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Old 10-07-2009, 11:38 AM   #65 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Uppercut View Post
To be fair, not many attacks can do much when there's nothing happening in the air and nothing off the pitch.
Hence my hideously inappropriate similie.

Has been a little turn tho, just very slow and Panesar and Swann haven't bowled well enough to utilise it.

Brings back what Langer said in a pre-Ashes forum on Sky. Words to the effect that he, as an Australian, would be very happy if we decided to attack the Aussies with spin. Prescient indeed from the nuggety little cack-hander.
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