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Rahul Dravid is to Sachin Tendulkar what Bill Ponsford was to Don Bradman and Rohan Kanhai was to Garfield Sobers. Dravid, who announced his retirement from international cricket on Friday, was that exceptionally talented and prolific batsman who just happened to be playing for India at the same time as one of the sport's very best.
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21:10 And the selection panel for the NSW Woman of the Year Award, announced today by Pru Goward, is: http://t.co/Eu92QUHs #iwd #nswpol #nrl #
21:04 Oh dear. RT @WeatherAUS: What will the next three cyclones to form in Australian waters be named? Lua, Mitchelle and Narelle! #
20:13 Commercial-free eh? I flick over to ch10 and there's a Harvey Norman ad. #
18:24 Right, Kony's a goner now RT @warne888 This is very moving and disturbing at the same time #KONY2012 Spread the word!!! http://t.co/B33Jq8Ma #
18:10 It didn't take long, hey? #auspol RT @ARationalFear: We need to STOP TONY!!! #tony2012 http://t.co/GqW8gLlk #
18:09 From @mumbrella's @acatinatree, one of the best pieces I've read today about Invisible Children's #StopKony campaign: http://t.co/Nv6cgsuX #
17:51 And my "Android Market" app has now renamed itself to "Google Play". Even though most of my apps aren't for Play. #
17:15 What? RT @TheNTNews: AFL STAR LIAM JURRAH IN POLICE CUSTODY IN RELATION TO MACHETE ATTACK IN CENTRAL AUSTRALIA #
15:20 Some perspective on the #kony2012 #stopkony campaign from @JacktheInsider - http://t.co/cyRNoSDj #
14:19 Congressman Plumber? MT @ebertchicago: Joe the Plumber wins GOP primary, becomes a Congressional candidate. http://t.co/2E77UWiR #
13:58 "Deliver Us From Joseph Kony" - from Christianity Today (@ctmagazine) in Jan 2006 - http://t.co/1STS4idA #stopkony #
13:39 Reportage of this morning's flash floods in Sydney from @InnerWestNews - http://t.co/36x9Du7f #
10:01 #marrickville #cooksriver RT @benraue: Illawarra Road is flooded all the way to the end of Steel Park http://t.co/WNtKArf2 #
09:33 Who was the fool who decided to book appointments and run errands this morning? Err... me. #sydflood #
09:08 SMH live blog of the flash floods in Sydney this morning - http://t.co/LCfDmkyL #
08:28 Criticism of the #stopkony #kony2012 movement, via @AJStream - http://t.co/JamdO7Z0 #
07:41 And why must #kony2012 "expire" on 31 Dec 2012? What is planned for #kony2013? #
07:40 My fear is that the #stopkony movement will be 2012's answer to 2005's Live 8. #kony2012 #
07:39 One thing the US-centric #kony2012 fails to address is that the USA does not recognise the International Court of Justice. #
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(The following is a press release issued by the England and Wales Cricket Board on 8 March 2012. It is reproduced here, in its entirety and uncut, except that I have inserted line breaks so that it may be read as blank verse. As surely it was intended to be. The original can be read here).
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20:49 Does global warming mean the days of Canada's outdoor hockey rinks are numbered? From the Winnipeg Free Press - http://t.co/ASP4WfcT #
15:29 Which late night ABC current affairs program just announced its guest tweeter with a truncated facebook link? #
15:21 Mind you, the entertainment value of the Republican Party's self-destruction contest is undeniable. #souportuesday #gomittens #
15:12 @peterjblack you're right I didn't - sorry I shouldn't have singled you (or anyone in particular) for attention while I was having a grumble #
15:07 Honestly, the state elections in India (where they are actually choosing govts) are more significant to Australia than US GOP primaries #
15:04 No he wins the right to his party's Idaho delegates at the national convention to pick a candidate RT @peterjblack: mitt romney to win idaho #
14:59 Australian tweeps getting geeky over American Soup Or Tuesday primaries. Cultural cringe much? #
13:58 "Google Play" - Google's next four-letter word flop? (in the tradition of Wave, Buzz and Plus) #
13:37 Guarded cause for celebration, as the #MDG on safe drinking water reaches its global target early http://t.co/M25YWi6a #
12:50 Probably time @KRuddMP updated the URL in his Twitter profile. #auspol #
12:45 Did I ever mention how much I hate the new new Twitter? #
12:14 Governor Romney wins Massachussets. What year is it again? #mittens #souportuesday #
12:12 What is the official hashtag for the #NRL's latest scandal? Is it #fridgegate or #fridgedoor? #
11:57 Republican primary in Vermont? Does Vermont even have Republicans? #souportuesday #
11:52 East Timor's first president Francisco Xavier de Amaral has died at 75 - http://t.co/6yi6ndfc #timorleste #
