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  1. neville cardus

    Cricket Books

    But we do have the definitive essay, which is JM Kilburn's in Cricket: The Great Allrounders.
  2. neville cardus

    Cricket Books

    Ha! That would be the Thompson book!
  3. neville cardus

    Cricket Books

    I fear that Thompson book was probably the worst he ever wrote. I can't remember a thing about it, which is always damning.
  4. neville cardus

    Cricket Books

    Oh dear. I really do hate it when people answer my anguished queries with references from Wikipedia. Shows what a lazy bastard I am. Can't be bothered even to google the thing. Thanks, though. That makes sense.
  5. neville cardus

    Cricket Books

    Thanks. Will do. On a separate note, how about the following, from WJ Ford's contribution to Giants of the Game? How on earth have I not heard of this before? Was it a first-class match? If so, why is Sobers hailed as the first to pull it off?
  6. neville cardus

    Cricket Books

    I found recently a documentary he made based on the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2eatQ7A9e8 This lecture is also handy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGxR-mSAq_8 On which note, you should try his non-cricketing stuff, too.
  7. neville cardus

    Cricket Books

    Bob Thoms His Wisden obituary concludes thusly: WA Bettesworth's effort furnishes more detail: All of which raises the question: Does anyone have any idea where I might go looking for his papers?
  8. neville cardus

    Another cricketing myth

    They're also poor judges of flight, which makes the dipping toppie a lethal thing.
  9. neville cardus

    Another cricketing myth

    If you can find that interview, I'd very much like to see it.
  10. neville cardus

    Another cricketing myth

    I played a game on matting last weekend. It was fast and springy, and to that extent a poor fit for my legbreaks, so I took instead to ripping a few top-spinners. It went well, but I was slightly irritated by the praise it won me. The umpire compared my style to that of Kumble and Afridi...
  11. neville cardus

    Mpumalanga U19W v. Easterns U19W - December 12, 2016

    High time CricketCountry committed hara-kiri. They can't write for toffee, and they're brain-dead prejudiced. Also serial plagiarists and unscrupulous revisionists.
  12. neville cardus

    Mpumalanga U19W v. Easterns U19W - December 12, 2016

    Rotation? No. Monopolisation? Hell yeah.
  13. neville cardus

    Mpumalanga U19W v. Easterns U19W - December 12, 2016

    Well bowled, Sekukane, by the way. Looks like she got a hat-trick: Maria Malaza ... b Sekukune ... 0 (3) Shivani Nades ... b Sekukune ... 0 (1) Lebone Tlou ... lbw Sekukune ... 0 (1)
  14. neville cardus

    Mpumalanga U19W v. Easterns U19W - December 12, 2016

    Mpumalanga won by 42 runs, on the back of the most remarkable innings ever recorded: Charlize Swanepoel ... run out ... 0 (10) Shania-Lee Swart ... not out ... 160 (86) Nicolien van Rensburg ... b Sekukune ... 0 (7) Jammie de Vos ... b Sekukune ... 0 (1) Yonella Vellelo ... lbw De Neysschen ...
  15. neville cardus

    ***Official*** Australia in South Africa + South Africa in Australia 2016/17

    That's amazing captaincy from Faf, declaring there. Love it. I wonder if he timed it to keep Warner from opening? If so, the man's a genius. Even if not, it's the sort of assertive stuff we don't see enough of nowadays.
  16. neville cardus

    ***Official*** Australia in South Africa + South Africa in Australia 2016/17

    It's not yet worth a hundred, but this is already the finest "****-you" innings I've ever seen. Faf is my hero.
  17. neville cardus

    Mushfiqur Rahim

    "I think it right that you should know that the most dreadful things are being said against you.... They must interest you, Dorian. Every gentleman is interested in his good name. You don't want people to talk of you as something vile and degraded. Of course, you have your position, and your...
  18. neville cardus

    Mushfiqur Rahim

    What I'd give to comb this man's attic. There's almost certainly a seedy-looking portrait up there. Can you believe he's almost thirty?
  19. neville cardus

    Over rates

    Not necessarily. Why can't you compensate for slow-downs in one area by speeding things up in others?
  20. neville cardus

    Over rates

    You guys keep repeating this, but I don't think my rebuttal's been considered yet...

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