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Lancashire = Cheats
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We used play on result pitches every week and finished bottom about 5 years running 
Surely a wind up EB?!
why?
Surely most must appreciate outgrounds produce result wickets by and large as they havent been 'prepped' to play continous 4 day cricket on over the years
did you answer my Stoneman question
Well, result pitches mean losing out on bonus points and of course you still have to win on them. You can't really call Lancashire cheats for playing better than their opposition and winning games. Plus, home advantage is meant to be an advantage! Every team tries to prepare their own wickets to suit their own team.
Hence why Sussex and Northants used to play 2 or 3 spinners and prepare turning pitches. We surely don't need reminding of Hampshire's pitch preparation! AND also remember our pitches are prepared to offer assistance to our seamers initially with some turn later on for Blackie and Borthwick.
I'd rather we played on a pitch that would be lively and which will produce a winner than a pitch where both teams score 500 in first innings and it peters out into a boring draw.
You could even argue that Lancashire have played 8 away games and 8 neutral venue games!
Hence why Sussex and Northants used to play 2 or 3 spinners and prepare turning pitches. We surely don't need reminding of Hampshire's pitch preparation! AND also remember our pitches are prepared to offer assistance to our seamers initially with some turn later on for Blackie and Borthwick.
I'd rather we played on a pitch that would be lively and which will produce a winner than a pitch where both teams score 500 in first innings and it peters out into a boring draw.
You could even argue that Lancashire have played 8 away games and 8 neutral venue games!
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Probably not
1 hundred in 5 games in this 'superb' run of form
Chanderpaul has about 5 in 5
We came third for the record as we werent quite good enough
TwasOnTheFifthOfMay
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Twisted
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if you wish to twist my words no probs
maghater
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Bit strong calling them cheats, but I agree that is why they won the championship. The fault lies with the points system, ok we want to see competative cricket, but four times as many point for a win as a draw, regardless of weather etc. BONKERS
result wicket.
Lancashire club green top wickets are hardly the type top level sport should be played on
Twisted
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how is that twisting your words?
you compare stoneman's record to chanderpaul's in an attempt to make rocky sound shite.
1 century in 5 games is not embarrassing.
in fact for the record chanderpaul's FC record is 55 100s in 264 matches with an average of 54.26.
stoneman 1 100 in 5 matches with an average of 52.25 this season
Twisted
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michael di venuto FC class record 59 100s in 324, about one in 5 yes?
Indeed and he has had a poor year
Was it me who was asking the question of whether he should be dropped earlier in the season (MDV)?
Nice to see I am consistent
Twisted
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so youre saying he's had a poor career?
edit: marcus trescothick 49 100s in 284 matches
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MDV has averaged that over a career
Stoneman is in a superb run of form
1 hundred is poor
Twisted
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so when stoneman is in good form [and this is early on in his career] he's on a par with the likes of diva, chanderpaul and trescothick?
wish i was as poor as that like
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