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From: jhodgson@sjuvax.UUCP (J. Hodgson)
Newsgroups: net.sport,net.nlang.india,net.followup
Subject: Re: MW Gatting
Message-ID: <2894@sjuvax.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 13-Mar-86 14:30:49 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 13 14:30:49 1986
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References: <1140@abnji.UUCP> <577@epistemi.UUCP>
Reply-To: jhodgson@sjuvax.UUCP (J. Hodgson)
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In article <577@epistemi.UUCP> irene@epistemi.UUCP writes:
>Happily, Gatting's career is not over.  He requires an operation to
>fix his nose, but his skull was not fractured, despite reports that
>Marshall returned to the crease picking bone out of the ball.
>
>Gatting also said that it was his own fault, a fact widely ignored
>by the media, especially in Britain.  Of course, the British cricket
>media really would like to claim that England loses to the West Indies
>because they're a bunch of cheating darkies (:-) but in fact the West
>Indies have a few competent cricketers.
>The legality of bouncers was discussed at some length a few years
>ago when Snow upset everyone with his bowling of bouncers, hence the
>one per over rule.  Marshall is fast and good, my impression was that
>Snow was deliberately intimidating.
>
>	Irene Orr
>	(...mcvax!ukc!cstvax!epistemi!irene)

Was it Wes Hall or Charlie Griffith who strained his back pulling up short
when Brian Close charged down the pitch from the batting crease. 
Capable batsmen can respond to intimidating bowling.

		Jonathan Hodgson.