Cricket Thread. Only Mad Dogs And Englishmen

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Hanif Mohammad, former Pakistani batsman has liver cancer, but an operation seems to have given his chances of survival a boost. http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/650255.html

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Rather tenuously, Jason Gillespie's dad...

 

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/cricket-gillespie-given-compassionate-leave-100429446.html

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/23416893

 

 

Just been reading this what a sad story , there was some redemption though (through his sons actions) but i'm guessing it was bittersweet.

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Yeah, I read that earlier, good post. Poor guy.

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Former test umpire Hanumantha Rao

 

http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/656555.html?CMP=OTC-RSS

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South African cricket legend Graeme Pollock has been diagnosed with colon cancer. News of his illness was brought by former South African captain Clive Rice, who recently underwent sugery to remove a tumour.

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Kent captain & MCC president David Clark

 

http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/current/story/678875.html

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Commentator and former Aussie spinner and captain Richie Benaud hospitalised after a car crash.

 

Got some turn he didn't want there!

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Darryn Randall dies at work aged 32 http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/4168258

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Commentator and former Aussie spinner and captain Richie Benaud hospitalised after a car crash.

 

Got some turn he didn't want there!

 

Not too badly hurt, mind. More concerned that his prized 1963 Sunbeam Alpine might be a terminal case.

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Reg Simpson, dead at 93...

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Graham Stevenson, Yorkshire bowler and more than capable lower-order batsman, 2 test caps & 4 one-day caps, dies aged 58.

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Bernard Hedges of Glamorgan, & bit part rugger bugger too

 

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/cricketer-hedges-dies-aged-86-085409616.html#eKc2rMC

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Former England player John Mortimore

 

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/cricket-ex-england-player-mortimore-dies-190037914--spt.html

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Everton Weekes is Eighty Nine Today. Happy Birthday.

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Derbyshire's Peter Burgoyne given time off with Trott style stress related illness. It's all the trend.

 

http://www.derbyshireccc.com/dccc/news-and-features/news-headlines/1296-burgoyne-to-spend-time-away-from-cricket

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Yorkshire & England's Philip Sharpe

 

http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/story/746177.html?CMP=OTC-RSS

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Gloucesteshire & England's David Allen

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cricket/article-2638962/David-Allen-former-Gloucestershire-England-spinner-dies-aged-78.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

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American cricketer and former child actor Cliff Severn has died at 88 http://www.espncrici...tml?CMP=OTC-RSS

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Gary Gilmour is dead http://www.smh.com.a...0610-zs2zh.html

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So Gary and his eyes have parted comp-aaan-eeeeee.

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West Indies legend Ivor Mendonca dead at 79 http://www.newkerala...ml#.U51GA9JdXSt

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Damien D'Oliveira dead http://www.theguardi...n-dolivera-dies

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Peter Sainsbury, ex Hampshire cricketer has died aged 80

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Peter Sainsbury, ex Hampshire cricketer has died aged 80

The BBC has a report. Here's a link.