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Tresco’s out, no.. in…no wait, out

by SixandOut on May 12th, 2006

Being at work during an England test match is a pain in the tits - especially as I already pay an extortionate Sky TV subscription so I have the means to actually watch it, it’s worse when I can’t actually watch it, as I have to work (ironically to earn money to pay for the TV subscription I’m not watching). Anyway, I’m sure I’m in the same boat as many many other cricket supporters who have to find other ways of keeping up with the cricket whilst at work. The lucky peeps who have access to a radio whilst working will no doubt tune in to Aggers and Blowers on the wonderful Test Match Special. Sadly, I can’t even listen to it across the Internet, because of our firewall. Nope - as a poor office monkey, confined rigidly to my computer screen for 8 hours a day, about the only option left is the “live ball by ball updates from a selected website”. I tend to go for the BBC. Cricinfo and the ECB also offer such a service.

Needless to say, you can probably imagine my surprise as the England score went something like this…

Eng 451-4 121 ovs

Eng 452-4 121.1 ovs

Eng 456-3 121.2 ovs

Yep - 2 extra runs and magically Trescothick had been given a second life!

Trescothick’s dismissal had been wiped clean, Collingwood’s innings was non-existent and Hoggard’s innings has been made effectively impossible. The scorecard was righted shortly after, but it was an intriguing few minutes nonetheless. I was looking all over the various websites trying to figure out if some bizarre turn of events had resulted in Trescothick’s dismissal being overturned. Of course it hadn’t but kept me busy for a few moments!

UPDATE (about 20 minutes later)…

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