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And now as coach, he just says, "Go out there and bat like me".
Andy Moles, former Warwickshire and Northern Capes first class opener, when he was coach of New Zealand :
“Baz, can you give me seven or eight overs of you just batting so that we can get these young kids into the game?”
McCullum :
“No, Moler. I’m busy building Brand McCullum.”
Andy Moles :
“Pardon? The team needs you.”
McCullum :
“No, no. Sorry about what the team needs. I’m building a brand, and it’s called Brand McCullum. This is how I play.”
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The same Moles, along with his assistant, before the 2009 Champions Trophy final :
“Baz, we’ve got to chase if we win the toss. We know South African conditions and we’ve both coached here, we’ve looked at the stats. You’ve got to chase.”
McCullum, who became captain after regular skipper Daniel Vettori got injured :
“No, no. We’re going to bat first.”
McCullum got out for a 14 ball duck, and Australia went on to win the Champions Trophy.
Steven Smith, Kylie Minogue, Rolf Harris, Wolverine, Evonne Goolagong, Dawn Fraser, Matgot Robbie, Greg Norman, Jason Gillespie (201*), Mick Dundee, Sir Les Patterson, Rupert Murdoch, Kelly Slater, Pat Cummins.
Your boys took one hell of a beating.
#SAvAus
#InningsDefeat
You've got to love the Pakistan "club" team's names, eg. Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited v Oil & Gas Development Company Limited.
Far better than anything like Super Kings v MI Ego.
I'm not exactly close up but this pitch looks like a bit of a shocker and it's been getting wetter and wetter.
We could easily lose a day and a half to rain but I wouldn't bet against a result, in Australia's favour.
Good toss to win.
#SAvAus #StGeorgesPark
Does anyone know what George Hill has done to totally piss off the England selectors? Not even in the Lions squad.
So play today finishes a bit later today but well over 30 minutes before close. Why did they make the 1st 2 sessions longer knowing full well that 6,5 hours play when starting at 09:30 is totally unfeasible?
Test cricket again shoots itself in the foot. Everyone knows that there is no chance of play after 17:00 in Durban. In previous years, play has started 30 mins earlier to make up lost time to light/weather. But not for this #SAvAus Test which means we're looking at 65 overs/day.
Good to see Italian BAD Manenti (not to be confused with the good Manenti) score his maiden 💯 in any format. 🇮🇹 @FedCricket #SheffieldShield
Isn't the point of ECB contracts to have some kind of control over those players?
Why do they keep giving a contract to a player who has zero chance of being picked up in any franchise competition & very little chance of playing any actual Test cricket unless maybe it's in Asia?
Rant incoming - 1/5 Richard Gould's comments on @sticktocricket regarding having at least one men's Test Match in The North up to 2039 have been reported by almost journalists as a good thing for Old Trafford & Headingley. Rubbish.
Let's deal with the obvious vagary first.
4/5 every 1 in 5!/(3!2!) = 10 times or 40 years. 1 of them holding a Test 6 in 10 times and both holding a Test 3 in 10 times.
I haven't found 1 journalist who has reported these numbers (I don't read everything) Is there one out there?