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*Official* First Test at Lord's
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Neil Pickup
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I don't think anyone actually knows what the difference is any more.
Prince EWS
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Yeah I agree, but it doesn't actually work like that in the mind of whoever came up with the terminology.
AlwaysProteas
U19 12th Man
Wikipedia seems to think fast-medium is faster than medium-fast, but then again it's wikipedia.
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Jarquis
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reading through the thread page by page but am guessing Shri has disappeared back into his.hole?
Jacknife
International Captain
Yes that's they way I thought it went, seems pretty logical.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
Neil's correct from a grammatical point of view, but it does seam (sic) to go:
Fast
Fast medium
Medium fast
Medium
I think I once heard it mooted thaht the assignations were originally fast/medium & medium/fast, which I suppose might explain the anomaly.
I suppose by extention "medium slow" would be quicker than "slow medium" too. Can't recall seeing them used on cricinfo tho. Even Chris Harris gets awarded "medium".
Fast
Fast medium
Medium fast
Medium
I think I once heard it mooted thaht the assignations were originally fast/medium & medium/fast, which I suppose might explain the anomaly.
I suppose by extention "medium slow" would be quicker than "slow medium" too. Can't recall seeing them used on cricinfo tho. Even Chris Harris gets awarded "medium".
Neil Pickup
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Aye, does appear to be the case. Strikes me as totally arbitrary as to whether someone's FM or MF anyway and, let's be fair, it doesn't make a blind bit of difference in the grand scheme of things.
Prince EWS
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CricInfo is pretty useless and inconsistent with it a lot of the time though. Darren Bravo is supposedly medium-fast but I saw him sending a few down in the nets during that Test Rampaul got injured in, and his bowling is probably slower than Yardy's darts.
Lillian Thomson
Hall of Fame Member
Never mind fast-medium or medium-fast. If Tremlett could actually bowl six balls on a length he'd be quite a useful bowler.
Howe_zat
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Would say that sort of thing is almost all down to not updating the profiles as quick as they could.
Quite. I genuinely thought they were the same thing. After all, when we want to get specific, we use tried-and-tested ol' numbers.
Jarquis
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Jimmeh says smd.Really keen to see Jimmeh ton up this Innings. Missed it by 9 runs in Feb.
centurymaker
Cricketer Of The Year
dravid proving me wrong wag
BoyBrumby
Englishman
In all fairness the Caribbean air hasn't seemed to help Raina's batting all that much tho.Those two guys who chose to miss the entire tour of the Caribbean, Gambhir and Sachin, both failed to make half-centuries....
I couldn't be happier....
Lillian Thomson
Hall of Fame Member
He might bowl the last over of the day after the opening bowlers have sprayed the new ball all over the place.
centurymaker
Cricketer Of The Year
and laxman's - first dropped then got out anywayIn all fairness the Caribbean air hasn't seemed to help Raina's batting all that much tho.
neither did it teach ishant not to bowl pies