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  1. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** England in Pakistan

    Heh, true - although it depends on the extent of their ignorance in this instance. If all they were concerned with was whether Inzy was in his ground or not, and they had no clue that his evasion of the ball could be a factor, they'd have no reason to look it up. :p
  2. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** England in Pakistan

    Might be a morbid comment, but I think it's a successful defence fairly often in that context (not that it should be!). Anyhow, it obviously depends on the context - but when you're talking about laws (which I think Beleg was - I'm too lazy to go and look it up though), using the term...
  3. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** England in Pakistan

    I agree with the basic point, but I'm not sure how much of all this controversy would have been avoided by having more technology in the game.
  4. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** England in Pakistan

    It's very possible I won't end up disagreeing with any of it, mate. I was only surprised, 'cause I noticed you reacted extremely to Beleg in another thread around a week or two back, and he looked as confused as I was. We have our share of Joan Crawfords on the forum but I always thought he...
  5. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** England in Pakistan

    Can this thread get any better?
  6. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** England in Pakistan

    A serious question: has Eddie got Beleg confused with somebody else? I always find the guy to be very reasoned and calm, and it seemed obvious that his "Ban Hair" line was a joke. Probably a lot of frayed nerves after the day's play, maybe...
  7. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** England in Pakistan

    Ha, I'd forgotten about that. I think that was the only one-dayer the Sri Lankans won that series. The only other time I can remember a batsman recalled recently was Sherwin Campbell in the West Indies in '99. He was given out run out, and the disturbance at the ground was so great, the...
  8. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** England in Pakistan

    Oh, yeah. We saw similar hijinks out here over a decade later with Ranatunga and Ross Ermerson (who was never going to get an apology, like Rana did). In some ways it was worse, 'cause at one stage Ranatunga was physically shoving Emerson into the position he wanted him to stand in for...
  9. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** England in Pakistan

    Whatchu talkin' bout, Willis?
  10. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** England in Pakistan

    I've gotta get me some highlights of yesterday's play and today's. This stuff sounds insane. :)
  11. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** England in Pakistan

    Has anybody checked to see if Flintoff's all right??? (OK, sorry...)
  12. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** England in Pakistan

    Not offensive - hysterical. His articles always seem to be written in between bouts of hand-wringing and hanky-squeezing. God knows what is the whole "two wrongs don't make a right" thing at the end was supposed to suggest. Anyhow, I agreed with the general theme that all three umpires need...
  13. Slow Love™

    Latif wants action taken against Bell.

    Haven't seen the Bell "catch" - could it possibly be as egregious as Latif's though? I guess I'd have to see a replay to know. A minor quibble, but there is a distinct difference between "effectively ended his career" and just "ended his career". I think the Latif incident was enacted by a...
  14. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** England in Pakistan

    I've only seen the photo at cricinfo (which gives a clear enough indication that Inzy was definitely evading the ball) and I would also like to know, but I presume this question has not been answered yet. I had a few procedural questions related to this with some of the decision-making in the...
  15. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** England in Pakistan

    I thought the same. Very talented cricketer, IMO.
  16. Slow Love™

    Michael Clarke - all hype, no performance

    Yeah. I was gonna edit my post and add that I thought that Clarke's potential should afford him some degree of latitude - just that by now, I think it's been exhausted.
  17. Slow Love™

    British sports personality of the year

    Oh come on, he did as much for English sport this year as anybody.
  18. Slow Love™

    Michael Clarke - all hype, no performance

    Both definitions (picking the best immediate side and looking at the long-term future) are valid selection concerns, but neither provide a reason that Clarke shouldn't be dropped at this point. I'm not saying you shouldn't select on promise, or that a comparison of first class average is the...
  19. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** West Indies in Australia

    Actually, you can. He doesn't, though.
  20. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** England in Pakistan

    Might seem a bit of a thankless task, but you do a great service for those (like me) who can't watch any of the game. Cheers, mate.

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