Nah
Never heard of that one
My best mate is a friend of Imran and we spent time together when he was in Sydney
Taught me how to “look after” the ball & other stuff ?
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Tim Paine ***ting scandal, will resign
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Never heard of that one
My best mate is a friend of Imran and we spent time together when he was in Sydney
Taught me how to “look after” the ball & other stuff ?
Starfighter
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Shoaib ran pretty fast. Thomson didn't though. More to do with musculature - quicker bowlers have a high proportion of fast twitch fibres. I've even seen people name specific genes but I'm not sure there's much, if any formal research that goes down that rabbit hole.
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When I was a kid first playing club seniors a bloke used to keep the new ball in a freezer overnight before a game. Thaw it in the morning and its deadly
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lmao these are so much better than mowing the outfield
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seems entirely fitting that we've ignored tim paine's sad book to talk about grade cricket
Starfighter
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I've heard of this one, but don't understand what it's supposed to do to the ball.
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Of course you can
But everyone has a natural limit
Spoke to a fast bowling (ex Test player) coach once
He said he could add 5-10ks to nearly anyone except strong guys who started off with a good action already
Then I had dinner with him
We made love
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Some amount of ball tampering should be allowed legally at the end of 4th or 5th day. Reverse swing should be an integral part of cricket and not be lost.
There could be some validity behind all teams doing some sort of tampering till the cameras started catching them. We see so many huge fourth innings chases nowadays compared to earlier. This bazball stuff would not have been possible in the reverse swing days.
There could be some validity behind all teams doing some sort of tampering till the cameras started catching them. We see so many huge fourth innings chases nowadays compared to earlier. This bazball stuff would not have been possible in the reverse swing days.
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How would that work? The ump gives the bowling side a Murray Mint at tea on the fourth day?
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Yep. Shane Bond and Ryan Harris are two professional examples.
A lot more go from medium fast to a respectable fast medium through work.
Club pace is about 110-120kph, with some guys bowling quicker (especially if they're FC players not selected for a format or something). That's still more than enough to knock over most of us.
I'd be shocked if there weren't 1st Grade bowlers in Australia bowling a comfortable FC pace.
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Harris and Bond are not in the same category
Harris was a proven star who was injured a lot
Bond never did anything of note in Tests he's pure speculation
Harris was a proven star who was injured a lot
Bond never did anything of note in Tests he's pure speculation
Flem274*
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like your mum and your face.
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There are plenty in the big city first grade comps who would bowl around 130 or just above. But as has been noted, the difference between 130-140 is massive when you're facing it (and not altogether pleasant).
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Murray Mint is not the only way. A standard tampered ball could also be prepared and given on the fourth day, with batting team also foretold and prepared to encounter the same.
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The old 'Chris Pringle' defence that
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It’s very obvious from this thread how deeply ingrained the cheating issue is in Australian cricket culture.
Nearly every post here is “we did it because they did it too” with a “(not that it’s an excuse)” thrown in at the end, basically trying to shift some of the blame to SA while trying to appear objective by not condoning the act.
Most of the posting also calls the duo stupid for using sandpaper. Because in their minds it’s fine to cheat, as long as you don’t get caught/can use the spirit of cricket as a defence.
Very sad tbh. Hopefully things change in the future.
Nearly every post here is “we did it because they did it too” with a “(not that it’s an excuse)” thrown in at the end, basically trying to shift some of the blame to SA while trying to appear objective by not condoning the act.
Most of the posting also calls the duo stupid for using sandpaper. Because in their minds it’s fine to cheat, as long as you don’t get caught/can use the spirit of cricket as a defence.
Very sad tbh. Hopefully things change in the future.