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The Name Game.
- Thread starter yaju
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Magrat Garlick
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Ali Brown (Surrey bowler)
Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
With a lot of English cricket going on I will try and put county players playing the game this season.
It would be better if people can put some info about the players or any thing and some current affair or past player we dont know of than just a random famous name for example Brian Lara or Tendulkar or Gilchrist
Not a rule on the thread but I think it would make the thread much better. Really liked how Jason used to do it.
Alex Gidman (England A, Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire Cricket Board)
Alex Gidman only established himself in the Gloucestershire team in 2003, but was chosen by Rod Marsh to captain the England A tour of Malaysia and India the following winter. However, a hand injury forced him to return home early. Primarily a middle-order right-handed batsman, he also bowls steady medium pace, as he showed with a spell of 2 for 12 in seven overs in the 2003 C&G Trophy final against Worcestershire at Lord's, in which he also hit the winning runs. He again showed a liking for the big occasion at the Twenty20 Cup finals day at Trent Bridge, making 61 to carry his side tantalisingly close to victory over Surrey in the semi-final. After more consistent peformnances in the the 2004 season he was included in England's preliminary squad for 2004 ICC Champions Trophy.
courtesy - cricinfo
EDIT - I am late so we go with Ali Brown
It would be better if people can put some info about the players or any thing and some current affair or past player we dont know of than just a random famous name for example Brian Lara or Tendulkar or Gilchrist
Not a rule on the thread but I think it would make the thread much better. Really liked how Jason used to do it.
Alex Gidman (England A, Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire Cricket Board)
Alex Gidman only established himself in the Gloucestershire team in 2003, but was chosen by Rod Marsh to captain the England A tour of Malaysia and India the following winter. However, a hand injury forced him to return home early. Primarily a middle-order right-handed batsman, he also bowls steady medium pace, as he showed with a spell of 2 for 12 in seven overs in the 2003 C&G Trophy final against Worcestershire at Lord's, in which he also hit the winning runs. He again showed a liking for the big occasion at the Twenty20 Cup finals day at Trent Bridge, making 61 to carry his side tantalisingly close to victory over Surrey in the semi-final. After more consistent peformnances in the the 2004 season he was included in England's preliminary squad for 2004 ICC Champions Trophy.
courtesy - cricinfo
EDIT - I am late so we go with Ali Brown
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cameeel
International Captain
Harry Alexander
Wisden obituary Harry Houston Alexander, died in Melbourne on April 15, 1993, aged 87. He was Australia’s oldest living Test cricketer, a distinction which passed to Keith Rigg. Bull Alexander (the nickname was well-earned) was a strong, broad-chested man and a pacy and combative right-arm bowler. He played only one Test, at the end of the Bodyline series in 1932–33, but his appearance was eventful. Alexander had first encountered Douglas Jardine when he played his second match for Victoria four years earlier. He took 4 for 98 against MCC but Jardine complained that he was running on the pitch and forced him to bowl round the wicket; Jardine scored 115. No one had forgotten the incident when Alexander came to play for Australia. In the second innings, with England needing just 164 to win, Jardine again accused him of roughing up the pitch whereupon he bowled bouncer after bouncer, scoring several direct hits. A disgraceful exhibition, said Wisden. It was not bodyline bowling, as he did not have a packed leg-side field, but it was the nearest Australia had come to retaliation and the Hill roared with delight. It did not last long: England won easily and Alexander’s match figures were 1 for 129 and 0 for 25. Earlier in his career, Alexander had furthered his reputation by dismissing Bradman twice. He served in Crete, the Middle East and the Pacific in the war before settling in Euroa, the birthplace of Merv Hughes. In later years, he admitted that Jardine had a ton of guts. But he insisted: "It’s part of a fast bowler’s trade to give’em a few in the ribs occasionally. Keeps’em honest."
