stephen
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And most players rated Love higher than Law.
There were a lot of ridiculously good cricketers in Australian cricket in the 90s. All grew up watching the Chappells, Lillee and Thomo undoubtedly.
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*(Un)official* 1990s World XI Tour of Australia (ICC 2019)
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There were a lot of ridiculously good cricketers in Australian cricket in the 90s. All grew up watching the Chappells, Lillee and Thomo undoubtedly.
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Nah. Didn’t like it up him.
honestbharani
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Aussie batting strength in the 90s was truly insane. Someone like Murray Goodwin was not even sure he would keep getting picked for his state and moved to Zim, didn't he?
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Love was a 40+-average, 20 ton, Test player anywhere else.
He was definitely better than Law.
He looked pretty incredible when England toured in 2002-03 and he made 2 double-centuries in 2 weeks against them for Queensland and Aus A.
He was definitely better than Law.
He looked pretty incredible when England toured in 2002-03 and he made 2 double-centuries in 2 weeks against them for Queensland and Aus A.
Goodwin played for WA and they probably were the strongest batting state once you took out the Test players. Langer, Hussey, Martyn, Gilchrist, Katich, Rogers, Moody, Campbell were all around the same time as him, most of them not in the Aus side and possibly would have been picked ahead of Goodwin. So that might be true. Also might be that he just wanted to play International cricket for the country he was born in.
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From: Murray Goodwin - a short biography
"He had played a one-day warm-up match against the Zimbabwe team when they toured Australia in 1994/95, scoring a fifty, and several of the Zimbabwean players told him he should return to the country and enjoy a career in Test cricket for his native land. These were players he had grown up with in Zimbabwe, and it sowed the seeds of the idea in his head."
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Nice story that he did that. Especially in light of the opposite usually happening these days, seems like cricketers can't get out of the continent quick enough and would rather play domestic cricket elsewhere
SirBloody Idiot
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QUEENSLAND vs. WORLD XI, DAY THREE
Hayden steadies ship heading into final day
Queensland 120 all out and 3 for 219 (Hayden 114*, Hooper 1-16) trail World XI 5 for 502 dec. (Kirsten 162, Lara 54*) by 163 runs
Queensland opener Matthew Hayden has done his chances of selection no harm with an aggressive century on the third day of the tour match against the World XI at the 'Gabba.
The World XI resumed their first innings at 3 for 416, and it didn't take long for the hosts to strike as Gary Kirsten's restrained innings came to an end as he top edged a short pitched delivery from Carl Rackemann to Stuart Law at deep square leg. That breakthrough led to another from "Mocca", as two balls later he found the outside edge of Sri Lankan batsman Aravinda de Silva, who departed for a duck. However, despite troubling Brian Lara outside his off stump, Queensland weren't able to take a further wicket as Lara and his compatriot Carl Hooper added an unbeaten 51 for the sixth wicket before the World XI declared at 5 for 502.
Staring down the barrel of a near 400 run deficit, Queensland avoided an early disaster as Matthew Hayden was dropped by Lara on 1, flashing at a wide half volley from Alan Donald. Although it did nothing for his first chance average, Hayden and his partner Trevor Barsby put on an entertaining stand of 54 for the first wicket - Donald in particular copping the brunt of the aggressive show from the Queensland pair as they ticked along at around 5 an over.
Curtly Ambrose made the first breakthrough for the World XI as he speared past Barsby's defences for 25, but it didn't stop Hayden who continued to make the most of his early life by going on the attack against Indian spinner Anil Kumble. Batsmen Martin Love and Jimmy Maher provided good support for Hayden, but both fell after making promising starts - Love caught at leg slip off the off-spin of Carl Hooper for 33, while Maher trapped plum LBW off the bowling of Wasim Akram for 87. But their respective stays allowed Hayden to pass his century with a crunching cover drive.
That brought Stuart Law to the crease, and he and Hayden combined for an unbroken innings of 33 to see the home side trail by 163 runs heading into the final day.
Hayden steadies ship heading into final day
Queensland 120 all out and 3 for 219 (Hayden 114*, Hooper 1-16) trail World XI 5 for 502 dec. (Kirsten 162, Lara 54*) by 163 runs
Queensland opener Matthew Hayden has done his chances of selection no harm with an aggressive century on the third day of the tour match against the World XI at the 'Gabba.
The World XI resumed their first innings at 3 for 416, and it didn't take long for the hosts to strike as Gary Kirsten's restrained innings came to an end as he top edged a short pitched delivery from Carl Rackemann to Stuart Law at deep square leg. That breakthrough led to another from "Mocca", as two balls later he found the outside edge of Sri Lankan batsman Aravinda de Silva, who departed for a duck. However, despite troubling Brian Lara outside his off stump, Queensland weren't able to take a further wicket as Lara and his compatriot Carl Hooper added an unbeaten 51 for the sixth wicket before the World XI declared at 5 for 502.
Staring down the barrel of a near 400 run deficit, Queensland avoided an early disaster as Matthew Hayden was dropped by Lara on 1, flashing at a wide half volley from Alan Donald. Although it did nothing for his first chance average, Hayden and his partner Trevor Barsby put on an entertaining stand of 54 for the first wicket - Donald in particular copping the brunt of the aggressive show from the Queensland pair as they ticked along at around 5 an over.
Curtly Ambrose made the first breakthrough for the World XI as he speared past Barsby's defences for 25, but it didn't stop Hayden who continued to make the most of his early life by going on the attack against Indian spinner Anil Kumble. Batsmen Martin Love and Jimmy Maher provided good support for Hayden, but both fell after making promising starts - Love caught at leg slip off the off-spin of Carl Hooper for 33, while Maher trapped plum LBW off the bowling of Wasim Akram for 87. But their respective stays allowed Hayden to pass his century with a crunching cover drive.
That brought Stuart Law to the crease, and he and Hayden combined for an unbroken innings of 33 to see the home side trail by 163 runs heading into the final day.
honestbharani
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Love the FCA reference. Well done. 