@bbctms@finnysteve Never forget Graeme Smith ruined Finny's whole career over the petty stumps issue. Once he had to completely revamp his run up he was never the same
@Mid_Sized_Balls@3YearLetterman@Breaking911 The War of 1812 began when the United States declared war on Britain
1861 we were neutral and 1917 I have no idea what you are talking about. All diplomatic issues were usurped by WW1
The Australia v Paraguay game was a disgrace. It showed the huge flaws in the 3rd place qualification format. A dire 0-0 draw that conveniently enabled both teams to qualify for the knockout stage. Itโs Austria v West Germany in 1982 all over again.
@bbctms@norcrosscricket@MichaelVaughan The problem is that the players will stretch any rule to the nth degree, just like the runners before. Ranatunga etc spoiled it! Concussion is a bit more cut & shut but you even had a player overrule the doctor in Bangladesh recently(against Aus). He was being violently sick
@Mid_Sized_Balls@3YearLetterman@Breaking911 You do realise that nobody in England gave a fuck about it, apart from the King. And by then the royal family were just figureheads
It was just too far for proper communication and traveling to and from the UK was weeks