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***Official*** Commonwealth Bank Tri-Series

GIMH

Norwood's on Fire
Not that rediculous (sic) really. He's nearly 32 and doesn't look that interested in cricket at the moment. Seems to have lost all confidence and aggression. His injuries, coupled with a pea-sized heart, could well see him retire sooner rather than later.


PS: Is ridiculous the most mis-spelt word in the English language? Don't want to sound like the spelling police (although that's impossible). It's up there with their/there/they're
Weird gives it a run for its money. People always spell it "wierd"
 

Pup Clarke

Cricketer Of The Year
And there I was expecting any posters here to read the bit in my post about the back injury and realise that I was asking if they knew about how it had developed. There's always one, I suppose.
I know my answer sounds stupid but it's probably because they want to make sure he is in a perfect state for the WC.They probably also wanted to try other bowlers like Plunkett and Mahmood so that's why he's not been playing in the last 2-3 games.I don't know how the back injury has developed TBH.
 

wpdavid

Hall of Fame Member
I know my answer sounds stupid but it's probably because they want to make sure he is in a perfect state for the WC.They probably also wanted to try other bowlers like Plunkett and Mahmood so that's why he's not been playing in the last 2-3 games.I don't know how the back injury has developed TBH.
tbh it read like you were taking the piss, hence my arsey reply. Apologies if I was mistaken.
 

Pup Clarke

Cricketer Of The Year
tbh it read like you were taking the piss, hence my arsey reply. Apologies if I was mistaken.
Apologies if you thought I was taking the piss but I wasn't in case you were wondering.I geniunely thought you didn't think he had a severe enough injury to be out of action.
 

BoyBrumby

Englishman
Meanwhile, in the England camp, Vaughan is expected to replace Loye & Collingwood is due to return too. Presumably for Bopara. Presumably Colly's regained his form in the nets since Friday? :wacko:
I think the fact that Big Dunc sent Paul "****ing" Nixon in ahead of Ravi v the crims said everything about how little he fancies him. Colly will slot straight back in.

A pity really, 'cos he was lightening between the stumps (too quick for Dalrymple who departed in something of an artistic fit without a word to his junior partner, despite clearly being in the wrong himself, which I thought was poor form) & bowled his little dobbers quite nervelessly & picked up Hussey as a bonus.
 

_Ed_

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I'm a bit nervous. This is the sort of game that NZ often chooses to play really, really badly in.

Hoping for a win though.

Tidy start Franklin.
 

vic_orthdox

Global Moderator
Honestly, every time Bond plays a couple of bad games, you read a few NZ posters saying that he should retire. It's as though they'd rather him remain a statistical freak and talk about "what could have been", rather than win them more games of cricket.
 

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
Honestly, every time Bond plays a couple of bad games, you read a few NZ posters saying that he should retire. It's as though they'd rather him remain a statistical freak and talk about "what could have been", rather than win them more games of cricket.
Haha, so true. As good as Bond is, he isn't as good as his record suggests and it will eventually even itself out.. they know this, hence suggesting his retirement so they can actually claim otherwise. Clearly he's a top quality bowler and easily the best NZ has to offer, whether he averages 19 or 25 at the end of his career...
 

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