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  1. Slow Love™

    Ball-Tampering Hearing

    Well, it's a little more complicated than that. I thought Pakistan were basing some of their defence on Doctrove apparently initially disagreeing with Hair's desire to instantly call the penalty and award the five runs. In that he wanted to look for evidence as to why the ball's condition...
  2. Slow Love™

    ICC To Get Tough On Racists

    Yes, you only really have to have seen a few hollywood movies - Lethal Weapon 2 comes immediately to mind.
  3. Slow Love™

    What's the future hold for Gillespie?

    Haha, though I think many suggested it might help to get rid of it. ;) I for one, wouldn't mind seeing Gillespie get a run in the Ashes at all, particularly if he could wipe a few smiles off a few Englishmen's faces. He was always a favorite of mine, and it was so depressing to see him so...
  4. Slow Love™

    Battle of the Test captains

    If you're well-read enough, you could probably get a decent feel for how a captain is regarded by people you respect. I suppose it's fair enough. I myself feel a lot more comfortable talking about captains I've seen rather than those I might have only read about, though, in general.
  5. Slow Love™

    Battle of the Test captains

    * it should read "hearsay"
  6. Slow Love™

    Battle of the Test captains

    And on the win/loss thing, it's unfortunate, but the further back we go into history (leaving out the greats we're all very aware of), the harder it often gets to compare captains. Unless it's a comparison of somebody really highly regarded or contemporary, most of us won't have seen much of...
  7. Slow Love™

    Battle of the Test captains

    There are lots of answers to this - how inflexible he might be, how innovative, how he sets his fields, how he looks when things don't go according to plan, how his temperament holds together, whether he gets the best out of his players or not, etc... Anyway, I basically think your point on...
  8. Slow Love™

    ICC To Get Tough On Racists

    I don't see why having a stronger policy on racism at the ground should be conditional on other things being addressed. If we identify serious problems in the game or in the crowds, I think we can just tackle them as we normally would. The point of such a policy is to make it clear that this...
  9. Slow Love™

    Ponting faces Ashes ban

    I basically agree with you as to a better implementation of technology in the game. However, I still can't fathom how, if Ponting said to the umpire flat-out to his face that the decision was a disgrace, that it isn't dissent. If that's not dissent, then what is? It really has nothing to do...
  10. Slow Love™

    Ponting faces Ashes ban

    LOL, no - I have to brush up on my search terms, clearly. What a bizarre title that was. Actually I wondered if it was selectively edited, mainly because the reactions on the forum seemed so out of proportion to what I saw, but it didn't seem particularly cut or anything so I took it at face...
  11. Slow Love™

    Ponting faces Ashes ban

    Thanks for the youtube footage, how did you look it up? I tried just searching under Ricky Ponting, but it wasn't listed there a couple of hours ago. Actually, looking at it, I agree that there's not that much in it (at least between Ponting and the umpire) - most of what he has to say seems...
  12. Slow Love™

    ICC appoints Hair for Champions Trophy

    A good point, but the ICC have seemingly made this solely about Hair as much as anybody.
  13. Slow Love™

    Ponting faces Ashes ban

    That's as may be, although you would have to agree it's a little strange that he'd be extended that leniency upon questioning an umpire's decision again - particularly so soon after the serious warning from Broad and the stated likelihood that his next such offence would bring about a suspension.
  14. Slow Love™

    Ponting faces Ashes ban

    It sometimes varies how quickly these things get decided, are we in some kind of awkward timezone loop, maybe? I've been trying to see the incident on Youtube, but no luck so far.
  15. Slow Love™

    A Suggestion...

    Great stuff, James, seems to be working so far...
  16. Slow Love™

    Become a Cricket Web Forum Moderator

    Oh god, I can just imagine some of the people nominating themselves for this... If Faaip, Samuel Vimes, AdamC, Brumby or Pratyush deign to nominate themselves, I'll endorse the nomination. :p
  17. Slow Love™

    Declining umpiring standards

    I'm not entirely sure that standards have slipped, as much as our ability to tell when they're wrong has become manifestly greater. I'd like to see a better incorporation of technology where it's helpful, but as we've all seen, opinions are very split on this, and we don't want to much...
  18. Slow Love™

    Jacques Kallis - Most Underrated Allrounder

    There's two different arguments taking place in this thread. One is that Kallis is an underrated all-rounder overall, and the other is more about how he's been performing in recent years. I do believe Kallis is probably underrated by many (including myself), and as Jono has argued before, it's...
  19. Slow Love™

    Australian Crowd Abuse made me stronger - Murali

    Yeah, exactly what I was thinking. By "not going here", I meant Murali's comments, not whether or not he should have come to Australia, Craig. Pretty much for the reason above. Many people (including many in Australia) have said that Murali should ignore the crowds, concentrate on winning...
  20. Slow Love™

    Australian Crowd Abuse made me stronger - Murali

    Am I the only person who thinks Murali probably shouldn't have gone here? And I speak as somebody supportive of him not wanting to put up with some of the more ridiculous abuse that gets thrown at him.

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