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Notes from the pavilion for October 27th

By Will last year, at the end of October Leave a comment on this post

• Andrew Flintoff ‘drink disgrace’ on tour - Fletcher’s book is going to be fascinating reading for sure…
• Murali is last hope for Wallaby wannabe - A terrific piece - read it
• Rudolph considers England future - Another South African threatens to split…
• Warne says the county game is a source of England strength -

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2 Responses to “Notes from the pavilion for October 27th”

steve wrote:
October 28th, 2007 at 10.01 am

I’d read the allaby wannabe article in tandem with Cricinfo’s Chappell article on crowds not winning matches

steve wrote:
October 28th, 2007 at 10.03 am

that’s W-allaby, I mean

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