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‘David Warner may or may not play in Adelaide today’ was how I was going to start my final column of the year. I’m not sure whether Pat Cummins’ ears were burning at the time or what, but around the same time I was having this thought, the new Australian captain was setting minds at […]
Win the toss and bowl at the Gabba. It’s pretty bloody simple. Particularly when your favourite Uncle and Aunty of the Sinaloa cartel, El Nino and La Nina, are visiting for Xmas and general preparations on the wicket have been lean. I know everyone is singing the praises of chief selector George Bailey for picking […]
The real value of runs made lies in how they ultimately influenced your team’s chances of actually winning the match. Consider these four imaginary batsmen. Batsman A scores 44 not out at number 6 in a team total of 4 for 657 declared in which three batsmen make massive centuries. They win by an innings […]
Joe Root is adamant he doesn’t want to make the same mistakes of England’s past couple of doomed Ashes tours and if that’s the case, he shouldn’t recall both James Anderson and Stuart Broad for the Second Test in Adelaide. In the 5-0 whitewash of 2013-14 under Alastair Cook and the slightly less embarrassing 4-0 […]
New Zealand cricket great Brendon McCullum has questioned the leadership ability of England captain Joe Root, while Stuart Broad has expressed his disappointment at missing out in Brisbane in today’s edition of Ashes Scout. McCullum said England went missing at the Gabba as their “dire” 2021 continues, and believes Root must shoulder a lot of […]