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THE GOLDEN AGE 1882--1929 |
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1 `In affectionate remembrance of English cricket' |
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4 | (6) |
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2 `We have come to beard the kangaroo in his den' |
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10 | (3) |
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3 `When he dies his body ought to be embalmed and permanently exhibited in the British Museum' |
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13 | (4) |
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Billy Murdoch On W. G. Grace |
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4 `Give me the ball, Mr Stoddart, and I'll get t'boogers out before lunch!' |
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17 | (4) |
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5 `Sorry, Doctor, she slipped' |
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21 | (4) |
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Ernie Jones To W. G. Grace, 1896 |
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6 `Put A Rope Around The Bounder's Neck And Drag Him Out' |
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25 | (3) |
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Spectator On Monty Noble's Batting, 1899 |
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7 `We'll Get `Em in Singles' |
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28 | (4) |
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George Hirst To Wilfred Rhodes, 1902 |
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8 `The Human Catapult Who Wrecks the Roofs of Distant Towns When Set in His Assault' |
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32 | (3) |
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R. D. Paine On Gilbert Jessop |
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9 `Have You Got Your Coffin Ready, Crockett?' |
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35 | (4) |
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Australian Barracker To Umpire Crockett, 1903 |
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10 `The Sound of His Bat Somehow Puts Me in Mind of Vintage Port' |
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39 | (3) |
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A. A. Milne On Jack Hobbs |
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11 `If We Go Down, At Least We'll Take That Bugger Barnes Down With Us' |
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42 | (4) |
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Archie Maclaren On Sydney Barnes |
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12 `Please Sir, You're the Only Decent Bit of Shade in the Place' |
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46 | (4) |
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Small Boy to Warwick Armstrong, 1921 |
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13 `With That Single Over, Gregory Destroyed the Morale of English Cricket' |
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50 | (3) |
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Ronald Mason On Jack Gregory, 1921 |
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14 `Never Mind. I've Got A Little Kid At Home Who Will Make Up For It For Me' |
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53 | (3) |
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Fred Tate, 1902, Looks Forward to 1924-25 |
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15 `Well I Never, It's Those Two Again!' |
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56 | (3) |
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Pattie Menzies On Hobbs And Sutcliffe, 1926 |
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16 `Dammit, We've Done Em!' |
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59 | (5) |
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George Geary to George Duckworth, 1929 |
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THE AGE OF BRADMAN 1930--1948 |
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17 `That Wasn't A Bad Bit of Practice. I'll Be Able to Have A Go At Them Tomorrow' |
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64 | (4) |
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Don Bradman Scores 309 in A Day, 1930 |
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18 `I'Ve Got It! He's Yellow!' |
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68 | (6) |
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Douglas Jardine On Bradman, Early 1930S |
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19 `I Don't Want to See You, Mr Warner. There Are Two Teams Out There; One Is Trying to Play Cricket And the Other Is Not' |
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74 | (4) |
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Bill Woodfull to `Plum' Warner, 1933 |
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20 `You Can't Go Off While the Little Bastard's In' |
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78 | (2) |
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Douglas Jardine to Harold Larwood, 1933 |
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21 `Don't Give the Bastard A Drink. Let Him Die of Thirst' |
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80 | (3) |
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Spectator to Woodfull Concerning Jardine, 1933 |
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22 `Why, Mummy, He Doesn't Look Like A Murderer' |
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83 | (3) |
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A Child Reacts to Larwood, 1933 |
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23 `I Don't Believe in the Law of Averages' |
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86 | (3) |
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Bradman to Neville Cardus, 1934 |
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24 `Oh, Don't Give It Another Thought. You've Just Cost Us the Ashes, That's All' |
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89 | (3) |
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Gubby Allen to Walter Robins, 1936 |
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25 `Come And Look At This. You've Never Seen Anything Like It' |
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92 | (3) |
