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@Donsteppa said in Other Cricket:
Downvote.
Boycott is a pretty divisive figure in cricket but personally I always loved his absolute passion for the game.
Sad to hear he’s not doing well.
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Joe Root goes past Brian Lara to sit at 7th on the all time list. Some legends above and below him….
Test matches | Batting records | Most runs in career | ESPNcricinfo
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Always a tough one to gauge, compare eras etc. Is Root an ATG or a guy who plays a lot for a team that plays a shitload of tests ( aka the recently retired Jimmy Anderson )
My gut tells me Root is 3rd or 4th best of his era behind Smith, KW and possibly Kohli ( talking test cricket, not all formats )
English press predictably wank on about his amazing achievement ( rightly so I guess ) and he has a brilliant record but I’m just not sure if he sits with the absolute elite.
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Former England batter Graham Thorpe dies aged 55
Thorpe had worked in coaching until being taken seriously ill in 2022
Not sure if this has been posted elsewhere. Didn't realise he'd play so many tests, or had such a good record. I mostly remembered him for scoring a double after Astle dropped him in Astle's 222 test.
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@Cyclops said in Other Cricket:
Former England batter Graham Thorpe dies aged 55
Thorpe had worked in coaching until being taken seriously ill in 2022
Not sure if this has been posted elsewhere. Didn't realise he'd play so many tests, or had such a good record. I mostly remembered him for scoring a double after Astle dropped him in Astle's 222 test.
Yeah on the RIP thread.
Probably the best English batsman of his generation. A notch up on Hussain, Atherton, Ramprakash, Hick and my personal favourite Alec Stewart all of whom played a shitload of tests too.
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Speaking of big hitting…….
Here is the scorecard when Lance Cairns went ballistic.
Not sure a player with such a modest batting record has EVER had such an aura…..
Check out the strike rates of some of the guys in front of him ? Fuck me, no wonder he had a slog, they were batting like Geoffrey Boycott in a sedate mood batting for a draw…..Coney with two runs off 23 balls, what the FUCK Jezza ?
AUS vs NZ Cricket Scorecard, 2nd Final at Melbourne, February 13, 1983
Live Cricket Scoreboard: Get Australia vs New Zealand 2nd Final, cricket scorecard, Benson & Hedges World Series Cup 1982/83 dated February 13, 1983.
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The man behind Excalibur
The story of the unique bat Lance Cairns used to launch six sixes at the MCG and its designer, John Guy, the former New Zealand batsman
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@MN5 said in Other Cricket:
Speaking of big hitting…….
Here is the scorecard when Lance Cairns went ballistic.
Not sure a player with such a modest batting record has EVER had such an aura…..
Check out the strike rates of some of the guys in front of him ? Fuck me, no wonder he had a slog, they were batting like Geoffrey Boycott in a sedate mood batting for a draw…..Coney with two runs off 23 balls, what the FUCK Jezza ?
AUS vs NZ Cricket Scorecard, 2nd Final at Melbourne, February 13, 1983
Live Cricket Scoreboard: Get Australia vs New Zealand 2nd Final, cricket scorecard, Benson & Hedges World Series Cup 1982/83 dated February 13, 1983.
By that stage they were desperately trying to not lose anymore wickets.
They were fuck all for heaps chasing what may have well been a billion (yeah, ok they chased 29summat a few weeks earlier v England, but thus was the first time anyone had hit 3-hundy.
Cricket had yet to develop the "oh fuck it" mindset, because white ball was still pyjama cricket,and one did not throw one's wicket away.
Was a depressing watch as a young teenager regardless of Cairns.
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Wow, Bangladesh get their first win over Pakistan. Given their history, I'd imagine there's a fair amount of feeling there.
Pakistan started day 5 at 23/1, trailing by about 70 odd, and barely even made Bangladesh bat again (they ended up needing to chase 30). I was sure that was going to meander to a dull draw.
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Mongolia all out 10 v Singapore ...
Mongolia bowled out for joint-lowest score in men’s T20I history
All out for 10 with five ducks! Nation rolled for joint-lowest total in history
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