10:57 Last night's Coles social media #fail was, they now claim, "not meant for Twitter" - http://t.co/wKG76uox #
10:35 I give the Panthers points for creativity, but no one gives two hoots about the backdrop at a press conference http://t.co/pkM1lyjA #nrl #
10:29 Better still, the question is not displayed till *after* you vote for it. (on my browser anyway) #
10:27 The future of News Ltd online polling is here. From the Daily Tele home page: http://t.co/95LWwBQt #
09:54 Soup, or Tuesday? Anyone for Mittens? #
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23:16 @christinakirsch why? #
23:11 Emma Alberici is really impressing me as a political interviewer these days. #lateline #
20:50 Oh dear. Roosters. Rabbitohs. Gawd. #nrlsousyd #
19:28 Eh? RT @NSWLabor: Goward axes the NSW Woman of the Year Award and denigrates former nominees and winners http://t.co/0zz1wfBU #NSWpol #IWD #
19:15 Every time someone mentions JWH playing for the Roosters I picture John Winston Howard packing down in the scrum. #nrl #nrlsousyd #auspol #
18:06 @JuliusFlywheel yes, but I choose not to :) #
17:46 I do wish people wouldn't retweet other people's retweets of their tweets. #
16:21 Why does Sydney Buses list fictional services on its timetable? #
13:43 Oh no. RT @702sydney: Taronga Zoo has lost some Red-tailed Black Cockatoos have you seen them in the Mosman area? http://t.co/ZG8ko4PT #
11:31 But does he have a horse on loan? RT @blakehounshell: Is it confirmed that Putin "has a palace in the south of France"? http://t.co/hmBfmf9q #
00:27 Interesting #newspoll trends (via @ghostwhovotes). I await Shanahan's "Labor flatlines" column. #auspol #
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14:59 Currently 91.39% no :) RT @theprojecttv: Web Poll: Should Clive Palmer be made a 'National Living Treasure'? http://t.co/WJNKiHhm #
12:49 The whole exercise is trivialised right there. MT @nationaltrustau: The National Trust of Australia (NSW) in association with Woman’s Day... #
11:54 Six fully deserving new National #LivingTreasures, and Clive Palmer. Awkward. #
08:12 Separated at birth? http://t.co/8F6WeMW5 #
07:59 Does this mean @bobjcarr will be even less on Twitter? RT @JHutcheon: Carr winds back personal views http://t.co/cfpBwUcy #
00:32 Clive Palmer to be named as a National Living Treasure today? No wonder there's an uproar brewing. - http://t.co/l9BRhANn #
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23:16 Thanks for turning up, Cowboys. #nrlnqlgld #
18:16 Sigh look up your French -> English dictionaries It's not Tuesday! #mardigras #samedigras #
17:58 Four weeks to go. RT @earthhour: Make sure you're following our Photo Countdown to #EarthHour on Tumblr http://t.co/mjOUYQ0A #
17:29 Do I need to download a 157 megabyte PDF file? No I didn't think so either. #
17:02 I wonder if Tony Bennett is eligible by parentage to sing for Italy... #eurovision #
16:54 75 year-old Engelbert Humperdinck will represent Britain at this year's Eurovision Song Contest - http://t.co/mMdLPXYu #
16:41 Great win to the @NthSydneyBears over Balmain and top call by the guys at @triplehfooty. Support community radio. #nswcup #vbnswcup #
16:33 To those pre-judging Bob Carr on his performance as NSW Premier, he's not going to run a state. Judge him on his attitudes to foreign policy #
16:22 Important read. RT @nybooks: Economist William Nordhaus on 6 key points that climate change skeptics get wrong http://t.co/6ChRB1E2 #
16:08 LinkedIn recommending "Groups You May Like": Twenty Something Bloggers, MORE Women.... #algorithmfail #
15:30 Call be picky, but being Saturday shouldn't it be Samedi Gras? #mardigras #
15:21 All right. Found @triplehfooty on the Tunein app with the Balmain v Norths call. #NSWCup rugby league is back! #
10:34 Allow me to be the umpteen squillionth person to tweet The Guardian's brilliant Three Little Pigs video - http://t.co/eNEhoUSZ #
01:24 David Cameron rode a horse named after Mikhail Gorbachev's wife shock horror oh my god shut the #horsegate - http://t.co/USm9vN99 #
Submitted by rickeyre on
For all the arguments for and against the use of the DRS in the 2011-12 Commonwealth Bank Series, the fact is that it wasn't part of the playing conditions of the tournament, period. So whatever you may think of the lbw decisions that contributed to Dan Christian's hat-trick at the MCG on 2 March 2012, the fact remains that they were legitimate umpire's decisions, such as which we have played the game of cricket under for well over a hundred years.
Christian's hat-trick for Australia in the one-dayer against Sri Lanka, including Perera, Senanayake and Kulasekara is the first by an indigenous cricketer in international play for this country.
