It was started during the last ashes series. After the ashes decided to retitle it as a place to discuss all sport except football, as the odds were that a group of people that like football are likely to watch and enjoy other sports. Plus not much Ashes chat between series. Gets busy during The Open, Wimbledon, The Olympics etc.
Agreed, you don't get 300+ wickets easily. Just to the uneducated eye (mine) he didn't look threatening. Would prefer to face him in his prime than Bob Willis. Probably wrongly.
