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  • Gross Exaggeration of the Week.

    From alvey@21:1/5 to All on Sun Nov 7 06:09:35 2021
    Headline from Foxsport.

    "Ex-Test star chases five-year return for Ashes after another ton: Shield
    Wrap"

    This would be Nic Maddison whose two Test career yielded innings of 0, 1, 4
    & 22.



    alvey

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  • From alvey@21:1/5 to John Hall on Sun Nov 7 07:10:38 2021
    On Sat, 6 Nov 2021 20:29:15 +0000, John Hall wrote:

    In message <1szjt36yn8u9s.yro3xr9h8iav$[email protected]>, alvey <[email protected]d> writes
    Headline from Foxsport.

    "Ex-Test star chases five-year return for Ashes after another ton: Shield >>Wrap"

    This would be Nic Maddison whose two Test career yielded innings of 0, 1, 4 >>& 22.


    Could he be a better player now than he was five years ago?

    Hard to say John. Mainly because he didn't bat for long enough in his Test innings and now I have better things to do than watch Victorian Shield
    matches. (Unless the Dics are playing Qld of course). He's had a lot of big scores since deserting NSW for Victoria, but I've noticed that almost all
    of these have been on Melb flatties. Oh, and he's missed some cricket with
    that Holiday du Jour, mental health.

    I don't follow Australian domestic cricket closely enough to have any idea whether he is or not.

    Conratulations!
    Your Australian Journalists Assn. membership card is in the post.



    alvey

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  • From John Hall@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sat Nov 6 20:29:15 2021
    In message <1szjt36yn8u9s.yro3xr9h8iav$[email protected]>, alvey <[email protected]d> writes
    Headline from Foxsport.

    "Ex-Test star chases five-year return for Ashes after another ton: Shield >Wrap"

    This would be Nic Maddison whose two Test career yielded innings of 0, 1, 4
    & 22.


    Could he be a better player now than he was five years ago? I don't
    follow Australian domestic cricket closely enough to have any idea
    whether he is or not.
    --
    John Hall
    "Home is heaven and orgies are vile,
    But you *need* an orgy, once in a while."
    Ogden Nash (1902-1971)

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  • From Mike Holmans@21:1/5 to All on Sat Nov 6 21:09:10 2021
    On Sat, 6 Nov 2021 20:29:15 +0000, John Hall <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    In message <1szjt36yn8u9s.yro3xr9h8iav$[email protected]>, alvey ><[email protected]d> writes
    Headline from Foxsport.

    "Ex-Test star chases five-year return for Ashes after another ton: Shield >>Wrap"

    This would be Nic Maddison whose two Test career yielded innings of 0, 1, 4 >>& 22.


    Could he be a better player now than he was five years ago? I don't
    follow Australian domestic cricket closely enough to have any idea
    whether he is or not.

    He could well be, but to describe him as an ex-Test "star" with that
    record is worthy of the idiot in the other ng talking about Jack Ikin.

    Cheers,

    Mike

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