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Bradman On Stan Mccabe's Batting, 1938 |
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26 `Frank, They'll Get A Thousand' |
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95 | (3) |
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Mccabe to Umpire Frank Chester, the Oval, 1938 |
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27 `A F Fine Way to Start A Series' |
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98 | (4) |
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Wally Hammond to Bradman, 1946 |
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28 `Sorry, Godfrey, But I Have to Do It - the Crowd Are A Bit Bored At the Moment' |
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102 | (3) |
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Keith Miller Bounces Godfrey Evans, 1947 |
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29 `What's Going On Out Here Then? Let's Get Stuck Into `Em' |
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105 | (4) |
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Neil Harvey to Keith Miller, 1948 |
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30 `It's Not Easy to Bat With Tears in Your Eyes' |
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109 | (5) |
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Bradman On His Last Test Innings, 1948 |
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THE AGE OF ATTRITION 1950--1968 |
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31 `Fine Lettuce! Nine-Pence! With Hearts As Big As Freddie Brown's!' |
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114 | (4) |
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Barrowman At Sydney Quay, 1951 |
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32 `Bedser Was Really Super Fine / Fourteen Wickets For Ninety-Nine' |
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118 | (3) |
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33 `England Deserved to Win, If Not From the First Ball Then At Least From the Second-Last Over' |
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121 | (4) |
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Lindsay Hassett At the Oval, 1953 |
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34 `I Swear There Was A New Light in His Eyes, As If A Spark Had Been Kindled Deep Down Inside Him' |
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125 | (4) |
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Len Hutton On Frank Tyson, 1954 |
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35 `Bet You 6/4 We Can't' |
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129 | (5) |
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Keith Miller Bets Against A Draw, Old Trafford 1956 |
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36 `Well, At Least He's Chucking Them Straight, Isn't He Mate?' |
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134 | (3) |
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Australian Umpire On Keith Slater's Action, 1958-59 |
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37 `Stick With Me, Wal, We're Going to Win This Game' |
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137 | (3) |
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Richie Benaud to Wally Grout, 1961 |
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38 `Whenever Ken Walked to the Wicket I Thought A Union Jack Was Trailing Behind Him' |
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140 | (2) |
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Wally Grout On Ken Barrington |
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39 `Declare Simpson, You Bastard!' |
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142 | (2) |
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England Spectator to the Australian Balcony, 1964 |
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40 `Aye, But Whoever Beats It Will Be Bloody Tired' |
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144 | (2) |
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Fred Trueman On His Test Bowling Record, 1964 |
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41 `What's the Matter, Lawry? Have You Taken the Pill?' |
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146 | (2) |
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Barracker to A Slow-Scoring Bill Lawry, 1966 |
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42 `England Carried Underwood, Like An Umbrella, in Case of Rain' |
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148 | (6) |
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John Arlott On Derek Underwood, 1968 |
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THE AGE OF THE FAST MEN 1970--1989 |
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43 `I'M Not Afraid of Leaving A Trail of Fractures Among the Opposition' |
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154 | (4) |
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44 `Now That's A F****** Bouncer' |
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158 | (3) |
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John Snow to Umpire Rowan, Perth, 1970-71 |
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45 `I'Ve Seen People Hit By Bottles And It Makes A Bloody Mess of Them' |
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161 | (3) |
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46 `"Australia Take It Lying Down?" Pig's Bloody Arse They Do!' |
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164 | (3) |
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Australian Manager Ray Steele, 1972 |
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47 `Australia You F****** Beauty!' |
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167 | (2) |
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Rod Marsh Sings Australia's Team Song, 1972 |
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48 `I Enjoy Hitting A Batsman More Than Getting Him Out. I Like to See Blood On the Pitch' |
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169 | (3) |
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49 `Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust, If Thomson Don't Get Ya, Lillee Must' |
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172 | (4) |
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Sydney Daily Telegraph, 1975 |
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50 `I Don't Think We Have Met - My Name's Cowdrey' |
