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I do agree re their leisure time/mental health etc, but there also has to be an acceptance about performance levels. They had three more days they were supposed to be playing so should have all been hitting the nets with some local club bowlers, and should all be begging to be in the practice games.

All aboard the Cane Train!
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The Ashes: England will not send first-choice batters to pink-ball tour game England pass up the opportunity to send their first-choice batters to gain match practice in an Ashes tour game in Canberra, despite a dismal defeat in the first Test.

Frankly, this is madness. And I bet there is golf involved.

The idea that batters struggling to adjust to length and bounce shouldn't spend as much time as possible in the middle is pure madness. They need to go back to more pre-series tour games, not avoid them.

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Ooft. Runs galore in the Shield at Cricket Centre in Sydney. Three big tons for Tassie as they pile on 600+.

NSW 391/9d & 9/0 (5 ov)
TAS 623/8d
Day 3 - NSW trail by 223 runs.

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Ben Stokes’s England just can’t kick their fatal addiction | The Observer

In the print version this head line goes on to say "fatal addiction to showing off".

I can see why their sub has tried to soften the tone on the digital version, but Paul Hayward was right in the original: test cricket is about balance, attack AND defence.

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YouTube video by 7NEWS Australia Racing legend Allan Moffat is being remembered as a Mount Panorama hero | 7NEWS

RIP Allan Moffat.

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"Bazball" strikes again.

It's all well and good trying to "entertain" and score at 5rpo+, but if you're all out under 180 twice and lose on day two you could probably think about making better use of the time you have to build a defendable score.
#TheAshes

Reminds me of being at Lords for Day 1 of 2005.

I do enjoy the Ryder Cup, but Ashes has so much more history and depth.

I presume the wake up score made you a bit happier!

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Is #TheAshes simply just the single greatest rivalry in all of sport?

It just may well be.

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Mike Brearley did win 11 of the 15 Ashes tests he captained.

A picture of Nathan Lyon where it looks like a helmet is resting on top of a head without a face, but his helmet is actually resting towards the back of his head with his face turned downward. Headline: The Ashes: what you need to know about the 2025-26 series in Australia

It took me a good 30 seconds of staring at this photo to realise that I wasn't absolutely hammered and/or hallucinating. #theashes

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Yeah, its definitely a bowler's deck. I reckon they'll be happy to get the lead under 50 at this point.

"England have been batting like there's a bus waiting outside and they want to get to the pub." - Jim Maxwell.

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YouTube video by Random Golf Club The Dunvegan Shot

Three shots from the pub.

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"When Ivo goes back with the urn, the urn; Studds, Steel, Read and Tylecote return, return;
The welkin will ring loud;
The great crowd will feel proud;
Seeing Barlow and Bates with the urn, the urn;
And the rest coming home with the urn."
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#TheGreatestChallenge

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I do of course mean c4.

This is truly horrific.

The US government needs to set up a taskforce to hunt down these thugs threatening professional athletes instead of wasting money ruining the lives of hardworking migrants that keep service and hospitality running.

Rofl.

That was a great summer. The public park big screens and C5 highlights. I rememeber loads of non-cricket fans drawn into the drama all because of free and widely accessible coverage.

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Result
South Aust (195) vs Tasmania (196/6)

Tasmania won by 4 wickets (with 62 balls remaining)
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Could be Doggart as well.

YouTube video by cricket.com.au Phenomenal Doggett sets new Sheffield Shield final benchmark | Sheffield Shield Final 2024-25

I mean...

There is this guy who took 11 wickets in last year's Sheffield Shield final.

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Hazlewood out of Ashes opener with hamstring injury Michael Neser has been added to the squad, and Brendan Doggett could be closing in on a Test debut in Perth

Okay. Losing Cummins AND Hazlewood might be an issue.

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Agreed. It isn't even the best cricket to watch to warrant that.

I'd rather we went back to an early 90s style schedule and do the BBL as a two week end of season finale thing.