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    2026 World Cup Qualifiers

    Watched the Socceroos beat Indonesia last night and 2 things stood out Firstly, by some miracle, we actually scored some goals Last time I watched the Socceroos, they were absolutely dire - couldn’t defend and their attack was based around hoofing the ball upfield to one random attacker who...
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    IPL Auction

    My friend the coach has a couple of players in it Iyer is currently up & bidding is at about $3 million He tells me that he’s the world’s most overrated player and the bidder might as well have set fire to the money :laugh:
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    Gillespie to be sacked by Pak

    :laugh:
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    Team of all rounders v specialists

    Saw an article on this recently Pick a team comprised purely of all rounders to play against specialists Who wins? Criteria is that an all rounder must be better than a part timer in their weakest discipline For example, Sobers (obviously) is an all rounder while Tendulkar/Viv/Smith/Root aren’t
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    Team of specialists v team of all rounders

    Saw an article elsewhere recently Who wins?
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    Official Essex CCC Racism Thread

    Might have to create a new sub-forum with a thread for each club https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/sep/18/essex-fined-100000-by-cricket-regulator-for-systemic-racism
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    Joel Wilson

    The Bradman of umpires
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    ICC tournaments no longer on free to air in Australia

    Wtf has Amazon? Good to see CA following the geniuses at Rugby Australia
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    Samuels banned for 6 years

    He’s retired anyway but seems like either he took cash/gift during a t10 tournament or failed to cooperate with investigators so they found him guilty as charged https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/3792488
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    Best ever catch

    Nominee 1
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    RIP Bishen Singh Bedi

    RIP
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    Stuart MacGill arrested

    “Shocking news” said nobody He and Slater have really messed up their lives
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    Australian Squad

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    How do you imbed tweets from X

    Doing it the same way as before (copy and paste link) but only displays link not tweet Have things changed?
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    Heath Streak Cancer Struggle

    Passed away at 49 Fine bowler https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/heath-streak-55761
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    Warning Will Robinson

    IPL, UAE, Saudi, SA etc all with common ownership Next step is 12 month contracts If you’re, say, Cameron Green and get offered a 5 year, $50 million contract with the stipulation that you can’t sign a CA contract & must give priority to the franchise then it will be hard to knock back Can...
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    Warmups

    Watching Pakistan v Windies Looks like it’s being played at a relatively new ground in Sports City Dubai Pakistan always interesting
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    New coaching methods

    Rather than playing matches in lead up to a tournament, I decided to get coaching for first time in about 35 years just to hit balls First half of session 1: tennis net laid on a good length The thinking is that net will cause ball to deviate from line and speed Second half: tennis net...
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    Cricket balls

    Recently had my first experience with playing with an English cricket ball in years It was a Duke but obviously not the test ball as village level Ball swung all day While bowlers found it easier to grip due to higher seam, they also said that it was very “tacky” as it was covered in thick...
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    Pads

    Back in the day, I had the choice of gear and settled upon a predecessor of the pads that Sachin wore Light, comfortable and great protection 20+ years later and nothing has changed Morrant International Ultralite Cricket Batting Legguards - CRICKET BATTING PADS So much better than...

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