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  1. Shaggy Alfresco

    Origins of cricket on the subcontinent

    I was talking to an Irish friend of mine about the possibility of test cricket coming to Ireland and also countries like Kenya, the Netherlands and Canada. I told him that historically cricket spread with the white anglo settlers of the British Empire...except in the strange case of south Asia...
  2. Shaggy Alfresco

    Shaggee's England Story [ICC2008 - 2018/9 Ashes]

    England come into the Ashes in disarray. The once vaunted best side in the world was humiliated by a 2-0 loss to Zimbabwe at home, and then 2-0 up in the first two tests against the West Indies managed to lose twice in the fourth and fifth tests (by 1 run!) to draw the series. Australia, for...
  3. Shaggy Alfresco

    China thread

    1st in the medals table might be a little unrealistic, but I think they're a good bet for 2nd at least.
  4. Shaggy Alfresco

    Cricketing knights

    A quick question: are there any players alive today that you think deserve a knighthood for services to cricket? I would say Brian Lara for one.
  5. Shaggy Alfresco

    Michael "Munday" Jesus

    :notworthy Took 123 wickets this season.
  6. Shaggy Alfresco

    The 11 countries XI

    Here's an XI I made using 1 player from each test-playing nation, and the 11th being picked from non-test playing nations. Can anyone make a better XI? B. Richards (SAF) Gavaskar (IND) Bradman (AUS) Hammond (ENG) Sobers (WI) A. Flower (ZIM) Imran (PAK) Hadlee (NZL) Rafique (BAN) Murali (SRI)...
  7. Shaggy Alfresco

    FAO: Australians

    Which do you find more important: winning a test series against India, or beating England in the Ashes?
  8. Shaggy Alfresco

    Cruise, marry or sleep with (cricketing version)

    (Inspired by the Australia in Sri Lanka thread) There are three past or present (living, no corpses please) international cricketers who will be given. Out of these three, there are coincidentally three options you have for them. One you must take on a around-the-world cruise with you. The...
  9. Shaggy Alfresco

    Robin Smith vs Rohit Sharma

    Who is the better left-arm seamer?
  10. Shaggy Alfresco

    Nasser Hussain vs Michael Vaughan

    Who is (was?) the better captain?
  11. Shaggy Alfresco

    Cricket on the moon

    While out walking the dog, I started considering the possibility of playing cricket on the moon, and what it would be like. Here is what I came up with: No overcast conditions or cloud cover, and absolutely no moisture. Unlikely for the ball to swing. You would be more likely to find grass on...
  12. Shaggy Alfresco

    Player burnout

    The blight of cricket. http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/slveng/content/current/story/315090.html What an idiot. Nothing can express how angry I am at him saying that.
  13. Shaggy Alfresco

    Left-handed all time Test XI

    Help me out here. So far I've put down Anwar Hayden Pollock Lara Border (c) Sobers Gilchrist (wk) Akram Davidson Johnston Bedi
  14. Shaggy Alfresco

    England Test XI of the past 10 years

    I was bored just now, so to keep myself occupied I made a best England Test XI of the past 10 years, in the hope it would stimulate a cerebral and entertaining debate. Thoughts? Atherton Vaughan Hussain (c) Thorpe Pietersen Stewart (wk) Flintoff Hoggard Caddick Gough Panesar
  15. Shaggy Alfresco

    Sutcliffe

    Everyone talks about how Jack Hobbs was the greatest opening batsman ever, but what about Herbert Sutcliffe, his opening partner who is more impressive statistically? Why does Sutcliffe have superior stats, yet is regarded as the lesser batsman? Is it because Hobbs gave his wicket away to a...
  16. Shaggy Alfresco

    Why is everyone so against Scaly piscine?

    i dont know much about him but im just wondering why so many people on this webside hate Scaly piscine?
  17. Shaggy Alfresco

    Batting/bowling and captaincy

    Why is it that there are far more batting captains than bowling/all-rounder captains? Fleming, Ponting, Vaughan, Smith, Dravid, Inzi, Jayawardene, Lara, all batsmen. Why is it? Are batsmen inherently better captains than bowlers, is it hard to captain and bowl at the same time?
  18. Shaggy Alfresco

    Ireland's chances

    What are the chances of Ireland qualifying for the Super 8's? Is it possible they could beat Pakistan or the Windies?
  19. Shaggy Alfresco

    How good was W.G. Grace?

    Could anyone tell me?

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