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Recent content by Francis

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    Is the world becoming more racist?

    Simple question: Is the world becoming more racist? Watching the US Presidential race between Trump and Hilary, watching the Brexit, and watching Pauline Hanson getting four, possibly six senate seats in the Australian parliament, I must remark: There seems to be a tinge of hatred against...
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    Which batsmen scored the most memorable Test centuries in history?

    I'm hating that I put so many Australians in this list. But I must say they stood out to me. 9. VVX Laxman Made perhaps the most memorable Test innings in Indian history, and saved a Test and Series that Australia thought they wrapped up. 8. Ricky Ponting His 2005 3rd Ashes Test innings was...
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    Great Players Who Are Difficult To Compare With Other Great Players

    WASIM AKRAM v GLENN MCGRATH I hate comparing these two guys. Akram was definitely the more exciting player. He could swing the ball both ways. It's said he was a bit like Keith Miller in that he only needed a few steps to generate 140km. Wasim had the whippy actions. The thing about Wasim is...
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    Who belongs on cricket's Mount Rushmore?

    Who belongs on cricket's Mount Rushmore? This is an exercise I got from a NFL show that talked about which faces you should associate with American football. For example, let's take professional wrestling (or "sports entertainment). I don't regard Hulk Hogan as a good wrestler. He's very...
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    Is Mitchell Johnson like Dennis Lillee or Jeff Thompson?

    I don't think it matters which country you're from. If you're not enjoying Mitchell Johnson right now, you're not a cricket fan. He's hit rare form and really is the most entertaining cricketer out there right now. So here's my question: Is Mitchell Johnson a bowler more akin to Dennis Lillee...
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    So who's going to win tomorrow? (4th Test, final day)

    Who will win tomorrow? The last two Ashes series have been weird. In England I thought it was much closer than 3-0 suggested. In short, 3-0 was absolutely the best result England could have achieved. Australia would have won the third Test, and while the first Test was a bit flukey with Agar...
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    Was Australia's Sledging Too Much?

    I'm uncertain if there's a thread to discuss this, so please can some moderator subsume this into another discussion if I'm repeating something. I love intimidating cricket. What I loved about Mitchell Johnson's bowling in this Test was that it was intimidating. England needed to send a message...
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    The value of Anil Kumble was underestimated

    I've been watching plenty of cricket lately. I watched Australia bat better than South Africa in two Tests, and saw them unable to finish them off in the second Test. I saw them beat a very bad Sri Lankan side, but only barely, in Hobart. One thing kept popping into my head: We never fully...
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    Hurricana Sandy

    Anybody been watching the news? Hopefully this thing doesn't turn out too bad. I can't tell whether the news is over hyping what could be the worst natural disaster in a few years. But yeah a hurricane hitting New York City... sounds pretty horrible!
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    May I respectfully ask a question about Islam?

    I was watching India v Pakistan with a few of my friends. One of them was from Sri Lanka, many from India, and one or two from Pakistan. We were having a great time watching the game, and decided we'd order a couple of pizzas. My Sri Lankan friend is a Muslim and asked for a chicken pizza...
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    Best bowling actions ever

    What are your favourite bowling actions and why? Here are some of mine… Wasim Akram The first thing to note about Wasim’s bowling action is it made him seem faster than he was, and he was fast enough to begin with! Consider Brett Lee for a moment. Brett Lee in his prime was extremely fast, but...
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    Rank the Star Wars movies (contains sort-of-spoilers for VII)

    I know there's a movie thread, but I think it's better to have a seperate thread, just in case this generates posts. Yes I am a Star Wars geek. And even if you don't like Star Wars, chances are you have an opinion on how good each movie was. How can you not? Star Wars movies are the result of...
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    Oh that Kanye!

    So I don't know if this has been posted elsewhere on CW, but Kanye West recently kind of apologized for calling George Bush a racist. A lot of people think Matt Lauer went too far with this interview. He really pushed Kanye hard. Others can't understand why there's some empathy for George Bush...
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    Great series that between India and OZ

    In the last few years I've had a declining interest in cricket, which is sad because for most of my life it's been my number one sport. My declining interest can be attributed to a number of factors: The 2007 World Cup A horribly long, slow, boring World Cup. There was no emotion from the...
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    How to ignore people?

    If there's a poster here who's annoying me, and I'm not saying there is, and I want to put him on ignore, how would I go about doing that? I have absolutely no idea how to use the ignore function so you'd have to go through the process methodically with me.
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