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    **Official** England in The West Indies

    It strikes me that Trescothick has a similar batting style to that of Graeme Smith, and that although he doesn't regularly produce the goods for England at the moment, it is only his mental approach to batting that separates him from someone like Smith, who is beginning to prove himself a great...
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    Beautiful moments on the cricket field

    one of my favourite moments would have to be Alec Stewart receiving the badly-spelt bat at the Oval - I was there, and there was a real feeling among the crowd that we were watching an era ending right before our eyes. it was really something special. good luck in the future Stewie, you did us...
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    Johnson for Anderson

    What rumours about Croft? That he's crap at Test level? All true :P decent county player though, but surely we can do better? and also, i think you can substitute Michael Vaughan for Mark Butcher in my last post- I never realised Butch's bowling average was as low as that, I thought he was up...
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    Johnson for Anderson

    Jono is a great bloke and deserves his call up, it was criminal to see someone do so well on Test debut then be forgotten about. Anderson needs his rest, with any luck he'll come back as the Jimmy A who roasted Pakistan in the ODIs this summer rather than the one who seemed to find it easier...
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    Schoolboy talents, the next generation

    hey maybe we should all start a website for discussion about schools, could do pretty well :P can we get back to cricket please? ok, it doesnt have to be school cricket specifically, im talking players of 17-18 or younger who most people wouldnt know about thats all. lets leave the schools thing...
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    Schoolboy talents, the next generation

    on behalf of myself, hey! im not actually part of the "independent sector" - my school is one of those that determines the fees you pay by the amount you earn. one of very few in the country, and we churned out the wisden young all rounder of the year last year so you may have heard of us...
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    Schoolboy talents, the next generation

    Anyone got any inside stories on the latest schoolboy geniuses (genii?) around world cricket? I myself am 16 and playing regular school cricket, and ever since I read the story on Wisden schools about the Tendulkar/Kambli partnership at the age of 12 (664* fro those who don't know) I've been...
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    Rest of the World XIs to play Australia

    1. Michael Vaughan 2. Gary Kirsten 3. Brian Lara (c) 4. Sachin Tendulkar 5. Rahul Dravid 6. Jacques Kallis 7. Adam Gilchrist (wk) 8. Shaun Pollock 9. Makhaya Ntini 10. Shane Bond 11. Muttiah Muralitharan 12. Freddie Flintoff to come in for Ntini or Draivd should the bowling/batting need...
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    What's gone wrong at Somerset?

    My county have been p*** poor this year, yet a 1st choice Somerset XI would rate as a decent team - this would probably be their 1st XI: Trescothick Bowler Bryant Cox Burns Blackwell Turner Johnson Francis Caddick McLean if not for injuries and international callups, but instead, when I saw...
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    What's gone wrong at Somerset?

    My county have been p*** poor this year, yet a 1st choice Somerset XI would rate as a decent team - this would probably be their 1st XI: Trescothick Bowler Bryant Cox Burns Blackwell Turner Johnson Francis Caddick McLean if not for injuries and international callups, but instead, when I saw...
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    Question for SA cricket fans

    Yes indeed he was, I think he has the distinction of being the first player to score a hundred while using it - our school gets a constant supply of them, as they were developed by a former pupil! How did you know about him? If he's not actually playing FC cricket in SA then how did you hear of...
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    Question for SA cricket fans

    Have any of you heard of a young all rounder, about 19 i think, named Andries Kruger? I go to a boarding school in sussex, UK, and he left my school in July 2002 after winning Wisden Young all rounder of the year, and the word at my school is that he is now playing FC cricket in his native South...
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    England Squads

    I think Ian Blackwell in the long term is the man to give the England team the same kind of balance that teams like South Africa have - maybe the team would need some tweaking on asian spinning wickets, but my first choice XI in home tests would be something like this, given that spinners have a...
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    The Graeme Smith Appreciation Thread (From an England Fan)

    Thought I'd start this thread to praise Graeme Smith on what an exemplary display of not only leadership, but sportsmanship and determination he has displayed this summer. In the programme I received when I went to day 1 of the Oval Test, it had a picture of something called "Smith's secret...
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    World's Best Young Talent

    Back to Rudolph... He opened in the 2nd SA innings of a tour match this summer after graeme smith put himself down the order to 6, i think he was tired after scoring a hundred in the first innings. Rudolph did well - i think he got a 50. ive seen him opening before, and he certainly seems to...
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    World's Best Young Talent

    OK this is the idea - make up an XI of players (plus a 12th man if you like) that will probably make up a "World XI" in 8-10 years time. Pick one player from your XI who you think will be the biggest in a team full of stars. I'd be interested to see what everyone else's views are on the World's...
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    HELP NEEDED - does anyone know....

    ...where I can get a video or DVD (this will probably only be relevant to UK cricket fans) of the match between Surrey and Glamorgan in last year's C&G when Ali Brown smacked 268, or even just of Brown's innings? I missed the match at the time, and now feel strangely compelled to watch it having...

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