Bond retires
Jayen
http://www.grownups.co.nz/news_weather/show_news_item?id=2515015
I mainly remember him for his top-rate bowling in the 2002 series
against India and for occasional performances against Australia.
However, there was way too much time off for injuries.
Good luck to him.
Regards,
Jayen
Andrew Dunford
"Jayen" <rsc_p...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Apologies for being a wet blanket, but I'm not a big fan of people retiring
multiple times.
Andrew
Jayen
> "Jayen" <rsc_pos...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
Was the previous time during the ICL engagement?
Regards,
Jayen
Jellore
> "Jayen" <rsc_pos...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
What do you think he wanted to retire? Give the man a break please.
R. Spanditt
> Shane Bond announces retirement from Test cricket
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> http://www.grownups.co.nz/news_weather/show_news_item?id=2515015
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> I mainly remember him for his top-rate bowling in the 2002 series
> against India and for occasional performances against Australia.
> However, there was way too much time off for injuries.
Too much time wondering whether he wanted to play or not. Who comes
back after retiring? Fools.
Jellore
You are being very harsh indeed on Shane Bond. He is/was a huge talent
who was let down by his fragile body.
Andrew Dunford
"Jayen" <rsc_p...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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No, he had already retired from Test cricket before joining the ICL. The
speech was almost the same - I have realised that most of injuries occur
whilst playing Test cricket so I'm giving that up.
Andrew
Calvin
wrote:
I concur.
John Farnham
arahim
> "Jayen" <rsc_pos...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
Perhaps it's dyslexia: He might be retrying.
> Andrew
shineything
He actually did pretty well in his comeback. Unfortunately, he broke
down as a result - again - and had to retire - again.
In any event, he was clearly NZ's best bowler since Hadlee (and quite
possibly 2nd best ever), but without the skeletal structure to match
his talent.
« Ballaybaz »
and Akhtar can't play for long. For however long he played he gave
100% and won NZ a lot of matches.
eusebius
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> > On Dec 23, 12:32 pm, "Andrew Dunford" <adunf...@artifax.net> wrote:
> >> "Jayen" <rsc_pos...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> >>news:9dac27b0-dbe8-4a92...@f20g2000prn.googlegroups.com...
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> >> > Shane Bond announces retirement from Test cricket
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> >> >http://www.grownups.co.nz/news_weather/show_news_item?id=2515015
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> >> > I mainly remember him for his top-rate bowling in the 2002 series
> >> > against India and for occasional performances against Australia.
> >> > However, there was way too much time off for injuries.
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> >> > Good luck to him.
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> >> Apologies for being a wet blanket, but I'm not a big fan of people
> >> retiring
> >> multiple times.
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> >> Andrew
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> > Was the previous time during the ICL engagement?
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> No, he had already retired from Test cricket before joining the ICL. The
> speech was almost the same - I have realised that most of injuries occur
> whilst playing Test cricket so I'm giving that up.
>
The Nellie Melba of cricket. Maybe a dessert will be named in his
memory.
R. Spanditt
Love the way he played - whether or not he has justified coming back
to Test cricket after giving it up or not I have no idea. You just
don't do it.
Jellore
Do you think he returned on a whim? Obviously he thought, and was
probably given advice that he was able to return. Clearly he was wrong
or the advice was wrong. Just seems as if some posters think he was
messing people around. I am sure this was not the case.
Andrew Dunford
"Jellore" <jel...@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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He seems like a decent bloke and I have no desire to cast aspersions on his
character. However the fact remains that he stated when signing for the ICL
in January 2008 that even if he hadn't gone to that circus he would have
retired from playing Tests anyway, owing to injury problems.
I just think that if he was going to throw in the towel after one injury
then it wasn't worth coming back at all in Test matches.
Andrew
shineything
> "Jellore" <jell...@bigpond.com> wrote in message
But isn't that with the benefit of hindsight? It hardly seems likely
that Bond knew he was going to break down again after just one test.
I'd say damn good on him for at least being prepared to give it a go,
short-lived though it ultimately turned out to be.
That aside, it clearly was 'worth coming back' for just one match -
without that one match out of him, NZ would have lost the series 1-0
to Pakistan -:)