Classic Cricket moments
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@dogmeat said in Classic Cricket moments:
@Damo Boycott never enjoyed much success against us. Only 2 centuries in 15 tests and an average of 37/38. Plus was captain when England lost to us for the first time ever.
I’m no Boycott fan but the batting stats for relatively few tests aren’t awful for those days. Captaincy...well it’s out of him and Botham who was the worst captain in relation to player.
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@dogmeat said in Classic Cricket moments:
@Damo Boycott never enjoyed much success against us. Only 2 centuries in 15 tests and an average of 37/38. Plus was captain when England lost to us for the first time ever.
Bit of a disaster as captain on that tour, think he was deliberately run out by his own team once.
That said, I recall Hadlee saying that Boycott was the first and only English player into the NZ dressing room after that loss and made a lot of friends with the way he took the defeat.
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@Victor-Meldrew My F-I-L (not a Yorkshireman) knew Boyc's and had a lot of time for him. said that while he was a prickly bastard it came from feelings of insecurity and paranoia, but that some it was justified. Yeah he was selfish but he genuinely believed what was best for him was also good for the team. Also while Boycott didn't help himself there was also a lot of dressing room jealousy. Said once he relaxed Boycott was good company, albeit one of those guys that could get sulky very quickly at a real or imagined slight.
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My abiding memory of him was when Alan Donald and Atherton (I think) were having a right old battle during a Test at Headingly and the crowd started booing Donald in a pretty ugly way.
Boycott was on the radio and went incandescent with rage at the crowd's treatment of Donald on his home ground. Really lost it but, it has to be said, for all the right reasons. Get the impression he values sportsmanship and respect for opponents really highly - if not his own team
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Figure this thread will do.
ODT has an article on what they reckon are the best centuries by a Kiwi test cricketer
Top of the tons: the best in NZ history
All centuries in test cricket are special in their own right. But what makes a great ton . . . well, great? Cricket writer Adrian Seconi rips off...
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@siam said in Classic Cricket moments:
There’s a lot to be said about this, stonewashed jeans….smoking looking cool…..mullets on players and fans alike……one of my favourite cricketers smacking a beautiful old school six..….( using old bats so much harder in those days )….
But the thing that gets me most is what the hell is holding that chicks bikini top in place at the start cos it certainly isn’t any tits that’s for sure.
