And i saw bradman play.... - Page 3

JBMAC · 10-10-2010, 09:45 PM

No I never saw that mate

G.I.Joe · 10-10-2010, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by JBMAC

Batsmen: Tendulkar,Ponting,Jayasuria,Kallis,Cook(though he has never reached his potential)Laxman and Sehwag

Bowlers: McGrath, Warne.Imran,Akram,Shoab Malik,Broad(another Englishman yet to reach his potential)Steyn,Donald

JBMAC · 10-10-2010, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by G.I.Joe

Based on sheer speed in his earlier career

bagapath · 10-10-2010, 10:35 PM

you mean shoaib akhthar, right?

Jono · 11-10-2010, 02:55 AM

Haha yeah must mean Akhtar.

JBMAC · 11-10-2010, 03:49 AM

Yeh guys forgive an old fellas mind wandering...It was meant to be Ahktar not bloody Malik

Ikki · 08-10-2011, 02:23 AM

Just read this somewhat sad account of Hammond coming back for an FC match to raise some crowds when he was well past it.

Rewind to 1951: Wally Hammond's disastrous comeback | Regulars | Cricinfo Magazine | ESPN Cricinfo

It goes to depict how incredibly out of it Hammond was. Of course, the year was 1951 and he was 48 years old IIRC. It reminded me of the Jeff Thomson story where he found Bradman in the nets:

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Originally Posted by Jeff Thomson

"On a rest day during the Indian tour in 1977-78, Don Bradman was around in the nets. I was bowling only legspin to him, but he had a couple of young blokes trying to get him out. With no pads, no nothing ... for a 68-year-old, he belted the hell out of them on a turf wicket. And he hadn't batted for 20 years. I went back in and said, 'Why isn't this bastard playing with us tomorrow?' That's how good I thought he was."

Maybe it shouldn't be given such weight...but, perhaps, that story goes to illustrate just how awesome he was - even compared to giants like Hammond.

Burgey · 08-10-2011, 03:56 AM

Just reading this thread back, JB's comments about Cook and Broad have proven prescient indeed.

fredfertang · 08-10-2011, 05:12 AM

Somewhere I've got a video with a clip of a bloke called Hutton wielding a bat in his back garden when he was 70 odd - decent technique for a septuagenarian

weeman27bob · 08-10-2011, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by fredfertang

Somewhere I've got a video with a clip of a bloke called Hutton wielding a bat in his back garden when he was 70 odd - decent technique for a septuagenarian

Henry Hutton | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo ?

fredfertang · 08-10-2011, 05:37 AM

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Originally Posted by weeman27bob

Henry Hutton | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo ?

Definitely not him - the footage I've got is in colour and Mr Hutton had a Yorkshire accent

centurymaker · 08-10-2011, 06:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Burgey

Just reading this thread back, JB's comments about Cook and Broad have proven prescient indeed.

i was wondering the exact same thing!

Redbacks · 08-10-2011, 08:16 AM

Jeff Thomson
"On a rest day during the Indian tour in 1977-78, Don Bradman was around in the nets. I was bowling only legspin to him, but he had a couple of young blokes trying to get him out. With no pads, no nothing ... for a 68-year-old, he belted the hell out of them on a turf wicket. And he hadn't batted for 20 years. I went back in and said, 'Why isn't this bastard playing with us tomorrow?' That's how good I thought he was."

Only in Australia can a national icon be called a bastard without offence it seems.

fredfertang · 08-10-2011, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Redbacks

Jeff Thomson
"On a rest day during the Indian tour in 1977-78, Don Bradman was around in the nets. I was bowling only legspin to him, but he had a couple of young blokes trying to get him out. With no pads, no nothing ... for a 68-year-old, he belted the hell out of them on a turf wicket. And he hadn't batted for 20 years. I went back in and said, 'Why isn't this bastard playing with us tomorrow?' That's how good I thought he was."

Only in Australia can a national icon be called a bastard without offence it seems.

Reminds me of the comment allegedly made when Jardine complained to the australian dressing room in 32/33 about being addressed as such by, I think, Vic Richardson

"OK which of you bastards called this bastard a bastard"

Howe_zat · 08-10-2011, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Redbacks

Only in Australia can a national icon be called a bastard without offence it seems.

Nah. John Cleese eulogising Graham Chapman in particular comes to mind.

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bagapath International Vice-Captain Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: India Posts: 4,621	you mean shoaib akhthar, right?

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Redbacks International Vice-Captain Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Barrow Island, WA Posts: 4,063	Jeff Thomson "On a rest day during the Indian tour in 1977-78, Don Bradman was around in the nets. I was bowling only legspin to him, but he had a couple of young blokes trying to get him out. With no pads, no nothing ... for a 68-year-old, he belted the hell out of them on a turf wicket. And he hadn't batted for 20 years. I went back in and said, 'Why isn't this bastard playing with us tomorrow?' That's how good I thought he was." Only in Australia can a national icon be called a bastard without offence it seems.

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