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    English Domestic Season 2023

    The Jacks/Lawes substitution is absolutely shocking IMO. Not that it'll affect the outcome of the championship, but they can hardly be considered like for like. (Also I don't really understand why Surrey would sub out their best bowler, but there you go.)
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    English Domestic Season 2023

    Wantage Road has mostly been slow and low. Typically the first morning is difficult for batting and then it gets easier. Last year almost every game there was a draw because it was so hard to get people out in the second innings. So even though Northants' batting always has the potential to...
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    English Domestic Season 2023

    Drawn at the Oval. Heroic effort from the Northants bowlers but alas too little, too late in the context of our season. Will the rain relent for long enough to allow Warks to defeat Middx?
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    What is your take on pitch doctoring?

    Why do Aussie pitches bounce more? Elastic grass?
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    English Domestic Season 2023

    Hard to see any of the Div 1 games having a positive result unless there are some creative declarations or Middlesex tumble in a heap again.
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    English Domestic Season 2023

    Has there ever been a less aesthetically pleasing opening partnership than Rory Burns and Dom Sibley? Such a contrast with the rest of Surrey's batting too.
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    English Domestic Season 2023

    The weather in September in the UK is usually pretty reliable, certainly more so than April.
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    English Domestic Season 2023

    Was Hogan injured?
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    English Domestic Season 2023

    Anyone know why Max Holden isn't playing for Middx?
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    What is your take on pitch doctoring?

    They trialled something like this in the County Championship a few years back. The away team could choose to field first without a toss. If both teams wanted to bat first there would be a toss. AFAIK it didn't noticeably improve pitches or usher in a golden age of English spin bowling.
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    Otherwise (Very) Good Players who Look Crap asf

    Also, why do keepers who have superb technique behind the stumps often look so ugly when batting? See Alan Knott, Chris Read, Jack Russell etc.
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    Otherwise (Very) Good Players who Look Crap asf

    Chris Jordan. How can someone so athletic have such a horrific run up?
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    English Domestic Season 2023

    What are Middlesex being punished for exactly? (Totally agree that Durham got **** on.)
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    English Domestic Season 2023

    A close match then?
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    Are modern greats simply better?

    When comparing present to past greats, should we adjust for the difference in coaching and fitness regimes? Standards of outfielding are higher today, but you'd think that players of Bradman's generation would have been just as able to reach those standards had they had today's coaching and...
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    Worst delivery to take a wicket

    Just came across this gem:
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    Which Part-Time/Golden Arm Bowler Will Take the MoSt Wickets in this World Cup?

    If we must have bots on the forum I wish they weren't cretinous ones.
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    How does one become a pace bowler? How risen up

    IIRC Woakes spent many years being ignored by the England selectors because he wasn't considered quick enough. He went away and somehow added an extra couple of yards to his pace and at one point was hitting 90mph occasionally. No idea how he did that. I can't think of many other examples of...
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    Steven Finn Retires

    When did they change the rules about the bails? The only time I ever saw him bowl in the flesh must've been at least ten years ago and even then I was surprised at how quick he wasn't.
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    English Domestic Season 2023

    Prithvi Shaw seems to be enjoying himself, anyway.

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