Cricket Thread

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ThorntonRunner 19 Apr 3:54pm, 19 Apr 2024 7,429 posts	0 ThorntonRunner [Can't think of the dual world cup player - will be interested to see the answer] Our first league game of the season - scheduled for tomorrow - has already been called off as the ground is unfit
paulcook 19 Apr 4:23pm, 19 Apr 2024 4,623 posts	0 paulcook My first guess would be West Indian and therefore presumably playing for his country at football. Brian Lara or Viv Richards were the first two guesses I had, but they're both complete guesses (the former simply because he was mates with Dwight Yorke).
Cerrertonia 19 Apr 4:44pm, 19 Apr 2024 20,955 posts	0 Cerrertonia Viv Richards is indeed the answer I have. He is said to have played in the 1974 World Cup Qualifiers in numerous places, including his ICC profile. His wikipedia biography casts some doubt on it, but it appears that he played for Antigua and Barbuda in a qualifying round of the CONCACAF championship, which is in turn the qualifier to get into the World Cup. Richie Richardson also played internationally for Antigua, but not in World Cup games.
paulcook 19 Apr 5:47pm, 19 Apr 2024 4,624 posts	0 paulcook I wonder if I’d heard of Viv Richards playing before. Not really sure why it was my second guess. Wonder if the Wikipedia doubts are “if it’s not recorded on the internet it never happened” or it’s perhaps a little folklore.
Bazoaxe 19 Apr 6:25pm, 19 Apr 2024 26,607 posts	0 Bazoaxe Andy goram
GregP 20 Apr 3:06pm, 20 Apr 2024 151,605 posts	0 GregP Bugger for Little Chef
Treborstreet 20 Apr 6:17pm, 20 Apr 2024 242 posts	0 Treborstreet Bugger for Little Chef Indeed
Treborstreet 21 Apr 9:10pm, 21 Apr 2024 243 posts	0 Treborstreet Essex, Essex, Essex etc etc. A good mixture of the young, experienced and the old in the team. Early days but a great start.
rf_fozzy 21 Apr 10:19pm, 21 Apr 2024 21,917 posts	0 rf_fozzy Brook and root both failed for yorks. Must be out of form and so cannot be selected for England....
Surrey Phil 22 Apr 8:56pm, 22 Apr 2024 10,335 posts	0 Surrey Phil Same for Zak Crawley who scored 4 and 5 against Surrey.