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176 | (2) |
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Colin Cowdrey Greets Thomson, 1974 |
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51 `The Injury Did Confirm My Earlier Comment That I Could Play Thommo With My Cock' |
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178 | (3) |
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David Lloyd On Being Hit By Thomson, 1974 |
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52 `Take A Good Look At This Arse of Mine, You'll See Plenty of It This Summer' |
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181 | (4) |
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David Steele to Rod Marsh, 1975 |
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53 `When Are Your Balls Going to Drop, Sonny?' |
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185 | (2) |
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Tony Greig to David Hookes, 1977 |
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54 `The Only Fellow I've Met Who Fell in Love With Himself At A Young Age' |
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187 | (4) |
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Dennis Lillee On Geoff Boycott, 1977 |
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55 `He's Got A Degree in People, Hasn't He?' |
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191 | (3) |
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Rodney Hogg On Mike Brearley, 1978-79 |
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56 `We Were Going to Sack Him Anyway' |
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194 | (3) |
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Alec Bedser On Ian Botham, 1981 |
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57 `Come On, Let's Give It Some Humpty' |
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197 | (6) |
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Botham to Graham Dilley, Headingley 1981 |
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58 `He Didn't Want to Bowl, You Know' |
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203 | (3) |
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Brearley On Botham, Edgbaston 1981 |
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59 `Was Botham's Innings the Greatest Ever?' |
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206 | (2) |
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The Times, 17 August 1981 |
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60 `They Just Tore Each Other's Clothes Off' |
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208 | (3) |
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Geoff Lawson On Lillee And Kim Hughes, 1981 |
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61 `I Went Into the England Dressing-Room And Lost It' |
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211 | (3) |
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Jeff Thomson, Melbourne 1982 |
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62 `It's Hard Work Making Batting Look Effortless' |
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214 | (4) |
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63 `England Have Only Three Major Problems. They Can't Bat, They Can't Bowl And They Can't Field' |
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218 | (2) |
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Martin Johnson, November 1986 |
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64 `Hobbs, Hammond And Broad: It Doesn't Quite Ring True, Does It?' |
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220 | (6) |
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Chris Broad, 1986-87 1989--2003 |
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65 `In My Day 58 Beers Between London And Sydney Would Have Virtually Classified You As A Teetotaller' |
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226 | (3) |
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Ian Chappell On David Boon, 1989 |
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66 `What Do You Think This Is, A f****** Tea Party?' |
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229 | (3) |
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Allan Border to Robin Smith, 1989 |
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67 `Who Can Forget Malcolm Devon?' |
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232 | (4) |
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Ted Dexter On Devon Malcolm, 1989 |
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68 `Thatcher Out! Lbw B Alderman' |
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236 | (3) |
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Graffiti Seen On A Toilet Wall, 1989 |
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69 `Count `Em Yourself, You Pommie C***!' |
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239 | (3) |
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Umpire Mcconnell to Phil Tufnell, 1990 |
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70 `A Fart Competing With Thunder' |
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242 | (3) |
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Graham Gooch On the 1990-91 Ashes |
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71 `If It Had Been A Cheese Roll, It Would Never Have Got Past Him' |
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245 | (4) |
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Gooch On Warne's Ball to Gatting, 1993 |
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72 `He Offended Me in A Former Life' |
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249 | (4) |
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Merv Hughes On Sledging Graeme Hick, 1993 |
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73 `Mccague Will Go Down in Test Cricket History As the Rat Who Joined the Sinking Ship' |
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253 | (2) |
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The Daily Telegraph-Mirror, 1993 |
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74 `Man For Man, On Paper, the Australian Side Stand Out Like Dogs' Balls' |
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255 | (4) |
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Greg Chappell Previews the 1994-95 Ashes |
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75 `Tufnell, Can I Borrow Your Brain? I'm Building An Idiot' |
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259 | (3) |
