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yup, i meant a video in which you can watch martyn batting for a decent amount of time.


Edited by The CCC - 08 November 2008 at 2:11am

Simpler sam ??   Is remembering a password that you created and have used for a full year so difficult ??   

Originally posted by Sledger Simpler sam ??   Is remembering a password that you created and have used for a full year so difficult ??

I'd be a bit careful about that Spin, if someone gets hold of your password then they can get into anything...

So, the regional List A tournament in the West Indies kicked off today and I'm sure hardly anyone knows about it.  Poor stuff from the WICB in advertising it!

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I hope you're not suffering from depression mate because everyone knows that Zimbabwe can't fight out Sri Lanka and neither can Bangladesh against SA.  England hasn't really been a terrific ODI side so if you were expecting much closer contests, you need to be ashame of yourself.  NZ maybe weak with their squad but they do seem to like playing Aussie so that one should be a decent watch.

I think the team which needs to be ashamed is India and I dont agree with you Sam i think now its more worth watching becuz Aust,SA,SL and India[the Little Angels] all have good teams to challenge each other. 

Originally posted by Sam_Ahmed get some brains SW. thats what i meant, 6-7 years agao, a ZIM-SLN series esp in ZIM would have been worth watching. in 01/02 season hussain's young ENG side drew against IND 3-3 (same series when freddie took off his shirt to celebrate). IND - AUS test series wasn't as exciting either, although improving, PAK is also no longer as good as they were in the past and ofcourse WI is just another minnow these days. that leaves you with very few good teams and the same contests again and again have made it very boring.   i should be ashamed of myself for what? for expecting better cricket??? mate if anyone needs to be ashamed of himself it has to be you 1) for not having a brain 2) for not having proper knowledge of how exciting cricket was in the past and 3) westindians are now used to being ashamed because of their teams performances!!!

If you've ever felt inadequate , then spare a thought for Zaid Mir who recently played in the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Twenty/20 for Port Qasim.  Brought on to bowl he "finished" with the astonishing figures of 0-0-31-0 !   No , there's no typing error there , he managed to send down TEN successive no balls before pulling out complaining of a leg strain !
           Umpire Saleem Badr said ," Given the strange situation , I allowed Zaid to be taken out of the firing line after he officially said he had suffered a leg strain and couldn't bowl."
          Lawrence Booth , who's article in  "The Spin" which brought this to my attention added ," Would it be rude to suggest Mir didn't need to collect an injury to confirm the truism of that final clause."

       Priceless.

Originally posted by Sledger ...Would it be rude to suggest Mir didn't need to collect an injury to confirm the truism of that final clause."

Strange. If a bowler completely lost his action I would expect wides more than no-balls. Do we know what he was being called for - could it be the umpire thought he was chucking?

I think he just overstepped on ten consecutive occasions - unbelievable isn't it !  

I think I saw somewhere that Sri Lanka said they'd be willing to tour so it's not extremely bad as yet for Pakistan.  Pakistan needs to playing their scheduled home series in Abu Dhabi (still away for non sub continent teams)!

Edited by spin wizard - 18 December 2008 at 1:10pm

It's a Government decision, so be very clear that both the boards could havfe done absolutely nothing about it. in fact the BCCI was keen for the tour to go ahead and had even requested the govt. for a clearance. unfortunately though, there were too many political issues involved for this tour to go ahead.