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rf_fozzy 31 Aug 5:19pm, 31 Aug 2024 22,960 posts	0 rf_fozzy Derby Tup wrote:Dominic Cork. He might have been a bit of a show pony and a wanker but he was our show pony and wanker #corkyforengland Stretching the definition of all-rounder a bit
jda 31 Aug 5:45pm, 31 Aug 2024 17,721 posts	0 jda Well he was about as good at bowling as he was at batting. Isn’t that what an all-rounder is?
NDWDave 31 Aug 5:56pm, 31 Aug 2024 19,954 posts	0 NDWDave He’s no Craig white
paulcook 31 Aug 6:09pm, 31 Aug 2024 6,321 posts	0 paulcook Bowlers who can bat / batters who can bowl / all-rounders. Not much difference sometimes.
NDWDave 31 Aug 6:10pm, 31 Aug 2024 19,955 posts	0 NDWDave paulcook wrote:Bowlers who can bat / batters who can bowl / all-rounders. Not much difference sometimes. Sounds like the start of a Blur song
SPR 31 Aug 6:22pm, 31 Aug 2024 45,880 posts	0 SPR England definition is bowler we hope can bat a bit or batter we hope can bowl a bit. Especially true in the 90s and early 00s.
NDWDave 31 Aug 6:43pm, 31 Aug 2024 19,956 posts	0 NDWDave SPR wrote:England definition is bowler we hope can bat a bit or batter we hope can bowl a bit. Especially true in the 90s and early 00s. back when 8 and 9 were daffy and caddick with Tufnell, harmison, Devon Malcolm, Hoggard etc behind that
Ocelot Spleens 31 Aug 8:34pm, 31 Aug 2024 39,547 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens Aren't the keepers England's all rounders now?
57.5 Degrees of Pain 31 Aug 9:56pm, 31 Aug 2024 20,754 posts	0 57.5 Degrees of Pain Ocelot Spleens wrote:Aren't the keepers England's all rounders now? Aren't they batters with fielding gloves?
paulcook 31 Aug 9:59pm, 31 Aug 2024 6,324 posts	0 paulcook I nearly suggested Richard Blakey for the list of long-forgotten poor all-rounders for that reason. Seems to me England have predominantly for a long, long time - probably since Jack Russell retired - picked a keeper who could bat first, keep second.