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Overly dramatic headline of the week
The BBC go with “Strauss makes Ashes rallying call”.
England’s captain is geeing up the troops with fist-pumping lines such as:
“You have to earn the right to be on top in a match and that is why what we did at Headingley was a bit of shocker. We have learnt our lessons. It’s vital we make sure we do the basics right.”
Struggling to restrain his adrenaline-fuelled team, he continued with:
“We can take a lot of confidence from the fact that we are at 1-1. There is no reason for us to be negative.”
It’s just like that scene from Braveheart.
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“They may take our wickets, but they’ll never take… OUR CONFIDENCE!”
And even if they do take our wickets, they’ll certainly never take our momentum
I don’t recall Brearley making fist-pumping rallying calls either.
I don’t recall fist-pumping-style captains of the Botham & Flintoff variety winning much test match either.
It was more a dig at BBC sub-editors to be honest, Ged.