Other Cricket
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@KiwiPie At a minimum he should have been taking guard somewhere behind the square leg umpire!
A bit more of the story included here...
Brian Close was the bravest man to ever play cricket
Yorkshire great, who has died aged 84 after a battle with cancer, was renowned for his ferocious battles with West Indies' great fast bowlers of the 1970s
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@Chris-B Confession - I remember it well as I watched it at the time! He was famous for ignoring physical pain and fielding ridiculously close at short leg.
Batting in those days without a helmet, they were remarkably good at not getting hit on the head - today a bash on the helmet happens with regularity.
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@KiwiPie I knew you'd know all about it. I've read about it in various places - some parallels with them parachuting Cowdrey in to face Lillee and Thomson.
My cricket career ended about the time that helmets were coming in. Like Viv Richards I never wore one...and never wore one.
Unlike Viv, I didn't play many hook shots - I gracefully swayed to leg and let it pass by!
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Brisbane heat just cleaned up 157 in ten overs no wickets lost. Baz is retiring from BBL apprently still gonna play some other T20s. Didnt get to bat in his last home game. Could be outside chance of a semifinal spot based on tomorrows games.
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Gabriel gets 4 match suspension for something no one heard. Sandpaper scandal recommendation from ICC was about 2 matches if I recall...
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Wow - this would be one of the best/most successful last wicket partnerships ever!
Plenty bigger, but not many that have taken their team to a win. In fact - none!
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That is awesome, massive result for Sri Lanka after they've had a tough run. Test cricket is the best.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/cricket/46652430
West Indies v England: Gayle hits four sixes out of ground
@MN5 is going to wake up to this and not get out of bed.
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@Crucial said in Other Cricket:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/cricket/46652430
West Indies v England: Gayle hits four sixes out of ground
@MN5 is going to wake up to this and not get out of bed.
bloody hell. talk about an innings for the wank bank.
stuff.co.nz had the headline he hit a 'garage' ( as opposed to barrage ) of sixes haha....the editor is phoning his job in even worse these days.
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Gayle scored 135 off 129 deliveries. Included 12 sixes and 3 fours. In other words, he scored 84 off 15 balls, and 51 off the other 114 at a strike rate well under 50.
Judging by the ease England ran down the total I'm going to say Gayle is lazy as fuck and cost the Windies that game.
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Cracking last day set up in Port Elizabeth. SA need 8 wickets to save face and draw their series at home.
Sri Lanka need 137 to sweep the series 2 nil, after been sent on an arduous 3 tour quest to earn some money for the cricket board to further embezzle and squander.Only England and Australia have ever won a test series in South Africa. Would be quite a feat for a team that got put through the ringer in NZ and Aus this summer.
Lots of wickets on this pitch so it'll be 3 hours or enthralling test cricket
