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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

Aug 28, 2008

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Quote of the day

By Scott last year, mid-May, 2 Comments »

This was actually said last month as part of a musing about limited overs cricket, but it’s worth a wider audience:

Bottom line: anyone who cheers the end of a Shane Bond spell because it lets the batsmen go back to pasting dodgy kiwi medium pacers around the park is a philistine.

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Cricket quotes for 2004

By Will 4 years ago, at the end of December, No Comments; be the first!

Some interesting quotes (I’ve added them to my quotes database above), courtesy of The Independant (via Caribbean Cricket, thanks Ryan)

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Random cricket quotes

By Will 4 years ago, at the start of December, No Comments; be the first!

I’ve added some random cricket quotes to the page at the top..some of them are quite amusing…refresh the page to load a new one.

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Cricket quotes

By Will 4 years ago, mid-November, 33 Comments »

I have a dozen or so famous/stupid/funny/eccentric quotes from cricketers, and people citing cricket, which display randomly. If you know of any more - do let me know, by leaving a comment here.

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