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  1. Slow Love™

    ICC ranks Hair second best

    No, but when I say that Craddock should produce the relevant excerpts to explain what it all means, I'm questioning the meaning of the statistics. Ultimately, IMO, this is irrelevant, because as I said previously, I don't think these kinds of decisions, in an general sense, have much to do with...
  2. Slow Love™

    These are my top 10 Cricket Moments 1976-2006

    I can't be arsed writing up a top ten (I might have done it in a previous thread sometime), but that's one that doesn't get mentioned a lot that's definitely right up there for me. It was at Port Elizabeth in '97, and yeah, it was to win the series (we went 2-0 up). We got beaten convincingly...
  3. Slow Love™

    Ashes Commentary

    I just noticed Tuffers on the team - I can see him getting old after a while, but he might be amusing early. :)
  4. Slow Love™

    Ashes Commentary

    Don't worry, he'll probably outlive all of us.
  5. Slow Love™

    Ashes Commentary

    Yeah, I can't believe people like Lawry, but I live in a glass house myself enjoying Greiggy. And to be fair (it's quite important, after all), it's Greig that makes all the terrible "Oh, he's done that beautifully.... oh, he's out!" calls. Lawry's crimes are of a different variety. I...
  6. Slow Love™

    CW awards for the 5th-12th NOV.

    Holy crap, I actually won one of these things! I didn't think it was that incredible a post, personally, but you take what you can get, and the award is much appreciated. :)
  7. Slow Love™

    ICC ranks Hair second best

    The executive branch of the ICC have made it obvious throughout this whole affair that Hair has their support. It's the fact that 7 member countries voted him off the panel that caused all the furore. I wouldn't mind clarification on whether NZ and Eng abstained, as was reported in some...
  8. Slow Love™

    Should Langer be dropped for Jaques?

    I can see it happening. Maybe three tests, though.
  9. Slow Love™

    Graeme Smith warns Panesar of racist abuse

    Yeah, maybe he's being misrepresented by the press, but his line seems fairly consistent. "I really fear for some of these guys touring Australia, because they're going to cop a fair bit of abuse, some of it racial. As a matter of fact, when we were there, blah, blah, blah...." It's not the...
  10. Slow Love™

    Should Langer be dropped for Jaques?

    How was Gillespie hard done by? Even being dropped after making a double century (presuming you don't mean the Ashes, where he absolutely had to go) I don't see as being particularly harsh, 'cause he was pretty lucky to get given a go that tour. Having said this, I'd have nothing against...
  11. Slow Love™

    Should Langer be dropped for Jaques?

    I know, in reality the "he's done nothing wrong" principle is only really about fairness when it comes to somebody's career, rather than who will constitute the best side (I definitely think there's a place for the former, but not at the almost certain expense of the latter) at the time, but I'd...
  12. Slow Love™

    Should Langer be dropped for Jaques?

    I doubt they would, but if so, it'd only be a reflex to him carting them around the park the other day. The guy's still not established at international level, and a test match is very different to a demonstration game. Langer was among the most solid of our bats last tour, so I'd say the...
  13. Slow Love™

    Graeme Smith warns Panesar of racist abuse

    Yes, and haven't we discussed this before? I'm getting deja vu. I guess it can get complicated because they are "different" in their behaviours. I guess you could argue that the scarier stuff is more on the fringes, though it's appeal is on the upswing. The real problem though is that these...
  14. Slow Love™

    Should Langer be dropped for Jaques?

    Not unless he has a dismal series and Jaques maintains his form. At the outset of the series: No way in hell. I have a lot of faith in Langer.
  15. Slow Love™

    Graeme Smith warns Panesar of racist abuse

    Fair enough. Things did get fairly heated, my apologies. :)
  16. Slow Love™

    Graeme Smith warns Panesar of racist abuse

    That's how he's so certain it was Saffie expats, he was there. Guards, seize him.
  17. Slow Love™

    Graeme Smith warns Panesar of racist abuse

    To be fair I was quite careful not to extrapolate too widely. (Which of us will stop this first? :p)
  18. Slow Love™

    Graeme Smith warns Panesar of racist abuse

    To be fair, I never said all Aussies knew what the term meant. I simply suggested that enough know the term to constitute a minority of idiots at a cricket match.
  19. Slow Love™

    Graeme Smith warns Panesar of racist abuse

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaffir_%28ethnic_slur%29
  20. Slow Love™

    Graeme Smith warns Panesar of racist abuse

    Everybody I know has. And anybody that's seen either movie (or read the book in "Power of One"'s case), which are quite popular and not obscure in the slightest. Could it not be a little case of national pride perhaps getting in the way? I fail to see how these anecdotal "I never heard it"...

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