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  1. Slow Love™

    Battle of the Test captains

    You could also argue that the Mumbai result had more to do with the degrading pitch than Ponting's captaincy (unless you want to have a go at him over leaving Hauritz on too long in India's second innings), but we'd better not go there. :ph34r:
  2. Slow Love™

    Battle of the Test captains

    It's just a point of orientation. If Marc thinks that Ponting lost the series, he's wrong as well. But SS is claiming the series as a Ponting win, in order to make his winning statistics more impressive (and further justify his high rating of Ponting as a captain). Ponting's captaincy didn't...
  3. Slow Love™

    Ashes Death Plot Revealed

    All I can say is thank the lord for cricket-loving terrorists. Surely the MCC can give this guy a life membership or something - it's hard to think of a greater service to cricket than saving the lives of actual players. That they were engaged in one of the greatest test series of all time...
  4. Slow Love™

    Battle of the Test captains

    Far be it for to join in on Ponting bashing (:laugh:), but Marc does have a point. Attributing that series victory to Ponting for the express purpose of showing how impressive his captaincy record is, is probably unfair. Yes, it's hypothetical in that maybe he'd have won those matches, but the...
  5. Slow Love™

    Now that's commitment

    Anyone can make whatever decision they like, as long as both partners are fine with it. Some women actually prefer their partners not to be in the room for the birth itself, depending on how neurotic or squeamish the guy might be. :) Though I'm not exactly going to be challenged with this...
  6. Slow Love™

    Steve Waugh - the overrated test captain

    It's hard to argue with "he could have done one or two things differently", but my memory of that game was that we were fighting for our lives, and would have most definitely lost the game had it not been for a gaff by Gangs in not enforcing the follow-on, and some determined batting near the...
  7. Slow Love™

    Battle of the Test captains

    He's just messing with you re: Gilchrist captaining the winning tests in India in '04.
  8. Slow Love™

    1999 World Cup Final...............scandal????

  9. Slow Love™

    Battle of the Test captains

    You've probably got a point regarding Imran's near elevation to god status, but IMO, Pollock was rubbish.
  10. Slow Love™

    Steve Waugh - the overrated test captain

    Haha... The one against NZ in Brisbane in '01 would have been pretty spectacular too, if there'd been time for another over or two. Of course in that case, you would have had to lay the blame completely at Waugh's feet.
  11. Slow Love™

    Ball-Tampering Hearing

    I don't really empathise with some of the hand-wringing about slippery slopes in the wake of this hearing - even if the level of Pakistan's outrage at being accused was at best a bit OTT, and at worst, knowingly self-serving. We are talking about a fairly new rule, which invites an umpire to...
  12. Slow Love™

    Englands Weakest Link: Trescothick

    I don't know about getting all this mileage out of some guy's personal life, even if it's just cheeky banter. What if you found out that Trescothick's wife (or child, if he has one) has terminal cancer, and they're not really ready for the world to know about it? You'd feel a right prat for...
  13. Slow Love™

    Steve Waugh - the overrated test captain

    In the sense that his win record doesn't directly imply how he should be regarded over other successful captains, I would agree that he is overrated by some. But I would like to address this "give most of the credit to Border" little theory. It's a load of crap. Players like Glenn McGrath...
  14. Slow Love™

    Battle of the Test captains

    Nah, I rate Beleg higher than that (this is not a comment on SS, just the theory). And the particular dropping-a-turd-in-the-punchbowl way in which he posted it to me implies he might want to be asked... :)
  15. Slow Love™

    Battle of the Test captains

    Haha, don't know if that nickname's gonna catch on, but it's Jardo for me, too. I'm also curious as to why Beleg voted for Pollock over Imran...
  16. Slow Love™

    Battle of the Nincompoops

    Thanks Jono, you're a legend - I honestly didn't think I'd get to see it. Great footage, and something I'm sure Prasad will remember for the rest of his days. I love how the umpire tells him off for giving him the sendoff - come on man, there's times the batsman's just completely earned it -...
  17. Slow Love™

    Ball-Tampering Hearing

    Meh, it should have been a lot more flaming. And I had a sick child slung over my shoulder, so I had to type it one-handed, and it ended up a bit briefer than I originally intended. But really.... first class ****wad.
  18. Slow Love™

    Ponting faces Ashes ban

    I don't think any of this really matters, really, and I'm happy enough to take the content of Jnr's articles at face value. Either Ponting abused the umpire, calling his decision a disgrace, or he didn't. If he didn't, I have no problems. If he did, I think that's clearly dissent. I don't...
  19. Slow Love™

    This year's Simon Jones

    To be fair, he did say "horse-faced", not "dark horse". :p I wouldn't mind seeing Anderson do well either, although I don't expect him to make the starting lineup. He looked pretty good in the ODIs he played down here last time, although obviously he's about as consistent as a Lenny Kravitz...
  20. Slow Love™

    ICC appoints Hair for Champions Trophy

    Yeah, I quoted the info on Doctrove's experience with the rule in cricket chat a few weeks ago, but (perhaps unsurprisingly) it didn't attract much comment. However, I don't think that calling Doctrove the junior umpire to Hair is that much of a smokescreen really - he's had a bit of a shaky...

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