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    Warne blasts Bracewell

    Bracewell is struggling with coaching a struggling team - never a good sign of someone as an individual. Especially if Richard, how you say when he was coaching succesfully in county cricket he was having a great time of it all - it's easy when the going is good. Admittedly the cattle he is...
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    Best ending to a game

    probably the most memorable for me would the Windies beating us by 1 run in Adelaide in 92/93. i remember it so clearly and i was only 8 at the time. Walsh was bowling - McDermott and May had put on about 50 and got to within one run when Walsh bowled it a little shorter. McDermott missed the...
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    Vettori v.s. Giles

    I took Vettori - i reckon he flights the ball better and always seem to pose a bit of a threat. But i didn't expect the poll to be so lopsided.
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    The second tier of test cricket

    I've always been in support of second tier test competition - with the games being touted as first class matches. The teams in the top tier would be the top 8 at the moment - Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and West Indies. The teams would contest test...
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    Dire straits for Windies cricket

    i wrote this another web-site in regards to the other ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- well i hate to say but i think cricket is a sport in crisis really. In Australia, were obvlivious to it all because our team does so well and...
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    super 18

    It could work, but it would be hard - and it would be risky. First off it would have to be implement as a one-day competition, and the international players MUST be involved for it too get off the ground. Domestic one day crowds in Australia are terrible and i presume the same in SAF and NZL...
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    why declining over rates?

    yeah very good point that one and one i totally missed. That would be the last thing you'd want to see with such a rule introduced. I think maybe it could be trialled at FC level in a couple of countries and see what happens - if we do see an increase in part time bowlers ued to make up quick...
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    why declining over rates?

    It would be good to see over rated speeded back up towards 20 a day. It really came to a head in the 80's with the Windies. Great team and all but with four quicks who ran in from 15 metres and above, they were bowling 12 or 13 overs i an hour regularly! I think they should trial some sort of...
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    Players who've overcome physical disadvantages

    Gary Sobers was born with either 4 or 6 fingers on his hand - can't remember which one. Would've thought he'd have cropped up in this thread by now.
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    Cricket Coaching

    moving back and across isn't a bad thing - it's good to do it just as the bowler is about to deliver the ball (about half a second to a second before hand). It will allow you to get into position on the front foot or the back foot. But a player who does this is more prone to lbw's. If your...
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    Who would you pick first

    i went for Smith as a bit of a view for the future. The question isn't exactly who would be the first person picked in a world XI, it's who's signature would you go after first if there were a world club competition set up tomorrow. I think when going for the first signature you want that...
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    Who would you pick first

    I'd go for Graeme Smith first up. 1) He has a very good international record and could get even better 2) Of the guys on the list who have so far produced at international level for at least 12-18 months, he's the youngest 3) He has shown leadership qualities (I do believe he'll make a good...
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    Who would you pick first

    Hypothetical: - tomorrow a world club cricket championship is set up tomorrow, a bit like a soccer league which is able to sign players from all over the world. - you have been named the manager/coach of one of the clubs and have been told to go sign some players and have been given an...
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    James and Hamish Marshall

    pretty sure James is the second one too because i seem to recall him saying he played FC/L-A cricket before Hamish.
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    New Cricket Trivia - 'SJS format'

    is it a bowling record?? if yes, is it a leg spinner??
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    James and Hamish Marshall

    you've got to remember scoring runs in New Zealand is probably harder than scoring runs anywhere else in the world. The pitches are dodge, it rains, it's cold, and it's always cloudy. Although i do agree, they aren't the most flattering numbers. But remember only 10 players averaged 40 (minimum...
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    Martin Crowe's oneday solution....

    *There is no emoticon to describe my feeling* I can live with people defending 50-over cricket all they want, and all the more power to them, but that is just redicolous. 50-over cricket batting: go hard till third wicket or 15th over, consolidate till 40th, go beserk. 50-over cricket bowling...
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    What is a "Good pitch"

    good pitches are different for differen people. For administrators, they're just roads that will ensure the match plays out the full 5 days, or in the case of a one-day game tehre is plenty of runs. For batsmen, they want it to be fast, but with a nice even bounce so the ball will come of the...
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    Brett Lee in test team

    Lee is such a talented cricketer - perhaps behind only Warne and Ponting in the Australian team. In terms of the globe, there aren't many quicks that match his talent - Akhtar, Bond, Steyn...... maybe a handful of others. The unfortunate thing is, he just can't play the game.
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    Does it help to send in a night-watchman?

    could easily be claimed for the entire innings then?? I know i'd much rather lose a tailender then a recognised batsmen. So why not have a lunch-watchman or tea-watchman, or even a drinks-watchman. Batsmen have been prone to getting out just before these partciular breaks...... I can see why...

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