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  1. 14-01-2007, 03:37 PM #31
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    I'll be honest, I've thought many times that he was aiming for a cross, but, well... Nicky Hammond sure as thought he was crossing it, and it even looked like it was a cross at one point, then the ball swung.

    And apart from Cantona's incredible one against Arsenal the same season, I saw no better strike from someone in a Man U shirt between '94 and '98. Better goals resulting from build-up, yes, but none better purely for the strike.
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  2. 14-01-2007, 03:44 PM #32
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    Mark Hughes vs Sheff Wed in '94 was a thunderbolt. Beckham against Wimbledon in '96 was also OK and quite famous.

    Cantona again against Wimbledon, during '93 was OK too. On the chest and volleyed past the keeper.
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    Yeah, Beckham against Wimbledon was a bit special, but didn't have the romanticism of either Cantona or Parker.

    Hughes vs Sheff Wed in 1994\95 or 1993\94? If 1993\94 falls outside my scope... and don't know whether I remember the goals from our games vs Sheff Wed in 1994\95 either.

    A Cantona goal in 1995\96 also features my favourite piece of commentary on a Man U goal, too...

    "Hit the heels of Williams... ... ... ... ... ... ... Cantona! Yes!"
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  4. 17-01-2007, 03:07 AM #34
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    Peter Young - global moderator or mouthpiece of Cricket Australia...
    Could also be a politican on the Gold Coast who is opposing the construction of a building promoting questionable practices 201m from a Church...
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    Bradman never had to face quicks like Sharma and Irfan Pathan. He wouldn't of lasted a ball against those 2, not to mention a spinner like Sehwag.
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  5. 17-01-2007, 03:15 AM #35
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    Mitchell Johnson - Either one of Australia's up-and-coming fast bowlers or one half of the culprits of the Jonesboro school massacre.
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    Hamish Marshall

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  7. 17-01-2007, 12:46 PM #37
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    There's a Hamish Marshall on 5Live...?
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  8. 17-01-2007, 03:44 PM #38
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    Ian Botham, either a hugely popular English cricketer or a hugely unpopular Cricket commentator

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    Bob Willis, menacing fast bowler, with a slightly odd run-up, also, a boring, lifeless drone who gets all the Sky Sports stuff that noone watches
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  9. 18-01-2007, 10:36 AM #39
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    And you could say the opposite for Geoff Boycott.
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  10. 01-11-2008, 01:38 PM #40
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    Just thought I'd dig this up as I notice Jack Hobbs is now turning out for Leicester City.
    - As featured in The Independent.

    "This is not the time for namby-pamby promising youngsters who might just do something; not the time for building for the future. Pragmatism rules and they don't come more pragmatic than Rogers."
    - Victor Marks makes the case for stiff-legged and stiff-armed 35 year old left-handers in Ashes squads
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    We have a nine year old left arm spinner at my club called Jack Hobbs.

    Am so not going to be able to keep a straight face if/when I end up keeping to him on 4th XI debut in four years etc, etc.
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    Habhajan Singh -
    Off spinner for India,
    an Indian army soldier who died near the Nathula Pass in eastern Sikkim, India,
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    Imran Khan

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    Some name that!
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    Alan Wells Olympic 100m champion; Sussex (and, fleetingly, England) batsman

    Mark Waugh: elegant batsman who scored bucketfuls of Test runs; (sp. Mark Wagh): elegant batsman

    Pratt Sub fielder who ran out Australian captain in 2005; Autralian captain in 2005
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    Quote Originally Posted by Precambrian View Post
    Imran Khan

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    Also a leading British human rights solicitor
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