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its t20 so hard to get too exercised, but i'd much rather NZ won. preferably on the last ball due to a terribly unfortunate fielding incident involving warner and smith

Perhaps they can run into each other in the deep while chasing a catch?

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11-14-2021 , 11:41 AM

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DonkDonkDonkDonk

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Wonder if the Kiwis will be able to handle a rejuvenated Mitchell Starc?

Starc finished going for 60 in 4 overs with no wickets.

I think they handled him just fine.

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11-14-2021 , 11:44 AM

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BOIDS

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bookies have this as a coinflip. i'd go for NZ, 170+ is a lot vs these bowlers

otoh chasing team has won like 85% of games in this tournament

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11-14-2021 , 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by bundy5

Wonder if the Kiwis will be able to handle a rejuvenated Mitchell Starc?

0-60 - Kane was able to handle his pies. Faced 12 balls and hit seven 4s and one 6.

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11-14-2021 , 12:30 PM

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We are bowling like ****...

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11-14-2021 , 12:32 PM

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Hazlewood showed how to bowl, skilled knuckleballs and short of a length.

Sodhi amd Santner sendinh down the easiest balls to hit on this pitch
Needs to change and fast for us to have any chance

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11-14-2021 , 12:57 PM

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Poor Sodhi with a choke job here

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11-14-2021 , 01:06 PM

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Whoevers strategy idea it was to bowl pedestrian long hops angling down leg to Marsh and Maxwell all through the innings... They have a had a shocker...

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11-14-2021 , 01:07 PM

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Congrats Aussie, not often u see blatant choke jobs from an almost whole bowling line up. Disappointing

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11-14-2021 , 01:38 PM

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64% of the games in this tournament was won by the team batting second, including both semis and the final.

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11-14-2021 , 05:38 PM

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Wow how comfortable was that win. The kiwis would be devastated. I guess the difference in the end was the quality of the NZ spinners and something they really need to develop to take the next level. Also not a great result for England with the confidence this gives the Aussies heading into the ashes

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11-14-2021 , 05:43 PM

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I'm not sure there's many in England that really expect anything out of the ashes. We don't have like any fast bowlers fit apart from Wood and we know swing bowlers like Anderson/Broad/Robinson don't get piles of wickets on flat decks in Australia. We don't seem to have a spinner and I don't think many of the squad truly want to go. Seems like a recipe for disaster. Hope I'm proved wrong.

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11-14-2021 , 06:41 PM

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Agree. My guess also is that a couple will get in trouble from nights out on the town once it is 3 nil up to the Aussies.

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11-15-2021 , 04:38 AM

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xander biscuits

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think that the ashes will be 4-0 and England will be glad of the draw

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11-15-2021 , 06:01 AM

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Originally Posted by xander biscuits

think that the ashes will be 4-0 and England will be glad of the draw

I agree. Mot much chance England win a game unless Root scores 300

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11-15-2021 , 08:58 AM

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England bowler Adil Rashid says he heard Michael Vaughan make a racist comment to a group of Asian cricketers, becoming the third player to do so.

Rashid's former Yorkshire team-mate Azeem Rafiq alleged Vaughan said "too many of you lot, we need to do something about it" to him and three other players.

The allegation, which Vaughan "completely and categorically denies", was corroborated by former Pakistan bowler Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, who said "systematic taunting" occurred at the club.

In a statement to The Cricketer, Rashid said he could confirm what Rafiq had said.

rutroh

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11-15-2021 , 11:04 AM

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Vaughan has already been told to take a break from BBC cricket duties while this is going on.

Can't see him coming back now.

He'll find some outlet for his commentary and opinions, but it'll be a decent step down for him

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11-15-2021 , 02:32 PM

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He'll probably start commentating on cricket for GB News where he'll bemoan cancel culture and decide that if Johnny Bairstow wasn't so woke he wouldn't have such a gap between bat and pad. Seems to be how these things go now.

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11-17-2021 , 06:08 AM

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Such a complex issue tbh.

I’m certain racist things were said by a load of people in the past in cricket and in all walks of life, albeit it’s also impossible to prove. And there would have been team/group cultures where racist things were said in jest/as dry humour by people who wouldn’t have thought they were harming/hurting people and who would have stopped if they’d been challenged on them.

Doesn’t make what they said right but also potentially doesn’t mean they should lose their careers

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11-17-2021 , 08:27 AM

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A friend of mine has a book coming out in January that, I’m sure, is going to create a lot of waves in the cricket world. Johnathan Agnew, who has already been kicked out of the Cricket Writers association, called him a c*nt when he read some excerpts.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Different-C.../dp/1913462803

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11-17-2021 , 04:54 PM

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Was there a reason he wasn't on Sky to begin with?

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11-18-2021 , 09:36 AM

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I’m not sure about the background on that, but the TMS gig is a very comfortable job so I expect it’s purely because Sky wasn’t an upgrade for him.

I spoke to my author friend yesterday. An advance copy of the book was sent to Bumble and he sent back a scathing review within minutes. He’d never even opened it.

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11-18-2021 , 06:35 PM

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Looking forward to seeing the England vs England A at my local ground on Nov 23 to 25 and then the Aussies intra squad game starting on 1 Dec

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11-18-2021 , 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by bundy5

Was there a reason he wasn't on Sky to begin with?

he’s been with the BBC since the 80s. Not sure he’s ever been on Sky.

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11-18-2021 , 08:14 PM

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Raffiq has now been proven to have sent racist and anti semitic messages himself back in the day.

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