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    How old are us CricketWeb members?

    How very nice of you to write those kind words, Swaranjeet. I too treasure the opportunities I had to to meet and talk with some of those great players of yesteryear. As I mention in my Web pages, Swaranjeet, I had the rare opportunity to meet some of those players by virtue of being a...
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    How old are us CricketWeb members?

    Thank you for that very nice welcome, Pratyush.
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    How old are us CricketWeb members?

    honestbharani, you wrote: Thanks for the information, James (I hope you don't mind me first naming you, sir.) My dad always says Lala was the finest all rounder India produced. I guess he must have had reasons, even though I still think he is wrong. HOw would u compare Kapil and Lala? Please...
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    My bat grip keeps slipping up!

    I would rather take a beating than re-grip a bat! The only solution I have found for a "sliding up grip" is to latch on to a substantial amount of rubber at the shoulder -- rotating around the handle -- and really stretch/muscle it down as you go around -- then after the rubber is well stretched...
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    How old are us CricketWeb members?

    Thank you for the welcome, honestbharani, you wrote: Welcome aboard, sir. I would like to know how good guys like Vinoo Mankad and Vijay Hazare and C.K.Nayudu were. I assume you may have seen them play live. Can u tell me how good they were? Because, these days all past players get better...
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    New Cricket Trivia - 'SJS format'

    Previously Jason wrote: Not "Puss" Achong is it? That brings back memories for me. When organized cricket competition was revived in England following the end of WW2 I became an avid Lancashire League fan. I followed Burnley, attending all of their matches -- home and away. Our professional...
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    How old are us CricketWeb members?

    "a massive zebra" wrote: Lovely to have you here. Did you ever manage to attend a Test Match in which Bradman was playing for Australia? Thank you for those warm words of welcome, "a massive zebra". As others pointed out I saw Bradman bat in two test matches. The 103 he hit at Headingley in...
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    ***Official*** Super Series

    From the Bad Word Filter page: The Cricket Web Team are commited to keeping the boards free of abusive behaviour, bad language, and certain behaviours we consider to be detrimental to the forums so people of all ages can enjoy themselves here. I certainly appreciate that -- thank you, James.
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    Whats Your Cricket Bat

    Well, the new bat seems to miss a lot more balls than the older one used to for some strange reason :) Actually the overall feel is about the same to me.
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    Whats Your Cricket Bat

    76 years young -- thanks for the welcome, Andyc..
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    Whats Your Cricket Bat

    About 70 years apart -- 1930s & 2000s Gunn & Moore cricket bats A cousin of mine gave me his Autograph model Gunn & Moore bat when he went into the RAF in 1939. I have used Gunn & Moore bats ever since -- partly out of brand loyalty, mostly because of their long standing reputation of high...
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    ICC 1 on windows xp?

    Roger.
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    ICC 1 on windows xp?

    It depends on what Browser you are using. It sounds like you are using MSIE 5/6.xx Firefox allows for easy incremental text size changing via Ctrl + for increase and Ctrl - for decrease. Font reverts to normal size automatically when programs are exited. Firefox is a very easy free download...
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    Players Dream teams and opinions......

    I don't know what a reasonable level is, zinzan, but I have been a local league leg-break bowler for many years. James
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    How old are us CricketWeb members?

    Hi, SJS, you wrote: None of the above Yes -- I was born 28 August 1929 --- been in love with cricket all of my life. James
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    How old are us CricketWeb members?

    76
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    How many forum members actually don't play cricket?

    I have been a leg break bowler for 66 years although these days I bowl (daily at a single stump) mostly for practice and exercise. Although cricket is not much followed in the United States, we do have occasional (mostly five aside) informal matches in local parks here (double end stumps and...
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    Players Dream teams and opinions......

    Players I saw in person that captured my imagination (and remain vividly in my mind) because of their skill, elegance, personality and charisma: Batters: Don Bradman - Australia Sid Barnes - Australia Lindsay Hassett - Australia Walter Hammond - England Dennis Compton - England Eddie Paynter -...
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