Opinion NMFC Board Cricket Thread III

[desie]

I know they somehow managed to beat us at the Gabba, but it’s ridiculous watching them trot out a barely first-class standard top six when they’ve got a handful of others who won’t play because it’s not worth their while.

I despair for test cricket the way it’s heading - the one country with the power to start fixing it couldn’t care less.

 

[Samsquanch]

 

[Roostorm]

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So next game in the lead up Big Curtly is banned from going anywhere near a microphone.
That’s catastrophic.

 

[ferball]

So next game in the lead up Big Curtly is banned from going anywhere near a microphone.
That’s catastrophic.

Nek minnit - Poms invite to every media outlet available for comment.

 

[Samsquanch]

Former England Test batsman Graham Thorpe dies aged 55

Left-handed batter Graham Thorpe played 100 Tests for England between 1993 and 2005.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Merlin007]

Former England Test batsman Graham Thorpe dies aged 55

Left-handed batter Graham Thorpe played 100 Tests for England between 1993 and 2005.

www.abc.net.au

Wow. Another reminder to make every day count

 

[Roostorm]

Wow. Another reminder to make every day count

Agree Merlin …. 55 is way to young… enjoy the little things and don’t sweat the small stuff…
A classy player during a golden era of Ashes cricket

 

[Merlin007]

Agree Merlin …. 55 is way to young… enjoy the little things and don’t sweat the small stuff…
A classy player during a golden era of Ashes cricket

Indeed

On the cricket side, like a couple of the Poms, he was a good player in an era where another international side pretty much dominated. In another era he might have gone better again (not that 16 test tons is anything to sneeze at)

 

[ferball]

When you're about to turn 55 its definitely way too young.

 

[Twinkletoes]

When you're about to turn 55 its definitely way too young.

Likewise when you’re already 56. Thorpe was a very tough cricketer who left the game with the full respect of his opponents. Carried himself well on and off the ground both during his career and since then in commentary. What a sad loss for cricket but particularly so for his family. Awful news.