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Joe Root MBE

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Possibly the finest, most talented,world renowned sports person ever to come out of Sheffield today collected his MBE.

Just get to that all time England test runs target
Joe Root receives MBE
and it should soon become Sir Joe.
 
Seb Coe- not born in Sheffield but, yes a great and gone on to become a major figure in world athletics so world renowned- and pure, pure class when performing.

Jess Ennis- would come, with Gordon Banks, joint 2nd on my list mainly because of my own sporting interests with me preferring cricket more than those other sports.
However Gordon is the greatest keeper I have ever seen, and not just for the Pele save, and Jess carried the poster girl position , as well as the weight of expectation on her shoulders, so well , so magnificently and so successfully that I seem to recall my eyes blurring when she crossed the line on that wonderful Saturday!

By the same token Johnny Nelson, who I've had to look up on Wiki to find out more about him, comes into the category of sports that I have no interest in and less knowledge of. However, from his record, he seems to have been very good but I rarely, if ever, hear of him being mentioned these days, unlike the others.
 
I'm different because cricket bores the pants of me. The limited overs are just a poor mans baseball and the 3 and 5 day format? Forget it.
 
Each to their own MHMF- but recognising and appreciating excellence whatever the issue- adds a great deal of pleasure to everyday life although I understand it is tempered by interest in it
 
High quality cricketer is JOE THE BLADE and he comes across as a top fella also,he dint have a gr8 spell as skipper of England's test team tho but well worth his place as one of Cricket's GREATS in my opinion.UTB
 
Well OMan med England battle for the win in the world T 20 comp yesdi dint they,we won it in 19 deliveriies.:LOL: UTB
 
Delayed start in the England Namibia game,if it gets rained off England will be coming home and the Jocks will go through.UTB
 
Delayed start in the England Namibia game,if it gets rained off England will be coming home and the Jocks will go through.UTB
I don’t understand why abandoned T20 games can’t be rearranged even if they’re played behind closed doors or at another ground. We were poor against the Aussies and could also have lost against the Scots but I don’t think any world competition should be decided by the weather when it only takes 2-3 hours to come up with a result. Even less if they made it a 10 over game.
 
Job done.

Will the Aussies play ball or get the sandpaper out?
Hmm, win at any cost? With New Zealand already out of the way, if they screwed us it'd be down to them and India....maybe SA as outsiders. They wouldn't would they? I don't know whether to stay up and watch it or record it and avoid the media and watch it in the morning. Right now after a few glasses the second option is favourite. Another sign of old age i guess :LOL:
 
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Surprisingly even they couldn’t go that far and throw the game they won but looking at the scores I’d say they toyed with the idea 😳
so we have scraped through
Time to see if the other primadonnas will coast or scrape through tonight
 
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Surprisingly even they couldn’t go that far and throw the game they won but looking at the scores I’d say they toyed with the idea 😳
so we have scraped through
Time to see if the other primadonnas will coast or scrape through tonight
Good effort from the Jocks although Oz did drop 6 catches..................makes you wonder if some were up for a 'shock' result and some thought Oz had a reputation to protect:wagging: