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Recent content by nexxus

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    Alviro Petersen charged with fixing by CSA

    How is his case any sadder than the others? As far as I've seen, everyone involved had been professional cricketers for many years, they were not ignorant of what they were doing and I'm sure they were well aware of the punishments if caught. They were caught, and punished. End of. Alviro...
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    ***Official*** Australia in South Africa + South Africa in Australia 2016/17

    I really like it. Compared to SuperSport's tired clunky old one, it's great. I really dig the whole test match setup in Aus. It's a test match proper, there's no silly sponsor sponges, the score ticker doesn't have the current over, the team wear the baggy green. It's really nice the way it's...
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    Cricket stuff that doesn't deserve its own thread

    Trivial thing, but I really like that there's a proper boundary rope and not those godawful sponsor sponges in the Aus vs. SA test.
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    ***Official*** Australia and South Africa in West Indies ODI Tri-Series

    Yeah, it's scary what would happen if we lost Parnell.
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    South African Domestic Season 2015/16

    I really liked Smith, part of SA's Rugby pschye is that playing the Springboks is going to be tough, no matter what. We had a bit of that with Wessels and Cronje, where we had limited players but they were all as tough as nails. Then again, under Smith, we had a never say die approach but now...
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    South African Domestic Season 2015/16

    I was never enthused by his appointment and he pretty much lost me when his 'brainstrust' put 2 and orange together and decided that leaving out Amla for Rilee Roussow was a good idea. There's no gravitas or sense that he's in charge at all. When Woolmer, Ford, Kirsten et al were the coaches...
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    Second Round- Group 1 - Sri Lanka, South Africa, West Indies, England, Afghanistan

    Ugh, can we get of Domingo now? Of course not, just wait, he'll get a new contract probably.
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    Worst Ideas

    The UAE's Sultan Zarwani deciding not to wear a helmet when coming out to face Allan Donald... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqhI-jUiHaQ Fully agree that the hitting outside off limitation on LBW has had it's day, time to bin it. Everybody usually has a ton to say when defending the leg-side...
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    Should Mankading law be outlawed?

    There's a lot of things I don't want to happen in a World Cup final that could. That being said, I really think that a batsman stealing a yard isn't ok, it's a bit of a cheat and the batsman's in the wrong. If a team needed 1 off the last ball in a World Cup Final and the non-striker was caught...
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    Should Mankading law be outlawed?

    Would it be okay for everyone to just agree to disagree on this? There's obviously a case for both sides. I think the u19 incident wasn't great, the batsman was playing the game properly and the bowler took advantage but for most of them to be honest, I've sided with the bowler. They're usually...
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    ***Official*** England in South Africa 2015/16

    It's really weird that nobody in the SA press has called for Domingo's head. In his tenure he's managed to turn the form of the 3 - 4 most senior batsmen in the #1 side in the world to toffee, Faf doesn't even look like he knows which end of the bat to hold at the moment. I think it's a sad...
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    Chris Cairns' Perjury Trial

    Can Cairns claim poverty and ignore the case? Essentially say just what Hurricane is saying and tap out. I mean he's likely to lose, why not just say "The reality of my situation is that while I'd like nothing more that to defend my name, whatever I have left is going to pay off lawyers...
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    Could 4 day tests actually be brilliant? Or, how to make them so....

    Not that I want it, but the 4 day test thing could be interesting if it resulted in more bowler friendly conditions. I reckon a 4 day test with the following might be great... - Pitches with a tinge of green in Aus, Eng, SA and crumbling dustbowls on the Subcontinent (WI are skint, so they'll...
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    Time for a reassessment of Indian quicks?

    *This. India's one batsman extra policy effectively puts them on the defensive from the start overseas. In India the turning track means the spinners can twirl away all day but outside they can't, so the seamers have to do it effectively one short (2 if the turner gets tonked)
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    Pace bowlers with shortest run ups

    Allan Donald shortened his by a huge margin. Looking at it now, not so short but less than half the original. Went from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YsINAAXuX0 To
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