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He actually bowls the ball too, which is enourmously different to Murali.
Tiger44 said:
He actually bowls the ball too, which is enourmously different to Murali.
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The Greg Chappell bit relates to his recent comments about the WI being dead & buried.
In a recent interview, Brian Lara said that nothing had done more to inspire both the team & himself than Chappell's comments.
Greg Chappell is currently in the last throes of losing the Indian coaching position.
Hayfever said:
The Greg Chappell bit relates to his recent comments about the WI being dead & buried.
In a recent interview, Brian Lara said that nothing had done more to inspire both the team & himself than Chappell's comments.
Greg Chappell is currently in the last throes of losing the Indian coaching position.
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His action is legal. He bowls with a 14.9 degree bend to the elbow. The square leg umpire has to adjuciate whether it's 14.9 or 15.1 degrees. Quite simple really. :cutelaughmb64 said:
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Yep.
Surprising they ever took him on really. The best coaches were very rarely great players. If they had to work it out themselves as players they can pass it on better. Same in footy and cricket.
Phantom said:
Yep.
Surprising they ever took him on really. The best coaches were very rarely great players. If they had to work it out themselves as players they can pass it on better. Same in footy and cricket.
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Thanks for the clarification Phanto. The Windies are certainly a rejuvenated team of late. Much more passion in their players, especially the young bowlers. With big Clive also actively involved they seem to be a lot cooler and smarter in the way they go about it. Lara batting down the order is an example.
Years ago they went away from Australia determined to give us back what Lillee and Thomson had given them and we paid for it many times over. Greg Chappell's comments may have a similar effect. If nothing else it will be good for the game of cricket.
Phantom said:
Thanks for the clarification Phanto. The Windies are certainly a rejuvenated team of late. Much more passion in their players, especially the young bowlers. With big Clive also actively involved they seem to be a lot cooler and smarter in the way they go about it. Lara batting down the order is an example.
Years ago they went away from Australia determined to give us back what Lillee and Thomson had given them and we paid for it many times over. Greg Chappell's comments may have a similar effect. If nothing else it will be good for the game of cricket.
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I wouldn't be getting too excited about the Windies. I heard that old cricketing guru Rex Hunt
saying last night that they are well and truly on their way back up the ladder. I don't think winning a few one day games means a turnaround. I think you'll find this is a flash in the pan (Down among the dead men) for the Windies.
In other news Hair has been removed from the ICC umpires council...bye Darrell.
I wouldn't be getting too excited about the Windies. I heard that old cricketing guru Rex Hunt
saying last night that they are well and truly on their way back up the ladder. I don't think winning a few one day games means a turnaround. I think you'll find this is a flash in the pan (Down among the dead men) for the Windies.In other news Hair has been removed from the ICC umpires council...bye Darrell.
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Captain Smith
The master in command
A man with wealth of wisdom
A fine upstanding man
But the fog
He didn't hear the calls
The ice mountain was waiting
For fifteen hundred souls
And she sailed
Through the night
On her way
Down among the dead men
Down among the dead men
The band played
She sailed the virgin
She sailed the sea
Down among the dead men
Down among the dead men
And into history
I hope they saved his girlfriend though ;D
Right song, wrong team TT. The lyrics suggest it was about the South African team :hihitigertim said:I wouldn't be getting too excited about the Windies. I heard that old cricketing guru Rex Hunt
In other news Hair has been removed from the ICC umpires council...bye Darrell.
Captain Smith
The master in command
A man with wealth of wisdom
A fine upstanding man
But the fog
He didn't hear the calls
The ice mountain was waiting
For fifteen hundred souls
And she sailed
Through the night
On her way
Down among the dead men
Down among the dead men
The band played
She sailed the virgin
She sailed the sea
Down among the dead men
Down among the dead men
And into history
I hope they saved his girlfriend though ;D
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Very good HF. I was thinking everyone would be saying "wtf is he talking about?" but there you go and find the lyrics. Ah, the joy of the internet and it's educational facilities.
Hayfever said:Right song, wrong team TT. The lyrics suggest it was about the South African team :hihitigertim said:I wouldn't be getting too excited about the Windies. I heard that old cricketing guru Rex Hunt
In other news Hair has been removed from the ICC umpires council...bye Darrell.
Captain Smith
The master in command
A man with wealth of wisdom
A fine upstanding man
But the fog
He didn't hear the calls
The ice mountain was waiting
For fifteen hundred souls
And she sailed
Through the night
On her way
Down among the dead men
Down among the dead men
The band played
She sailed the virgin
She sailed the sea
Down among the dead men
Down among the dead men
And into history
I hope they saved his girlfriend though ;D
Very good HF. I was thinking everyone would be saying "wtf is he talking about?" but there you go and find the lyrics. Ah, the joy of the internet and it's educational facilities.
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i nsaw lillee got into the old players batsmen anyway. and rightly so. but he defended mcgrath. this bloke is struggling big time the only time he is taking wickets is when he gets on wickets that are doing plenty. he has hardly taken a test wicket since lords and struggled before that. my big concern with him is his pace. never really quick he has lost 10km and given flat tracks will have no penetration what so ever. imo one of both clarke and tait should be selected in front of him to partner lee and johnson. its criminal that our best young cricketers have to wait until their late twenties to get a game at test level. i can understand the arguments when it comes to batsmen but not when it comes to fast bowlers.
what sort of record would hussey gilchrist hayden leahman etc have had if given a go in front of pathetic old men the way we are selecting our sides we will never have players breaking records because their time at the top is so short.
in time this situation will stop young people taking up the game.
i nsaw lillee got into the old players batsmen anyway. and rightly so. but he defended mcgrath. this bloke is struggling big time the only time he is taking wickets is when he gets on wickets that are doing plenty. he has hardly taken a test wicket since lords and struggled before that. my big concern with him is his pace. never really quick he has lost 10km and given flat tracks will have no penetration what so ever. imo one of both clarke and tait should be selected in front of him to partner lee and johnson. its criminal that our best young cricketers have to wait until their late twenties to get a game at test level. i can understand the arguments when it comes to batsmen but not when it comes to fast bowlers.
what sort of record would hussey gilchrist hayden leahman etc have had if given a go in front of pathetic old men the way we are selecting our sides we will never have players breaking records because their time at the top is so short.
in time this situation will stop young people taking up the game.
