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Month: September 2021

September 6, 2021 England

Burns, Hameed, nothing much going on – and only then ‘the good bit’

2 minute readPlaudits to India, but this match featured a really weird and memorable passage of play that was pretty much nothing to do with the tourists’ magnificent performance. On the fourth evening, England’s openers delivered some incredibly generic, low octane Test match batting and we somewhat unexpectedly discovered that this really

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September 3, 2021 England / India

We heartily endorse Rory Burns’ run-out appeal body language

2 minute readYou know what they say: ain’t no run-out appeal like the run-out appeal that comes in the immediate aftermath of a drop. With all due respect to Chris Woakes’ bowling and Shardul Thakur’s batting, the highlight of day one of the fourth Test was unquestionably Rory Burns standing astride an

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September 1, 2021 England / India

How far will England’s Plan A actually carry them?

2 minute readThe flipside of everything going pretty much exactly to plan is that this is a thing that almost never happens. The best laid schemes are forever ganging agley and so what are you going to do when you’re back in the real world where absolutely everything goes wrong absolutely all

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  1. Tim on Ashes 1st Test preview: How fast is the pitch at Perth’s Optus Stadium? Who should be afraid? How ridiculous are England? Can Australia possibly counter them?November 19, 2025

    The cold and snow etc help me feel ready. This is when I need to hear a distant voice on…

  2. Ged Ladd on Ashes 1st Test preview: How fast is the pitch at Perth’s Optus Stadium? Who should be afraid? How ridiculous are England? Can Australia possibly counter them?November 19, 2025

    We’re with APW on this one. It is obscenely cold. Daisy and I simply cannot entertain thoughts of the Ashes…

  3. King Cricket on Ashes 1st Test preview: How fast is the pitch at Perth’s Optus Stadium? Who should be afraid? How ridiculous are England? Can Australia possibly counter them?November 19, 2025

    And then there are all the unlikely injury possibilities as well.

  4. Professor Colin Abernathy on Ashes 1st Test preview: How fast is the pitch at Perth’s Optus Stadium? Who should be afraid? How ridiculous are England? Can Australia possibly counter them?November 19, 2025

    Even the potential for ridiculous injuries is sky-high. Mark Wood to fall off his imaginary horse and break his collarbone?…

  5. King Cricket on Ashes 1st Test preview: How fast is the pitch at Perth’s Optus Stadium? Who should be afraid? How ridiculous are England? Can Australia possibly counter them?November 19, 2025

    Honestly, how could you be?

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