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Clarke in the Aussie batting pantheon
Just considering middle-orders (3-6) and assuming you want one of your top order to bowl a bit (or a lot)... 1. Bradman, Chappell G, Ponting, Miller 2. Harvey, McCabe, Border, Waugh S 3. Hassett, Macartney, Clarke, Walters 4. Chappell I, O'Neill, Ryder, Hussey 5. Boon, Waugh M, Booth, Martyn...- Flametree
- Post #41
- Forum: Cricket Chat
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Placing our bets on "Test Cricket's Young Fab Four"
Constantine batted in the top 6? Anyone think Brathwaite should have been included in this poll?- Flametree
- Post #130
- Forum: Cricket Chat
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Who is the worst player to have a Cricket World Cup Winner's Medal?
Despite the perception of two dashers at the top of the order, didn't Kaluwitherane have a dire world cup when Sri Lanka won it?- Flametree
- Post #48
- Forum: Cricket Chat
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**Official** Bangladesh in the West Indies
Presumably the Bangladeshis looked at the forecast and expected some rain, so figured it would be easier to get a draw batting second. And the dropped catch count is up to two. I think their fielding is the thing that annoys me most - it's understandable that they might not be great bowlers or...- Flametree
- Post #78
- Forum: Cricket Chat
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*Official* Pakistan in Sri Lanka 2014
Kuruppu and Nawaz?:cool:- Flametree
- Post #446
- Forum: Cricket Chat
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Ian Chappell's Latest Whinge
Yeah Rahim was truly woeful in his last series, Chandimal didn't look a natural keeper either.- Flametree
- Post #37
- Forum: Cricket Chat
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Ian Chappell's Latest Whinge
Back on the keepers thing, maybe keepers do bat better, but if you average 36 vs 26, in a 3-test series that amounts to about 50 runs. That can be easily outweighed by one bad miss as keeper. Haddin's failure at Lords last year cost his side 180 runs from Joe Root, Ramdin's miss a couple of...- Flametree
- Post #31
- Forum: Cricket Chat
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The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread
Yes, England played two spinners in a lot of matches through that era but in the 50s they had Trevor Bailey and / or Bill Edrich in their top 6, and in the 60's they had Barry Knight, Basil D'Oliveira and occasionally Brian Close. With useful allrounder spinners like David Allen, Ray...- Flametree
- Post #3,190
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Ian Chappell's Latest Whinge
He's right about the keeping/slip-catching though. Out of the ten test playing nations, there are about two good keepers.- Flametree
- Post #25
- Forum: Cricket Chat
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How good is Sanga?
Writers and reporters from the time wax lyrical about the ability of some slip fielders or the speed across ground.or the throwing strength and accuracy of particular players. So good fielding was appreciated and valued. I quite strongly doubt that any test side fielded much worse than the...- Flametree
- Post #1,028
- Forum: Cricket Chat
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How good is Sanga?
Surely this logic also applies to bowlers? So both old time batsmen would average less, and old-time bowlers would average more. How would that work? One of the great things about cricket through the ages has been the steady consistency in the value of runs . Throughout every decade since...- Flametree
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Where would Moeen Ali bat in your world XI?
There's only one decent opener at the moment so he can go there? More seriously, I'd have de Villiers keeping and in the top 6, so he can bat at 7 like Duminy does for South Africa.- Flametree
- Post #2
- Forum: Cricket Chat
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***Official*** India in England 2014
In the tests against Sri Lanka it felt like Cook didn't know what to do with Moeen - set a field as he would for a proper bowler like Swann, or basically post a one-day field and assume any wickets would come from batsmen trying to go after him? And it felt like he might be ditched for the...- Flametree
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The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread
From John Arlott's obituary on cricinfo : No one who saw Philip Mead bat will ever forget him. At the fall of Hampshire's second wicket he would emerge from the pavilion with a peculiar rolling gait, his sloping shoulders, wide hips and heavy, bowed legs giving him the bottom-heavy appearance...- Flametree
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The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread
Grace should surely be in the pre-test side. Jardine or Paynter for Mead... Washbrook for Cowdrey, and Tyson/Statham for Wardle. The 70-99 side has too long a tail. How about Greig-Botham-Knott-Underwood-Snow-Willis- Flametree
- Post #3,170
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*Official* South Africa in Zimbabwe 2014
Good first day. Pity the umpire (Gaffaney every time was it? Not a great debut) followed the tried and true "if it's marginal, give it to the stronger team" philosophy, otherwise the Zimbos would be threatening a decent total. Without wickets falling, some incorrectly, at the other end...- Flametree
- Post #26
- Forum: Cricket Chat
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***Official*** India in England 2014
Rahane looks very very good. That's it.- Flametree
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- Forum: Cricket Chat
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***Official*** India in England 2014
I don't usually like too many of the cricinfo comments from the audience, but "don't tell bowlers to remove wristbands" is a good one...- Flametree
- Post #5,325
- Forum: Cricket Chat