ‘one-up-Bradmanship’ into the piece came up.
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Nah. I didn’t say 144 was a base 12 number. But when you score as many runs as Steve Smith did in the first innings, that’s when you reach three figures in base 12. I think it’s pretty reasonable to therefore call 144 runs a century in base 12.
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To be fair, they were some remarkable sixes
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I will be starting a GoFundMe to help finance my ongoing battle to provide alternatives to articles about Israel Folau. Please donate generously. I estimate I need approximately $3M.
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Surely when a sport is played at so many grounds with ‘cricket’ in the title it just makes sense to use that as its name. Saves a lot of explanation.
The Liebke Ratings: Australia vs Sri Lanka
Thanks Pete. Truth be told, I may have dozed off a little in the middle overs of Pakistan’s run chase. But I got the gist and woke up again in time to see the ending. And that’s all that matters.
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It’s very dumb, very obscure and not actually all that funny. I fully accept that I may be the only person even faintly tickled by the idea that ’63’ upside down looks enough like ‘Eg’ that I can do a bit of wordplay on that. I don’t care. It made me happy.
The Liebke Ratings: Australia vs India
The font used on this page more or less gets the job done. If looked at in the right way.
The Liebke Ratings: Australia vs India
Bonus points to anybody who deduces what my favourite joke in this entire piece is. Hint: it’s not very funny and is overly reliant on both font typefaces and spatial rotation. But I don’t care. It’s my favourite.
The Liebke Ratings: Australia vs India
Paine should definitely be demoted to vice-captain immediately. What, he thinks he’s better than everybody else?
The Liebke Ratings: Australia vs Sri Lanka, first Test
Curse Sri Lanka and their determination to collapse over a long weekend
The Liebke Ratings: Australia vs Sri Lanka, first Test
Thanks for buying the book. You’re the true hero here.
The Liebke Ratings: Australia vs India, second ODI
My parents have had a shocker. But they’re lovely people and I expect them to come good any time now. Deserve more opportunities at the highest level of my family.
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I was pretty disappointed nobody shoved a baggy green in his mouth
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