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  1. Slow Love™

    Players you most like to watch

    Off the top of my head... Most inspirational: Definitely Steve Waugh, he was my idol. Enjoy centuries the most (currently): Lara for his finesse, and Inzy for his attitude. Gilly, too. Most exciting: apart from anyone already mentioned, probably The Shoaib when he's on fire. And Warne in...
  2. Slow Love™

    *Official* Warne vs Murali Discussion

    And by all means we can criticize those laws, because in hindsight, they were wrong (in the sense that they were based on the false assumption that the vast majority of bowlers were not straightening their arms during delivery). Hell, if people want to criticize Hair on his general umpiring...
  3. Slow Love™

    Australian XI: 1995-2005

    I'd have Langer come in for Taylor, and I'd think seriously about bringing Boon in for Healy (and pushing everybody after the openers down the order). And I'd most likely throw in Fleming in preference to McDermott, because of his greater movement (I'm assuming all choices are at good fitness)...
  4. Slow Love™

    *Official* Warne vs Murali Discussion

    Firstly, why do you claim that the optical illusion is only picked up by two people? It was picked up by many people around the world who thought his action looked very dubious, and was used as a defence by those defending Murali. Secondly, my recall is that NOBODY back in '96 was saying "you...
  5. Slow Love™

    *Official* Warne vs Murali Discussion

    Actually, I only intended to defend Hair, because Emerson's behaviour (pre-meditated calling and not noticing when Murali was bowling leg-breaks) is far more problematic. Serves me right for not reading properly, as social snuck that one in on me. But why couldn't I defend an umpire when the...
  6. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** South Africa in Australia

    I could have sworn I saw it reported on ABC's news tonight that Kallis wasn't playing. But Cricinfo and Foxsports are still calling it as an even chance to be decided tomorrow morning.
  7. Slow Love™

    Children's Cricket Stories

    LOL. It seems like so far quite a few nerds and misfit type characters have been suggested - perhaps a more average gentle-giant type character with brute strength but a good nature could be in there. Any place in the story for a girl? I never read these kinds of things as a kid, and what...
  8. Slow Love™

    Cricket Web Downtime

    Another hour-and-a-half or so of downtime tonight for me.
  9. Slow Love™

    *Official* Warne vs Murali Discussion

    Yeah, you're right, and your second phrase is what I should have said. It all adds up to being inadequately equipped to accurately (and fairly) enforce that aspect of the game's laws. This is just a matter of perspective. You don't have to accept that the game's authorities knew that...
  10. Slow Love™

    *Official* Warne vs Murali Discussion

    C_C, I actually agree that Murali copped a raw deal, and it was unfortunate that he was perpetually attacked for something that clearly at the very least many bowlers have been doing (pretty much the great majority if we are talking about any level of straightening of the arm whatsoever). If...
  11. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** South Africa in Australia

    I think the Aussies should ensure that Fat Gray and his mob get the kind of welcome to Perth that Anthony Mundine got the other night... I kid, I kid.... :p
  12. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** South Africa in Australia

    Australia and South Africa hit back at ICC May attacks 'hollow ring' of Speed rhetoric This crap from the ICC is really lame, IMO. For god's sake, punish the people who are breaking the laws of conduct on the field, but leave this kind of harmless verbal sparring pre-series alone. What on...
  13. Slow Love™

    Wasim says ICC is run by whites

    I have to fess up, I cannot stand the man. It's one thing to stand up for your countrymen, and I respect that. But IMO, Ranatunga frequently played the game in a terrible spirit, he's a loudmouth idiot who insults an entire country in order to get payback on one player (which would have been...
  14. Slow Love™

    Wasim says ICC is run by whites

    Oy! You guys will have your backs to the wall when the revolution comes. :p
  15. Slow Love™

    Wasim says ICC is run by whites

    Yeah, but I don't think honestbharani's point was about whether the Indians or Sri Lankans were less egregious appealers than the Australians, South Africans, etc. It was about the fact that Procter assumes that being polite and quiet is part of their cultural identity, and being louder and...
  16. Slow Love™

    Cabin Fever - English Excuses.

    What is all this "embracing the culture" business? Steve Waugh most likely has, when it comes to India - but he spends a lot of time there outside of cricket tours. I'm not sure what that has to do with the rest of the side. And as Brumby pointed out, it's extremely dodgy to talk about Waugh...
  17. Slow Love™

    Wasim says ICC is run by whites

    You're exactly right. Proctor probably sees his comments as cultural sensitivity, but in reality, it's allowing those guys to do it (because it's their "nature" to play the game aggressively) and not allowing other teams to do it (because it's not in theirs?). Either decide the behaviour's...
  18. Slow Love™

    Problems accessing CW

    You ought to be able to append the path to the IP - ie: http://70.86.92.103/forum/showthread.php?p=667361#post667361 It means you've just got to copy the link to your address bar and splice the IP in (it might also make you login again to post, 'cause the cookies you have will be for the...
  19. Slow Love™

    Wasim says ICC is run by whites

    Good to see Mani's so quick to respond indignantly to Wasim's stupid comments though. If only he was as quick to respond and condemn the ZCU. In fact, he could have used the fact that he's willing to apologize for Mugabe's henchmen no matter what they do as a rebuttal to Wasim's comments...
  20. Slow Love™

    Cricket Web Downtime

    Yeah, just experienced the same, here (I posted in the other thread)...

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