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    Duncan Fletcher Blasts Australia

    If you've played cricket you've faced some form of sledging. If you've play most codes of Rugby you will have been sledged a dozen times a game. Mental domination is important in all sports as much as physical domination...I suggest to you that maybe cricket isn't for you...it may have been a...
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    Vaughn says that Kaneria is a better legspinner than Warne.

    LOLOLOLOLOL...oh, hang on Vaughan WAS serious wasn't he?
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    Ban David Lloyd IMMEDIATELY

    Alan Knott must have had a better view then all of them... 8-)
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    Wives and Kids on Tour

    Absolute rubbish...we're talking about professional athletes here. To use family as a scapegoat for Australia's loss is pathetic. We were beaten by an energetic, talented and focused team of cricketers. We on the other hand seemed to be waiting for England's good form to crash because we were...
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    Greatest Catch Ever

    Yep, the soccer goalie catch on the boundary...certainly one of the best. Fatty Vautins catch in that celebrity match 6-7 years ago? LOL
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    Biggest six hitters outside the subcontinent

    The six that Brett Lee hit in Brisbane in the First Test vs. Windies was the biggest I have ever seen in 30 years of watching the game...having been to the ground I reckon that hit was HUGE!!!
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    Australian to bat for your life

    Border or Waugh...both batted in an era where Australia struggled with the bat (Border more-so than Waugh), and were relied upon to get us out of trouble on many occasions. Bradman had some great batsman playing with him so I couldnt rightly put him at #1. I would feel safe knowing that Steve...
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    The Greats

    Slats4ever, I care about what james has to say, as do many others here. He has seen more of the 'greats' than any of us here...so why don't leave him be...you might learn something about players before 1990...believe it or not cricket has been around longer than you or i (or james for that matter).
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    Sir Vivian Richards - master or myth?

    I was lucky enough to start watching cricket around the time Viv Richards started playing test cricket and he would be one of the top 3 batsman that I have ever seen. I don't think any one bowler worried him, it was usually his cavalier attitude that got him out. But, in the meantime he could...
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    The Greats

    I have watched and played cricket since the mid-70's when Lillee and Thomson routed the Windies 5-0. I rate Lillee as one of the best I've ever seen, but I read with total bewilderment the comments made in this thead about McGrath. I ask myself the question, who would I want to be bowling when...
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    Bowling and Batting Instructions

    Batting In the longer versions of the game it depends on the pitch. If it favours the bowlers I will play watchfully (1 bar of Aggression), until I have got at least 5-6 bars of Confidence, then I will go to 2 or 3 bars of Aggression. I will go back to being watchful if a break is approaching...
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    Clever/Amusing Sledges you have heard while playing

    I had a similiar experience when I was playing junior cricket (many years ago). I was a Dennis Lillee clone in those days, he was my hero, so I bowled exactly like him. As I got older and umm heavier I became a batsman...although Big Merv was an inspiration for me to stay in the bowlers union...
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    Clever/Amusing Sledges you have heard while playing

    This isn't so much a sledge as it is an amusing incident. A few years ago I was captaining a team of younger guys against a team who were my age or older. Experienced cricketers have learnt how to get under the skin of inexperienced ones so I always had my work cut out for me. Anyway, we were...
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    Who is the world's best Test bowler ever?

    IMO it is almost impossible to choose who has been the best bowler. There are no obvious stand-outs in bowling as there are in batting. You could name 2-3 great bowlers from every country and still have arguments. I grew up watching Lillee bowl, and even modelled my own action on his, but I...
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    Duncan Fletcher Blasts Australia

    Great point, Sanz. Other than the last tour India has beaten Australia in India everytime. There was none of the self-absorbed gloating and spitefulness that the English are so good at. There was no attacking the Australians on the way in which the 'Spirit of the Game' was harmed. Its...
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    Duncan Fletcher Blasts Australia

    Had there been any hit of derision or badgering the match referee would have cited the players involved. I don't recall that happening, so therefore the officials did not warrant those actions as detrimental to the spirit of the game. I agree that Ricky failed in his first real test as captain...
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    Duncan Fletcher Blasts Australia

    Just remember one important detail, you smug pommy bast*rds... Your team played well, we played pretty ordinary, you won the Ashes...good for you!!! If, in 2021, you have not lost the Ashes (after 16 years) then you can gloat as much as you like...but, for now stop your 'holier than thou'...
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    Mark Nicholas Dumped

    I don't have a problem with Mark Nicholas' commentary, I find it superior to the Australia-biased commentary of Lawry (he's the Aussie equivalent of Ian Botham) and the annoying Holding. Maybe its the fact that he is the only commentator not to have played for his country (correct me if I'm...
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    Clever/Amusing Sledges you have heard while playing

    Several years ago I was opening the batting in the first game of the season. We were playing against a team of younger guys (16 - 17 years old) who were good, but relatively inexperienced. At drinks, after the first hour, I was 83*. I had hit 70-odd runs in boundaries. The young opening bowler...
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    ***Official*** Australia in England (The Ashes)

    Lets face it people, England will more than likely draw this test and take the Ashes with them...and they thoroughly deserve it. The are a young, energetic and very talented team who are similar to the Australia team of the mid 90's. They have out-batted, out-fielded and out-bowled us in 3 out...

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