S.Kennedy
International Vice-Captain
I think Harmison was still hungover when he bowled that first delivery!!Yeah I don't think that helped the cause a year and a half later down here.
I think Harmison was still hungover when he bowled that first delivery!!Yeah I don't think that helped the cause a year and a half later down here.
The Aussies - it might have been Warne - said something like, ''why didn't we get MBEs for beating you guys for the last 16 years''.After 05, that Australian team was always going to be extremely motivated, but the nature and extent of the celebrations and recognition probably motivated them a little bit more (not that I really blame England for getting caught up in it. It was a long time between drinks).
The real one already had a medal named after him...This is very helpful. Not only have past champions been acknowledged, but more importantly, we can now tell the real AB from the impostor merely by way of which one has the medal. What a gun moment. This was singularly the moment when Australia stopped being pushovers in all forms of cricket for near over two decades
Nah - the real AB doesn't do hyperbole - he won 6.The real AB would have won 10, without even playing for Australia
So good.Nah - the real AB doesn't do hyperbole - he won 6.
@Lillian - Too Funny! I would actually pay to see that happenAustralia receive medals for 1987 Cricket World Cup win over England - BBC Sport
Does this mean I can give Mike Gatting an equally deserved slap for his reverse sweep?
Rodney Hogg would have been a good shout for an AB medal in the late 70'sDo we have any 'experts' here that would care to interrogate my retrospective AB medal list? I tried to be fair in my guesses but could easily be wrong on some. I believe AB medal has a test component weighted heavier, an ODI component and a media component. ie, if any player is a media pet that might get them over the line in close ones.
Hogg did have a blinder in 1978/79 so wins easilyGood calls.
In 79 Hogg was pretty good but Border was also pretty good in test that year. Because of the tendency of batsman to win, unless the bowler has a blinder, I went with Border.
the AB medal would have classified that as 1978 season (certainly the first three test where he took 7, 10 & 10 wickets). In what would classify as the 1979 season. Hogg would only have had two great tests in that year (the first two, before being a bit of nothing for the rest of the year - apart from one 4wkt innings in India. He might have only had a couple of ODI where he pulled votes and missed a few of the others such as the world cup. I don't think Hogg gets it due to bad luck in timing.Hogg did have a blinder in 1978/79 so wins easily
8 Tests vs Eng and Pak at home with 51 wkts @ 15.37
They're clearly weighting something wrong seeing Warner won for such an underwhelming test year. Actually, they should add an up-lift for OS test centuries. That way, he'd never win.Do we have any 'experts' here that would care to interrogate my retrospective AB medal list? I tried to be fair in my guesses but could easily be wrong on some. I believe AB medal has a test component weighted heavier, an ODI component and a media component. ie, if any player is a media pet that might get them over the line in close ones.
He had a ridiculous year in ODIs and it's not as if anyone else stood out that much in Tests. Starc won the Test gong and you wouldn't say he had an amazing year.They're clearly weighting something wrong seeing Warner won for such an underwhelming test year. Actually, they should add an up-lift for OS test centuries. That way, he'd never win.