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In honour of left handed day I saw this on a cricket thread…..
Here’s my all time left handed XI. Some really good batsmen like Graeme Pollock, Justin Langer, Mike Hussey, Shiv Chanderpaul, David Gower and Graeme Smith miss out….harder to find really amazing bowlers though hence our boy Trent sneaks in !
1 Matthew Hayden
2 Alastair Cook
3 Brian Lara
4 Kumar Sangakkara
5 Allan Border
6 Garry Sobers
7 Adam Gilchrist
8 Wasim Akram
9 Alan Davidson
10 Derek Underwood
11 Trent Boult -
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@Donsteppa said in Other Cricket:
I wonder if Hadlee can sneak in as a left handed bat.
Good point. A lot of guys are “natural” right handers who happen to bat left handed but given his primary skill is bowling probably not unfortunately.
Boult bats right handed as an example and Lara bowls right handed too.
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@Bovidae said in Other Cricket:
England and BMac come crashing back to earth against SA.
Baz-ball back-fires….
Proteas bowling lineup is top drawer. Batting is very hit and miss, but their bowling is quick, can swing and I’m looking forward to them getting a go on the Aussie decks later this year.
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@ACT-Crusader said in Other Cricket:
@Bovidae said in Other Cricket:
England and BMac come crashing back to earth against SA.
Baz-ball back-fires….
Proteas bowling lineup is top drawer. Batting is very hit and miss, but their bowling is quick, can swing and I’m looking forward to them getting a go on the Aussie decks later this year.
There some dreadful shots played by English batsmen, playing expansive shots instead of digging in. Heard an interview with Stokes afterwards and he was all "we won the first 4 tests of the summer playing this way" so obviously a first innings collapse is their chosen method of victory.
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@Duluth said in Other Cricket:
136/8 20 overs left
Warner out for 94. Maxwell only got 19
Everyone else has got fuck all
out for 141, Zimbos struggling but still in with a chance at 117/6 just need to get the runs, time no issue
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Tom Bruce, the free spirit who has finally found his identity as a cricketer
He was the next big thing, and then he wasn't, but the New Zealand batter has bounced right back with a phenomenal sequence of scores
Quite a good read, and also some interesting technical food for thought in there about evolving to an off-stump guard and batting out of his crease.
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South Africa must be THE most inconsistent team in world cricket at the moment. Coming back to beat the BCs after an absolute hiding earlier this year and now struggling against England after each team giving the other a hiding by an innings in the first two tests.
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Major League Cricket set for July 2023 launch in Dallas
Renovation works ongoing at Grand Prairie Stadium, which could be used for 2024 World Cup
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Mushtaq Ahmed is 52.
This shit is gold.
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Viral Kohli just scored his 45th ODI century
In 257 innings
That's actually insane
The guys around him
Sachin 49 from 452
Ponting 30 from 365