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Australian Fan to Phil Tufnell, 1994-95 |
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76 `Mark Taylor, the Australian Captain? Ah, But For How Long?' |
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262 | (3) |
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Uk Immigration Welcomes Taylor, 1997 |
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77 `That Glenn Mcgrath, What A Bastard' |
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265 | (3) |
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Mick Jagger On Mcgrath, 1997 |
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78 `Oh, I Get It. Nobody's Talking to Steve. Okay! I'll Talk to My F****** Self' |
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268 | (3) |
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Steve Waugh On Not Being Sledged, 1997 |
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79 `No, But I'd Have Darren Gough As Twelfth Man' |
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271 | (3) |
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80 `Adam Gilchrist: ????' |
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274 | (4) |
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Duncan Fletcher's Bowling Plans For Gilchrist, 2001 |
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81 `Come On, Ramps, You Know You Want To' |
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278 | (2) |
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Shane Warne Tempts Mark Ramprakash, 2001 |
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82 `Mate, What the F*** Are You Doing Here?' |
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280 | (3) |
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Mark Waugh to James Ormond, 2001 |
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83 `Is There Anyone in England Who Can Play Cricket?' |
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283 | (3) |
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Sydney Daily Telegraph Headline, 2002 |
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84 `This Will Sound Arrogant, But I Really Fancied Facing Mcgrath' |
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286 | (4) |
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85 `This Really Is A War Out Here, Isn't It?' |
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290 | (4) |
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Justin Langer to Andrew Strauss, 2005 |
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86 `It's 1-1, You Aussie Bastard' |
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294 | (6) |
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87 `I Knew I'd Hit Rock Bottom When... I Rolled Over in Bed... And All I Saw Was Freddie Bloody Flintoff' |
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300 | (3) |
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88 `All the Palaver Caused Me to Burn My Toast' |
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303 | (3) |
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Duncan Fletcher On Ponting's Meltdown, 2005 |
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89 `I'M Fed Up With Blocking It, I'm Just Going to Whack It Instead' |
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306 | (3) |
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Kevin Pietersen to Marcus Trescothick, 2005 |
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90 `To Be Honest, Mark, I'm Struggling' |
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309 | (2) |
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Andrew Flintoff to Mark Nicholas, 2005 |
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91 `I Reckon It Will Be 5-0 This Time' |
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311 | (2) |
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92 `You Don't Like Being Called the Shermanator, Do You?' |
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313 | (4) |
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Shane Warne to Ian Bell, 2006 |
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317 | (4) |
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Mark Kermode As Australia Collapse, 2009 |
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94 `Stop the Clocks! Hold the Front Pages! Shout It From the Rooftops! Australia Are in Utter Disarray' |
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321 | (3) |
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The Guardian's Andy Bull Liveblogs, 2010 |
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95 `Why Aren't You Chirping Now, Mate? Not Getting Wickets?' |
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324 | (2) |
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Mitchell Johnson to Jimmy Anderson, 2010 |
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96 `He Bowls to the Left, He Bowls to the Right / That Mitchell Johnson, His Bowling Is Shite' |
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326 | (3) |
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97 `I Hope the Public Get Stuck Into Him. That Was Blatant Cheating' |
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329 | (3) |
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Darren Lehmann On Stuart Broad, 2013 |
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98 `Get ready for a broken f****** Arm' |
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332 | (4) |
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Michael Clarke to Jimmy Anderson, 2013 |
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99 `It Does Look Like They Have Scared Eyes...' |
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336 | (3) |
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100 `We've Got `Em Back!' |
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339 | (6) |
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345 | (13) |
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The Ashes, 1882--2014: Series Results And Leading Batsmen And Bowlers |
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346 | (9) |
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Batting And Bowling Records |
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355 | (3) |
| Bibliography |
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358 | (1) |
| Index |
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359 | (9) |
| Picture Credits |
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