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Title: Alastair Cook and his cricketing Gods??
Post by: mini998 on June 16, 2014, 08:12:50 PM

Anyone remember this from 2011 SL series?

Mathews slowed down to allow a century to Chandimal at Lord's when it was certain that SL going to win , Chandimal got the century and SL won easily in the end .

This is what frustrated Cook had to say about that.

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"They're perfectly entitled to do it if they want," he said. "But you never know, the cricketing Gods might look down at that in a bit of disgust."

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/jul/03/alastair-cook-england-sri-lanka (http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/jul/03/alastair-cook-england-sri-lanka)

Sorry couldn't resist  :D

Title: Re: Alastair Cook and his cricketing Gods??
Post by: TangoWhiskey on June 17, 2014, 10:15:53 PM

I was at that game. It was a bit of a farce. Still, in 100 years no one will remember these games but Dinesh Chandimal and Gary Ballances names will be up there forever.