[Cricket] Love the Freddy Flintoff thing with the kids

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WATFORD zero

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Jul 10, 2003
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And I've always thought cricket is boring as F*** !

Ok, i'll watch test highlights condensed into an hour :wink:
 




Thunder Bolt

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Have you watched all three episodes? He did a great job with those kids, getting them to believe in themselves and learning team work. A lot of kids are bored, or ignored but get them interested in something and see the difference.
 


loz

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A great series but it had a floor to all of us who follow cricket. There is no way Asian kids would not of heard or played cricket. The Lancashire cricket leagues are very strong and club cricket thrives up there.

But that’s me being picky.
 


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Oct 8, 2003
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A great series but it had a floor to all of us who follow cricket. There is no way Asian kids would not of heard or played cricket. The Lancashire cricket leagues are very strong and club cricket thrives up there.

But that’s me being picky.

That's so picky.

And also....the Asian kids I know just want to be doctors. They wouldn't know cricket from locust.

:wink:
 






herecomesaregular

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Oct 27, 2008
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A great series but it had a floor to all of us who follow cricket. There is no way Asian kids would not of heard or played cricket. The Lancashire cricket leagues are very strong and club cricket thrives up there.

But that’s me being picky.

This made me lol. It's not a criticism of your grammar but I had to read it again and again to work out what you were on about (I think it's a hangover from Poyet and his ceiling)
 


Gwylan

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Jul 5, 2003
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This made me lol. It's not a criticism of your grammar but I had to read it again and again to work out what you were on about (I think it's a hangover from Poyet and his ceiling)

Glad I wasn't the only one - it wasn't immediately obvious
 


GOM

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Aug 8, 2005
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A great series but it had a floor to all of us who follow cricket. There is no way Asian kids would not of heard or played cricket. The Lancashire cricket leagues are very strong and club cricket thrives up there.

But that’s me being picky.

You are clearly very knowledgeable about Asian kids living in the northwest of England.
 




amexer

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Aug 8, 2011
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Is Freddies side still going this season.. Afgan lad looked like he could play at a decent standard
 


fly high

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Aug 25, 2011
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Is Freddies side still going this season.. Afgan lad looked like he could play at a decent standard

said in the credits half the lads had joined the Vernon club & the young Afgan was currently training with Lancs youngsters. Fingers crossed he will finally get residency.
 


Thunder Bolt

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said in the credits half the lads had joined the Vernon club & the young Afgan was currently training with Lancs youngsters. Fingers crossed he will finally get residency.

His foster parents were lovely. At 16 he couldn't speak a word of English but had picked up cricket in Afghanistan. The veteran professionals were impressed with his talent. He looked so despairing at Liverpool when his asylum was postponed.
 












Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo

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Oct 4, 2003
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This is coming back in a couple of weeks.

He takes the team on a tour of India. Appears as though it was meant to happen a while ago but the tour was original shelved after the Top Gear accident, which It also looks like he’ll speak about in the program as well.


 




thedonkeycentrehalf

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Jul 7, 2003
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Really enjoyed this series and it was interesting to see how the dynamic changed between Fred and the kids and also how they have matured since the first series.

Seeing Fred open up about the issues he is having after the crash showed the impact it had on him as a person and you could really see his injuries (more so than when he has been interviewed during cricket matches.
 








nwgull

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Jul 25, 2003
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With the two lads not being able to get their visas due to Pakistani heritage, despite not travelling on Pakistani passports, I made me wonder how Adan was able to travel to India. He's been granted asylum but not citizenship yet, so that doesn't give him the right to a British passport, or does it?
 


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