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March 2, 2013 Australia

Australia add two spinners and subtract one

< 1 minute read Yesterday, we wrote about Australia’s firmly held belief that there’s a better spinner out there despite there being absolutely no evidence whatsoever that that’s the case. Today they dropped Nathan Lyon. But this isn’t exactly the cut-and-dried lack of faith in Lyon that you might think. Instead, it seems that

March 1, 2013 Australia

Fawad Ahmed and Australian spin belief

2 minute read If you don’t know who Fawad Ahmed is, he’s a Pakistani refugee who’s looking to get an Australian passport and he also bowls a bit of spin in his spare time. Now, before we continue, let us be clear that Fawad Ahmed might well be an excellent bowler. He might

February 28, 2013 County cricket

Edwina Currie on the death of Tom Maynard

< 1 minute read It’s always reassuring when someone you suspect of being a complete dickhead confirms that yes, in fact they really are a complete dickhead. “@courtnewsuk: Tom Maynard abandoned his Mercedes with the engine still running,Blackberry logged in to his Facebook page” Darwinism at work — Edwina Currie (@Edwina_Currie) February 26, 2013

February 26, 2013 Australia / England / India

How will Australia win Tests in India?

< 1 minute read England fans appear to be making the most of Australia’s eight wicket defeat to India, drawing all sorts of conclusions based on this one Test match. This shows a certain lack of awareness when their own team recently lost the first Test in a series in India by nine wickets.

February 25, 2013 India

MS Dhoni does much of the job himself

< 1 minute read If we had to sum up the opinions aired regarding Dhoni’s captaincy yesterday, it basically boils down to something like: “Yes, he could do a bit more to support and encourage his bowlers, but it probably doesn’t matter all that much because they’d still be pretty middling even then –

February 24, 2013 Australia / India

Does MS Dhoni make Test cricket interesting?

< 1 minute read Speaking about captaincy in his interview with the Guardian, Ian Chappell said: “I also felt – and I think this is overlooked a bit – that it was your job to make the cricket interesting for the players. In doing that, you get the best out of your best players.

February 23, 2013 Australia / Extras

Ian Chappell’s view of squad rotation

2 minute read There’s an interview with Ian Chappell over at The Guardian (in which he comes across very well) and there’s a couple of things in it that we want to talk about. The first is Chappell’s view of the modern world of rest and rotation: “I can understand that you’ve got

February 22, 2013 Australia / India

One of Australia’s bowlers can kind of bat

< 1 minute read That’s the big news for the Australians today. Moises Henriques might well turn into the next Jacques Kallis or the next Imran Khan, but at present there’s a vague scent of bits and the distinct whiff of pieces in the air. Henriques is one of the better Test players born

February 21, 2013 Australia / County cricket

Building a cricket team Surrey style

< 1 minute read Ricky Ponting’s signed for Surrey. He also got fined the other day for throwing his bat after being dismissed. Mindlessly throwing the bat is how one or two Surrey batsmen approach first-class cricket, so he should fit in well. About this time last year, there were a stack of articles

His nickname at Northern Districts was "flatline", good to see he's living up to it: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ind-vs-nz-pune-test-mitchell-santner-peaks-with-virat-kohli-wicket-1457007

Kohli career was destroyed by his wife.

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Hats off to Harry Brook’s very particular ‘steamrollered pancake pitch’ set of skills

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Less than the sum of their parts: Six Test batting partnerships that invariably disappointed

Five Graham Thorpe innings that were equal parts silly, brilliant and vital

Show me the money. Inattention and monetisation in Major League Cricket, The Hundred and Test cricket

Australia add two spinners and subtract one

Fawad Ahmed and Australian spin belief

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