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Things you don't see in cricket - Bairstow being given out LBW for a duck and not reviewing the decision when the ball would have gone over the stumps by a county mile. He was the impact sub too and didn't have to field either.0
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pm me plskinveachyaddick said:
What’s the story there?fenaddick said:We all know why Collingwood is absent it just can’t legally be said. Not replacing him is awful though
Can you give a hint without posting anything you shouldn’t?0 -
The video of Duckett doesn't suggest someone who had been having a few quiet drinks with his family...0
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https://www.icc-cricket.com/tournaments/u19-cricket-worldcup-2026/news/england-name-squad-for-u19-world-cup
Thomas Rew to skipper the U19s at the World Cup
Thomas Rew (Somerset – captain)Farhan Ahmed (Nottinghamshire – vice-captain)Ralphie Albert (Surrey)Ben Dawkins (Kent)Caleb Falconer (Middlesex)Ali Farooq (Leicestershire)Alex French (Surrey)Alex Green (Leicestershire)Luke Hands (Lancashire)Manny Lumsden (Hampshire)Ben Mayes (Hampshire)James Minto (Durham)Isaac Mohammed (Worcestershire)
Joe Moores (Lancashire)Sebastian Morgan (Middlesex)1 -
Are we playing too many international matches ? I wonder how many international games someone like Harry Brooks has played vs Steve Smith or Travis Head this year ?0
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Smith, primarily due to him not being in the Aussie T20 side but also due to injury and illness, has played substantially less than the other two.billysboots said:Are we playing too many international matches ? I wonder how many international games someone like Harry Brooks has played vs Steve Smith or Travis Head this year ?
Brook took part in 37 internationals and Head 29. However, that is offset, to a degree, by Head playing one more Test match plus Head had one more trip abroad too for his country and he elected to take part in the IPL which Brook pulled out of although he was committed to the Hundred.
Key is using Brook as an example but the truth is that he has the heaviest workload in terms of being a fixture for all three of our sides combined. Smith, Carse and Duckett won't be too far off albeit the latter asked for time off from England duty due to "burn out" and might, the way he is currently performing (it's now 20 innings since he scored a 50 in a competitive match for anyone), struggle to justify his place in any of our sides.1 -
Presume someone has made a "Boozeball" joke?MarcusH26 said:Duckett does have previous after the incident with Jimmy in 17-18 when he poured a drink over him.0 -
Landed in Melbourne last night, think it might be hotter in England 😂2
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Ah diddums. Away in Australia for a couple of months getting handsomely paid for it. How terrible. No one asked them to be international cricketers. If you can’t handle it get another job. No sympathy at all.Todds_right_hook said:I am going against the grain here. The squad are away from home for a long time, including being away for Christmas. I’m assuming that wags and kids are likely to be with them but how about parents, siblings, grandparents, cousins, friends. It must be a difficult time of year to be away and as a result, I have no issue with some down time.
the problem is that should more practice games have been arranged pre 1st test and also between tests. If the tour was extended by a couple of weeks to ensure a suitable number of competitive games were played, down time would be less of an issue.
disclaimer: if I’m talking rubbish, it’s because I’ve had a work Christmas lunch washed down with a few pints0 -
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Coldest Christmas in 19 years here!Pelling1993 said:Landed in Melbourne last night, think it might be hotter in England 😂0 -
I understand your perspective, but as someone who has lived 'Down Under' for twenty years, its hard to explain just how much of a spotlight the team is under in Australia during an Ashes. I'd lay a lot of dough that Pat Cummins and Steve Smith could walk down Oxford street, and nobody would bother them, but if Stokes or Root went out and about here, they'd be hassled non-stop, not to mention cop plenty of abuse on the way. The Aussies are taught from an early age that nothing beats thrashing the Pommies, and when the Ashes comes around it really feels like an entire country is lined up against you, which we can only really claim happened once in 2005 for us.LargeAddick said:
Ah diddums. Away in Australia for a couple of months getting handsomely paid for it. How terrible. No one asked them to be international cricketers. If you can’t handle it get another job. No sympathy at all.Todds_right_hook said:I am going against the grain here. The squad are away from home for a long time, including being away for Christmas. I’m assuming that wags and kids are likely to be with them but how about parents, siblings, grandparents, cousins, friends. It must be a difficult time of year to be away and as a result, I have no issue with some down time.
the problem is that should more practice games have been arranged pre 1st test and also between tests. If the tour was extended by a couple of weeks to ensure a suitable number of competitive games were played, down time would be less of an issue.
disclaimer: if I’m talking rubbish, it’s because I’ve had a work Christmas lunch washed down with a few pints
The idea of Noosa (a tiny upmarket seaside town), was to get them out of the spotlight and give them a bit of a break from the cricket. If the series had been level, nobody would be fussed, but as we're losing everything comes under the microscope.
Additionally as a cricketer, there is only so long you can spend in the nets or on the outfield practising, especially when the temperature is in the mid 30s and it gets light at 430am!! There are multiple reasons why we've got wallopped again, a few of the lads getting on the cans isn't one of them!!1
