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  1. Slow Love™

    Bobby Simpson's Scathing Critique of Australian Cricket

    Yes, apart from pointing out the obvious that reams of editorial columns have already been devoted to, there's not an incredible amount of value in this article from Simpson. In truth, I think he was an excellent coach, and just what we needed (which you don't often get!) in those dark days...
  2. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** Super Series

    He was convicted of rape and sentenced to six years in prison, but was found not guilty on appeal.
  3. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** Super Series

    Ouch.
  4. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** Super Series

    He probably means in the sense that he's not a current sitting international captain, as well as the fact that Dravid would have been a more likely candidate, had he not been added to the squad late. (And in a choice between two not-so-great captains like Pollock and Lara, it might have been a...
  5. Slow Love™

    Opinions on The Super Series

    Hmm... I have enough of a hangup about nationalism for that not to be a massive, overriding factor in my interest in cricket (and pride in my country tends to exist more at some times than others - but I acknowledge that there's certainly nothing wrong with loving your country in of itself.)...
  6. Slow Love™

    Opinions on The Super Series

    Yes. Yes, it was. (Nope. :).)
  7. Slow Love™

    The Treatment of Mark Cosgrove

    LOL - that's a fair poo. It's been a while since I dropped a 4 kilo saussy (I bet I have at some stage, though). I agree with many of the sentiments in this thread - particularly the outrageousness of withdrawing Cosgrove's access to the team's trainers and dietician. Without knowing enough...
  8. Slow Love™

    Keep English cricket on Terrestrial TV

    It has been. :) http://forum.cricketweb.net/showthread.php?t=15150
  9. Slow Love™

    Opinions on The Super Series

    Yeah, and that's exactly what bothers me about the non-official games. There's an expectation that the public wants to see lots and lots of runs, and the games can't possibly finish early. And too often the bowlers are the victims of this contrived ideal. I also wouldn't mind some...
  10. Slow Love™

    Opinions on The Super Series

    Oh yeah - was this in reference to when you originally made the "False as a slut!!!" comment? It's just that you usually sound so calm, but that exclamation conjured up Rik Mayall yelling at Adrian Edmondson a la "The Young Ones", "Bottom", or "Mr Jolly Lives Next Door". They're a comedy duo.
  11. Slow Love™

    Opinions on The Super Series

    Which comment?
  12. Slow Love™

    Opinions on The Super Series

    He probably meant "Super Series related". In the sense that you run as much risk of this occurring in any "regular" ODI.
  13. Slow Love™

    Opinions on The Super Series

    Ha, well, at least opposing it on the basis that they're not "regular" teams makes more sense as an objection (it's fairly pedantic, but I shouldn't be surprised). And sorry about the sig change, mate. I did carry a torch for quite some time though, and it seemed like you'd disappeared. :p
  14. Slow Love™

    Opinions on The Super Series

    So why did you say to honestbharani, that the reason these matches shouldn't have official status was the same reasons WSC don't, and shouldn't? After all, these matches weren't devised by illicit means, are officially sanctioned, and have nothing to do with any rich landlord/entrepeneur.
  15. Slow Love™

    Opinions on The Super Series

    Hello Richard, nice to see you back, mate. :) I'll bite though. If you're cavalier enough with the record books to happily strip the ODI status of all one-dayers featuring teams not up to your standards, what's your objection criteria for the WSC matches having official status, given that it...
  16. Slow Love™

    Editing rules changed?

    Thanks, James. BTW, I just tried to write "a_nalysis" in another thread, and got censored... :p
  17. Slow Love™

    Opinions on The Super Series

    True - although the nature of reference books for a sport that's ongoing is that the statistics are perpetually changing. And the claim that "all this was true as of 1970" could still be maintained. (As a side issue, I wouldn't mind the World Series stuff being incorporated into official...
  18. Slow Love™

    Opinions on The Super Series

    Yeah, that was it. I think Slater steadfastly maintains that his figure is right though - oh well, as long as it works for him. :) Does anybody remember that odd game around '95 or '96 where Dean Jones played as part of a World XI vs Australia at the MCG? It was mainly notable because Jason...
  19. Slow Love™

    Opinions on The Super Series

    LOL. I remember Slater had his test cap number tattooed (and was there some talk that he'd got that wrong?) on his body - I guess this could be affected should somebody who only played in a game like that change what the number was. Either way, tattoos aside, I wouldn't see it as such a huge...
  20. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** Super Series

    I didn't know that... This might mean we Melbourne residents get to see more on TV, given the lower capacity than the G and the added chance of sellouts. :) And jlo, the Telstra Dome has a spectacular atmosphere when the roof is closed. I don't know whether they'll be closing the roof or not...
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