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  1. Slow Love™

    Opinions on The Super Series

    I'm far too young (I was a year old at the time) to have seen Sobers' double century in Melbourne (or remember Lillee's scalps for that matter) in that '71 series. Were those matches contested in the kind of spirit comparable to a match of official status? And if so, would this disjoint be...
  2. Slow Love™

    Editing rules changed?

    I know, but K_P was just asking a question, and you sounded so sure. :)
  3. Slow Love™

    Opinions on The Super Series

    I'll echo archie mac's opinion to a degree - obviously at this stage, the World XI won't be taking on an Australian team anywhere near as strong as when this thing was envisioned, and that's a shame. But timing of events such as this can be very difficult.. Anyhow though, I find the prospect...
  4. Slow Love™

    Editing rules changed?

    OK, that makes sense. I knew Marc's explanation sounded hokey. :p Any possiblity of going back to 2 or 3 minutes? It'll make some of us look less anal... EDIT: LOL, I managed to write "anal" and not get censored.
  5. Slow Love™

    Chappell Wants Ganguly Out - Emails BCCI.

    According to Sambit Bal, this is (in the shrillest voice possible) "cynical at the best and a shameful abdication of moral values at the worst!!!!" 8-) But anyhow, this article corresponds with a lot of my thoughts on the matter. Maybe (if Ganguly is removed, as he should be), Chappell will...
  6. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** Super Series

    Wow, what a great hissy fit from Inzy! I said to my wife when I read the news that he'd almost definitely reverse his decision and play in the end. There's probably two possible causes for his tantrum - one is that Pakistan had assured him that he'd be playing in both teams, and he'd...
  7. Slow Love™

    Editing rules changed?

    So it's whether or not a post has been seen then? I gather this must have changed in some way over the last week or so though, 'cause there's a definite difference in the time you get more recently
  8. Slow Love™

    Super Series

    Thanks, James. :)
  9. Slow Love™

    Pathan has come of age!

    He was very exciting during the VB series in Australia in '04, and he had some great little duels with Hayden, in particular. Might've been the leading wicket-taker, too. It's probably the case that the premature comparisons to Wasim Akram are what annoys people, but the media and his cheer...
  10. Slow Love™

    Chappell Wants Ganguly Out - Emails BCCI.

    "At no stage did I ask Mr Ganguly to step down from the captaincy of the Indian team" "On the basis of this and other observations and comments from players in the squad about the unsettling effect Sourav was having on the group I suggested to Sourav that he should consider stepping down from...
  11. Slow Love™

    Battle of the Cricketers

    I am actually really surprised by all the votes for Gilchrist in this matchup - even though Gilly is my second fave player to watch in the Australian team, after Warne. Surely, in an era in which bat dominates the ball to such a degree, with so many batsmen with very high averages, a bowler...
  12. Slow Love™

    Battle of the Cricketers

    You nailed it, mate. Sorry, Sir Richard. Brian Lara
  13. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** Super Series

    I dunno how easy it would be to adjudicate on both, but yeah, presuming they could, that would free up the field umpires even more. No argument from me there.
  14. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** Super Series

    You mean there were a few called in the Ashes just played? I would have thought this would have resulted in some attention in the coverage, 'cause practically every noball got a replay... Anyhow, I guess it's just not considered a priority in the scheme of things, and it's called very rarely...
  15. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** Super Series

    Ah, fair enough, good spotting. Although that's not "the back foot rule" I was speaking of, in the sense of how the rule for no-balls used to exist before the front-foot law was enacted. It's obvious however that it's no longer policed. My question is serious though, because I can't...
  16. Slow Love™

    Chappell Wants Ganguly Out - Emails BCCI.

    No argument with any of this - I am just a little perplexed at some of the insistence from some quarters that Chappell did nothing wrong, or that his conduct was thoroughly professional, 'cause I wouldn't say it was. One thing that confuses me a tad is exactly how Chappell expected Ganguly to...
  17. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** Super Series

    It's the way no-balls used to be called. It was superceded by the front foot law some 40 years ago, 'cause bowlers were dragging their back foot past the line during the last bit of the delivery stride. The point being, the technology doesn't have to worry about what's going on with the back...
  18. Slow Love™

    ***Official*** Super Series

    When was the last time you saw a back-foot noball called?
  19. Slow Love™

    Martyn dropped from test squad

    By this logic, any hack could expect to take bags of wickets as long as they're bowling with "3 very tight bowlers". But generally you will find that if a bowler is a weak link in a strong lineup, they'll just get attacked and get hit and come off with poor figures - you are stretching the...
  20. Slow Love™

    Chappell Wants Ganguly Out - Emails BCCI.

    Well, none of this impacts on how plausible it is that Chappell really meant to motivate Ganguly by his comments - which he's publicly acknowledged that he made. But beyond this, I think Chappell is being let off too easily in some quarters. Which is the point some on this forum are trying to...

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