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  1. GuyFromLancs

    GuyFromLanc’s All Time (actually from 1990) XI

    This has taken some serious thought. So be kind - 1. Gooch When I first started watching cricket, in about 1990, this guy was like a god to me. The moustache alone was worthy of deity-like status, but the visibly enormous powers of concentration, aura, and the way he could wield his bat when...
  2. GuyFromLancs

    Playing Conditions in Australia

    What do people think of the theory that the playing conditions in Aus indicate that England will have a better time down under than they did here in old Blighty? And there is some emprical evidence for this - the Bradman-esq performance of Cook in the last series for instance. It has been...
  3. GuyFromLancs

    Will KP retire after the ashes?

    Part of me (more than part of me in fact) thinks he'll retire, should England win down under. Especuially if he plays well - say a couple of centuries and dragging his average up to (almost) 50. It wouldn't surprise me if he'd consider 104 tests, 25 centuries, and say 8300 runs at 49 to be...
  4. GuyFromLancs

    Lost Generation?

    Read an excellent article in the Daily Telegraph by Michael Holding today - in it he mentions something that occured to me a few week ago. Bearing in mind I don't follow Austrlaian cricket as devotedly as some, it struck me that Australia have a legion of youngsters who aren't actually very...
  5. GuyFromLancs

    Test Cricket Teams Needed - Apply Within

    The recent events seem to be compounding an on-going issue - the dearth of test-worthy nations in the sacred game. I count 5 at the moment. England Australia South Africa India Sri Lanka ....consider that Aus are weaker than they have been in the past 18 years. India are about to lose a...
  6. GuyFromLancs

    Am I a better Batsman than Chris Martin?

    I averaged about 18 in the local league last season with a top score of 60. Every team has 1 pro including a few ODI players. In a 20/20 cup match last year I blasted 27 from 10 balls. What do you think?
  7. GuyFromLancs

    Strange Statistics

    I always wondered why Michael Slater was so poor in ODIs (average 23 and 0 centuries) when he was such an aggressive batsman in tests. In the today's game the same could be said of Matt Prior. Are there any other instances that spring to mind?
  8. GuyFromLancs

    Offspin- The Future?

    For years now they've been telling us that the art of Off Spin is on its last legs. But I bet if someone said 30 years ago that in 2010 England will have an offy at number 2 in the world rankings and the team that has spend 15 years a clear division above everyone else will also be employing a...
  9. GuyFromLancs

    England Since 1990 XI

    Just thought I'd throw an England XI since roughly I started watching the game. 1. Gooch 2. Trescothick 3. Vaughan 4. Pieterson 5. Thorpe 6. Stewart 7. Flintoff 8. Swann 9. Gough 10. Caddick 11. Hoggard Atherton just edged out. Stewart may have to be moved elsewhere in the order. Despite only...
  10. GuyFromLancs

    Shocking Declines

    Does Ian Botham represent one of the worst declines among test cricketers in the past 50 years? Test Matches played = 102 First 51 Batting- Average 38.8. 11 Centuries Bowling- 231 wickets @ 23.06 Second 51 Batting - Average = 28.86 3 Centuries...
  11. GuyFromLancs

    The Worst Batsman You've Seen

    I don't wish to pick on Chris Martin. He is a very decent bowler in a struggling test side, but as a batsman he may well be the very worst I've seen. At least McGrath could defend sometimes, and Walsh could strike out on occasion, as can Murali. Even Tuffers and Monty are a notch ahead. Has...
  12. GuyFromLancs

    Worst Selection Decisions

    I am sure there have been worse than this, but pre-2006-07 Ashes I remember it being announced that Fletcher had lost the plot and done the following: Jones in for Read- Jones was a poor wicket keeper who could on occasion look good with the bat. Read was a far superior keeper who didn't look...
  13. GuyFromLancs

    Flintoff's Bowling

    A number of people and a number of times I heard Flintoff praised as one of the very best quicks in the world post 04/05. Warne, Boycott, Langer to name a few. But why does he not have the stats to prove it? My theory- Flintoff was mainly raised as a containment bowler, trundling in 78mph-ers...
  14. GuyFromLancs

    Cheering the Opposition

    Just reminded myself of something when I made a post on India's tour of England in the summer of 2007. It's not often I cheer the oppoistion in any cirumstances, but I can think of one significant time I did it in this tour: - I was on my hols in Tenerife with the missus, and got talking to...
  15. GuyFromLancs

    Michael Vaughan- Jekyll and Hyde?

    What is his legacy as a player. Did he fulfill his potential? Take the positives- - Superbly elegant in full flow - Great cover driver and puller - Great Captain - Good test century-test match ratio for an Englishman - Once he got to 50 you really fancied him for 100 Negatives- - He...
  16. GuyFromLancs

    Did India Waste Their Talent

    I've been watching cricket for almost 20 years and for much of that time Australia have been a clear division above the rest. Certainly since about 1996 anyway, but when we look back in another 10-15 years I think many will look at the great individual talent India has had, with the bat...
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