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How Many Centuries Will Phil Hughes Score?

frey

School Boy/Girl Captain
Thanks for the warm welcome back Dick. It gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling to know that you are missed by Sir Dick. While thanking you for noticing my absence, isn't it great that you have moved on to almost 75K posts. Congratulations. Sounds like social phobia at 24/7...but the reward is that elusive congratulatory email from the Queen when you hit that magic 1000 tons (=100,000 posts). It will be a magic moment indeed. Well done Dick and hope Queen Elizabeth writes to you sooner than later.:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh: An extra couple of laughs to Dick, the true welcome mat.


That's a new one.

Anyway, frey is old news - first showed-up in about March 2007 or summat. Fortunately, as you can see, he's not been what you'd call a regular visitor.
 

vic_orthdox

Global Moderator
Thanks for the warm welcome back Dick. It gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling to know that you are missed by Sir Dick. While thanking you for noticing my absence, isn't it great that you have moved on to almost 75K posts. Congratulations. Sounds like social phobia at 24/7...but the reward is that elusive congratulatory email from the Queen when you hit that magic 1000 tons (=100,000 posts). It will be a magic moment indeed. Well done Dick and hope Queen Elizabeth writes to you sooner than later.:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh: An extra couple of laughs to Dick, the true welcome mat.
Please stop referring to him as "Dick", just to annoy him. If you aren't interested in posting constructively, then stop wasting our time.
 

frey

School Boy/Girl Captain
No problem at all. If one checks my original email it was reasonably constructive in terms of stating my views. It was never directed negatively at any single person. Then came Richard's post which in my view was not necessary and largely ignored what I had contributed. I guess I saw the funny side of his comment, but it did 'annoy me' somewhat as it was directed at me personally. As stated, no big issue at all. I enjoy cricket, and like to contribute to the forum. :laugh::laugh::laugh:

Please stop referring to him as "Dick", just to annoy him. If you aren't interested in posting constructively, then stop wasting our time.
 

Richard

Cricket Web Staff Member
Well none of your posts have ever been constructive, as evidenced by the fact that just about every single one contains multiple Laugh smilies, the fact you can't even put the quote before the reply like everyone else does, and the fact that most are very confrontational - such as the last one in reply to Gelman's post.

Hence, my somewhat groan response every time you return.
 
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rivera213

U19 Vice-Captain
^ Lol, Richard isn't kidding, almost every post by Frey has 3 smilies! I thought he was taking the piss. Ha ha.
 

social

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Impossible to predict as it could just as easily be a feast or famine for Hughes

The kid has one of the strangest techniques I've ever seen so it wouldnt surprise me if he had an absolute shocker (for those that havent seen him, it's against everything in the coaching manual and you'd NEVER suggest that anyone copy it)

However, on the plus side, he obviously has an eye like dead fish, a great temperament and recently caned the world's best fast bowler
 

PhoenixFire

International Coach
The kid has one of the strangest techniques I've ever seen so it wouldnt surprise me if he had an absolute shocker (for those that havent seen him, it's against everything in the coaching manual and you'd NEVER suggest that anyone copy it)
I've never seen him bat before. What exactly is it like?
 

Burgey

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I've never seen him bat before. What exactly is it like?
Stays leg side of the ball a lot. And moves around the crease a bit.

His technique looks weird, but if you're curious, I commend you to get some footage and check out his positioning when the ball is let go. It doent look anywhere near as bad then.

Also has an eye like a dead Jewie and very very fast hands.
 

vic_orthdox

Global Moderator
I've never seen him bat before. What exactly is it like?
Has very good hands. Prepared to give himself room and flay at anything with width, may not middle everything but it'll fly down towards third man. Gets himself balanced rather than near the ball to drive, and drives with his hands right through the ball.
 

rivera213

U19 Vice-Captain
Hughes gives the bat a good swing when outside off stump which in itself should please our bowlers.

If I'm honest, I think he's a pretty ugly player but he's an ugly player with 3 test centuries already so I can't see him adopting a more Gower-esque approach. Lol.
 

andruid

Cricketer Of The Year
Stays leg side of the ball a lot. And moves around the crease a bit.

His technique looks weird, but if you're curious, I commend you to get some footage and check out his positioning when the ball is let go. It doent look anywhere near as bad then.

Also has an eye like a dead Jewie and very very fast hands.

Your on the slippery slope to holocaust denial with comments like that.8-)

Anyway, from the highlights on Sussex TV he's not quite as bizzare and outrightly incorrect as Chanderpaul, yet Chanders has a history of making a mockery of english bowling.
 

rivera213

U19 Vice-Captain
I think he'll be the long term Aussie opener in all 3 formats unless they find 2 better openers who are specialist T20 players which I doubt.
 

social

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Your on the slippery slope to holocaust denial with comments like that.8-)

Anyway, from the highlights on Sussex TV he's not quite as bizzare and outrightly incorrect as Chanderpaul, yet Chanders has a history of making a mockery of english bowling.
A "Jewie" is a fish
 

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