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  • "I think their minds were already on the plane home. I am just not sure they were here to play today."
    Jamie Siddons on Bangladesh's performance in the last league match of the Asia Cup

    Jul 4, 2008

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    Umpires are made of wood

    By Will 4 months ago Leave a comment on this post

    It’s official: umpires are made out of wood after all. This genius shot of a dead tree carved into an umpire was found on Flickr:

    When I eventually build my own house - one of my lifelong ambitions - I’d find it hard not to resist carving my own umpire. It’s a must-have for any cricket tragic and makes me wonder what else you might chisel out of an old tree…

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    3 Responses to “Umpires are made of wood”

  • Jaswant Singh wrote:
    March 9th, 2008 at 12.33 am

    This a statue of M Bucknor while India is at bat.When Australia bats he will put the figer somewhere else wherin it will be well hidden.

  • David wrote:
    March 10th, 2008 at 2.27 am

    Oh, please - just because the umpires favour the better side is no reason to keep on harping about it!

  • Chris wrote:
    March 11th, 2008 at 1.12 am

    Methinks I’m getting sick of Indian bloggers.

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