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  1. Slow Love™

    Trescothick out of Ashes

    Completely, completely agree. I read Boyc's article last night and my eyes started rolling immediately.
  2. Slow Love™

    ICC ranks Hair second best

    Haha, finding consistent details on this from the press isn't that easy. I found an article at the UK Times that claims that England were the only country to vote in his favor, and even Australia voted for Hair's removal. Don't think it's true though. :) One further detail of interest is...
  3. Slow Love™

    Trescothick out of Ashes

    There was a suggestion in an article I read last night that suggested that Trescothick's problems may have something to do with his wife suffering from severe post-natal depression.
  4. Slow Love™

    Ashes Commentary

    Could be SP's dad.
  5. Slow Love™

    Ashes Commentary

    Don't pay any attention to the PC thought police at these forums. People have levelled similar accusations against me, and I'm a member of many porn sites, many of which feature women.
  6. Slow Love™

    Trescothick out of Ashes

    I had Tresco down for biggest surprise. What do I win???
  7. Slow Love™

    Trescothick out of Ashes

    Bloody hell. I hope he recovers soon. Gotta be clinical depression. Unless it's a fatigue disorder, but you figure he'd be more open about that. On a more trivial level, this will screw up a few of our Ashes predictions.
  8. Slow Love™

    Cricket Web Server Move - Saturday 11th November 2006: 9am Australia Time

    Been very good today. A few pauses, and still the odd delay during posting, but nothing like what it's been like the last few weeks for me. If it stayed like this, I'd be more than happy.
  9. Slow Love™

    Graeme Smith warns Panesar of racist abuse

    I don't think he does! Rich, it was a dumb joke, you're not usually so slow on the uptake. :p
  10. Slow Love™

    Graeme Smith warns Panesar of racist abuse

    It's funny that somebody else thought that. I was going to ask what odds I could get that some fools would yell "no ball". It only takes one or two. :laugh:
  11. Slow Love™

    For Australian viewers - "Madras Magic" on ABC next week

    Just thought I'd mention this for anybody interested. I just caught an ad for a special on ABC next Tuesday at 9.20 for a doco on the infamous Tied Test in Madras in 1986. Various players interviewed, and some choice comments from Deano. My favorite: "I was urinating in my pants, and just...
  12. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** Tour Games

    Haha, great stuff - Bracken IMO seems a very personable guy. You didn't say anything about meeting Layne Beachley though. :)
  13. Slow Love™

    ICC ranks Hair second best

    To be fair, I think the agreement was made at a general conference in Coventry, near the start of the year, and not immediately prior to that particular test. Either way, it concerned me a little that they were contemplating filming actions at that point, 'cause I think somebody (honest bharani...
  14. Slow Love™

    ICC ranks Hair second best

    But of course - it's certainly worth noting though that there are many critics of Hair on similar grounds who aren't invested in such a way. Incidentally, what do you make of Steve Dunne's account in his autobiography that, prior to the game where Hair called Murali, the umpires (Hair...
  15. Slow Love™

    Graeme Smith warns Panesar of racist abuse

    Look, we can quibble about this small stuff all we like, but I think we all know there's going to be a sea of guys in blackface with turbans and Apu t-shirts on at the Vulture st end shouting "no ball!!" when Monty finally gets thrown the pill.
  16. Slow Love™

    ICC ranks Hair second best

    As an aside - CAN anybody substantiate the claim that England and NZ didn't vote in support of Hair's retention, and abstained from the vote? A few posters have made the claim, but I haven't really seen that detail myself.
  17. Slow Love™

    ICC ranks Hair second best

    Well, see my edited post for some of what I think of that - we actually aren't certain that Hair was rated highly in those areas, OR that any of this extends for more than a few tests, previous to which his evaluation may indeed have been poor. And I still note Craddock's vague "effectively"...
  18. Slow Love™

    ICC ranks Hair second best

    Well, I have already made it clear that I don't believe that these statistics in any general sense have much to do with why Hair was removed. That will be far more about particular calls, and how they were made, as well as particular character flaws that people believe affected his integrity as...
  19. Slow Love™

    ICC ranks Hair second best

    Anyhow, looking at those stats, it's likely that Scallywag said 95%, not 96%. Blame my recall, somebody can probably find the post somewhere.
  20. Slow Love™

    ICC ranks Hair second best

    So what are your thoughts on the averages and the implicated lack of disparity between umpires? And if we are indeed dealing with all decisions, are we not dealing with a fairly low sample in this case, based on Craddock's numbers?

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