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<p>I reckon there was probably more to it than that to be honest, he looked like he shoulda been Tendulkar/Lara class from what I saw, of those blokes you mention only Dravid comes close to that. An axis of Dravid/Tendulkar/Kambli/Laxman woulda been scary for the opposition in the late 90s early 2000s.....</p>
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<p>He was astonishingly good</p>
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<p>He was a HUGE drunk & party animal. Basically he got Jesse Ryder'd - only worse. He effectively got axed because they had a guy like Dravid who they could pick instead who would turn up to practice & not not stroll in on game day hungover & stinking of JDs. Apparently he got so many chances & had so much covered up but eventually they went "mate, you are good, but no one is THAT good". Plus he mixed with the types you'd get round that... ie the shady side of the parttyy world. Ended up as a bit part Bollywood star.</p> -
His cricinfo profile makes interesting reading... at one stage he had 9 grips on his bat. Wtf!
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<p>I was in awe until I saw the team photos...</p>
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<p>Its a schoolboy team. I mean sure, they are not as sexy as I like to picture 12-15 year olds.. but still.</p> -
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="gollum" data-cid="551005" data-time="1452071260"><p>He was astonishingly good<br>
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He was a HUGE drunk & party animal. Basically he got Jesse Ryder'd - only worse. He effectively got axed because they had a guy like Dravid who they could pick instead who would turn up to practice & not not stroll in on game day hungover & stinking of JDs. Apparently he got so many chances & had so much covered up but eventually they went "mate, you are good, but no one is THAT good". Plus he mixed with the types you'd get round that... ie the shady side of the parttyy world. Ended up as a bit part Bollywood star.</p></blockquote>
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<p>Some more info about the opposition. A bunch of 12 yr old ring-ins who had never played with a cricket ball before and they missed an estimated 24 chances to dismiss him.</p>
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<p>a 15 year old boy with that kind of focus and show-off-ness...musta been a girl watching!</p>
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<p>fuck off that fluffybunny is 15!! it's an 18 year old plundering 12 year olds, in a back yard. </p>
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<p>Dropped 21 times because the kids were scared of the ball.. lol that's actually a bit of a disgrace.</p>
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<p>Dropped 21 times because the kids were scared of the ball.. lol that's actually a bit of a disgrace.</p>
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<p>What is a disgrace is that the media gave this any attention at all.</p>
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<p>That's 2 ridiculous cricket stories a week into the year</p>
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<p>Wonder if life would be immeasurably improved by not having any news media. </p>
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<p>What is a disgrace is that the media gave this any attention at all.</p>
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<p>No it's not. What is a disgrace is the spelling on that scoreboard.</p> -
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<p>What is a disgrace is that the media gave this any attention at all.</p>
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<p>Its India (no doubt where the media frenzy began) they have nothing else but to go crazy over anything cricket.</p>
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<p>I was thinking of organizing 11 kids from my daughters local kindy and having a game, i reckon i could give that 1009 a pretty good nudge...</p> -
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I was thinking of organizing 11 kids from my daughters local kindy and having a game, i reckon i could give that 1009 a pretty good nudge...</p></blockquote>
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<p>Make sure they're all girls pal, I reckon a boy might bowl you for 800 or so....</p>
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<p>Not if i pick one in a wheelchair or something</p>
