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May 24, 2019 England

Let us tell you about Liam Dawson from England’s World Cup squad

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July 16, 2017 England / South Africa

Liam Dawson is getting carted

2 minute readWe’ve been wondering whether Liam Dawson will become a player we hate for being kind of dull or a player we love for being kind of dull. We haven’t yet reached a conclusion, but what we are a little more certain of is that he’s utterly failing to do the

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February 10, 2016 England

Will Liam Dawson play for England at the World Twenty20?

< 1 minute readHe’s in the squad. The squad’s not that big. He probably will. Australia may well be going down the same route, but it still seems weird to us to select players for a World Cup when you’ve never selected them before. We were so taken aback by Liam Dawson’s inclusion

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