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Tests of Character

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What sort of cricketing speech would you give?

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend us your words

1. You are asked if you'd like to give the Spirit of Cricket lecture. You say:

2. What will be the topic of your speech?

3. Will there be any jokes in it?

4. Will you attack anyone in your speech?

5. Any motivational catchphrases to get the crowd going?

6. Your oratory idol?

7. What if someone heckles you?

8. Will you bring up the issue of technology?

9. Any tear-jerking moments in the speech?

10. How will you sign off?

  • Unfair to blame coaching staff
    Ian Bell: Andy Flower has created an excellent environment and any criticism of him and the set-up is missing the mark. It's the players who have failed
  • Why do we choose cricket?
    Martin Crowe: When you stop to analyse Test cricketers, you can start to see the reason they took up various roles within the game
  • Raise courage and commitment
    Mark Nicholas: The ability to respond to challenges that are beyond the daily call is diminished by overkill, but that is precisely the task ahead of Cook and Co
  • A unique double, and an Ashes record
    Ask Steven: Also, debutant captains, most runs by Under-25s, and fathers and sons playing together
  • A cricket ground's song
    Christian Ryan: What makes a special cricket place special? At Adelaide Oval, part of it is that going to the cricket is about not having to watch the cricket
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