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I think the third option

Brock Landers wrote:I think the third option

im right with ya!

great start by younis today

I am sure Younus will be a very good recruit for us. He will get some big runs very shortly he is a quality batsmen.

People are quick to criticise a bloke who has a wonderful record at International level. Why not criticise the blokes who time after time get a start but fail to go on with it. More to the point why not criticise those that don't let said blokes know that this isn't acceptable.

Wow a topic on this already, bit quick one thinks, thought the ball that got Younis today was a pretty good one that would have got alot of decent batsman out

locky801 wrote:Wow a topic on this already, bit quick one thinks, thought the ball that got Younis today was a pretty good one that would have got alot of decent batsman out

I agree to an extent,I originaly thought he might meed some time to settle in, but hes not here very long so i changed my mind.

I can't believe how quick people are to hang one of the best players in the world!

Andy Symonds failed in his first couple of innings this season for Qld, should they have dropped him? No way. And Khan is three times the player Symonds is.

Noone said anything about dropping him.

give him a go i say, alright i made a tongue in cheek comment about today, i am sure he will get runs for us

The real story on Andy Flower
He had 2 broken hands in his stay in SA
He was never able to be the great batsman that he was in International cricket

mal wrote:The real story on Andy Flower
He had 2 broken hands in his stay in SA
He was never able to be the great batsman that he was in International cricket

People aren't interested in facts on this forum Mal. They'd rather believe Andy Flower was a dud cricketer. He broke his hand in his very first appearance in SA when he made about 160-odd for Sturt. After that he struggled to hold the bat, let alone make runs.

I spoke with Andy towards the end of the season and at that stage he was very much looking forward to returning to SA the following year as he was aware he had something to prove. It was his intention to eventually make SA his home. Even at that late point in the year, he still had his hand in plaster.

However, the SACA made certain promises to Andy, i.e. employment and a furnished rental house, but upon failure to deliver these promises for the entire first season he was here, the Flower family thought it best not to return. He also had a young family and thought it best not to keep travelling from one part of the world to the other every 6 months.

It is a real pity he never returned as we would have seen a far more productive Flower in the second season.

Adelaide Hawk wrote:

mal wrote:The real story on Andy Flower
He had 2 broken hands in his stay in SA
He was never able to be the great batsman that he was in International cricket

People aren't interested in facts on this forum Mal. They'd rather believe Andy Flower was a dud cricketer. He broke his hand in his very first appearance in SA when he made about 160-odd for Sturt. After that he struggled to hold the bat, let alone make runs.

I spoke with Andy towards the end of the season and at that stage he was very much looking forward to returning to SA the following year as he was aware he had something to prove. It was his intention to eventually make SA his home. Even at that late point in the year, he still had his hand in plaster.

However, the SACA made certain promises to Andy, i.e. employment and a furnished rental house, but upon failure to deliver these promises for the entire first season he was here, the Flower family thought it best not to return. He also had a young family and thought it best not to keep travelling from one part of the world to the other every 6 months.

It is a real pity he never returned as we would have seen a far more productive Flower in the second season.

I wonder what the SACA side of the story is?

demonseye wrote:

Adelaide Hawk wrote:

mal wrote:The real story on Andy Flower
He had 2 broken hands in his stay in SA
He was never able to be the great batsman that he was in International cricket

People aren't interested in facts on this forum Mal. They'd rather believe Andy Flower was a dud cricketer. He broke his hand in his very first appearance in SA when he made about 160-odd for Sturt. After that he struggled to hold the bat, let alone make runs.

I spoke with Andy towards the end of the season and at that stage he was very much looking forward to returning to SA the following year as he was aware he had something to prove. It was his intention to eventually make SA his home. Even at that late point in the year, he still had his hand in plaster.

However, the SACA made certain promises to Andy, i.e. employment and a furnished rental house, but upon failure to deliver these promises for the entire first season he was here, the Flower family thought it best not to return. He also had a young family and thought it best not to keep travelling from one part of the world to the other every 6 months.

It is a real pity he never returned as we would have seen a far more productive Flower in the second season.

I wonder what the SACA side of the story is?

Would you believe it even if you knew?

Unsure on that one. Maybe depend on who was saying it.

Adelaide Hawk wrote:It is a real pity he never returned as we would have seen a far more productive Flower in the second season.

he might have blossomed even
sorry bad pun

where did he play after that season with the backs and how did he go?

hearts on fire wrote:

Brock Landers wrote:I think the third option

im right with ya!

that'd be right if we had talent in the state

stampy wrote:where did he play after that season with the backs and how did he go?

He went to England and played County cricket, and from memory he did quite well, to the point of coaching there after he retired from playing.

Im glad HAWKY has confirmed that AF had a hand injury.
A source from the inner sanctum says he broke his hand twice, and was severly hampered
Zimbabwes greatest ever cricketer
Would have made any team in the world when he was playing Test Cricket+ O/D INTernationals