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Goodnight Charlie | The Full Toss Cricket Blog
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The Full Toss Cricket Blog. Full on debate about English cricket. England’s worst ever XI. December 31, 2012. That unmistakeably rich baritone voice, like listening to a glass of mulled wine. Neither quite South African, nor Australian, nor English, but a blend of the three. Those trenchant, often ridiculous catchphrases, delivered with his unique combination of gravitas and hysteria. These are just a few of the things we’ll miss about the late, great Tony Greig. In the process his voice rose up several ...
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Intimidated? I don’t think so | The Full Toss Cricket Blog
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The Full Toss Cricket Blog. Full on debate about English cricket. England’s worst ever XI. I don’t think so. December 27, 2012. Slater, Mark Waugh etc were going to have a field day. This is by far the weakest Australian team I’ve ever seen even if they’re currently winning the Boxing Test day test at a canter. Australia’s recent successes are therefore absolutely meaningless. England will be licking their lips ahead of the Ashes. Australia have two world class players in Clarke and the ageless Hussey, a...
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Best of | The Full Toss Cricket Blog
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The Full Toss Cricket Blog. Full on debate about English cricket. England’s worst ever XI. A selection of stories and articles we thought you might like another chance to see. 4th June 2010 – Richie in paradise. A feast of 2s at Lord’s – just a shame the doyen of commentators wasn’t there to enjoy it. 31st May 2010 – four bowlers or five? Our analysis of the first test against Bangladesh sparked a heated debate about the composition of the England side. 5th May 2010 – A manifesto for English cricket.
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Nostalgia corner | The Full Toss Cricket Blog
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The Full Toss Cricket Blog. Full on debate about English cricket. England’s worst ever XI. 1 V West Indies, Lord’s, 2000. This was the one in the dark. After the first two tests were drawn, Moin Khan’s side set us 176 on the final afternoon to clinch that rarest of prizes a series win in Pakistan. But time was running very short. With the fielders dawdling and night closing in, Graham Thorpe (64*) and Graeme Hick (40) somehow saw us home in conditions of near-darkness. The Oval, 2003. This was the Johnny...
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2010 review | The Full Toss Cricket Blog
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The Full Toss Cricket Blog. Full on debate about English cricket. England’s worst ever XI. The Sydney Test is not a cricket blogger’s friend. 2010 has finished and we’re desperate to write a ‘review of the year’ art. Icle However, it’s almost impossible to reach any solid conclusions until the fifth test has been completed. Couldn’t they have moved the Ashes forward a week? 2010 began with a drawn series against the Cricketboks – a result we had mixed feelings about. On the positive side we did...It was ...
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The commentators | The Full Toss Cricket Blog
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The Full Toss Cricket Blog. Full on debate about English cricket. England’s worst ever XI. Put it, as if he was picking up his dry-cleaning. Admittedly, he staged a recovery of kinds when calling the final wicket at Melbourne: “Australia are beaten…well beaten…beaten into the earth! How flabby would Sky be without him? Sir Ian Botham 2/10. While still offering the occasional nugget of genuine insight, ‘Whispering Death’ still retains his fatal flaw of stating the bleeding obvious. “...Uniquely perceptive...
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Quiz | The Full Toss Cricket Blog
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The Full Toss Cricket Blog. Full on debate about English cricket. England’s worst ever XI. Quiz 1 – December 2009. 1 When Brian Lara was dismissed for 375 on April 18th 1994, who was the bowler? 2 Which geographical cricketing distinction is held by McLean Park, Napier? 3 Which two future Test cricketers were both born in Canterbury Hospital on 2nd June 1965? 4 Who joined Leicestershire from Yorkshire in 1959 but didn’t retire from cricket until the Lord’s Test of 1996? Quiz 2 – March 2010. 5 At which te...
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England’s worst ever XI | The Full Toss Cricket Blog
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The Full Toss Cricket Blog. Full on debate about English cricket. England’s worst ever XI. England’s worst ever XI. Watching the Bangladesh series got us thinking. If England can beat the Tigers with an under-strength team, how would our worst ever XI fare? Used to teach English at Worcester Grammar School. He was certainly taught a lesson or two by the West Indies in 1988 (5 caps, batting average 16). Warwickshire got promoted. (3 caps, batting average 11.5). A controversial choice perhaps, but the fact...
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The Full Toss quiz | The Full Toss Cricket Blog
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The Full Toss Cricket Blog. Full on debate about English cricket. England’s worst ever XI. The Full Toss quiz. January 21, 2013. Long time no quiz. For which, apologies – but to make amends, let us without any further ado bring you the first Full Toss quiz of 2013. As ever, enter your answers below – or to avoid spoilers, e-mail them to maxie@thefulltoss.com. Which cricketing items must (a) weigh between 5.5 and 5.75 ounces; and (b) be 4.33 inches long? Which counties link these two pairs of players?
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