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The only good thing is England can take the trophy of the aussies in their backyard next year. We are a better team with a full squad. Just give us a top 4 of Roy, Jos, Livingstone and Stokes, with Archer and Mills death bowlers.
 
Gray said:
Have to believe that winning the toss was crucial in both semi-finals and the final.

T20 cricket, whilst exciting, is a bit of a lottery.
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Yep, 12 of 13 matches at Dubai were won by the chasing team which feels a little disappointing in hindsight.

Some great cricket in the groups and two great semi finals tho, which made for a really watchable tournament all in all
 
joe123 said:
Yep, 12 of 13 matches at Dubai were won by the chasing team which feels a little disappointing in hindsight.

Some great cricket in the groups and two great semi finals tho, which made for a really watchable tournament all in all
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Didn't Realise it was that many, makes a bit of a mockery of the tournament.
 
Corky said:
The other had no recollection but 3:1

The vile Boycott was never out of work for too long, so I wouldn't worry about Vaughan.
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Boycott was an alleged wife beater and probably not a very pleasent person but as far as I can recall he was never associated with racism.
 
ShedDweller said:
Boycott was an alleged wife beater and probably not a very pleasent person but as far as I can recall he was never associated with racism.
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Convicted of the attack, and it is worse than one discriminatory comment in his entire career.

Boycott saying he would be knighted if he 'blacked up' was pretty recent.

Plus like a lot of proud Yorkies, he is a Man Utd fan.
 
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Convicted of the attack, and it is worse than one discriminatory comment in his entire career.

Boycott saying he would be knighted if he 'blacked up' was pretty recent.

Plus like a lot of proud Yorkies, he is a Man Utd fan.
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Yeah, agreed he was convicted of the wife beating.

I'm not excusing him but the 'blacked up' comment although a very poor choice of words, was in relation to the fact that 11 WI cricketers had received knighthoods during a period while very few english players had recieved the honour. (Botham got his for Charity work rather than services to cricket). So in some respects it was a fair point made extremely badly. I'm not sure it brands him a racist. I also think his work with Pakistan Cricket during periods when the England set up would have nothing to do with him deserves some recognition.

I hold his Rag tendencies in much more disdain that his other personality traits tbh.
 
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