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  1. Slow Love™

    Does China have hope in Cricket?

    :laugh:
  2. Slow Love™

    Battle of the Australians

    Armstrong - fat, probably liked his beer, etc, etc, a Hall of Famer extremely capable with bat and ball, and a real legend of the game. I've got a real soft spot for Slats, and his is surely a story of incredible potential, even if not completely fulfilled. It's funny, I was going to say...
  3. Slow Love™

    Battle of the Test captains

    Sorry mate, that wasn't intended as a criticism of you. (Actually my comment is stupid anyway, 'cause clearly it is a contest - I should have said a "contest for me".)
  4. Slow Love™

    Ball-Tampering Hearing

    Pretty fair result all round, given the circumstances, IMO. The ball had to strongly suggest tampering - and if it didn't conclusively, the question has to be asked as to what evidence Hair, an experienced umpire, based his decision on. At the very least, he should have listened to Doctrove...
  5. Slow Love™

    Battle of the Test captains

    Surely you would have to completely disregard it??? I can't for the life of me see how Cronje could collect a single vote unless you did. And I'm not sure I see the sense in that, personally, as in my book trashing the game like that man did is way, way worse than the inept but earnest...
  6. Slow Love™

    Battle of the Australians

    Over the entire time I followed Merv and McDermott's careers (all of it), I always felt they were terribly ineffectual. When I contrast it to our attack today, I just have so much faith in their ability just to shut down a batsman or take a wicket, let alone, turn a match. This is not really...
  7. Slow Love™

    My Gripe

    That's interesting, Thommo is a particular sacred cow I haven't seen attacked much here (or maybe I just missed it, everyone's number tends to come up at some stage over here :p). Perhaps it's that he benefits from being one half of one of the most fearsome bowling partnerships the game has...
  8. Slow Love™

    Battle of the Test captains

    There were plenty of complaints about the pitch well before Australia being skittled in the fourth innings of that match, marc - including by yourself it should be said, before you later decided to berate every Austalian that criticized it. Go back and look at the threads. Anyhow, Pataudi in...
  9. Slow Love™

    Ball-Tampering Hearing

    I think we knew all this a while ago, mate. :) After the umpires had decreed the game conceded, the match referee and various ECB officials wasted a fair amount of time trying (successfully, eventually, though the game was already over when they did, apparently unbeknownst to the players) to...
  10. Slow Love™

    Warne: England are favourites

    Pretty mild comments from Warney, really - not sure it's even that. He probably got his head bitten off over his comments re: Buchanan recently (correct as he may have been), so I imagine he's doing his best to keep a low profile for the moment (not that this is likely to last long :))...
  11. Slow Love™

    Coaching Talents of Greg Chappell

    Poor man management and "good discipline" are probably fairly related in his case, though. So is the perception of Chappell so utterly polarised, based on whether people are pro-Ganguly or not? I'm interested in what Sanz has to say on the subject though, 'cause he's always appeared to be in...
  12. Slow Love™

    Ball-Tampering Hearing

    100%. I originally would have extended some leniency to Pakistan because some of the confusion concerning whether the game had been conceded or not, but then they muddied the waters by implying they originally intended to concede. I'd also put some onus on the umpires to do their best to have...
  13. Slow Love™

    Bit of a stretch isn't it Jonesy?

    Hahaha, that's really lame, Deano. Just apologise for what was a stupid remark, and keep your mouth shut. Gotta love the "I'll leave it up to you to work out who I was referring to." bit. Can anybody come up with a single reason he could have possibly meant Boje? Maybe someone should put...
  14. Slow Love™

    Battle of the Test captains

    In Australia's defence, they did complain officially about the state of the pitch before the fourth innings (not that it's the first time you've heard that, marc 8-)). And I still maintain that they were right. I'm all for turning wickets, but the state of the pitch turned ordinary trundlers...
  15. Slow Love™

    Legends Beach Cricket series

    That'd work for me. If they can squeeze it in between Simon licking his big, moist lips, and Richie looking completely befuddled...
  16. Slow Love™

    Does China have hope in Cricket?

    Yeah, a bit of a can of worms, there. It's hard to feel comfortable introducing the game (at least, in an official context) to a country that doesn't allow religious freedom, freedom of speech, freedom of movement and who deprives it's citizens of basic rights that most of us take for granted...
  17. Slow Love™

    Legends Beach Cricket series

    Wouldn't it be cool if any of this got televised? Unlikely, I suppose - but they could do it up like some of the old testimonial matches, with cameras on the helmets, mikes, etc. Sounds like it'd be really entertaining.
  18. Slow Love™

    Coaching Talents of Greg Chappell

    Time for the old avatar to come back out, Sanz. Out of curiosity, what's the general perception of Chappell's performance inside India at the moment?
  19. Slow Love™

    What's the future hold for Gillespie?

    Haha, so smooth, howard. You're on fire lately, mate. :p
  20. Slow Love™

    Jones to commentate again

    Agreed. IMO, though, his offence certainly didn't deserve his career being ended, even if much of his general commentary does. :) (I do have a soft spot for Greiggy though.)
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