Warne Halts Crawley's Bid For Highest-ever

[Eric Davis]

In the list of archetypal Australian ideals, superfluous sentiment lies somewhere between warm beer, cold weather and Chris Tavare, and Shane Warne fitted the hard-hearted profile yesterday by declaring on John Crawley when he was five runs short of the highest individual score in Hampshire's history. Crawley had indulged himself at the Rose Bowl with 311 not out against the champions Nottinghamshire.

http://sport.guardian.co.uk/cricket/story/...1576688,00.html

[Old Croc]

ric Davis,2005-09-23 17:37:37]

In the list of archetypal Australian ideals, superfluous sentiment lies somewhere between warm beer, cold weather and Chris Tavare, and Shane Warne fitted the hard-hearted profile yesterday by declaring on John Crawley when he was five runs short of the highest individual score in Hampshire's history. Crawley had indulged himself at the Rose Bowl with 311 not out against the champions Nottinghamshire.

http://sport.guardian.co.uk/cricket/story/...1576688,00.html

Not sure what your point is Eric. Interersting post, not sure where Tavare fits in. Is Crawley still playing? In cricket it's a fine balance between indiviual glory and team sucsess. Warne is the county captain now not an Oz player. You have the ashes, settle down.

[The_Moog]

Re: Hampshire cricket, I recall once having a beer with Gordon Greenidge in Bangladesh. Both of us looked equally befuddled about being in Dhaka and probably both wished we were back in the West Country.

[Eric Davis]

Is Crawley still playing?

[Stacking Zeds]

In the list of archetypal Australian ideals, superfluous sentiment lies somewhere between warm beer, cold weather and Chris Tavare, and Shane Warne fitted the hard-hearted profile yesterday by declaring on John Crawley when he was five runs short of the highest individual score in Hampshire's history. Crawley had indulged himself at the Rose Bowl with 311 not out against the champions Nottinghamshire.

http://sport.guardian.co.uk/cricket/story/...1576688,00.html

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Good on him I say. It doesn't say much for the integrity of the record if John Crawley is the holder.

He's **ite. Very surprised to hear that he's still playing and even more surprised that he scored so many runs

[lampard10]

ric Davis,2005-09-23 17:37:37]

In  You have the ashes, settle down.

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What!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Irelands got the Ashes

[Eric Davis]

This has surely been one of the most memorable seasons of cricket in this part of the world. As the season here and in England comes to a close, not for a generation have newspapers across the Irish Sea devoted more column inches to cricket than to soccer so far into September, particularly in Ashes years.

The cost, of course, for being served up perhaps the best Test series in living memory is the triumphalism that we will be forced to suffer for many years to come. No doubt, they will be throwing MBEs and BBC Sports Personality awards around like confetti amid comparisons to Alf Ramsey’s charges in 1966 and Clive Woodward’s in 2003. But, to be honest, this inevitable Swing-Low-Sweet-Chariot factor can do little to numb the pleasure of watching a genuinely competitive and exciting Ashes summer. Both sides must be congratulated for this and for having the perspective and respect for the game to conduct themselves in a sporting way, even when the heat rose to boiling point.

For Irish cricket as well as English, this will go down as a memorable season. Qualifying for the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies was, unlike England regaining the Ashes, wholly expected. But it was none the less enjoyable or significant for that. The only worry is that despite reaching the final of the ICC Trophy and qualifying for the world finals of the Inter-Continental Cup, to be played in Namibia next month, Ireland never consistently performed at the high level that we know they can. This was illustrated by the fact that the captain of the team, Jason Molins, was dropped from the squad to head to Windhoek in October after a hideous year with the bat.

But cricket in Ireland has never had such as opportunity to cash in on all that is going on around us in the game. As we prepare for the World Cup, pressure must be brought to bear on the England and Wales Cricket Board to put their prejudices and arrogance to one side and agree to field a full England team for a one-day match or series of one-day matches against Adrian Birrell’s Ireland.

There is not a ground in Ireland big enough to cater for the interest that would generate. People without any cricket connections in Ireland who have been enthralled by watching the likes of Andrew Flintoff, Michael Vaughan and Kevin Pietersen on Channel 4 this summer would surely flock to Castle Avenue or Stormont to have a look at those guys in the flesh.

What that could do for the image of the game here, not to mention the Irish Cricket Union coffers, should have the men in blazers salivating at the prospect. Every effort must be made to ensure that it happens.

http://www.cricketeurope.net/DATABASE/ARTI...14/001413.shtml

[Stacking Zeds]

This has surely been one of the most memorable seasons of cricket in this part of the world. As the season here and in England comes to a close, not for a generation have newspapers across the Irish Sea devoted more column inches to cricket than to soccer so far into September, particularly in Ashes years.

The cost, of course, for being served up perhaps the best Test series in living memory is the triumphalism that we will be forced to suffer for many years to come. No doubt, they will be throwing MBEs and BBC Sports Personality awards around like confetti amid comparisons to Alf Ramsey’s charges in 1966 and Clive Woodward’s in 2003. But, to be honest, this inevitable Swing-Low-Sweet-Chariot factor can do little to numb the pleasure of watching a genuinely competitive and exciting Ashes summer. Both sides must be congratulated for this and for having the perspective and respect for the game to conduct themselves in a sporting way, even when the heat rose to boiling point.

For Irish cricket as well as English, this will go down as a memorable season. Qualifying for the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies was, unlike England regaining the Ashes, wholly expected. But it was none the less enjoyable or significant for that. The only worry is that despite reaching the final of the ICC Trophy and qualifying for the world finals of the Inter-Continental Cup, to be played in Namibia next month, Ireland never consistently performed at the high level that we know they can. This was illustrated by the fact that the captain of the team, Jason Molins, was dropped from the squad to head to Windhoek in October after a hideous year with the bat.

But cricket in Ireland has never had such as opportunity to cash in on all that is going on around us in the game. As we prepare for the World Cup, pressure must be brought to bear on the England and Wales Cricket Board to put their prejudices and arrogance to one side and agree to field a full England team for a one-day match or series of one-day matches against Adrian Birrell’s Ireland.

There is not a ground in Ireland big enough to cater for the interest that would generate. People without any cricket connections in Ireland who have been enthralled by watching the likes of Andrew Flintoff, Michael Vaughan and Kevin Pietersen on Channel 4 this summer would surely flock to Castle Avenue or Stormont to have a look at those guys in the flesh.

What that could do for the image of the game here, not to mention the Irish Cricket Union coffers, should have the men in blazers salivating at the prospect. Every effort must be made to ensure that it happens.

http://www.cricketeurope.net/DATABASE/ARTI...14/001413.shtml

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Great post Eric. I think cricket has a lot of potential on the fringes in Europe and in few places moreso than Ireland.

[The_Moog]

this inevitable Swing-Low-Sweet-Chariot factor

Now there's a silly song.

Invariably sung by overweight Thomas Merton lookalikes wearing fake rugby shirts covering a capacious belly, whilst swaying beerily with a pint of real ale in one mitt.