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November 16, 2022 Australia / England

The Test match that Simon Kerrigan and James Faulkner played

< 1 minute readNow that we’re in one of those occasional narrow windows when a World Cup isn’t taking place, it seems a good time to point you all towards the final episode of our podcast series about the 2013 Ashes. The 2013 Ridiculous Ashes comes to a climax with what will, for

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March 29, 2014 Australia / West Indies

James Faulkner can even make Chris Gayle lose his cool

< 1 minute read“I don’t particularly like them,” said James Faulkner before Australia played the West Indies. He must positively detest them now. Here’s another Faulkner quote. “If you can do something to upset somebody and upset their team, it goes a long way towards doing well as a group.” He got that the

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January 17, 2014 Australia / England

The finishers are dropping lower (and so are England)

2 minute readTime was, your ‘finisher’ batted at six in one-dayers. Then it was seven. Today, Australia had a man who now averages 53 in 50-over internationals batting at nine. It worked out okay for them. The last wicket partnership At 244-9, Australia were some way from victory, but James Faulkner engineered

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