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  1. silentstriker

    Ten players you wished you could have seen live in their prime?

    A post in the other thread got me thinking, which players do you wish you had seen at their best? Limit to ten. Mine (not in a particular order) Viv Richards Donald Bradman Gary Sobers Jack Hobbs Dennis Lilllee Malcolm Marshall (I am sure I saw him but I was 7 when he played his last Test...
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    Things you never thought you’d see

    Australia at the bottom of a World Cup table below Afghanistan and Netherlands. @Burgey, thoughts?
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    Dennis Lillee vs Irfan Pathan?

    Lillee in Pakistan: averages 101 with the ball and has 0 wickets in India Irfan Pathan: averages 41 in Pakistan and 50 in India Tiebreaker: Irfan Pathan averages 11 with the ball in Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. Another two countries Lillee was too scared to tour.
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    What is the spirit of cricket?

    Does it exist? Should it? Who gets to decide what's in the spirit of the game the rules? Why is it that our stupid sport is the only one that still has this nonsense?
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    PEAK all time XI

    So there are a lot of threads about all time XI, where most of us generally take a players whole career into account. But what if we wanted to pick an all time XI for just one year - this team will play one Test match in all of the Test playing countries over the course of a year. And you can...
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    If you could change one law/rule in Test cricket?

    It could be anything with regards to Test cricket - not in terms of the international structure but the game itself. No ball rule? Reinstate the sub? Reviews? I was thinking, with the Test thats going on now, if mandating the follow on might not be more interesting. I don't think I would...
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    Pick two all time Indian XI spinners

    Pick two all time Indian spinners in an all time Indian XI. Has to be the same two players for both home AND away Tests. I've included all Indian spinners with a minimum of 150 wickets.
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    Postwar cricket draft

    So I was thinking about doing a new draft competition on CW. I was thinking about 10 posters, picking sequentially, a squad of 15 Test players (so 150 players picked total). Criteria: Player must have played at least 20 Tests, majority of which must have been post-1945 (eg no Bradman)...
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    India release squad for WTC and England Series

    Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (Captain), Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), R. Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Mohd. Shami, Md. Siraj, Shardul Thakur...
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    What is first choice India fast bowling attack?

    Assuming everyone is fit, which three would you pick for bowling? Bumrah Shami Sharma Yadav Siraj Saini Shardul Kumar I think I would have to go with the first three in my list?
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    WTC and bilateral series

    As I'm watching India play their Test matches - it used to be that I would care about the current Test - and if it was a Test vs a side like BD, I woudn't really care except as preparation for the next big series. But now with the WTC and the point system - I care a lot about just getting the...
  12. silentstriker

    Ganguly

    Say what you want about him, but the bloke isn’t wasting anytime and is at least trying to do some good things: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27947455/bcci-waits-bcb-nod-roll-eden-gardens-day-night-test
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    Who to root for?

    What are the good stories? As someone whose team who had to beat the powerhouse of Trinidad and Tobago and couldn't, I don't have a "home" team to root for. I'll be honest, I just realized the WC was about to start about 30 minutes ago, so I don't know any of the storylines. And no, I won't...
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    Best/worst/most hilarious miscommunications in Cricket

    Inspired by the hilarious events of this past test when Steven Smith was asked by his partner whether he should review, he replied: Reminds me of Archer "M for Mancy": Can anyone think of other instances?
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    Ann Coulter on soccer....you're welcome everybody

    Ann Coulter - June 25, 2014 - AMERICA'S FAVORITE NATIONAL PASTIME: HATING SOCCER Soccer as a sign of moral decay? This is the best article I've ever read. Discuss. :laugh:
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    BCCI discusses restructure in sharing of ICC revenue

    ICC news : BCCI discusses restructure in sharing of ICC revenue | Cricket News | Cricinfo ICC Site | ESPN Cricinfo Wow, this would be terrible for most of the Test playing nations.
  17. silentstriker

    BCCI unhappy with Lorgat?

    South Africa Cricket News: BCCI relationship Haroon Lorgat's top priority | ESPN Cricinfo WTF? Where does the BCCI get off even saying something like that? This isn't an ICC position - this is a board of another country.....
  18. silentstriker

    When India travel, money follows

    : Tony Cozier: When India travel, money follows | Cricket Features | West Indies Tri-Nation Series | ESPN Cricinfo Surely this can't possibly be sustained? If even tours by countries like SA and Australia are not profitable, and England is only profitable because of the travelling that comes...
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    Era of aggressive Test fields over - Dhoni

    As someone who has constantly criticized Dhoni about some of his field placings, I thought this article was interesting: Australia in India 2012-13 : Era of aggressive Test fields over - MS Dhoni | Cricket News | India v Australia | ESPN Cricinfo
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    VVS to retire after the NZ series

    India Cricket News: VVS Laxman likely to announce retirement on Saturday | ESPN Cricinfo

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