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  1. wpdavid

    Joe Solomon

    He of the most famous direct hit in the history of test cricket has died at the age of 93. RIP Joe.
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    Allan Border has Parkinson's

    In case people hadn't heard elsewhere, he's been suffering from Parkinsons since 2016. Best wishes to him and his family, of course.
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    'We value your privacy' notice

    This has started coming up whenever I click on a new link. Any ideas how to stop it?
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    Playing in their last world cup

    There seem to be an unusually large number of great or very good players who won't be around for the next World Cup. Obviously Messi, Ronaldo, Modric, Alves, Lewandwski and Saurez. Thiago Silva and Cavani too. Kyle Walker probably, and Harry Kane. Also Neuer and Muller. If we feel inclined...
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    England's Summer of 2022

    I think that we’d have taken 6-1 at the start of the summer. Here are England’s individual performances for the season. Lees 327 runs @ 25.2 Crawley 276 runs @ 23.0 Pope 456 runs @ 38.0 Root 615 runs & 68.3 Bairstow 681 runs @ 75.7 Brook 12 runs & 12.0 Stokes 368 runs @ 40.9 18...
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    People who played test cricket after their 40th birthday

    Inspired by Anderson, of course. I was going to put an all-time England 40+ side together until I realised that I could muster an XI since I started watching the game in 1971. 1. Boycott 2. Gooch 3. Stewart 4. Cowdrey 5. Close 6. D'Oliveira 7. Illingworth 8. Taylor 9. Emburey 10. Titmus 11...
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    Ben Stokes documentary on Amazon Prime

    I got around to watching it last night and thought it was time well spent. Stokes is brutally candid about his recent struggles, and the passages about his father are, as you would expect, genuinely moving. You can see how he would be an inspirational figure leading the test side, but I don't...
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    Happy birthday Jimmy

    This had snuck up on me actually, but he's turned 40 today. This isn't a bad read. His figures since turning 30 are especially spectacular. https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/stats-age-defying-james-anderson-1326813 And it's been a while since we've seen someone over 40 playing for England...
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    83

    This looks fun. It's out on 24 December.
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    TV programmes about football teams

    I thought the thread title probably needed to be broader than 'Team of The Eighties' to generate any interest at all, but I saw this BT Sports effort this morning and enjoyed so much that I wanted to share it with the legion of Crystal palace supporters on CW. Such good viewing for people...
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    Alan Igglesden

    Died at the age of 57, following a stroke last year. He was highly thought of at Kent and played a handful of games for England.
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    Best English players never to have won anything

    Inspired by Harry Kane of course. Earlier players would include Johnny Haynes, Tony Currie and Matt Le Tissier. And, I think, Tom Finney, Neil Franklin and Jimmy Armfield. There are probably several players from the days when they didn't so readily change clubs, but I'm struggling to think of...
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    England (and Wales) gloom, doom and recriminations thread

    Created to let the Indian fans deservedly enjoy their win on the other thread. Now where were we? Hazsa and I reckon this is the worst day's play from an England side that we've ever seen. GIMH reckons Adelaide 2006 was worse, but he's wrong. I don't think I've ever seen a more idiotic...
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    The Hundred

    Anyone planning on watching it? I probably will do just because it's on terrestrial TV. And it sounds interesting, even if it will do nothing to improve the standard of test cricketers coming through our domestic game.
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    Joe Clarke

    Apparently he is going to face trial for affray, along with other members of his family. This following an unsavoury WhatsApp incident not so long ago. Presumably he just doesn't want to further his career internationally, even though the alleged offence took place 12 months ago.
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    Joey Benjamin

    I reckon he deserves a mention; just died from a heart attack at the age of 60. By all accounts an absolute gentleman. Thoughts with family and friends of course.
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    Official test rankings since WW2

    Can anyone direct me to these? Apparently they have been produced retrospectively back to 1952 and I fancy a browse.
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    Matches or series when your team astonished you in a good way

    A more positive counterpart to the 'losses' thread. Here are a few instances when England played better and did far better than we had any right to expect.. 1973/74: Drew 1-1 in the West Indies WI had comfortably beaten us in England,did the same in the first test in this series and dominated...
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    Your team's favourite five matches

    This may catch on, or it may be one of my tumbleweed efforts. Your team's favourite five matches with links, if possible, and brief reasons. My reasons were originally much more detailed but I figures that the mods would ban me for boring everyone silly. It doesn't have to be football, but...
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    Jack Bond

    I doubt whether this will attract many comments, but his passing should be noted. Fans of a certain age will remember him captaining the great Lancashire one day side of the early 1970s. Not least his great catch to turn the 1971 Gillette Cup final his side's way after Asif Iqbal looked like...

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