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| Topic Started: Mar 29 2009, 11:35 PM (1,099 Views) | |
| keyip | May 31 2009, 09:57 AM Post #76 |
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Or he could grow it so long it could tangle round his neck and strangle him while he's batting... which is a good 5 minutes of entertainment right there. |
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| liquor box | May 31 2009, 11:06 AM Post #77 |
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it would be interesting if he converted and he had a girlfriend/wife who converted too. Imagine the jihad that would be enacted on the wives/girlfriends that are skanky ho's. that would be worth paying for this is the Afghan women team, no real relevance, but an interesting photoPosted Image |
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| liquor box | May 31 2009, 11:06 AM Post #78 |
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it is actually their team too! |
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| LionKing | May 31 2009, 11:09 AM Post #79 |
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Everyone knows Hughes is headed to French Rugby :unsure: |
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| Mao | Jun 3 2009, 03:25 AM Post #80 |
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the back page peepz are not liking hughes hanging around with mundine and the other guy lol |
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| Phat | Jun 3 2009, 04:40 AM Post #81 |
Reporters I like: Joel Duffman, the Newsly Times
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I'm with Nath - looking at his appearance and gayness, I'd be more worried about him hanging around Michael Clarke. |
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| Mao | Jun 3 2009, 06:06 AM Post #82 |
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How bout Watson and Lee? |
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| Phat | Jun 3 2009, 06:08 AM Post #83 |
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Reporters I like: Joel Duffman, the Newsly Times
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Them too. Though Watson's romance has not quite reached so-sickly-it-is-suicide-inducing proportions yet. That's another thing Hughes has to be careful of, Clarke setting him up with a lobotomised human version of a mannequin. |
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| Mao | Jun 16 2009, 03:18 AM Post #84 |
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"I have spent 20 years working on my batting and I still stress over it," Langer told Cricinfo. "Just the other day I was thinking about whether my stance was right, and my grip. I am always thinking about these things. He doesn't. I have encountered that kind of thinking before, but never in someone so young. "Matty Hayden was someone who mightn't pick his bat up in the period immediately before a Test, preferring to just go out in the middle and sit cross legged on the pitch. I used to come up to him all the time asking him about this and that, and he would just turn round and say, 'Just watch the ball.' I would be thinking, 'It can't just be that easy.' Tugga (Steve Waugh) was the same. It's something you encounter from time to time in the great players after they've been around for a while. Hughes has got it now, and that's incredible." Langer received an intriguing insight into the challenge that awaits Andrew Strauss this summer, when he captained Somerset in a recent Friends Provident Trophy match against Hughes' Middlesex. Somerset sought to deny Hughes any width to unleash his thunderous cuts and drives, but the rookie Australian opener would not be denied, blasting 119 from 112 deliveries to round out a sublime county stint. "I had no idea how to set a field to him," Langer said. "He scored a hundred, and it was impossible to know what to do with him. You pitch the ball in one place, and he makes room for himself. So you pitch it in another, and he starts driving you as if he were facing a bowling machine. He doesn't get all caught up thinking about batting. He just does it. It is so uncomplicated. He hits the ball so hard. Technically, he doesn't get all that far forward, but Allan Border didn't get that far forward either." Langer's relationship with Hughes was forged long before the former entrenched himself in the Australian top-order. As an emerging batsman with New South Wales, Hughes emailed Langer for batting tips. The maturity of the questions impressed Langer, and the pair have been in regular contact ever since. "You get requests quite often from young kids, and most of the time their questions are about the technical aspects of the game," Langer said. "But I remember (Hughes') email, and it was all about the psychology of batting. There was a maturity to his questions that blew my mind. To me, the psychological aspects of batting are much more interesting to talk about, and are often overlooked. He already had his own ideas, and wanted to learn more. "There is a brilliant youthful exuberance about him. You watch him batting, and more often than not there's a little grin on his face. There are no airs or graces about him. It's pretty simple. He wants to learn and get better. For an older bloke like me to be chatting with a young bloke who is all about the cricket, and not the fancy house and cars, is brilliant. You don't get that all the time these days, what with all the money around the game. He is switched onto what is important. He wants to score lots and lots of runs, and if he does that, then the fancy cars will take care of themselves anyway." -- :) |
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| keyip | Jun 16 2009, 03:29 AM Post #85 |
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Hughes flaying England's going to be a sight to remember. NSW are going to again help resurrect Australian cricket with Hughes and Clarke carving up with the bat and Clark carving up with the ball. It's sad that the other states feel like they don't need to regulalry contribute, it's tough for NSW to do it mostly be themselves :( |
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| mitchd | Jun 16 2009, 03:34 AM Post #86 |
Cunning Stunt
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In response to the first page, I'll admit, I've got my left ear pierced. Has been for near 12 months now. |
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| Phat | Jun 16 2009, 03:53 AM Post #87 |
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Reporters I like: Joel Duffman, the Newsly Times
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Hughes + Langer = practising faggots |
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| Mao | Jun 16 2009, 03:56 AM Post #88 |
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time is tinkin time is tinkin time time is tinkin tinkin |
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| Mao | Jun 16 2009, 07:30 AM Post #89 |
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"I'm as excited as I've ever been for a cricket trip," Clark said. "They (England) are the old enemy, the arch-enemy, and for me this is what cricket is all about." "This is the pinnacle. The Ashes series is what I grew up watching and what I believe is the purest form of the game and the one I enjoy the most." Forever compared to Glenn McGrath for his unrelenting line and length bowling, Clark was reluctant to go down his former team-mate's road in predicting the series outcome before a ball is bowled. Asked if he was willing to forecast the series scoreline, Clark laughed: "No. No.", before uttering "3-1" with a smile. ---------------------- :love: :love: xD |
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