Paulie Tandoori
shut it you egg!
my gosh, i've only been away 15 minutes and now 7 wickets down!!! 
The Ashes 2009
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marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
38 centuries, over 11,000 test runs, can't think of many batsmen who have bettered that, he'll be remembered as a great batsman, maybe not as a great captain, but then there are plenty of great cricketers who weren't great captains
Is Botham remembered for his cricket or his poor time as a captain?
The Octagon
Stop...Hammertime
Looks like they're going to make the follow-on anyway now, so it's a moot point.
TrippyLondoner
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Yeah, i don't see how ponting wont be remembered as a great cricketer.
Yeah, I like Warne as a commentator (not least because it means he's not out there bowling).
I don't know. He's...mechanical. Doesn't have that touch of genius Tendulkar/Lara etc have/had. The only thing going for him, really, is pure stats, and how much have those been affected by playing in such a great team for so long? Tendulkar and Lara played in some pretty damn ordinary teams for a long long time.
Wonder if Mitch tears you up like he did us. That was in a total losing position (and they did indeed lose), but still..England can't switch off.
Follow on would be so iffy. They get 150+ and who would bet against an England collapse?
Can't really believe Australia could manage to lose this series. They fuck up, like, twice, and England fuck up about 8 times, but get away with it thanks to rain/shit bowling/shit batting. Two thirds Australia's fault, but dayum. Drawn series seems much more fair than England win (can't say Aus deserve to win anymore after this).
If we spank you guys when you come over here though, this series will just be remembered as two crap teams deciding who was crapper. So give us a good series pls!
TrippyLondoner
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haahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahah 131-8!
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
Tendulkar has played most of his career with Ganguly, Dravid and Laxman.
Eta:
Yes!
Yeah, good batting team. Look how often they actually won though. Having great bowlers in your team takes pressure off the batsmen. Those 4 had to perform for India, because their bowlers were pretty crap. Makes them more impressive, not less.
If he hadn't had the performances to back it up he wouldn't have been in that great team for all that time. Saying he's not Lara or Tendulkar doesn't mean he isn't an extremely fine player.
I agree entirely.
It happens like that sometimes. The Wisden Trophy series in the Windies earlier this year was a good example, when one diabolical session and a load of timid declarations cost England a 1-0 loss when two of the other tests were theirs for the taking.
TrippyLondoner
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In the words of warne: 'well done england, they've bowled well'
internetstalker
Get naked!
*kisses his tenner good bye*
TrippyLondoner
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Have a nice tea, aussies. 
Oh, extremely fine, definitely. Just not sure about great. I'm one of the people who likes keeping that word for very, very rare players.
Ya, they didn't deserve to lose that either. Don't really like it. Especially the dodgy pitch prepared (or roads prepared in WI). Oh well, Ricky losing two series in England would certainly give me a good smile, however it happens.
