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Sledger
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Topic: Charlie BarnettPosted: 17 July 2009 at 7:53am |
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Charlie Barnett was a fine player and holds the record for an Ashes opening partnership with the great Len Hutton! They put on 219 in the Trent Bridge test of 1938 , the same series where Hutton made the then highest individual score of 364.
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Posted: 09 July 2009 at 11:37am |
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Thanks skipper - but just how are they even better than cricinfo is beyond me. I live cricketworld and that is why I stay here but I do feel cricinfo guys have a fantastic database and good presentation.
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Posted: 09 July 2009 at 11:33am |
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Check out our own stats at
Much better than cricinfo
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zuhair_abbasi
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Posted: 09 July 2009 at 10:19am |
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I am not sure which cricinfo version do you use matey. The one I use gives a first class average of 32.7 and a test average of 35. aNd there is a detailed write up on him as well.
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Posted: 09 July 2009 at 9:35am |
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Why is this in Fun & Games?
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Posted: 08 July 2009 at 4:13am |
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Since I'm down with Ashes fever, I thought I'd read Cricket: My World by Wally Hammond in which he gives the reader an inside look of the 1946-47 Ashes down under (which AUS won 3-0). In the book, he basically says that in the England 'batting line' of 46-47, he can think of only one other player who could turn a match on its head other than Denis Compton, and that was Charlie Barnett of Gloucester. He said when fit and in-form, he was one of Hammond's first choices against the aussies.
I looked on Cricinfo, and it came up with a first-class batting avg of 21 odd and he never played any tests. There wasnt even a write-up about him. Anyone know/heard anything about him?
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