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    New Cricket Trivia - 'SJS format'

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    John Arlott's final words in commentary, 1980 Lord's Centenary test

    The often quoted version, including in the article that Rob posted is "“Nine runs off the over, 28 Boycott, 15 Gower, 69 for two and after Trevor Bailey it will be Christopher Martin-Jenkins”. Whereas the commentary is "that is the end of the over. 69 for 2 and after Trevor Bailey it will be...
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    David Hussey: Super Cheat!

    Quoting again from the post above, the explanation of obstructing the field/handled the ball contains this curious line : Again, I cannot claim that I am able to understand it
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    David Hussey: Super Cheat!

    The clarification of the Law 33 appears in http://www.lords.org/data/files/law_33_qanda-9681.pdf . It deal when a dismissal is Obstruction and when it is handled. I have read it a couple of times but still can't understood it properly, but I suspect that Hussey's case will be obstructing the field
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    The Power of Hypocrisy - an anti BCCI rant

    Is there no option to force BCCI to reveal their accounts ? At least under RTI ?
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    John Howard to head ICC?

    It was an experimental law and I believe BCCI had the option of refusing it
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    New Cricket Trivia - 'SJS format'

    Have these anything to do with two Test matches in West Indies and Sri Lanka ?
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    The Curious Case of the Don and the Sticky Wicket

    I think his contemporaries often acknowledged Bradman's superiority with some condition attached. Most effective batsman, greatest run-scorer etc, and stopping short of unconditionally calling him the greatest batsman. Compared to that, these days acceptance of him as the greatest is almost...
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    The Curious Case of the Don and the Sticky Wicket

    What about Old Trafford 1930 ? It did rain but did the wicket become a sticky ?
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    Archie, the Chapman review at Cricket Web - Cricket Books: Percy Chapman - A Biography has him...

    Archie, the Chapman review at Cricket Web - Cricket Books: Percy Chapman - A Biography has him as a right-hander. Can you please turn him around ? What is the nick of Martin Chandler ?
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    WG Grace - The Champion Cricketer

    For those who have the patience to read books in PDF format : Memorial Biography : Internet Archive: Details: The Memorial biography of Dr. W.G. Grace Cricketing Reminiscences and Personal Recollections Internet Archive: Details: "W.G.", cricketing reminiscences and personal recollections...
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    WG Grace - The Champion Cricketer

    Didn't know that he played the cow-shot. Thought it was only EM who did the dirty stuff.
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    Aravinda De Silva is better than Sachin Tendulkar

    The 121 and 90 in 1983-84 were arguably the greatest attacking innings played against that bunch of West Indian fast bowlers.
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    New Cricket Trivia - 'SJS format'

    That could be it. I read about the Motz incident when Colin Stuart was banned for bowling two beamers in a Test in Sri Lanka, so remembered it that way.
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    New Cricket Trivia - 'SJS format'

    Motz was once stopped from bowling for bowling too many bouncers or beamers. Anything on those lines ?
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