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GregP May 2023 11:18am, 5 May 2023 145,329 posts	0 GregP And Fozzy has circled back to my oft repeated refrain over the years. I genuinely value club over country.
rf_fozzy May 2023 11:19am, 5 May 2023 20,018 posts	0 rf_fozzy Of course the CC in the 70s and 80s allowed 2 overseas per team, which was reduced to one to enable more English qualified players to play. And then we had the Kolpak debacle.
Nicholls595 May 2023 11:19am, 5 May 2023 30,410 posts	0 Nicholls595 I've played at Downend (WG's alma mater) - it's a funny little ground, triangular in shape. I have an average of 103 there. (Qualification - 1 innings ) I've played at Nuncargate, home of England's greatest ever fast bowler, Harold Larwood. I bowled 22 overs unchanged. Uphill. Into the wind. I bet Harold never had to do that?
Cerrertonia May 2023 11:24am, 5 May 2023 18,790 posts	0 Cerrertonia But will analysis of your bowling action on film in eighty years time show that you might have been a chucker, Nico?
GregP May 2023 11:26am, 5 May 2023 145,332 posts	0 GregP If Nico's bowling action is as impeccable as his mince-pie-passing action then there is little cause for alarm.
Nicholls595 May 2023 11:27am, 5 May 2023 30,411 posts	0 Nicholls595
GregP May 2023 11:27am, 5 May 2023 145,333 posts	0 GregP [were you there for Piegate, Cerrer? I forget]
Nicholls595 May 2023 11:28am, 5 May 2023 30,412 posts	0 Nicholls595 Our Harold was no chucker
Cerrertonia May 2023 11:29am, 5 May 2023 18,791 posts	0 Cerrertonia I was.
Nicholls595 May 2023 11:30am, 5 May 2023 30,413 posts	0 Nicholls595 That mince pie was in perfect working order when I handed it over. The was no pie tampering on that day.