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  1. Thala_0710

    Birthday Chronology Draft: Reversed Order

    What's the Bradman rule?
  2. capt_Luffy

    Birthday Chronology Draft: Reversed Order

    Since no draft is ongoing, may well be done with this. Similar to its namesake, the first round will be free-for-all and subsequent rounds will anyone with the concurrent youngest player. Oh, yes, this time round the youngest player gets to pick first, aka, reverse of the other Draft by the same...
  3. kyear2

    Allan Knott vs Ben Stokes

    Kudos for including David Murray, oft forgotten, he was a better keeper than his namesake or Dujon.
  4. BoyBrumby

    Best Foreign Batsmen on English Soil

    ...in 1989 (think it was the third test before we even dismissed him), Graeme Smith in 2003 (how I grew to hate that bottom handed shovel), his namesake Steve in 2019 and (my vote for the best) Rahul Dravid in 2011. India were shellacked four-zip, but the Wall was magnificent in a losing cause...
  5. LangleyburyCCPlayer

    Official* Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka 2025

    Prabath Jayasuriya came in to bat at #8 in the first Test against England last year, now with Milan Rathnayake proving to be a dab hand with the bat and his namesake no mug at domestic level, he’s carded at a much more realistic #10
  6. subshakerz

    Barry Richards vs. Graeme Pollock

    Pollock: - Considered Cricket SAs player of the century - Regularly compared with Sobers - Ranked by Wisden and ESPN ahead of Barry - Proved himself at the test level with à 7 year career Pollock > Barry
  7. kyear2

    Barry Richards vs. Graeme Pollock

    ...him the best opener they've bowled to, all ahead of Gavaskar. Barry was acknowledged as the best batsman in the world from.1970, until his namesake took the title in '76. He was the best opener of the '70's, his record vs the best bowlers of his day is unparalleled, triples and doubles vs...
  8. subshakerz

    Battle of the Bowling Pairs

    You're not going to vote for your namesake?
  9. C

    Durham County Cricket Club

    I'm afraid I played and missed a few times with this mate ,
  10. Aidan11

    Durham County Cricket Club

    Gotta be Jethro Tull who invented something connected with agriculture.
  11. The Red Telephone

    Durham County Cricket Club

    Spookily I was listening to that album this morning. One point if you name the band and for a bonus point what did their namesake invent?🤔
  12. weeman27bob

    Official Rugby Thread

    Sheehan I think has to be in the nailed on too.
  13. Molehill

    Official Rugby Thread

    Looking at the fixtures I'm not sure I agree. It's 7 days before the First Test and there's a midweek game 3 days before against the Brumbies. Feels like the forwards will be pretty much an Eng/Ire combo with a couple of Scots in the backs (Kinghorn at full back another big possible). I'm not...
  14. BoyBrumby

    Official Rugby Thread

    ...with Aki and Curry, T in the very likelies. Bit of a crap shoot after that. Before the 6N I'd have said Russell was a v likely at least, but young Smith, F looks a very cool head. Not quite the ball skills of his (near) namesake, but equally less likely to throw twatty intercepts for the...
  15. capt_Luffy

    Sunil Gavaskar vs Wally Hammond

    Yeah no, from 70-76 Boycott scored way more runs in CC, at a good 10 runs higher average. Graeme Pollock was better.
  16. kyear2

    Sunil Gavaskar vs Wally Hammond

    ...placing of one BA Richards he did mention there was a little doubt as to who the best batsman was up until the onslaught of runs from his namesake made it clear the baron had been passed. 1902-12: Trumper 1912-28: Hobbs 1928-30: Hammond 1930-49: Bradman 1949-55: Hutton 1955-60: May 1960-70...
  17. B

    Barry Richards vs Greenidge

    I was kinda hoping for a response from you specifically when I posted. Thanks. Outside of the very obvious performing in CC, do you know why Barry was so highly rated in England in relation to Sobers and Pollock? I would have assumed their performances outside of county would carry a lot of...
  18. capt_Luffy

    Barry Richards vs Greenidge

    Tbf Gavaskar only managed to play 2 games that series and scored an 84.
  19. subshakerz

    Barry Richards vs Greenidge

    Thanks for this context as usual
  20. P

    Barry Richards vs Greenidge

    ...was admiration for Gavaskar, but not at the expense of their own Rowe, Kallicharran and Lloyd. The last two comfortably outperformed Gavaskar in India, and Majid and Zaheer in Pakistan, in 1974-75, then shone at the first World Cup. The following year Barry Richards' crown passed to namesake Viv.

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