Cricket stuff that doesn't deserve its own thread

[honestbharani]

‘I was crying and they recognised me at Chennai’: Wasim Akram recalls an emotional story (msn.com)


I saw him at the hospital in an elevator where his wife was taken. but also good on ya, Chennai, ya beauty.

 

[Shady Slim]

why have the kiwu not seen it fit to tell us that seddon park is named after King Dick

 

[Nintendo]

Just found somoene in the youtube comment section trying to argue that if mcgrath had average team support in the bowling/fielding/batting department rather than the ATG aussie side he would be a hazlewood tier bowler. I've seen bad takes in the comments before but that's next level lol.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

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Don't like to talk about him as he was another bloody Lancastrian.

Anyway, I doubt you'd think much of him due to the Māori land confiscation that took place during his long tenure and his 'interesting' views on Chinese workers - comparing them to monkeys and calling them a nuisance. Even Judith Collins had suggested that if we were to pull down any particular monuments, we could start with those dedicated to Richard Seddon.

 

[Shady Slim]

Don't like to talk about him as he was another bloody Lancastrian.

Anyway, I doubt you'd think much of him due to the Māori land confiscation that took place during his long tenure and his 'interesting' views on Chinese workers - comparing them to monkeys and calling them a nuisance. Even Judith Collins had suggested that if we were to pull down any particular monuments, we could start with those dedicated to Richard Seddon.

it appears that i fired off before doing my research, thanks for the heads up

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

it appears that i fired off before doing my research, thanks for the heads up

That sounds VERY uncharacteristic of you lad. Surely you jest?

 

[Burgey]

46 years today since the Centenary Test kicked off in Melbourne. One of the great test matches and a couple of insane performances from Randall and Lillee in particular.

When I was a kid I had a photo compilation book which included a stack from all the functions held before and during the test. It wasn’t til years later I got an appreciation of how great a gathering it was. One of the pics I always loved was this one which bobbed up on my feed today. Three blokes who could bowl a bit:

 

[Burgey]

Mind you, this one’s even better…

 

[Spark]

Just saw this on my timeline. Far too good not to repost.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1491308664942391296

 

[Shri]

Adcock is only 44 now

was a teen at that time probably when he got sledged by benaud on comms lmao

 

[Prince EWS]

Just saw this on my timeline. Far too good not to repost.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1491308664942391296

This also made me realise Nathan Adcock has blocked the LibDems twitter

 

[Starfighter]

Just been reading Jeff Stollmeyer's autobiography, and he reckoned that Tyson was the fastest bowler he'd seen, even having seen Holding. So Benaud was not the only one to hold that opinion.

 

[Burgey]

This also made me realise Nathan Adcock has blocked the LibDems twitter

A man of impeccable taste

 

[Himannv]

Prabath Jayasuriya was apparently so bad that he bowled a bunch of wides in some long-format game.

 

[social]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1635019769744351232

 

[Burgey]

omfg that may be the best thing I've seen in years

 

[Fuller Pilch]

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Yeah it is quite weird as he was from the West Coast of the South Island (a long way from Hamilton). There is also a town named after him (not surprisingly called Seddon) between Kaikoura and Blenheim near the top of the East Coast of the South Island.

 

[peterhrt]

Just been reading Jeff Stollmeyer's autobiography, and he reckoned that Tyson was the fastest bowler he'd seen, even having seen Holding. So Benaud was not the only one to hold that opinion.

Benaud, Swanton and Woodcock were thought to have seen more cricket than anybody. All said Tyson was the fastest.

So did Bradman, Graveney, Bailey, Evans, Jock Livingston and Dicky Bird. Even Trueman agreed.

Stollmeyer is an interesting addition.

 

[Starfighter]

Benaud, Swanton and Woodcock were thought to have seen more cricket than anybody. All said Tyson was the fastest.

So did Bradman, Graveney, Bailey, Evans, Jock Livingston and Dicky Bird. Even Trueman agreed.

Stollmeyer is an interesting addition.

I found it an interesting one because Stollmeyer never played either with or against Tyson, unlike the others you mention. He saw him with a team EW Swanton brought over in 1956. This meant he didn't have the bias of actually having to face him. He was also 35 - a bit more mature than Benaud was at the time.

Also interestingly that was after Tyson began to suffer injuries that affected his pace in 1955. There's a parallel with Jeff Thomson - Tony Cosier (and evidently a lot of others) thought his end of day spell at Bridgetown in 1978 was the fastest ever bowled in the West Indies, that was after his major shoulder injury that really precipitated his decline.

 

[Burgey]

"You're Scared Of Me!" Morne Morkel Relives Matthew Hayden Imposing Himself On The South African Bowling Attack

"We walked past the nets at the WACA and he was batting on the bowling machine, with one pad on, facing the bowling machine at 150 clicks..."

articles.listnr.com

Interesting story about Hayden. Insane way to practice.