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Old 03-03-2007, 11:42 PM in reply to acker's post starting "Decreasing playing area seems to be..."
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Originally Posted by acker
and the easiest way to stop delays of the games because of player safety (missiles being thrown) or spectator rubbish laying on the playing area is to rope off the playing area.
In England the top soccer sides had to have huge wire nets round the ground, and believe me they looked ugly, it was ironic that deaths caused by these barriers caused them to be taken down, they block escapes from out of control crowd movement.
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Originally Posted by acker
But if they ignore it the feilding team may risk becoming virtual standing room spectators.
This has to be looked at - the huge boundaries spoil the game IMO, they also allow bad shots to go unpunished.
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Originally Posted by pie_chucker
Strauss looks a far less effective player when he doesnt bat with Tres.
I have said this all along - without Trescothick to open with, he went to pieces, he could not IMO cope with being the senior partner to Cook, that's why I opposed him being captain.
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