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  1. Slow Love™

    Marto takes a swing at Lillee

    It has been a bit strange though, a lot of the criticism towards the current Aussie team from ex-players. I can't remember myself if there's been a worse relationship between a contemporary team and previous players. I suppose there was the odd snipe from Keith Miller, maybe a few others...
  2. Slow Love™

    Sachin reacts to the presentation

    I would urge anybody interested to view the youtube footage here. I actually found it really funny. It was all good natured - Pawar was just standing there, frozen with the trophy, either like a deer in the headlights wondering where to go, or like "wow, they're all cheering ME - usually...
  3. Slow Love™

    **Official** Semi Finals and Final

    I loved Bracken's explanation of the ball that dismissed Gayle: "I was running in, and I kept thinking slower ball, slower ball - then I thought nah, I'm gonna hit the wicket." :laugh:
  4. Slow Love™

    **Official** Semi Finals and Final

    Another slaughter in a final. Australia finally get their hands on the Champions Trophy. Extremely disappointing display from the West Indians. I won't say it was predictable, because I actually gave them a fair chance in this game (and they looked the goods early), but there's a bit of a...
  5. Slow Love™

    "Racist"

    I personally think that around three or four posters are clearly abusing the term. In Bhupinder Singh's case, it is almost pathological. I don't know that I would describe any of these offenders as "respected members" though. BTW, it also irritates me that if somebody from the subcontinent...
  6. Slow Love™

    **Official** Semi Finals and Final

    Essentially you're probably right, but I DO think we were under quite a bit of pressure at 2/80. Bracken got a pearler through Gayle, and that changed everything. But the guy was on absolute fire, with Lara still to come, and in terms of "all they needed was Gayle's wicket and it was game...
  7. Slow Love™

    **Official** Semi Finals and Final

    Hard to see it not being downhill from here for the West Indians. I'd think they'd need 250 at least, and it's very hard to see them getting anywhere near it from this point. Nice "Ah, **** me!" from Hogg after his misfield caught by the onfield mike. :)
  8. Slow Love™

    **Official** Semi Finals and Final

    I don't think Jono's brought his yet... Do you mean adharcric? As a matter of fact, McGrath's temperament occasionally falls to pieces when he gets taken on like that. It was probably right on the verge this time around, I saw him having words to Gayle at the end of his over (is there any...
  9. Slow Love™

    **Official** Semi Finals and Final

    Great stuff from Bracken - not only has he taken the three wickets, but he's bowled with great intelligence. He may look like he belongs in the womens' hockey team, but he's kept us in this, no mistake. Extraordinary hitting from Gayle to McGrath. I think people are missing the forest for the...
  10. Slow Love™

    **Official** Semi Finals and Final

    Really? But he's like furry and orange - and he has koala ears. I think people are gonna die laughing when they switch on the WC coverage and hear that one explained...
  11. Slow Love™

    Girls playing with boys?

    It's a fair cop. For the record, I think people should be considered on terms of ability rather than gender designations when it comes to the best vs the best, but just to fan the flames a bit (and admittedly, my Heinleinian fantasies), if a girl was to play in any given first XI, what should...
  12. Slow Love™

    BREAKING NEWS: Hair removed from the Elite Panel

    The funny thing about the whole bloc-voting thing is that, even though I'm far from naive enough to deny that financial deals and money will play a huge part in such negotiations, I can at least see a plausible case for the 7 member countries voting this way anyway, on Hair's performance. As to...
  13. Slow Love™

    BREAKING NEWS: Hair removed from the Elite Panel

    Off the elite panel, as far as I can tell. But Doctrove just hasn't had all the years of controversy, nor the alleged issues with particular sides that Hair has. It wouldn't surprise me if he didn't survive much longer, though. And just because it's Hair that just had this motion carried...
  14. Slow Love™

    BREAKING NEWS: Hair removed from the Elite Panel

    I don't think that this is solely about the ball tampering incident (and Doctrove obviously had his disagreements with the way it was handled anyway). Rather the culmination of a number of dramas. Mind you I was looking at an article the other day cataloguing some of Doctrove's failures. I...
  15. Slow Love™

    BREAKING NEWS: Hair removed from the Elite Panel

    Don't know if I'd put money on it. He had it coming. Up to this point I've always defended Hair's calling of Murali. Somehow, I managed to completely miss Steve Dunne's account, from his autobiography in 2003, where he makes it clear that the umpires (Hair included) had agreed before the...
  16. Slow Love™

    Mark Vermeulen. Still Crazy?

    It'll be completely deliberate. Australian newspaper editors think this stuff is clever.
  17. Slow Love™

    Mark Vermeulen. Still Crazy?

    Vermuelen was apparently arrested briefly earlier this month after demanding to see Robert Mugabe personally outside his Harare residence. He's also suffered head injuries recently in a car accident: http://www.smh.com.au/news/cricket/cricketer-linked-to-arson/2006/11/03/1162340017573.html
  18. Slow Love™

    **Official** Semi Finals and Final

    What kind of animal is that ICC mascot thing? It looks like some kind of koala/sloth hybrid.
  19. Slow Love™

    Battle of the Subcontinent

    Really tough matchup, I actually really like both these bowlers. Overall, I'll go for Vaas, mainly on the grounds of consistent effort through thick or thin. Chronically underrated, a very wily bowler who frequently plays on surfaces not that helpful. I think he's given a great deal of...
  20. Slow Love™

    Shoaib 2, Asif 1. Both banned

    LOL. Fraz, do you run your posts through a translating service? I sometimes wonder, 'cause your spelling is usually very good, it's just that occasionally you come out with some extremely bizarre phrases.

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