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  1. Rik

    **Official** England in The West Indies

    But how many bowlers do that? Gough certainly wasn't middle of the road, and do we really need another Caddick? If he can keep it up I'd be happy, but there are serious doubts that he will be able to, certainly if he keeps missing out the "Hard" series like Sri Lanka. As I've said so many times...
  2. Rik

    **Official** England in The West Indies

    Andre brought it up, I put forward my view. With 7-12 he can only go 2 ways, the pressure can push him to carry on or it can destroy him. Certainly it worked the right way on Shoaib and Ntini, and the wrong way on Brett Lee. Got any examples of hyped up bowlers staying in the middle road?
  3. Rik

    **Official** England in The West Indies

    The last thing he needs is people suddenly thinking he's going to do this all the time when he got more than enough help from the West Indies batsmen. People said he never would and with most players that acts as a kick up the backside. And, to be fair, he wasn't performing well enough to keep...
  4. Rik

    **Official** England in The West Indies

    Look since I've never been over to Japan and I looked the spelling up on Google how do you expect my spelling to be perfect? Anyway my spelling is considerably better than most on this forum since I actually check it sometimes. It's well known that a computer course doesn't help you with your...
  5. Rik

    **Official** England in The West Indies

    Clearly loosing battle? Don't make me laugh! One good performance doth not a great make...certainly your not the only one jumping to conclusions too early, which is, quite amusingly, exactly what he doesn't need right now.
  6. Rik

    **Official** England in The West Indies

    [/b] They can be, but as bad as this? (Sorry Liam!!!) Chers? Come on Mike you are slipping ;)
  7. Rik

    **Official** England in The West Indies

    Andre brought up a very interisting point when I was talking to him earlier. What now for Harmison? Not many people are going to read past the figures, so immediately he's got amazing pressure put on him. What now? Will he carry on and become one of the best in the world (or at least damn good)...
  8. Rik

    500!

    Forgetting Harbhajan? How to destroy the Aussies with a bowler suddenly everyone thinks is amazing in 3...2...1...
  9. Rik

    What is so bad about blessing Mahwire?

    Come on, let's just get on with the discussion instead of playground insults.
  10. Rik

    **Official** England in The West Indies

    No one has mentioned Hoggard yet, so I'll be the 1st. I think he showed exactly how useful he is for England, as the leader of the attack. He's the only England bowler willing to consistantly pitch it up so he will go for a few but will allways trouble the batsmen with his swing, and he bowled...
  11. Rik

    Why wasnt Ed Smith not called up?

    I've not had a bad day! In fact it's been a pretty good one! It's the West Indies who had the bad one, and cricket in general. What's so crazy about what I'm saying? You are stating that no one can compare 2 batsmen batting in the same conditions against the same bowling attack at the same...
  12. Rik

    **Official** England in The West Indies

    Ahhhh the days of uncovered pitches and gentlemen players! Appears those days are still very much in mind even now!
  13. Rik

    **Official** England in The West Indies

    Has nothing about how "big" someone is. It's about people's perceptions. Certainly I don't see Liam being told he's "small" here, especially when he's echoed everything I said about what I saw of the day's play on TV.
  14. Rik

    **Official** England in The West Indies

    I looked it up on Google. Seems well over a million people can't spell it then ;)
  15. Rik

    **Official** England in The West Indies

    He looks like he can't believe his luck, which wasn't too far from the truth. Amusingly Vaughan looked like he had just won the lottery with someone else's ticket during the post match interview, he knew he'd just been handed the match on a plate. Odd for luck to favor England though, it never...
  16. Rik

    **Official** England in The West Indies

    How can you earn a gifted wicket? You can bowl well enough to deserve to take wickets, but you can't earn a gifted wicket, since it's handed to you on a plate. It's like saying you earnt a £5 note you found lying on the pavement because you were the first person to notice it lying there!
  17. Rik

    **Official** England in The West Indies

    I just went back to my game on ICC2, and this happened in the 5th Test against the West Indies in the West Indies. Williamson is a right arm fast bowler who took 7-37 in the 1st innings...freaky!
  18. Rik

    500!

    They are basically in the same part of the world and spin about as much as each other. There are plenty of pitches in India and Sri Lanka that spin slowly and don't bounce, especially Galle a few years ago when Atapattu scored that 200 against England, that pitch was basically dead. The...
  19. Rik

    Is Warne better than Muralitharan?

    Ok, then I got it wrong. But mentioning a bowling performance against the best batting side in the world proves nothing. Get this: Murali Match Figures: 77.3-14-212-11 Warne Match Figures: 57.4-14-159-10 Now, take into account the batting lineups: Sri Lanka's top 6 (Atapattu, Sangakkara...
  20. Rik

    500!

    No such thing as a "much spinnier wicket." Unless your Grammar packed up and went abroad of course. Anyway, Warne tends to rely much more on bounce, as shown by his record in India. Don't those pitches support spin enough for you? Yes they are dry and dusty and the ball can grip on them, but you...

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