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I think those speed guns are a load of crap. Somehow the white ball goes faster - I bowled 83-84mph in the Test match, and 93mph in the one-dayers. It's crazy. I hadn't bowled a ball for ten days.
Steve Harmison has his doubts about the pace at which he's been bowling

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Tsunami fund-raiser team sheet

By Will 3 years ago, at the start of May Leave a comment on this post

The teams for Lord’s Tsunami fund-raiser have been announced, as follows:

MCC: S Tendulkar (India, captain), C Gayle (West Indies), S Fleming (N Zealand), R Sarwan (West Indies), J Kallis (S Africa), A Flower (Zimbabwe), K Sangakkara (Sri Lanka), S Pollock (S Africa), A Kumble (India), M Muralitharan (Sri Lanka), S Akhtar (Pakistan)

International XI: B Lara (W Indies), V Sehwag (India), S Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka), G Smith (S Africa), R Dravid (India), S Chanderpaul (W Indies), C Cairns (N Zealand), S Warne (Australia), C Vaas (Sri Lanka), M Sami (Pakistan), M Ntini

A good mix of talent. It’ll be enjoyable watching Pollock bowl to Smith, Warne bowl to Tendulkar, and Murali to Jayasuriya See my Tsunami tag for more info

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