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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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    Ambrose demolishes England

    By Will 4 months ago, 5 Comments »

    14 years ago to this day, any lingering doubts or reservations I had that cricket had taken me under its spell were emphatically removed. England needed 194 to beat West Indies in the third Test at Port-of-Spain, and in came Curtly Ambrose, bounding up to the crease, arms pumping, gold chains swinging - with a menacing, almost demonic look in his eyes. 19.1 overs later, England were bowled out for 46 and my passion for the game was confirmed, signed, sealed and dated. Even now, if I catch a glimpse of that spell in Trinidad, I am fairly awestruck.

    Bizarrely, I’ve just remembered it’s my grandmother’s birthday too. She’d have been 108!

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    Harmison’s 7-12

    By Will 4 years ago, mid-November, No Comments; be the first!

    I sat down in front of the fire this afternoon (chilly here - just above freezing) and put on a DVD I bought highlighting England’s tour of the West Indies this year. What a great buy! I’m a huge fan of Steve Harmison - he has a similar awe-inspiring effect on me as Curtly Ambrose did 10 years ago, when I first started watching cricket.

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    It was brilliant watching Harmison’s performance in the First Test in Kingston - 7 for 12! 7 wickets for 12 runs. 12 runs conceded for 7 wickets. No matter how you put it, it’s an amazing statistic - this is against the West Indies in the West Indies; the same place where England were bowled out for 46, ironically 10 years almost to the day! This time round, it was their turn - and they made just one run more

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