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Burgey
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treamcast34
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Don't think they'll be doing much more losing with what they've got coming through though unfortunately.
Jayzamann
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You bet. Was referring to how Bresnan threw his toys out the pram because of some faceless troll on twitter the same way Trent Reznor did, in a big, childish and public way.
Jayzamann
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It all got taken down, the PR machine went into overdrive afterwards.
In a nutshell (iirc), Swanneh and Bresnan (and Anderson) would exchange jibes between each other. Swann would give Bresnan **** for being a fatass and Bresnan would cop it on the chin, but then some random on twitter did the same, he cut sick at him.
Swanneh's twitter is actually really funny.
Graeme Swann (Swannyg66) on Twitter
In a nutshell (iirc), Swanneh and Bresnan (and Anderson) would exchange jibes between each other. Swann would give Bresnan **** for being a fatass and Bresnan would cop it on the chin, but then some random on twitter did the same, he cut sick at him.
Swanneh's twitter is actually really funny.
Graeme Swann (Swannyg66) on Twitter
Jono
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Haha okay. I thought you were calling me a troll and was very confused.
Manee
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Out of interest, which bowlers would these be?
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Duncan Spencer from WA and Troy Corbett from Vic come to mind. Spencer especially. Played some cricket with Shane George, no slouch in the pace department himself (was clocked in the low 150's in the early 90's), who said Spencer was a yard or two quicker than him.
There have been others who were there or thereabouts but we'll never know for sure because they always had to train for bowling long spells. Spend any time in grade cricket and blokes regularly pop up as being lightning but are cut down through injury, cut back on the pace for accuracy, etc.
There have been others who were there or thereabouts but we'll never know for sure because they always had to train for bowling long spells. Spend any time in grade cricket and blokes regularly pop up as being lightning but are cut down through injury, cut back on the pace for accuracy, etc.
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Prince EWS
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Shane Harwood generated some serious gas in a few T20s I saw him play for Victoria and he was always troubled by injury, so if he never had to play longer cricket he might've got right up there too.
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Heard he was lightning in his early 20's before getting in trouble with teh lawww......
Goughy
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Duncan Spencer bowled one of the quickest spell I have ever seen (though only on TV) back in the very early 90s. A real slingy action.
I think 99% of the Duncan Spencer mentions on here have been by either me or you
What about Wayne Holdsworth? I never saw him bowl but when he came to England in 1993 he was billed as north of rapid though we never got a chance to see it.
I think 99% of the Duncan Spencer mentions on here have been by either me or you
What about Wayne Holdsworth? I never saw him bowl but when he came to England in 1993 he was billed as north of rapid though we never got a chance to see it.
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Haha, we're old, man. Shane has a framed pic from the local paper of him facing Spencer in a Shield game where he ripped SA's middle and lower order apart. Now, admittedly Shane is no Bradman but the pic is stunning; all three stumps blown out of the ground and flying in various directions with Shane in the middle of his back-swing. I saw the spell live but was too young to appreciate just how unplayable it was and I was still blown away (as were the SACA's). For a short bloke, generated some serious rapidity.Duncan Spencer bowled one of the quickest spell I have ever seen (though only on TV) back in the very early 90s. A real slingy action.
I think 99% of the Duncan Spencer mentions on here have been by either me or you
Quick look at his profile, can't believe he's only 38. Seemed an age ago he was playing for WA.
At his tops, was considered the quickest in the country by a long way. Probably Waqar-esque for raw pace so maybe a yard short of someone like Tait. Hard to say, tbh. Genuine slinger.
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Goughy
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Holy crap. Thank you Youtube. Who knew it was there? This has made my day. Here is the game I was talking about.
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**** me, score one for Goughy!
You've also solved a nagging feeling in the back of my brain; for years I've had the feeling Shane Harwood's action reminded me of someone but could never remember who. WAGoughy.
Love the warm-up ball. How fired-up was he? And you could feel the tension ratcheted up when Viv walked out. Just nasty.
EDIT: Was 21 there. Minus injuries, who knows how quick he could have been bowling when quicks usually hit their peak mid-late 20s.
You've also solved a nagging feeling in the back of my brain; for years I've had the feeling Shane Harwood's action reminded me of someone but could never remember who. WAGoughy.
Love the warm-up ball. How fired-up was he? And you could feel the tension ratcheted up when Viv walked out. Just nasty.
EDIT: Was 21 there. Minus injuries, who knows how quick he could have been bowling when quicks usually hit their peak mid-late 20s.
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vic_orthdox
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See, I'm not entirely convinced that these guys would be as quick as Tait. We'd be mentioning Nannes in the same group as these guys if he wasn't being clocked, yet he's been proven to be a little big slower than Tait. Reckon most of those guys would be around the Nannes speed.