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"I was not fast enough. But I was good at running. Some of my friends used to make fun that my run-up to the crease was faster than my deliveries."
The world's fastest man, Usain Bolt, wanted to be a cricketer before he took up sprinting

Sep 5, 2008

The headlines

Australia ease to series clean sweep
Arthur concerned over fatigue
'Spirit of the game has not worsened'
'This England side has great potential'
Shoaib to join Surrey on Sunday

The news

Australia not settled for India - Hussey
Burger spins Namibia to 103-run win
Somerset to target recent overseas signings for EPL
Lancashire should have kept Cork - Flintoff
'This side has great potential' - Flintoff

TWC

The TWC summit: Who should keep in the Tests in India?
RMJ: XI county cricket greats who were Test underachievers
Rob Smyth: Selectors must tighten Bell’s role to set him free
The captain’s blog: Relegation
King Cricket: Why cricket is the cruellest sport

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4-0 to England after Cardiff washout
England's hopes of securing a 5-0 whitewash over South Africa were denied by the Welsh rain, as the fifth and final ODI at Cardiff was abandoned after only three overs of play
South Africa desperate to fight back
England took an unassailable 3-0 lead at The Oval, but for England's new and irrepressibly positive captain, he and his team have greater goals in their sights
Flower guides Essex to trophy triumph
For two sides possessing such hulking heavyweights as Graham Napier and Justin Kemp, the final of the Friends Provident Trophy appeared destined to offer big runs and lavish hundreds. And yet for all the power contained Essex's lineup, it was left to Gran
de Villiers brawls but England scent victory
A disciplined bowling performance by England limited their target to a gettable 197 on the penultimate day at The Oval. The one man to stand in their way was AB de Villiers who fell three short of a fine hundred, but with the weather forecast set fair, En
Amla sparkles on shortened day
Hashim Amla stroked his ninth Test fifty as South Africa reduced the deficit to just 12, on a shortened third day at The Oval

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Kent v Surrey 220/5 *
South Africa A 476/10 v Sri Lanka A 180/10 & 10 *

Articles tagged as: tonked

Gower’s on the sauce

By Will 2 years ago, at the start of March, No Comments; be the first!

Is Gower tonked? He sounds it to me. Good on you old chap!

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