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***Official*** England in New Zealand series 2013

Prince EWS

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
stumpski said:
Lumb actually had a better than 50-50 chance of being born in England actually. Dad was a Yorkshire batsman playing and coaching in South Africa at the time.

Ouch! Two in two.
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Yeah I've always kind of thought of Lumb as an Englishman who grew up in South Africa rather than a South African who moved to England if that makes sense. Not that he'll give a **** what I think of the situation, mind, nor should he.
 
Goughy

Goughy

Hall of Fame Member
Not seen Wright play for a while. An improving cricketer by all accounts but I guess I'll have to take their word for it.
 
BoyBrumby

BoyBrumby

Englishman
Prince EWS said:
Yeah I've always kind of thought of Lumb as an Englishman who grew up in South Africa rather than a South African who moved to England if that makes sense. Not that he'll give a **** what I think of the situation, mind, nor should he.
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Accent's way more Jo'burg than Jaw Hill.

Quite a few English cricketers' sons and grandsons seem to make the return journey tho, but. Obviously Lumb and Compton, but Ben Hutton (grandson of Len, son of Richard) was born in the Republic too.

Probz a cricinfo article in there somewhere.
 
Howe_zat

Howe_zat

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Surely if you wanted a well-adjusted predictor with good reason to be so you'd just use betting odds?

Not much need for it now, ofc
 
stumpski

stumpski

International Captain
flibbertyjibber said:
Ooops, in trouble here. Not that it would be a bad thing to lose as it would set up a great finale to the series.
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Yeah was just thinking the same. There's a paradox isn't there, you want your team to win every game but you also want every game to be meaningful. Wouldn't be thinking like that for the Tests though, obvs.
 
hendrix

hendrix

Hall of Fame Member
god i wanna see McCleneghan in the test team.

Southee, Boult, McCleneghan and a performing Bracewell...
 
Howe_zat

Howe_zat

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stumpski said:
Yeah was just thinking the same. There's a paradox isn't there, you want your team to win every game but you also want every game to be meaningful. Wouldn't be thinking like that for the Tests though, obvs.
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It's more the silver lining to losing, really.
 
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