Tri-series - WGAF ??

VoR was two keystrokes out.The apostrophe and the 's' immediately following it are superfluous.

(By the McDonalds logic, China must be the most desireable place to live on Earth....)

In terms of the continued success of cricket, that's probably not a bad rule to apply.

And while I think of these games as Yamodis (Yet Another Meaningless One Day International), at least they are preparing the Australian batsmen to cope on slower wickets in a pro-India environment. Can't be all bad.
I don't think you can deny that playing in front of a cricket-mad public wouldn't be exciting for the players, as well.

I think there is one too many negatives in there. Or possibly on too few.

The point about preparation is valid - especially for the less spin-happy batsmen in the team.

Where? Lemme at it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The ODIs are seemingly more popular, everyone knows that the grounds are packed out for them. And as for the meaningless nature of them, surely that would apply to the Moo-Moos more than them.

I could suggest that if you wanted to make a comment upon someone else's comments upon the (mis)use of the English language that you could do it elsewhere, too.

But I have better manners than that, and a little more respect for free speech, so I won't.

As for manners: you are the one giving orders in a place where - to the best of my knowledge - you lack the authority to do so.

Ohhh, getting back to dictionaries: try looking up a few words. Such as "irony", "sarcasm", "hypocrisy" . . .

And now the purpose of a dictionary should be clear to all.

The periods of weakness that Australia has endured in the last 20 years have coincided with the gutting of the first class arena by 1)the Packer rebellion in the early 80's, and 2) the rebel South African tours, in the mid-late 80's. The second blow, following so close after the first, caused a 5-year strength hiatus, and it was down to the simultaneous removal of all the fringe Test players from the first class arena.

Elitist? Hard cack.

If the idiots only care about getting sozzled, they should stay in the pub/s where they belong and leave those of us who want to watch a live game without interruption/idiocy in peace. No more chants of "Give us our (beach)ball back" and the like.

How many of them would be Members? Let's hope not many.

No-one's denying that the ODIs are more popular. The discussion was supposed to be about the relevance of that popularity. For many people, it's just an excuse to get together at a big occasion and party . . .