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Test Match Special
The likes of Robin Smith, Ramprakash, Hick, Caddick etc, all dropped when they were the best players around is the real issue. It's created a trend. Example..If, Ramprakash (who's a proven run getter) scores 15, the media labels him as 'past it'. If a young Bopara makes 14, he's 'yet to establish his true potential' Cricket is a statistical game. Nobody cares about comments post match, its ALL about scores. In this situation the guy who made 15 is better than 14 statistically. The selectors seem to think if a player is young and promising, he's a instant 'Tendulkar'. Little it seems do they know Tendulkar was better than the current crop of indian players which elevated him into the side. We can't play players based on promises. The side should be picked on the best players around, like the successful sides seem always to do.
January 2008
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Andy Reid becomes instant Sunderland hero
They applauded when he warmed up, they cheered when he came on and they roared him to the echo when he created the goal that killed off Wigan. Andy Reid is the new star who dazzled at the Stadium of Light. Sunderland homepage | Wigan Athletic homepageIn pics: Premier League actionFootball fans' forumIt was his debut, a £4 million signing from Charlton Athletic as the January transfer window was closing. He looked a shade tubby in his No 20 shirt but within seconds of being sent on by manager Roy Keane he brought the touch of class that had been missing. .
She can spin a yarn
My claim to fame was I had milk-chocolate rabbits," she says. There was nowhere in Canada to get the angora processed; she had to send it to Ohio. Ruiter became a successful full-time craftsperson, selling silk and angora scarves and garments under the label Yarnspinners. But she developed carpal tunnel syndrome from the repetitive strain of operating her various looms and harvesting the rabbits' wool. After twice having surgery on both wrists, she knew her doctor was right that her work life had to change. She got rid of the rabbits. In 1994, she and Michelle borrowed money from Paul, invested in machinery and started Rovings in an Oakbank strip mall. At that point, they didn't buy a spinning machine. They took out a full-page ad in a spinning magazine, offering to process raw animal fleece into rovings.
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