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Aislabie
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His debut in NZ had that vibe but neither a double-hundred nor a five-for.
This game he took a bunch of wickets but didn't get the runs; indeed he never scored a hundred against Otago.
But the match you are thinking of had Matt Maynard in it (who was the actual MOTM) and Matt Maynard played for Northern Districts when Patel was at his best... and bingo, this is the game you're looking for. (I'm glad I found this mirror of CricketArchive because my subscription has run out)
Sherlock Holmes
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Like biblical times?
The historian strikes again. Thanks mate.
Kumar Sangakarra hailed by many as one of the best batsmen of the modern era. Highly respected player and intelligent sportsman in his time of play. When asked the question on Lara vs Tendulkar this was his response:
Dale Steyn perhaps South African finest fast bowler and certainly a legend of the game, one of a couple bowlers who could stand with the great fast bowlers of the 80s gives his views on the IPL vs other T20 leagues like SL and PSL. He is spot on:
Imagine as a batsman in the latter 70s youre facing Lillee/Thompson and Holding/Marshall/Garner without protective gear like a helmet, you walk on the field with one and got booed. Batsmen rather the boos than the possibility of their face getting smashed in. Those guys, the batsmen got slugged all over their bodies, many white shirts with the brand of the ball imprinted on them yet they negotiated the short balls well and stayed alive. I shudder to imagine those guys bowling at today’s batsmen with all their protective gear. Guys were tougher then, fast men bowling and courageous, fearless men batting. Yeah there were no IPL, T20 fast food cricket and moviestar lifestyle back then!
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This is utter bullshit. He was 17 or 18 back then. To suspend his career, only because he wrote something almost 10 years, not to mention when he was just a teenager, is just wrong. He had even apologised for those tweets publically. Too bad a great talent has to withstand this.
wasteyouryouth
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They had to suspend him and look at it for longer in case more stuff comes out. I'd expect the 'real' papers will be trying to dig anything up so the ECB would want to nip that in the bud. There is also the possibility (perhaps slim) there could be a police investigation (malicious communications).
There is probably not a statue of limitations for any punishment. So even if the tweets surfaced 8 years after the fact the ECB can't just move on while also claiming there is a zero tolerance on such things. They launched a moment of unity on the same day and those tweets broke at least half (it might even have been his first five-for) of the seven -phobias and -isms that the England team/ECB were saying they stood against.
I hope the lad has changed since then. I think it might have been @abhi_jacko who said the other day that people can change in far quicker times than
Also, in terms of the age thing. No one had a problem excepting Mohammad Amir was old enough to be responsible, and go to prison, when he was spot-fixing at 18. But somehow, for some people, Ollie Robinson isn't old enough or mature enough to be held responsible for racist tweets when he was 18-20.
NILAYSHAH60
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Both these incidents are completely different instances and varies to a huge extent. I don’t think Robinson came out in public and said such a thing. A 17-year old teenager doesn’t usually post a thought out thing on social media.... They just go with the flow and want to follow what people around them are doing. This is an obvious case of wanting to involve in a group of people and trying to look cool. We all are humans and we all make mistakes. This is honestly an unfair punishment for him.
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wasteyouryouth
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I'm not comparing the incidents, they are obviously different. I'm comparing the use of age and maturity as an excuse. If the spot-fixing claims only came out now would the same people saying of Robinson 'he was just a teenager', 'he has matured', 'it was years ago' say the same about Mohammad Amir? Or would they say he was old enough to be responsible.
I also don't see how 'this is just being part of a group'. Has that been established? Or perhaps that needs investigations and a suspension until it has. These are public tweets not private messages. And like I say, if this is what he says/said in public - there may be people very keen to find out what he said/says in private.
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Bigby Wolf
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We are all shit as Teenagers especially during this day and age of Social Media.
Everyone deserves a second chance &: if playing cricket at the highest level, mixing with different ethnicity of players (England are the best example of it) made him realise his mistakes its all fine in the end.
Hope the whole situation is managed well by the ECB and the that lad has matured enough with the age and realised how wrong he was.
Everyone deserves a second chance &: if playing cricket at the highest level, mixing with different ethnicity of players (England are the best example of it) made him realise his mistakes its all fine in the end.
Hope the whole situation is managed well by the ECB and the that lad has matured enough with the age and realised how wrong he was.
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