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View Poll Results: I like the cut of his cloth
Mark Waugh 9 20.00%
David Gower 7 15.56%
VVS Laxman 7 15.56%
Greg Chappell 0 0%
Brian Lara 13 28.89%
Mohammad Azharuddin 2 4.44%
Z 2 4.44%
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Old 07-04-2010, 02:32 AM   #136 (permalink)
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Five Aussies?

Seymour
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Regardless, Crowded House was nothing without Finn. The sum total of Hester's songwriting was such genius as Italian Plastic, Skin Feeling and My Telly's Gone Bung. Hardly world-changing...
Okay then, 4-3 to Australia. . But they were formed in Melbourne.
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Old 07-04-2010, 03:16 AM   #137 (permalink)
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There's a great story from one of his contemporaries of the 1920s (I've had a mental blank and can't remember who) about going out to bat with Macartney on the morning of a match. Charlie was taking strike and as they walked out quietly leant in and told him to be ready on the first ball. This player assumed the G-G meant for him to be ready for the quick single, so he was alert and poised to take off for the run. Macartney then smashed the very first ball of the day straight back down the pitch sending the bowler, umpire and Macartney's partner sprawling sideways to avoid it. Charlie walked up to his non-striker, tapped his brow and said "Always aim the first ball back at the bowlers head. They don't like it, it rattles 'em. After that you can do what you like."

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Great story, it was Jack Fingleton when he was a youngster and GG was retired from FCC. Years later Parkinson rewrote the story and it was this one that I love the most
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Old 07-04-2010, 03:27 AM   #138 (permalink)
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Great story, it was Jack Fingleton when he was a youngster and GG was retired from FCC. Years later Parkinson rewrote the story and it was this one that I love the most
Ah so Fingleton was the player was he? I knew that Fingleton had told this story later on but I didn't realise he had been the batsman himself!
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Old 07-04-2010, 03:29 AM   #139 (permalink)
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Ah so Fingleton was the player was he? I knew that Fingleton had told this story later on but I didn't realise he had been the batsman himself!
99% sure, but I can't remember the book I first read it in
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99% sure, but I can't remember the book I first read it in
You're usually right about these things mate, so I'll take your word for it.
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No player gave me more pleasure while watching cricket (batting esp.) than Brian Lara.. The closest would be Warne bowling...


But it is a bit of a chicken and egg situation coz I don't really know if I am a fan of Lara coz I enjoyed watching him bat or whether I enjoyed watching him bat so much as I am a fan of his.
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