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general knowledge facts & updates (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
The Underarm bowling incident of 1981 occurred on 1 Feb, 1981, when Australia were playing New Zealand in an ODI match, the third of five such matches in the final of the Benson & Hedges World Series Cup, at the MCC. In order to prevent New Zealand from scoring the 6 they needed to tie, the Australian captain, Greg Chappell instructed his bowler (his younger brother, Trevor Chappell) to deliver...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/31/2009
The lack of snarl and bite in the current Australian team makes one remember the grizzled campaigners of old These Australians are way too nice for their own good. With the exception of their muzzled captain, Ricky Ponting, a rehabilitated larrikin of the old school, and possibly Peter Siddle and Ben Hilfenhaus, who are not yet fully house-trained, they are seriously lacking in the essential ingredient...
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