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
Wisden obituary Harry Houston Alexander, died in Melbourne on April 15, 1993, aged 87. He was Australia’s oldest living Test cricketer, a distinction which passed to Keith Rigg. Bull Alexander (the nickname was well-earned) was a strong, broad-chested man and a pacy and combative right-arm bowler. He played only one Test, at the end of the Bodyline series in 1932–33, but his appearance was eventful. Alexander had first encountered Douglas Jardine when he played his second match for Victoria four years earlier. He took 4 for 98 against MCC but Jardine complained that he was running on the pitch and forced him to bowl round the wicket; Jardine scored 115. No one had forgotten the incident when Alexander came to play for Australia. In the second innings, with England needing just 164 to win, Jardine again accused him of roughing up the pitch whereupon he bowled bouncer after bouncer, scoring several direct hits. A disgraceful exhibition, said Wisden. It was not bodyline bowling, as he did not have a packed leg-side field, but it was the nearest Australia had come to retaliation and the Hill roared with delight. It did not last long: England won easily and Alexander’s match figures were 1 for 129 and 0 for 25. Earlier in his career, Alexander had furthered his reputation by dismissing Bradman twice. He served in Crete, the Middle East and the Pacific in the war before settling in Euroa, the birthplace of Merv Hughes. In later years, he admitted that Jardine had a ton of guts. But he insisted: "It’s part of a fast bowler’s trade to give’em a few in the ribs occasionally. Keeps’em honest."
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
cameeel
International Captain
James Anderson (England)
A strapping, genuinely quick fast bowler, James Anderson had played only three one-day games for Lancashire in the 2002 season - he'd played more for his club Burnley - before being called into England's VB Series squad the following winter as cover for Andy Caddick, following an impressive stint at the Academy in Adelaide. An amazing 10-over stint in century heat at Adelaide, which cost just 12 runs, earned him a place in the 2003 World Cup, where he produced a matchwinning spell against Pakistan, before suffering a sobering last-over disaster against Australia. At this stage, however, his star was very much in the ascendancy, and when selected for the first Test of the new home season, he took five wickets in his debut innings almost to order. An ODI hat-trick - the first by an English bowler - followed against South Africa at The Oval, but from that moment on, his fortunes began to wane. South Africa's Test team made his new go-faster hairstyle seem a little foolish, and though he retained his place for the winter tours to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in 2003-04 and South Africa the following year, he was reduced to the most peripheral of net-bowling roles - and a shadow of his former self on his rare appearances in the middle.
Rob Smyth (March 2005)
A strapping, genuinely quick fast bowler, James Anderson had played only three one-day games for Lancashire in the 2002 season - he'd played more for his club Burnley - before being called into England's VB Series squad the following winter as cover for Andy Caddick, following an impressive stint at the Academy in Adelaide. An amazing 10-over stint in century heat at Adelaide, which cost just 12 runs, earned him a place in the 2003 World Cup, where he produced a matchwinning spell against Pakistan, before suffering a sobering last-over disaster against Australia. At this stage, however, his star was very much in the ascendancy, and when selected for the first Test of the new home season, he took five wickets in his debut innings almost to order. An ODI hat-trick - the first by an English bowler - followed against South Africa at The Oval, but from that moment on, his fortunes began to wane. South Africa's Test team made his new go-faster hairstyle seem a little foolish, and though he retained his place for the winter tours to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in 2003-04 and South Africa the following year, he was reduced to the most peripheral of net-bowling roles - and a shadow of his former self on his rare appearances in the middle.
Rob Smyth (March 2005)
chaminda_00
Hall of Fame Member
Ted Dexter (ENG)
Magrat Garlick
Global Moderator
David Fulton (Kent batsman, famously rated by Neil)
chaminda_00
Hall of Fame Member
Frank Tyson
Langeveldt
Soutie
Tyrone Henderson
Langeveldt
Soutie
Gerrie Snyman
chaminda_00
Hall of Fame Member
Scott Sytris
Slats4ever
International Vice-Captain
Shaun Bradstreet