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  1. IamSpartacus

    *Official* India Tour of England 2018

    Shannon Gabriel ?
  2. IamSpartacus

    GOLDEN PAIRS:Choose your favourite pairs to battle with each other

    I think that Ryan Harris's delivery to Alistair Cook did this. It looks to me that it swings in a little, bounces, then swings away a little before it hit the stumps
  3. IamSpartacus

    Who IYO has the best looking cover drive, pace action, pull shot etc etc

    Cow corner - Mitchell Johnson plays it quite gracefully methinks
  4. IamSpartacus

    Cricketer Look-A-Likes

    Timothy Olyphant reminds me of Jimmeh....
  5. IamSpartacus

    Pujara could be batting equivalent of McGrath

    Duly noted. I'm more of a lurker here, I usually read the comments and don't take that much notice of who makes them. This looked like a troll post , but i'm happy to admit i'm probably wrong on that point. However my point still stands that it was an ill conceived comparison. Btw my intial...
  6. IamSpartacus

    Pujara could be batting equivalent of McGrath

    It’s a very clunky post that does actually show bias (everyone has bias, it’s called an opinion) I don’t have a problem with his view about McGrath at all, nor do I doubt his sincerity in his belief that McGrath is overrated. My issue is with the original post being advertised as being about...
  7. IamSpartacus

    Pujara could be batting equivalent of McGrath

    It seems to me that the bounce extracted by McGrath made it difficult for batsmen to treat him like your average, park trundler. IIRC Pieterson got a broken rib trying it, and at a time when McGrath was nearing the end of his career.
  8. IamSpartacus

    Pujara could be batting equivalent of McGrath

    Perhaps the reaction to this thread has more to do with the laughably disingenuous original post - using a really thin premise to begin with (comparing / contrasting a batsman with a bowler) then use the majority of the post to present a position regarding the bowler. Weak.
  9. IamSpartacus

    Sachin Tendulkar

    Ranks up there with Obama getting the Nobel Peace Prize for being the first black US President. Does anyone get such awards from, oh I dunno, actual merit anymore?
  10. IamSpartacus

    Most oppressive conditions you've played cricket in....

    I played at a dog track where the oval was roped off quite a ways inside the track fence and they were using sprinklers on the grass surrounding the playing field which for whatever reason was creating this jock-drenching humidity which we had to bowl in. By the time we batted it had dissipated...
  11. IamSpartacus

    Bowling Machines - are they worth purchasing?

    My team once used the Adelaide Oval indoor nets with bowling machines that used cricket balls that resembled big yellow golf balls. Prodigious late swing both ways with no way to tell which way it was going, it was the most fun i've ever had in the nets, and it could send it down at a rate of...
  12. IamSpartacus

    Just a Theory of mine

    On the other hand in 60 years time there will be a lot of people putting forward the "fact" that Ambrose and McGrath were 130km/h trundlers and Sachin Tendular was rubbish because [insert pet theory] and that their current hero is the best because in modern times [insert stuff about fitness...
  13. IamSpartacus

    Most aesthetically pleasing batsmen

    Mitchell Johnson's cow corner shot, one of the most graceful slog shots going around and much more aesthetically pleasing than his bowling.
  14. IamSpartacus

    Most aesthetically pleasing batsmen

    Ian Bell Love his cover drive and when he comes down the track and lofts it straight down the ground.
  15. IamSpartacus

    SIGN-UP THREAD: CricketWeb Cricket

    I'd like to sign up, this is right up my alley .. no effort required on my part First Name: Billington Last Name: Smythe-Smith (aka Bill or Smiffy) Player Role: RHB Batsmen Player Style: Normal Batting Attributes: 92 Bowling Attributes: 8 Player Roles RHB middle order (specialist at 5)...
  16. IamSpartacus

    Dravid - War Memorial Speech

    Yes your right afterall he was at the War Memorial so it was an appropriate place to pay homage to the sacrifices of ordinary Australians & Indians in a shared conflict. Lets hope we all just leave it at that and get on with the cricket.
  17. IamSpartacus

    Dravid - War Memorial Speech

    Its also ironic that this speech, which mentions how Australians and Indians were brother in arms results in such a divisive thread. (of which i'm guilty of contibuting). Sorry 'bout that Here's to a great series - at least its more than two tests.
  18. IamSpartacus

    Dravid - War Memorial Speech

    Good speechifying from Dravid. He is a true professional and a great sportsman Kinda bummed out by the vibe of the thread, will Indians100 years from now still be visiting the sins of the ancestors on future Brits? Everyone from WWI is dead, will generation after generation feel a hate that...
  19. IamSpartacus

    ***Official*** New Zealand in Australia 2011

    ultra slow mo ain't siddle's friend I can tell ya
  20. IamSpartacus

    ***Official*** New Zealand in Australia 2011

    and what about HotSpot too

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