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  1. Slow Love™

    Warne and Mcgrath retiring after the 5th Ashes test!!!

    Weird, I'm still not seeing a thing on McGrath on either Sky News or the Fairfax/Murdoch press. In what context was it on Channel 10? I flicked over and they were in the middle of some Laguna Beach crap.
  2. Slow Love™

    Warne and Mcgrath retiring after the 5th Ashes test!!!

    At the Age: Warne's Last Spin
  3. Slow Love™

    Warne and Mcgrath retiring after the 5th Ashes test!!!

    All I've seen is an article at the online Herald Sun that mentions a rumor that Warne spoke to Cricket Australia today about bowing out at the conclusion of the Ashes. Nothing whatsoever about McGrath though. http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,20957932-661,00.html
  4. Slow Love™

    The Streak - Can Australia Do It Again?

    We really need a "No ****, Sherlock" emoticon. :p If we don't play Zim, and we win the remaining Ashes tests and the two SL matches, we'd have to win the first two tests against India. Obviously our chances of doing that should be decent, but you never know, it's a year off in the future and...
  5. Slow Love™

    Jacques Kallis v Rahul Dravid

    Couldn't agree more. Chappell annoyance at Waugh's final series hoo-hah was pretty unfair anyway, seeing as I think Waugh himself was a bit embarrassed by it all, and it only happened because of public comments by the selectors as to the safety of his test place, which precipitated his...
  6. Slow Love™

    The Streak - Can Australia Do It Again?

    LOL, yes, indeed they will. In fact I'd venture to say that if we don't win those two, we may not pull it off. Sri Lanka did all right last time they were out here in the off-season a couple of years ago. If the pitches are flat, they could prove a tough opposition to put away, and their more...
  7. Slow Love™

    most boring batsman in history to watch

    You're probably thinking of one or two uber-defensive innings he played (the most notable being in 89-90 in Perth) out of necessity, but Greatbatch was actually quite a hitter when he wanted to be, particularly in ODIs. He was one of the first (if not the first) exponents of regularly hitting...
  8. Slow Love™

    Jacques Kallis v Rahul Dravid

    Yeah, but Chappell has always had a particular dislike of Waugh on a personal level - maybe not blokey enough for him, I dunno. And I think things grew even more acrimonious when Waugh was given the captaincy, as Chappelli was (and still is) a heavy Warne backer for the gig. I practically...
  9. Slow Love™

    Jacques Kallis v Rahul Dravid

    I think the whole "Kallis is selfish" perception, whether right or wrong, has more to do with what he does when the team needs faster scoring to push for victory than it does with limiting his game and strokeplay. But FWIW, Waugh certainly cops some stick in some circles (it may only be in...
  10. Slow Love™

    Ashes Avatar Challenge

    Will this work?
  11. Slow Love™

    Geraint's run out and the spirit of the game

    Haha, yeah, nice try but no cigar, Neil. I didn't think NZ were beyond the pale in executing the runout against Murali (I forgot to vote, but my position should be obvious from my post), but the situations aren't really equivalent. I would have thought a better example was the one I gave in...
  12. Slow Love™

    Aussie Public going soft?

    I think the deadness of the pitches has probably extended the contests to a fair degree. Not to take away from some of the English performances with the bat, but I think it's been very difficult for the bowlers for quite long stretches of play, particularly towards the tail of the matches (the...
  13. Slow Love™

    So I was watching a bit of test cricket over the weekend…

    I was going to give a glib answer about out-of-date assumptions as to pitches offered in India and elsewhere (in the sense that many countries are now producing roads and dead flat pitches while India has clearly shown a propensity to produce more varied pitches in recent times), but then I...
  14. Slow Love™

    Murali destroyed Lillee's old record

    They really do play far too much test cricket these days.
  15. Slow Love™

    the 10 best allrounders in the world, definitive list

    Still, Lillian shouldn't feel too bad, 'cause he hasn't been banned around 20 times (or more) either. I see that gilCHRIST2 has just bitten the dust yet again.
  16. Slow Love™

    the 10 best allrounders in the world, definitive list

    LOL, never saw that one. In fairness, that's about three times as funny as anything BLE/SW's ever done (and he's done this particular joke more than once already).
  17. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** India in South Africa

    First test win in South Africa to India. Quite a convincing victory, too. Well done!!!!!! I expect SAF to hit back hard next test, but it would be incredible if India could keep this up. Smith under loads of pressure.
  18. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** 3rd Test at the WACA

    Just further from a thought I had in my last post, I do wonder how things might be different were we playing in England. I realise that Perth offered something for the bowlers the first couple of days, and Brisbane cracked a bit, but the pitches have been pretty dead for the most part, which...
  19. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** 3rd Test at the WACA

    3-0 is what I picked as the final tally for the series, so I think I'm gonna be wrong unless England can manufacture a couple of draws from Melbourne and Sydney. Highly unlikely, methinks. And you never know, England might snatch one if our intensity significantly drops - I think this Aussie...
  20. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** 3rd Test at the WACA

    And that's the Ashes - Panesar's bowled, and KP left standing, defiant again.

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