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Actually she is now a British citizen so she is now one of ours.:)

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Only if she wins, same as the Scotsman

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My sentiments exactly, she still has an Australian and Hungarian passport. :P

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As have quite a few English cricketer's playing today.;):p:

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? Name one with a Hungarian passport. :P

In fact no Aussies either, just one from SA, one from NZ and one from Zimbabwe.

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l am talking about passports not just from those two countries Jim and have you not forgot the last 30 years and the plethora of players with a passport or has your memory diminished since then..;):p:

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For some reason I keep thinking of Zola Budd, not sure why. :)

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My my your memory has become quite selective lately.;)

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I'll bet you don't even know about the Jam Sahib of Nawagar, better known as Ranjitsinhji. :P

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Very reliable that Google search of yours.;)

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Didn't need Google, nearly 50 years of listening to TMS has kept me well informed on such matters. So go on, admit it you had not heard of Ranjitsinhji until just now.

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Who hasn't heard of Ranjitsinhji and all the stuff he does? One might even ask what doesn't he do? A top professional in his field if you ask me.

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Obviously not pertaining to have your wondrous knowledge actually my friend told me about him when l was a lot younger.:)

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He features heavily in CB Fry's autobiography, A Life Worth Living which is a great read (minus Fry's admiration for Hitler and the Hitler youth, which is taken out of later editions), highly recommend it. That aside cricket history up until around 1950 ish has always fascinated me.

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Some of the truest things said in jest, he sure did fit a lot into a life blighted by illness, ruled a huge swathe of India, was part of setting up the league of nations and a fabulous batsman to boot

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I have an eclectic collection of cricket related books, apart from Dickie Birds auto biography which I have but found it very poor and gave up on it less than half way in. I enjoy reading cricketing books of most kinds, far superior to anything football has produced with one or two notable exceptions and they usually have ghosts writers.

Even light hearted or humorous cricket books are always a good read, 'Slipless in Settle' and' Wet wickets and Dusty balls' are two I particularly enjoyed.

The Nawab of Pataudi wasn't half bad either.;)