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href="/web/20090212033300/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tms/jonathan_agnew/">Jonathan Agnew</a></li> <li class="date"> 4 Feb 09, 11:57 PM</li> </ul> <p>No question what the talking point is at the end of the first day of the series - it's KP again!</p> <p>No doubt there will be the same split in opinion we witnessed <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090212033300/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/7537570.stm">when he tried to hit Paul Harris for six at Edgbaston to reach his hundred, and hit a catch down long-on's throat.</a> On that occasion former players were fiercely critical while a healthy number of cricket fans were happy to rejoice in his innings. </p> <p>Well, it has happened again and although <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090212033300/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/7871157.stm">Pietersen tried to shrug it off by saying that it is the way he plays,</a> the thunderous look on his face as he stormed off the field before the catch had even been 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090212033300/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/7851431.stm">back on the field </a> again. </p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090212033300/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/7863426.stm">Andrew Strauss</a> - a calm, phlegmatic man - is the ideal character to heal wounds, and he will have been cheered by a light-hearted and impromptu moment in his press conference when he stumbled repeatedly over the word "ship-shape", which he was using to describe the result of his efforts to restore team unity. </p> <p>Hoots of laughter immediately erupted from the back of the room at the captain's embarrassment. </p> <p>The culprits? 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090212033300/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tms/2009/01/tribute_to_the_bearded_wonder.shtml">Tribute to the Bearded Wonder (102) </a></h3> <ul class="entrydetails"> <li class="author"><a href="/web/20090212033300/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tms/adammountford/">Adam Mountford</a></li> <li class="date">30 Jan 09, 05:07 PM</li> </ul> <p>Bill Frindall spent his working life chronicling the achievements of some of the greats of the cricketing world. </p> <p>But although debates rage about whether Lara was a better batsman than Tendulkar or Warne a better bowler than Muralitharan, in the field of cricket scoring there is no doubt about who is the number one. </p> <p>Dubbed "the Bearded Wonder" by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090212033300/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/test_match_special/legends/2939054.stm">Brian Johnston</a>, Bill scored 377 Test Matches since making his Test Match Special debut in 1966 and was the longest serving member of 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090212033300/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/7861363.stm">Bill Frindall has died at the age of 69 </a>after suffering from Legionnaire's disease.</p> <p>Please leave your tributes to the man affectionately known as the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090212033300/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/tms/7856507.stm">Bearded Wonder </a>below.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090212033300/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tms/bill_frindall/">You can read his valued TMS blog contributions here</a>.</p> <div id="entrybody"></div> <br/> <div class="social_bookmarks"> <h4 class="descriptor">Bookmark with:</h4> <ul> <li class="sb_delicious"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090212033300/http://del.icio.us/post?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fblogs%2Ftms%2F2009%2F01%2Fbill_frindall_19392009.shtml&title=Bill%20Frindall%20%281939-2009%29">del.icio.us</a></li> <li class="sb_digg"><a 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<li class="date">29 Jan 09, 12:53 PM</li> </ul> <p>When Test Match Special was last broadcast just before Christmas, I doubt many of us thought England's series against the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090212033300/http://www.windiescricket.com/">West Indies </a>just over a month later would see a new captain leading the side and no full-time coach to help behind the scenes.</p> <p>It's funny how the wheel of cricketing fortune turns. Just three months ago, the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090212033300/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/7816389.stm">new England captain Andrew Strauss</a> was sitting with us in the BBC commentary box in Antigua working on our coverage of the Stanford Super Series. </p> <p>During the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090212033300/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/7703755.stm">Twenty20 for $20m game in which England were humiliated by the Stanford Superstars</a>, I remember Strauss telling us he was glad not to be in Kevin Pietersen's shoes that night. 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Inevitably, there have also been one or two players who have not quite lived up to expectation.</p> <p>Have a look at <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090212033300/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/7159022.stm">our selections from 12 months ago </a>if you like - you can also link from there to many of the previous picks - and most importantly have a go yourself.</p> <p>I'll be back on the blog later to compile a "popular choice" selection if there are enough replies!<br/> </p> <div id="entrybody"></div> <p class="extended"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090212033300/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tms/2008/12/six_cricketers_to_follow_in_20.shtml">Continue reading "Six to watch in 2009"</a> </p> <br/> <div class="social_bookmarks"> <h4 class="descriptor">Bookmark with:</h4> <ul> <li class="sb_delicious"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090212033300/http://del.icio.us/post?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fblogs%2Ftms%2F2008%2F12%2Fsix_cricketers_to_follow_in_20.shtml&title=Six%20to%20watch%20in%202009">del.icio.us</a></li> <li class="sb_digg"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090212033300/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fblogs%2Ftms%2F2008%2F12%2Fsix_cricketers_to_follow_in_20.shtml&title=Six%20to%20watch%20in%202009">Digg</a></li> <li class="sb_newsvine"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090212033300/http://www.newsvine.com/_wine/save?popoff=0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fblogs%2Ftms%2F2008%2F12%2Fsix_cricketers_to_follow_in_20.shtml&h=Six%20to%20watch%20in%202009">Newsvine</a></li> <li class="sb_nowpublic"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090212033300/http://view.nowpublic.com/?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fblogs%2Ftms%2F2008%2F12%2Fsix_cricketers_to_follow_in_20.shtml">NowPublic</a></li> <li class="sb_reddit"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090212033300/http://reddit.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fblogs%2Ftms%2F2008%2F12%2Fsix_cricketers_to_follow_in_20.shtml&title=Six%20to%20watch%20in%202009">Reddit</a></li> </ul> </div> <ul class="entryextras"> <li class="permalink"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090212033300/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tms/2008/12/six_cricketers_to_follow_in_20.shtml">Permalink</a></li> <li class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090212033300/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tms/2008/12/six_cricketers_to_follow_in_20.shtml#commentsanchor">Comments (73) </a></li> </ul> </div>   <div class="entry" id="entry-51941">  <a id="a051941" name="a051941"></a> <img src="/web/20090212033300im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tms/img/thumbs/billfrindall.gif" border="0" width="55" height="55" alt="Bill Frindall" style="border=0;float:left;padding:6px 0 0 10px;margin-right:10px;"/> <h3 style="clear:none;width:365px;"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090212033300/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tms/2008/12/ask_bearders_184.shtml">Ask Bearders #184 (130) </a></h3> <ul class="entrydetails"> <li class="author"><a href="/web/20090212033300/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tms/billfrindall/">Bill Frindall</a></li> <li class="date">28 Dec 08, 10:27 AM</li> </ul> <p>Welcome to Ask Bearders, where Test Match Special statistician <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090212033300/http://beardedwonder.com/">Bill "The Bearded Wonder" Frindall</a> answers your questions on all things cricket.</p> <p>Below are Bill's responses to some of your questions posed at the end of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090212033300/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tms/2008/12/ask_bearders_183.shtml">his last column</a> and if you have a question for Bill, leave it at the end of this blog entry. 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