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*Official* NatWest Series: ENG v SA v ZIM
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Langeveldt
Soutie
Oh well... this should give SA and Graham Smith the kick up the backside they need :!(
I can just see it coming...Polly! All is forgiven!
I can just see it coming...Polly! All is forgiven!
Neil Pickup
Cricket Web Moderator
I suggest that anyone who likes Graeme Smith doesn't read my match report tonight..
luckyeddie
Cricket Web Staff Member
It's going to take a hell of a long time before England's mental scars heal.
All 107 of them.
All 107 of them.
Neil Pickup
Cricket Web Moderator
I'm not :saint:marc71178 said:Or in about an hour and a half if you're on the ball!
luckyeddie
Cricket Web Staff Member
Having had more decades experience in watching England than anyone else here, I don't count chickens any more.
Neil Pickup
Cricket Web Moderator
You forget that this generation are unscarred by years of failure.
Wahoo.
http://www.cricketweb.net/articles/EpVlpuFuVVOBRHWUeV.shtml
My 1,900-word match report. Someone read it, please, it took me 90 minutes to write.
Wahoo.
http://www.cricketweb.net/articles/EpVlpuFuVVOBRHWUeV.shtml
My 1,900-word match report. Someone read it, please, it took me 90 minutes to write.
luckyeddie
Cricket Web Staff Member
Neil - congratulations.
I think that report is amongst your finest articles to date.
Love the Clarke references. Who knows - we may come to revere him like we do AA one day (provided the rest of the side continue to perform to the level where we can afford the luxury of a token passenger). DD loves him too.
I didn't see all of the carnage live, but of course with the game only running half of its scheduled course, Sky had ample time to pretty well show the whole thing again - and I missed none of that.
It was wonderful to watch, and I have been most impressed with Vaughan's captaincy. Comparing him to Smith, the descriptions 'fresh air' and 'hot air' (or 'empty windbag') spring to mind.
An ODI series victory is not a test series, though, although I am greatly cheered by the fact that Andre Nel will not be taking part. For the large part, this is a toothless South African attack. Ntini continues to take huge leaps forward (my 'one to watch' for 2004) but Pollock, I am afraid to say, appears to be a pale shadow of his former self.
Perhaps it is all part of Smith's master plan to lull us into a false sense of security?
I think that report is amongst your finest articles to date.
Love the Clarke references. Who knows - we may come to revere him like we do AA one day (provided the rest of the side continue to perform to the level where we can afford the luxury of a token passenger). DD loves him too.
I didn't see all of the carnage live, but of course with the game only running half of its scheduled course, Sky had ample time to pretty well show the whole thing again - and I missed none of that.
It was wonderful to watch, and I have been most impressed with Vaughan's captaincy. Comparing him to Smith, the descriptions 'fresh air' and 'hot air' (or 'empty windbag') spring to mind.
An ODI series victory is not a test series, though, although I am greatly cheered by the fact that Andre Nel will not be taking part. For the large part, this is a toothless South African attack. Ntini continues to take huge leaps forward (my 'one to watch' for 2004) but Pollock, I am afraid to say, appears to be a pale shadow of his former self.
Perhaps it is all part of Smith's master plan to lull us into a false sense of security?
Huge congrads to Vaughan & England - unfortunately I missed all but the coup de gras with the bat.
must have been an awesome display with the ball and in the field, accompanied by a somewhat inept display from SA.
Interesting to hear Beefy talking about an SA bowling attack that lacks pace & is too much the same!!!!
I endorse previous comments regarding this new English ODI team not being overburdoned by past failures - hopefully they can bring this across into the Test arena.
must have been an awesome display with the ball and in the field, accompanied by a somewhat inept display from SA.
Interesting to hear Beefy talking about an SA bowling attack that lacks pace & is too much the same!!!!
I endorse previous comments regarding this new English ODI team not being overburdoned by past failures - hopefully they can bring this across into the Test arena.
V Reddy
International Debutant
Shaun Pollock has launched his new website www.shaunpollock.co.za ( atleast Jonty said that in his newsletter :P ). Thru that u can contact Polly too. As there are many fans of Pollock i thought i should let you know.
luckyeddie
Cricket Web Staff Member
Thanks for the website info, Vish.
I just might send him DD's take(s) on Graeme Smith
I just might send him DD's take(s) on Graeme Smith
V Reddy
International Debutant
Subscribe to his newsletter, LE. His Column appears on it every month. Subscribe to Jonty's too. Every Month he writes about how he is playing, county cricket, SAF team,etc,. His is www.jonty.co.za. My friend won a cap couple of months back in those competitions of Jonty but i think now they have been stopped. Adam Gilchrist used to have one too but it remained online for only a month or twoluckyeddie said:Thanks for the website info, Vish.
I just might send him DD's take(s) on Graeme Smith
. Darren Gough has one hosted by CricInfo but he rarely writes on that page. Do you know any more official player websites which are updated regularly, LE?
luckyeddie
Cricket Web Staff Member
Thanks again - I will subscribe today.vishnureddy said:Subscribe to his newsletter, LE. His Column appears on it every month. Subscribe to Jonty's too. Every Month he writes about how he is playing, county cricket, SAF team,etc,. His is www.jonty.co.za. My friend won a cap couple of months back in those competitions of Jonty but i think now they have been stopped. Adam Gilchrist used to have one too but it remained online for only a month or two
As far as 'other players', nope. I doubt whether many of them can write
- certainly if the abject stupidity which has been so regularly demonstrated of late by certain people is anything to go by.It's tough when one of your heroes comes out and says something which is beneath contempt.
Langeveldt
Soutie
luckyeddie said:
D.Cork to blame then??? Unfortunatly i know how you feel...
luckyeddie
Cricket Web Staff Member
Totally - Hodge caught the ball and was mucking about (which was a pretty stupid thing to do, but you have to make allowances regarding his rootsJacques Rudolph said:
)Corky made a big issue over it - if he had left it at that it would have all blown over - but oh no. He had to whine to a newspaper about it.