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  1. Slow Love™

    Michael Lewis

    Bwahahahaha! This really made me laugh out loud.
  2. Slow Love™

    Neutral umpires - are they working?

    It doesn't really matter that much, 'cause it's really a question of availability anyway. What you probably desire is that in the games you care about most (ie tests featuring Australia), we have access to the best umpires (which, by implication, are Aussie umpires). I don't think it's the...
  3. Slow Love™

    Fairly frequent downtime - any possible solutions?

    Nah, I'm with Internode. And I'm sure I've seen other folks complain about access here and there, and there still seems to be an unacceptable amount of dowtime in the context of today's 99.9% uptime guarantees, etc. Generally when it's down though, the first thing I do is go to proxify.com...
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    Fairly frequent downtime - any possible solutions?

    Dunno if I'm the only one, but I find cricketweb to be down or inaccessible reasonably often. Sometimes it's only for half an hour or so, sometimes it's for hours on end. It's actually not uncommon at all for me to try and read a post (or submit one) and find the site's down for a couple of...
  5. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** West Indies in Australia

    On the "running down the pitch" issue - I've never been totally sold on this as such an offence. I understand the argument - that it intimidates the umpire, because, should he say, "not out", everybody will whirl around and demonstrably show dissent. I think that's the problem though - we...
  6. Slow Love™

    Chappell fingering fans

    There may well be only one person in the whole world that bought that story. :p
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    ***Official*** West Indies in Australia

    Strangely, the reference to Warne being reported for dissent is now missing from the cricinfo bulletin. And there appears to be no reference to it whatsoever at foxsports.
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    ***Official*** West Indies in Australia

    IMO, what makes the difference is the conduct after a decision is given (usually against the bowler, obviously). I have a very high tolerance actually for demonstrations of disappointment by a bowler. A bowler goes up, gets excited, pleads for the decision - and when it's not given, bows his...
  9. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** West Indies in Australia

    I just read that - it's hidden away in the bulletin for the day. Surprised there isn't a headline, perhaps it'll happen later in the day (or night, depending on your timezone). Been a long time coming, though.
  10. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** West Indies in Australia

    Not me!!! :p (I think I've even delivered this speech myself before...)
  11. Slow Love™

    Chappell fingering fans

    Perhaps a more salient question, other than "how offensive is being given the finger in India?" is "Why is Chappell so inept at handling the media?" I mean seriously... "I do not think I need to specify the reason to you."
  12. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** West Indies in Australia

    So did I, although it was at the expense of Hayden. :shy: Bit of a rotter of a performance by the Windies though, letting a potential hundred-or-so lead go so easily after they'd done so much hard work. And that throw at the stumps from Powell was one of the most limp-wristed efforts I've ever...
  13. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** West Indies in Australia

    So, anybody give the West Indians a chance in this game, given the fair possibility of Australia perhaps having a moderate chase for victory batting last? :) Didn't get to see much of the play today, but great stuff from Lara to break Border's record.
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    Taibu Quits Zimbabwean Cricket

    Do you mean in an imperial sense? Maybe, although the irony of this particular situation is that one of the most thrown-around arguments against any intervention as far as Zimbabwe is concerned (as I think, Henry Olonga pointed out) is that it would be motivated by imperialism. Obviously...
  15. Slow Love™

    Where does Lara rate?

    Hard to know whether to rank him as number two ever. I'd have him above Viv in the West Indian pantheon though. Best I've seen in my time watching cricket, anyhow.
  16. Slow Love™

    George Best

    RIP. I've only been really aware of Best peripherally, usually within the context of his lifestyle as much as for his football skills. And I've never really been a fan of soccer (sorry). But I was watching a report last night, and I was actually really amazed at his skills. His problems with...
  17. Slow Love™

    Taibu Quits Zimbabwean Cricket

    Aaargh, this makes me so angry. The ICC is an embarrasment to the sport.
  18. Slow Love™

    Top of the world? - You're havin' a laugh

    Got no idea what greg was getting at either.
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    Chappell fingering fans

    LOL. Unfortunate thread title. I'm presuming the Indian fans were giving him the obligatory jeering after they went down by 10 wickets...
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    ***Official*** England in Pakistan

    I'm a little disappointed for Pakistan, 'cause it seems implausible they could keep turning the screws like this on England, and should the Poms come good in the last, I think England will be a little happier with 1-1 after it all than Pakistan will (even if they'd have been less happy with it...

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