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Stuart Broad gets a review right
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Wow, Make that 2 successful reviews for Broad
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Wow, Make that 2 successful reviews for Broad
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Not on the field action but Jonathan Agnew spotted the play stopping dog in the stands at todays game. No more interruptions from him I hope.
Also on the subject of more unusual animals I 've also seen the Cookie Monster and his girlfriend Minnie Mouse at the Visakhapatnam test ground. I don't know what the indians make of our fans getting fancy dressed up for the games. |
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Not on the field action but Jonathan Agnew spotted the play stopping dog in the stands at todays game. No more interruptions from him I hope.
Also on the subject of more unusual animals I 've also seen the Cookie Monster and his girlfriend Minnie Mouse at the Visakhapatnam test ground. I don't know what the indians make of our fans getting fancy dressed up for the games. |
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Cookie Monster is dating Minnie Mouse ? I'd no idea her and Mickey had split up
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Gatt got more than 200 off them once, and he used to like a chip or two
![]() The book covered the decade or so of Hughes' career (80-93) where change was afoot in the county game but everything was still closer to 1970 than 2000 in how things were structured and run. One thing that comes across is the changes in all of the sports science related stuff they do now which they didn't do then and especially in relation to food!. Hughes began at the end of the 70's at a time when Gooch was probably the only pro who had a track suit and the routines he did then are automatic and commonplace now. At Middlesex, Graham Barlow, a trained PE Teacher who had been to Loughborough Colleges was in charge of per-season training held at the Barclays Bank sports facility on the North Circular Road, where I played an SAL football match for Winchmore Hill against the Bank once, but is now not used and up for sale to potential developers. But as Hughes describes all the training, nets and then matches, food is central to it all. However, it was not the health oriented approach used now. On match days, the players would fill themselves up with tea and plates of biscuits before meandering down to do some nets and the lunch and teas were the sort of standard 'British' fayre of much carbohydrates (stodge) with pies, puddings, and lashings of custard (everything with custard). When playing away and staying in the standard breeze block hotel usually close to a motorway, evenings would be spent in pubs and curry houses; makes Rooney's evening on the red wine on Saturday look positively healthy. Gatting its true, consumed his fair share of this grub. The line on him missing the Warne ball at the Oval was from Gooch, 'If it had been a cheese roll, he would have hit it'. ![]() I know that Hughes is a bit marmite with fans; some like him and some don't but although he has never gripped me in his role as the analyst, I think he is a good writer and I really enjoyed Hard Yakka when reading it for the 2nd time. |
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Howard, just re-read Simon Hughes' A Lot of Hard Yakka - an excellent book where Hughes struck a good balance between the laddish anecdotes about life of a county pro with a hard nosed analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the life / system. In fact, he was scathing in his criticisms.
The book covered the decade or so of Hughes' career (80-93) where change was afoot in the county game but everything was still closer to 1970 than 2000 in how things were structured and run. One thing that comes across is the changes in all of the sports science related stuff they do now which they didn't do then and especially in relation to food!. Hughes began at the end of the 70's at a time when Gooch was probably the only pro who had a track suit and the routines he did then are automatic and commonplace now. At Middlesex, Graham Barlow, a trained PE Teacher who had been to Loughborough Colleges was in charge of per-season training held at the Barclays Bank sports facility on the North Circular Road, where I played an SAL football match for Winchmore Hill against the Bank once, but is now not used and up for sale to potential developers. But as Hughes describes all the training, nets and then matches, food is central to it all. However, it was not the health oriented approach used now. On match days, the players would fill themselves up with tea and plates of biscuits before meandering down to do some nets and the lunch and teas were the sort of standard 'British' fayre of much carbohydrates (stodge) with pies, puddings, and lashings of custard (everything with custard). When playing away and staying in the standard breeze block hotel usually close to a motorway, evenings would be spent in pubs and curry houses; makes Rooney's evening on the red wine on Saturday look positively healthy. Gatting its true, consumed his fair share of this grub. The line on him missing the Warne ball at the Oval was from Gooch, 'If it had been a cheese roll, he would have hit it'. ![]() I know that Hughes is a bit marmite with fans; some like him and some don't but although he has never gripped me in his role as the analyst, I think he is a good writer and I really enjoyed Hard Yakka when reading it for the 2nd time. |
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Exciting finish in Bulawayo, the match finishes in a tie with Carter run out off the last ball as the West Indies messed up the finish from a strong position
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Back in the day, players, especially fast bowlers, would stay fit by playing 6 ( sometimes 7) days a week. They didn't get injured diving for balls near the boudary either.
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And warm up was five balls and two fags.
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Another big mistake by the Umpire.
They are no longer required to check for foot faults in order to concentrate on 'the business end'. Problem is that they are just guessing It annoys me on the occasions when the review goes in their favour and their off field chum says "Well done" |
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Last wicket partnership spoiling what has been a good morning for England
Lead approaching 400 now |
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405 to win....or 5 sessions to survive.....
Not very likely but hope springs eternal... Spreads calling England runs at 230 - 245 probably about right I think
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Australia have wrung the changes with 6 new players with Chappell's influence of only one player over 30 (Warner)
Debutants Ferguson and Mennie jettisoned after one Test Reminds me of us in the distant past Can't be long before Jason Gillespie gets a call http://www.espncricinfo.com/australi...y/1067365.html |
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405 to win....or 5 sessions to survive.....
Not very likely but hope springs eternal... Spreads calling England runs at 230 - 245 probably about right I think ![]() |
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They were saying on the radio that when South Africa were in a similar position earlier in the year, they made 143 in 143 overs as they dead-batted in an effort to save the game. They were 5 down at tea on the final day before capitulating
Coud be something similar here ? |
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Fair play to the openers. They've survived for 26 overs so far
You just know that one wicket will bring 3 or 4 though |
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They were saying on the radio that when South Africa were in a similar position earlier in the year, they made 143 in 143 overs as they dead-batted in an effort to save the game. They were 5 down at tea on the final day before capitulating
Coud be something similar here ? Good effort from the openers ![]() Geoffrey must be in his element......
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Hameed and Cook doing what's necessary but I hope that we can increase the scoring rate to keep the England win in the equation rather than just the draw and India win
Another excellent catch from Stokes to get Kohli as well Never thought I'd see anyone better than Collingwood but not so sure now |
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Have to say, a few Lancashire fans on here were calling for Hameed to be selected and telling us how good he is. They were absolutely right. A very exciting prospect. Wise head on young shoulders too.
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Have to say, a few Lancashire fans on here were calling for Hameed to be selected and telling us how good he is. They were absolutely right. A very exciting prospect. Wise head on young shoulders too.
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50 partnership and both openers have now faced +100 balls
![]() Pleased we didn't replicate Dhaka with a collapse after tea after reaching that interval with none down |
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50 partnership and both openers have now faced +100 balls
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I don't see how partisan England or Indian fans cannot be intrigued and enthralled by this passage of play. Who care what the neutrals think of it.
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