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  1. GuyFromLancs

    Guardian Article on Alastair Cook

    Fair dos. But I stand by what I said, and the article Trundler linked to is very good.
  2. GuyFromLancs

    Guardian Article on Alastair Cook

    I can't get out my mind the big series' he's gone AWOL. There's instability in his technique where the middle doesn't hold. His baseline is survival in most conditions or domination via percentages game in optimal conditions. This may be heresy for an Englishman but I like the Warner type...
  3. GuyFromLancs

    Guardian Article on Alastair Cook

    https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/may/31/alastair-cook-tricky-co-pilot-keaton-jennings-pakistan-second-test Right, I’m not saying I necessarily agree with this, but I have voiced concerns about Cook before and been (perhaps rightfully) shouted down. But it’s not jus this, my gut (always a...
  4. GuyFromLancs

    Steve Smith prediciton thread..

    He'll be back and fully operational. Probably still maintain a 60 plus average for a good while yet. Might even do him some good this!!
  5. GuyFromLancs

    Sportsmanship is Dying

    Looking at ball tamperinggate,Golden Boy's recent mess with Canelo's positive drug tests, and countless acts of simulation and cheating in football/soccer every week, a pattern seems to emerge once busted. 1. Deny. 2. Yeah we did it but so what? Fook you! 3. Ok, let's talk about this. I need to...
  6. GuyFromLancs

    David Warner retirement thread

    Nah, Warner is Warner. Nearly all the arseholes I've known in my life have been like him. Short, chippy, confrontation-based, bullying, yet still victimised in their own minds. It's a pathology I recognise very well. Without getting all clarevoyant, I can tell exactly the kind of person he is...
  7. GuyFromLancs

    David Warner retirement thread

    Sure. But he's also a jackass. A bully, and a stain on the sport.
  8. GuyFromLancs

    David Warner retirement thread

    A fantastic batsman and a real nasty piece of work.
  9. GuyFromLancs

    Baggy Green ball tampering: Bancroft, Smith and the Aussie "Leadership Group"

    Warner really is a nasty piece of work. This couldn't happen to nicer fella.
  10. GuyFromLancs

    5 Best ODI Batsmen of All Time

    I too think Hussey was generally superior to Bevan. Just that Bevan really pioneered that specialist finisher role. He was the Mercedes Benz of ODI finishes.
  11. GuyFromLancs

    Is AB de Villiers an ATG?

    * wouldn't mean much
  12. GuyFromLancs

    Is AB de Villiers an ATG?

    It's an interesting point because McGrath (a cardboard cutout of a batsman) makes Hadlee look like Sobers with the bat. But I wonder if (assuming McGrath just is that tiny bit better with the ball) this pushes him over the finishing line. With a gun to my head, I'd probably just hedge to...
  13. GuyFromLancs

    Is AB de Villiers an ATG?

    Greatest ODI ever. In tests, a great among his peers. But not ATG
  14. GuyFromLancs

    All time world ODI XI game

    Peak Flintoff would be close to any ATG ODI team. Dude was a beast!!!
  15. GuyFromLancs

    Bits and pieces players

    Me. Proper bits and pieces player When in the first team for my club I'd bat at 8 and bowl 5th or 6th. Very average close fielder but a decent to good throwing arm. I am that/this guy!!
  16. GuyFromLancs

    5 Best ODI Batsmen of All Time

    1. Nick Knight Daylight 2. Tendulkar ... you get the picture!!
  17. GuyFromLancs

    How highly would David Gower be rated now?

    I'm a little too young to remember him as a truly active player. My cricketing career began with Gooch v India in '90, but everyone I talk to here (UK-side) rates peak Gower as a brilliant player. Yes, I know the stats, and like anyone I have access to YouTube, but I want to know from people...
  18. GuyFromLancs

    All time world ODI XI game

    He'd be in contention for a 3rd XI
  19. GuyFromLancs

    All time world ODI XI game

    As a batsman, yeah. If that's what you mean by total package
  20. GuyFromLancs

    Role of leg/wrist spinners in limited overs cricket

    Unpredictability. T20 has led to a demand for bowlers with a box of tricks up their sleeve. Even if some of those tricks are gimmicky crap in reality.

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