Battle of the Infamous

[weldone]

Azharuddin was probably worse than all Indians in that list IMO. I know there are many match-fixers in that list, but India deserved to have a representative as well.

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Think Asif is going to win this one for sure.

 

[uvelocity]

Azharuddin was probably worse than all Indians in that list IMO. I know there are many match-fixers in that list, but India deserved to have a representative as well.

fear not, the indians on the list are plenty ****y enough

 

[morgieb]

Azharuddin was probably worse than all Indians in that list IMO. I know there are many match-fixers in that list, but India deserved to have a representative as well.

Who won the Azhar battle?

EDIT: Looks like Gilchrist. In most other battles Azhar would've cruised.

 

[DriveClub]

How isn't Stuart Broad in this one? That petulant little brat threw the ball at a pakistani batsman I think and injured his hand. I smell some pommie favoritism

 

[fredfertang]

How isn't Stuart Broad in this one? That petulant little brat threw the ball at a pakistani batsman I think and injured his hand. I smell some pommie favoritism

Possibly because you didn't nominate him?

Have to say one of the reasons* why this Battle is much more fun than most on here is that nationalistic lines appear to have been ignored - I for one would be happy to acknowledge that Broad deserved a place on the starting grid (though I don't think he'd be worth a place in the last 16)

*main reason of course is the sterling and impartial efforts of LHC to make it entertaining

 

[Daemon]

Indeed, LHC's taken a good concept and run with it extremely well to make it one of the better battles on CW.

Morgie's also done a great job in the BotTMatches.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Since he's got a solid lead here, Barnacle gets a reprieve.

To salve Fred's conscience a bit, I found a Telegraph anti-obituary where he's slightly more of a **** than commonly averred. Features beamers, youthful stroppiness and active disappointment at not being part of the leg-theory age.

As the article says he was really just more of a pragmatist than a romantic and that does not necessarily a **** make. Although deliberately bowling beamers does definitely crossed the border into the realms of ****ishness, he at least had enough about him to own up to what is (IMHO, obz) a fairly common but largely unacknowledged practice.

Sloppy factchecking tho, 99.94% sure this wrong:

In the wake of Jardine’s ‘Bodyline’ assault - which involved a short-pitched attack at the batsman’s chest and head - lbw was declared impossible against balls that pitched outside leg stump.

I'm pretty sure it's never been possible to get an LBW decision when a ball has pitched outside leg, has it?

 

[Howe_zat]

According to wikipedia the earliest drafts of the law emphasised the batsman being given out only if the ball was "straight", which was later changed to wicket-to-wicket, and it wasn't until 1937 that you could be given out with a ball that pitched outside off.

 

[fredfertang]

I'm pretty sure it's never been possible to get an LBW decision when a ball has pitched outside leg, has it?

No it hasn't, remarkable gaffe from the torygraph, let's hope they are all distracted as they have some inside knowledge and are all busy preparing the iron haradan's obituary

 

[fredfertang]

According to wikipedia the earliest drafts of the law emphasised the batsman being given out only if the ball was "straight", which was later changed to wicket-to-wicket, and it wasn't until 1937 that you could be given out with a ball that pitched outside off.

Didn't I put up a feature about the history of the lbw law? I do recall writing one - I'll have a look

edit :- yes I did, not my most exhilarating work by any means, but it's all there

 

[Howe_zat]

No it hasn't, remarkable gaffe from the torygraph, let's hope they are all distracted as they have some inside knowledge and are all busy preparing the iron haradan's obituary

I've been told most newspapers have obituaries for elderly or ill famous people prepared long in advance in case they happen to bite the dust, and just update them when they do something interesting.

 

[fredfertang]

I've been told most newspapers have obituaries for elderly or ill famous people prepared long in advance in case they happen to bite the dust, and just update them when they do something interesting.

Indeed, but I have a feeling in my water that this one will be needed very soon - and I have of course already prepared the OP for the thread I will start when the news breaks - it's pretty short though, and most of what there is will fall foul of the filter, though as it will be such a special occasion I may decide to **** the infraction and do some filter avoidance anyway

 

[Howe_zat]

I always suspected that her entire career may have been an attempt to bait you into an infraction.

 

[grecian]

Just play this vid, it'll be on repeat for me on that blessed day.....

 

[fredfertang]

I always suspected that her entire career may have been an attempt to bait you into an infraction.

That thought had never occurred to me, but I have little doubt you are correct - jeez I hate her even more now, or at least I would if that were possible, and even though I have somewhat derailed this thread, **** me its the appropriate one to derail

 

[BeeGee]

I was scanning through this thread...must say LongHopCassidy is in top form here...

AWTA. Gun thread.

 

[BeeGee]

Picking an all Pakistan final. Asif v Malik.

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Picking an all Pakistan final. Asif v Malik.

Happy that we will finally win something in a legit way.

 

[Cevno]

Imran won the BOTC last time.