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    ***Official*** Bangladesh in England

    Hi Langeveldt Sorry but I thought I covered the point socio-whatever angle. The income for whom? The Bangladeshi cricketers - er, well compared to other nations their income is meagre, but then possibly it is not so meagre when compared to average earnnings in that poor country; the...
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    ***Official*** Bangladesh in England

    So, Bangladesh managed to escape being roasted in two days. The whole thing makes an utter mockery of the term 'Test Match'. 'Twas neither a test, nor was it a match, and this is how it always will be because Bangladesh are simply 3rd rate (and that's being kind). I don't blame th players -...
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    Who Is The Best English Batsman of All-Time?

    You made it relevant, kiddo. Tell me, do you know anything about the game? Since what virtually all you say is sheer unadulterated codswallop I think not. Marc got it about right, but it's not just the acting like a schoolkid - hell, we all enjoy being one of those from time to time! - but...
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    Who Is The Best English Batsman of All-Time?

    Absolutely. For anyone to suggest otherwise is just being ridiculous. And in fact it does not matter whether the bowler has a a history of injury - as Freddie undoubtedly has - or not. For any bowler to bowl how he wants (ie the optimum) everything has to be 100% right, or bang goes the...
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    Who Is The Best English Batsman of All-Time?

    Well, that's very nice of you to say so! I take your point about visiting the site more often. Wish I could, is all I can say at the moment. Peter :wub: :beer:
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    Who Is The Best English Batsman of All-Time?

    Well, what a kindergarden party this thread has turned out to be, and here I was thinking we were all mature individuals. Ho hum. For what it's worth I voted for Sir Jack. There's never been a batsman like him - the stats tell the story, or just part of it. Technically he was streets ahead...
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    Best England team, ever?

    Oh dear oh dear! It is a universally held wisdom that the great bowlers would be great bowlers no matter era they played in; the same goes for the batsmen, although I do wonder how well some of today's batters would have coped on a true sticky, which is why I would always have Sir Jack Hobbs as...
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    England's flight to Harare cancelled

    Neil - I cannot find a website for the merchant bankers who think the game of cricket is safe in their hands. Why is that? Am I not looking properly, or do they by some strange flashing sign in their collective stegosaurus-sized walnut realise that if they did have one (website, that is, not...
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    Best England team, ever?

    I would agree there. Jim Laker was one of our greatest spin bowlers, along with Verity and Freeman. As for WG, Camel's made a good point about all of us omitting him, but who on earth can I take out of my eleven? And there's the rub... we are all going to have our views and even our own views...
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    Greatest chucker in business (apart from murali)

    I agree totally that this has become very silly. Lordy, I can remember the good ole days when Meckiff, Griffin and Griffiths were (literally) hurling the ball at the poor sodding batsmen. Greatest thing to happen at the time was that Griffin was no-balled out of the game. Why does not happen...
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    Arrogant English

    «What a bunch of arrogant stuck up selfish hypochites.» Takes one to know one. Christ, do I get totally hacked off by such adolescent garbage. Get a life a grow up, why don't you.
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    Best England team, ever?

    Just to be a little off the wall here: J B Hobbs H Sutcliffe K S Ranjitsinji W R Hammond C B Fry L E G Ames W Rhodes G Hirst S F Barnes T Richardson (1000 wickets in 4 years!) A P Freeman Just my three-ha'pence worth! Peter
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    Ganguly's Suspension - Great news!

    Mmmmm.... never have taken to him myself. He's always seemed a little too pleased with himself. No doubt Dalmiya & Co have decided that Clive Lloyd was out of order in suspending Ganguly; if so then that's a dereliction of duty to the greater good of the game. Watching test and internaitonal...
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    Zimbabwe Rebels give in

    I agree totally. There are still so many questions that could and should be asked of the ICC's head-in-the-sand attitude to this whole affair. None of them should be anywhere near being in charge of the game we love so passionately. Peter
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    Zimbabwe Cricket

    I think it's all to do with a 3 letter word that begins with O and ends with L. I've been reading through what you guys are saying and it echoes what I've always said about the Zim situation. I even think what Mugabe's doing is worse than the worst excesses of apartheid - I see no difference...
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    Who are Your Fav commentators?

    I'll go with the first part.. You just cannot beat Richie - his silences say more than most commentators can cram into 100 words. Won't comment on Indian commentators - don't know any. Maybe when I hit the Sky bullet....... Peter
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    Is Pietersen a team player?

    The big money is on Hants right now, and I do mean big in that they are offering KP £100k. As some have said, what was going on at Notts was kept very much under wraps. I too heard about the Gallian episode. Spoke volumes for someone who as captain should have been able to handle a situation...
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    ICC to rebel players: You lied

    :p Absolutely, Scaly!
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    ICC to rebel players: You lied

    Hey, SJ, sorry if I misunderstood what you meant in your earlier post. I agree absolutely with what you say. I think everyone who has posted on this thread are very much in agreement over the spinelessness of sports administrators. Scaly has made a very good point re the swingeing fines the...
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    ICC to rebel players: You lied

    Ah, but SJ, it is he who has made it impossible for your 'decent' and 'right-thinking' Zimbabweans, black and white, to live free lives - at least not free in the way that you and I consider it. And to answer Brumby, I don't know about PW but Verwoerd, the founding father of apartheid, was...

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