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"Most recently Harry has left a long time partnership with Alberts, and started Flashpoint Music with his producer/engineer son Daniel. They have just finished an album with new Melbourne group, British India, and have also finished a new album with long time cohort John Paul Young due for release in Nov 2006"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Vanda
There is no doubt about it TT...... the internet enables us to recall and fill in the memory gaps, as well as learn fascinating new stuff. I was lucky enough to see the Easybeats live in Canberra in their early days and have continued to be amazed by the Vanda and Young influence on the Rock 'n Roll world ever since. It looks like another Young generation is now kicking in.tigertim said:
"Most recently Harry has left a long time partnership with Alberts, and started Flashpoint Music with his producer/engineer son Daniel. They have just finished an album with new Melbourne group, British India, and have also finished a new album with long time cohort John Paul Young due for release in Nov 2006"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Vanda
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when he split he became a bricklayer with his son adam. they are now forming their own building company. snowy has a recording studio on his property in jandakot and does lots of work with bands there.
ya know i know gordon snowy fleet very well their drummer. a more down to earth and likeable person you will never meet.Hayfever said:
when he split he became a bricklayer with his son adam. they are now forming their own building company. snowy has a recording studio on his property in jandakot and does lots of work with bands there.
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For those who enjoy some politics in their cricket.
Game deserves answers
Ben Dorries
November 06, 2006 12:00am
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,20706767-2882,00.html
HERE'S a script too far-fetched for even Fawlty Towers.
Get rid of one of cricket's best umpires -- a bloke actually prepared to stand up for what he believes in. Then reinstate a cheat, Pakistani scoundrel Ata-ur-Rehman who was banned for life in 2000 for match fixing.
Why not also reinstate Zimbabwe's Test status from next year as well, notwithstanding the brutal regime of dictator Robert Mugabe.
Good one lads. The faceless board of the International Cricket Council has really taken the cake this time.
If hanging Darrell Hair out to dry wasn't bad enough, the ICC should have at least had the courage to explain why it had "lost confidence" in the controversial umpire.
Instead, only days after ICC boss Malcolm Speed publicly backed Hair, the sport's top officials went to water.
The media briefing in Mumbai to explain Hair's sacking was an embarrassing and shameful cover-up exercise.
Percy Sonn, an arrogant character who somehow ascended from being a public prosecutor in South Africa to the presidency of the ICC board, tried to take charge.
He stone-walled and guffawed at any serious attempt to get to the bottom of the Hair affair and the reasons for the umpire's sacking.
Was Hair abandoned for his now infamous decisions in the Oval Test or for his ill-conceived demand for a $US500,000 payout to walk away from the game?
Sonn wouldn't say.
He became infuriated when I had the temerity to grab the microphone to ask that he explain why the ICC board had lost confidence in Hair.
Sonn refused to give a straight answer.
I asked what the point of the media conference was. He told me I could leave the room if I didn't want to be there.
Talk about kindergarten cops ... the blokes running cricket should at least have the guts to explain their appalling decisions. The game deserves better than its current Mickey Mouse leadership.
For those who enjoy some politics in their cricket.
Game deserves answers
Ben Dorries
November 06, 2006 12:00am
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,20706767-2882,00.html
HERE'S a script too far-fetched for even Fawlty Towers.
Get rid of one of cricket's best umpires -- a bloke actually prepared to stand up for what he believes in. Then reinstate a cheat, Pakistani scoundrel Ata-ur-Rehman who was banned for life in 2000 for match fixing.
Why not also reinstate Zimbabwe's Test status from next year as well, notwithstanding the brutal regime of dictator Robert Mugabe.
Good one lads. The faceless board of the International Cricket Council has really taken the cake this time.
If hanging Darrell Hair out to dry wasn't bad enough, the ICC should have at least had the courage to explain why it had "lost confidence" in the controversial umpire.
Instead, only days after ICC boss Malcolm Speed publicly backed Hair, the sport's top officials went to water.
The media briefing in Mumbai to explain Hair's sacking was an embarrassing and shameful cover-up exercise.
Percy Sonn, an arrogant character who somehow ascended from being a public prosecutor in South Africa to the presidency of the ICC board, tried to take charge.
He stone-walled and guffawed at any serious attempt to get to the bottom of the Hair affair and the reasons for the umpire's sacking.
Was Hair abandoned for his now infamous decisions in the Oval Test or for his ill-conceived demand for a $US500,000 payout to walk away from the game?
Sonn wouldn't say.
He became infuriated when I had the temerity to grab the microphone to ask that he explain why the ICC board had lost confidence in Hair.
Sonn refused to give a straight answer.
I asked what the point of the media conference was. He told me I could leave the room if I didn't want to be there.
Talk about kindergarten cops ... the blokes running cricket should at least have the guts to explain their appalling decisions. The game deserves better than its current Mickey Mouse leadership.
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Some interesting Pura Cup results and individual performances over the weekend, so to the cricketing experts, what does your team look like for the first test...
Some interesting Pura Cup results and individual performances over the weekend, so to the cricketing experts, what does your team look like for the first test...
