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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….
https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/most-runs-in-career-223646
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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https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/former-england-batter-graham-thorpe-dies-aged-55-1446468
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:
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/former-england-batter-graham-thorpe-dies-aged-55-1446468
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 ?
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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 ?
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.
