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Cricket stuff that doesn't deserve its own thread

Chubb

Chubb

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Molehill said:
Is Murray Goodwin another possible? Certainly won a CC with Sussex, also played FC Cricket in Aus, Zim and SA.
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Goodwin didn't play a lot of FC in Zimbabwe. He played in one season for Mashonaland 98-99. I assumed they won the Logan Cup that year, because they usually did, but they lost out to Matabeleland.

The names of the Zimbabwe first class teams are not the only reason I started following them back in 2000, but they are a reason.
 
Victor Ian

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Burgey said:
For about 15-20 years starting in about the late 1980s, nearly every international player wore sunnies in the field. Now it seems a lot less of them do, and I wonder why it’s gone out of style
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I like to think I started the sunglasses trend.

I walked onto the field wearing sunnies one day. The captain tells me to take them off. I ask why and he says so I can see the ball better...I might drop a catch or something. I tell him I won't and I can see better if I'm not squinting...I'll take them off if I drop a catch. I don't think I dropped anything that season.

Next summer Dean Jones (I think) is wearing sunnies on the field during the ODI series. Word had gotten out.

I've no idea why it's gone out of style. I haven't played since the 90s so I don't know who they take their cues from now.
 
andruid

andruid

Cricketer Of The Year
I have been watching alot of ICC sub regional qualifiers via their live stream of late. It bothers me how much their Kenya based commentary describes damn near every delivery of a good length as a yorker.
 
Q

Qlder

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How come England always play so many more Tests than any other country?

They are currently playing their 9th Test since July (3 vs WI, SL and Pak). Next they have 3 vs NZ in Nov/Dec so they'll have played 12 Tests in only 6 months.
 
Chubb

Chubb

International Regular
Qlder said:
How come England always play so many more Tests than any other country?

They are currently playing their 9th Test since 10th July (3 vs WI, SL and Pak). Next they have 3 vs NZ in Nov/Dec so they'll have played 12 Tests in only 6 months.
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Because they play in the northern summer and tests remain a big money earner for them, unlike many boards.
 
Q

Qlder

International Regular
Still crazy amount of Tests though. Someone can debut and within 6 months they can crack the 1000 runs and/or 50 wicket milestones
 
Chubb

Chubb

International Regular
Qlder said:
Still crazy amount of Tests though. Someone can debut and within 6 months they can crack the 1000 runs and/or 50 wicket milestones
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I agree, it’s not healthy for the players and it’s one reason away ashes series have been so disappointing in recent times. It’s like the ECB want to have physically exhausted, injured, mentally drained players. It’s just about the $$.
 
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Spikey

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it's reminded me of the time justin langer didn't know how hundreds worked. god that was good

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How Justin Langer slipped up on centuries statistic

The Australia coach had cited players' century counts to justify Glenn Maxwell's omission from the Test squad, but ended up counting international hundreds twice
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TheJediBrah

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I can't decide whether Maxwell is an especially unreliable narrator because of his interesting mental state, or an unusually honest one for the same reason
 
honestbharani

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RossTaylorsBox said:
www.espncricinfo.com

How Virender Sehwag lost a fan in Glenn Maxwell

An extract from Maxwell's new book details the breakdown of the relationship during the 2017 IPL
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Haha yeah Sehwag sounds like a bit of a goober.
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The IPL franchises really seem to work a lot more like English Football Clubs in the Premier League where the coach/manager/mentor (a very IPL invention of a role) have all the power. Sehwag V Maxwell seems like the kinda **** that happens often like Chappell V Ganguly and is usually a case of both sides being arrogant assholes. The Langer thing is amazing though, its like he makes up his mind about players and that's that.
 
Spark

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Wow that infamous leave just being a month after Phil Hughes' death is just a fact that never even occurred to me but now that it's been pointed out, it really recontextualises that event. 100% a case of being not all mentally there due to unprocessed trauma/grief.

And then there's this...

I was as vulnerable with Punter as I had been with anyone, letting him into how little motivation I had. He replied that this wasn’t something that had ever happened to him, but suggested a remedy: for me to pick a fight with the opposition right away. In my next outing with the Stars I did just that. Ben Hilfenhaus is a lovely bloke with whom I had no beef, but I ran at him and hit a furious boundary. It’ll sound like I’m putting an awful lot of weight on one delivery, but in that moment I did feel liberated and finally turned the corner.
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I do wonder how much lingering impact that has had on this entire generation of Australian players. We forget how profoundly traumatic that would have been for them as individuals.
 
Spikey

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wow i can't believe the ghost-writers have written this in a voice that doesn't sound completely fake

the amount of damage james brayshaw did to glenn maxwell by turning the big show nick-name into A Thing because brayshaw is a 50yo man who still thinks nick-names are the greatest thing ever like a 7yo boy will always annoy me. i hope maxwell has a go at him in the book but he won't
 
Spark

Spark

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Spikey said:
wow i can't believe the ghost-writers have written this in a voice that doesn't sound completely fake

the amount of damage james brayshaw did to glenn maxwell by turning the big show nick-name into A Thing because brayshaw is a 50yo man who still thinks nick-names are the greatest thing ever like a 7yo boy will always annoy me. i hope maxwell has a go at him in the book but he won't
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To be fair Adam Collins might as well be Maxi's PR rep (no fault of his!) so he was certainly the right man for the task.
 
Chin Music

Chin Music

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Chubb said:
I agree, it’s not healthy for the players and it’s one reason away ashes series have been so disappointing in recent times. It’s like the ECB want to have physically exhausted, injured, mentally drained players. It’s just about the $$.
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I've said elsewhere that England's schedule from July onwards was a joke. Gus Atkinson looked like he was struggling by the 2nd Sri Lankan test and I'm pretty sure only played the 3rd test because the Oval is his home ground. So many English pace bowlers are on the treatment table as it is. However, I would have thought that is more down to the nuts county schedule with so many games crammed in together at the start of the summer and the end. Great for the dobbers, not so good for blokes with fair to high pace.
 
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