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19:53 There was a very unhappy gentleman on his mobile on my train demanding to speak to the Owner of Vodafone. I do hope he gets put through. #
17:50 And I was so looking forward to #MTR becoming the official game-day broadcaster of Football Australia... #
17:08 @arwon strangely, I can see two retweets in the past 6 months among the auto blog posts. I'm sure his minders in the FM office will fix that #
16:56 Memo world: the @bobjcarr twitter account is an RSS-bot, just like @frednile. No human is on the other side (of either). #auspol #
14:12 Forget cross-city tunnels etcetera, Bob Carr is an exciting choice as foreign minister. Now if you'll excuse me there's a cricket game on. #
13:48 Good to see as Sports Minister after so many years as Shadow RT @KateLundy: Statement on appointment as Minister http://t.co/CGioffc0 #
13:19 But it's only an RSS feed of his blog. RT @latikambourke: Yes @bobjcarr. RT @SESSpackman: @latikambourke does carr have a twitter account? #
13:13 Just received an email from Treasurer Swan titled "Interview with Sara Lane, ABC Radio". That be Sabra's sister, I guess? #auspol #
12:56 Now all we need is for Garrett to retire from Kingsford-Smith, Keneally not to run, and.... #auspol #bobcarr #spill2014 #
12:51 OK, can anyone beat 4.15pm Monday? https://t.co/ri5T8JWP RT @rickeyre Hey Bob Carr always wanted to be a senator... #auspol #nswright #
12:46 Sinodinos? RT @Kimbo_Ramplin: Who will @TonyAbbottMHR pit against @bobjcarr in the Senate? #
12:20 This, of course, is subject to approval by the NSW Parliament... #auspol #reshuffle #bobcarr #
12:19 Now, for me to check my timeline for the exact moment on Monday afternoon when I picked Bob Carr for the Senate... #
12:18 It's too hard to fall off my chair from here, otherwise I would. #bobcarr #auspol #
09:17 #ff Welcome to Twitter this week @angiesrightleg @angiesleftleg @jlosnipple @karlsrightleg and @rebekahshorse #
07:37 To summarise this morning's breakfast TV shows: lots of reporters standing in water. #
07:29 Another viewpoint on the @pinterest copyright controversy - http://t.co/7Yps8Vzz (via @grimmelm) #
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23:38 #Hawke abt an hour too short for the subject matter. Roxburgh terrific but looks too much like Bill Hayden. #ch10 #
23:23 A Lawyer Who Is Also A Photographer Just Deleted All Her @Pinterest Boards Out Of Fear - http://t.co/PIHgDLNM #
23:22 Was Bob #Hawke really incapable of loading a VHS tape the right way up? #
22:05 Richard Roxburgh is terrific as Bob #Hawke, except that in close up he is the spitting image of Bill Hayden. #ch10 #
21:58 @mrtiedt makes me dread a dramatisation of "Lazarus Rising". #hawke #ch10 #
21:49 Bob Hawke sex scene. There are some things no film-maker need bring to reality. #hawke #ch10 #
21:40 If, like me, you haven't seen it before, "Hawke" is just starting on ch10 Sydney. Switch off the Footy Show now! #auspol #
21:37 And that be an 0 for 1 start to my footy tipping season. But what a match to start. Dragons 15-14 in extra time. #nrlnewsti #
21:28 Superover! #nrlnewsti #
21:17 They got 29000 at the ISC tonight. Very hyped-up game of course. #nrlnewsti #
19:59 @bgaensler juggling 2 twitter accounts now is about as much as I can cope with :) #
19:52 And the opening score of 2012 is a Kurt Gidley penalty kick rebounding off the upright. #nrlnewsti #
19:50 #palmerball RT @smurray38: @rickeyre And the paperwork was actually in with ASIC yesterday http://t.co/f0KdFbAH #
19:50 And St George starts the 2012 season with the kick-off going out on the full. #nrlnewsti #
19:37 #nrlnewsti is the hashtag you will need to filter for the next two hours while I talk rugby league :) #
19:35 I suppose ch9 think they've eliminated any gender imbalance problems by having a female voiceover for their #NRL opening #
19:32 All right. We have an #NRL season. #
19:24 So the name Football Australia, logo, artwork and a CEO all happened to be ready the day after Gold Coast was kicked out of the A-League... #
18:03 Mark Arbib denies he is quitting the Senate to join Football Federation Australia. http://t.co/LcKSsw4y But what about Football Australia? #
17:32 Any RSL reaction? MT @Tzarimas Company that makes ANZAC biscuits Unibic has been placed in voluntary administration putting 170 jobs at risk #
17:13 Clive Palmer versus FIFA. Yeah, right. #
17:10 Oh no. He Who Must Not Be Named Is 18 today. #
10:45 @Gleno_ you and I know that. What about Mr Hadley's listeners? #
07:37 Using Twitter to get viewers to engage by telephone. Good one channel 10. RT @tenbreakfast: Morning call! Henry's Hotline: 1300 66 10 10 #