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    *Official* England in South Africa 2019/20

    Logically, it would make sense for broadcasters to make up faster readings because it makes viewers more interested in the action. Of course, there isn't much evidence that it generally goes on, or at all, but I've never really considered to be that accurate. Sometimes you can just tell if...
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    *Official* England in South Africa 2019/20

    Yeah second one definitely wasn't above waist height. Fell to about stump level by the time it fell past him. No ball for that would have been an attrocious decision, almost as bad as the ball itself Speed gun was weird for those two balls as well. Showed 87+ mph for each one when they were...
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    *Official* England in South Africa 2019/20

    Notwitstanding the fact that they will probably be rolled over by Philander tomorrow, England had a pretty good day. Have a feeling the decision to bowl first isn't going to age well at all but nonetheless it was a pretty respectable performance with the ball, besides the first session. Will be...
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    *Official* England in New Zealand 2019

    Eh I think Archer will learn from the experience and be better for it in the future. At times he was unlucky, and generally bowled quite well I thought; just for little reward. It can be like that sometimes. I don't hold our performance in the 1st test against our bowlers at all. It was an...
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    *Official* England in South Africa 2019/20

    Bairstow will be in the squad by all accounts. Really hope he doesn't get back in that starting xi without even having improved his performances since getting dropped. Very overrated test player imo, and it was absolutely baffling that some people online considered him undropable. Averaged 20 in...
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    *Official* Pakistan in Australia 2019

    Warner really is a home track bully isn't he.
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    *Official* England in New Zealand 2019

    Sort of start I wanted for this series. Watched up until the end of the 2nd session and thought NZ actually bowled really well, and got some movement. I don't think the pitch is necessarily that flat to be honest. However, I've noticed a trend with NZ pitches as of late where they tend to...
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    *Official* England in New Zealand 2019

    Tom Curran over Brown/Mahmood surely
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    *Official* England in New Zealand 2019

    Can't help but feel a bit disappointed with this England team so far, even though it is for all intents and purposes a reserve side. Would argue that in both the t20s they've lost, they should have chased down the total, but I guess its a learning curve. Would have liked regulars like Bairstow...
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    *Official* England in New Zealand 2019

    Vince has had an absolute nightmare in the field hasn't he
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    *Official* England in New Zealand 2019

    Only going off of what I've seen on the tv tbf but I'm not sure I've never actually see him hit 90mph, or at least consistently anyway. His action definitely makes it look like it should come out quicker than it does
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    *Official* England in New Zealand 2019

    Na he's never really been considered very very quick and has always been around that 85mph mark as an average, just quite an aggressive bowler who usually bowls extremely well at the death. Think he has the potential to do well personally
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    Just how yellow is Indian cricket journalism?

    The only real metric needed to ascribe Bradman as the best ever is the sheer domination his stats reflect on his contemporaries and subsequently the rest of the batsmen in the games history. It's a true, albeit redundant point, that the exact same Bradman would not have fared well at all in...
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    England players and selection discussion thread

    Yeah, bit frustrating to have to move Denly again but 3 is probably ideal for the team. He's got lots of FC experience in that position too. Always felt it was bizarre that out of all the 3s England have forced into the position instead of Root, it was Denly who they decided to give a go at...
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    Smith v Kohli (test match batting)

    Without ever having experienced the weight of a billion fans on my shoulders, I would think that it wouldn't feel much greater than having just millions of fans having the same expectations. Definitely an overblown factor that seeks to differentiate Sachin from the rest through the means of...
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    5th Test at The Oval, London

    Thing is, you could go even further back and say England beat roughly the same Indian side 4-1 last summer. I think even with 4 wins you end up having less points than a team that wins a series 2-0 which is even more ludicrous
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    England players and selection discussion thread

    If at the very least, I think (hope) our batting lineup has gained an established opener in Rory Burns. Started off the summer looking all over the place, but become increasingly more comfortable at the crease throughout the series. Hopefully he builds on this over the winter tours. I'm not as...
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    Your team for The Ashes 21/22

    Burns Sibley Northeast Root (c) Pope Stokes Butler Archer Leach Mahmood Broad
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    Your team for The Ashes 21/22

    Don't think Curran will ever develop his bowling enough to be first-change in an ashes series in australia. Think his most likely progression is as a top 6 batsman
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    England players and selection discussion thread

    As fragile as our batting lineup is, and likely will be for the forseeable future, I think at the very least we have found a very decent squad of bowlers. I'm hoping that we will get to see a lineup involving Anderson, Broad and Archer before the former retires

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