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Deeply saddened to hear the news about @clarkyfanzine. I had the pleasure of playing cricket with him for a few years at @EGCC1. A passionate, knowledgeable and witty man on the sport, The Corridor of Uncertainty was a staple for many touring England fans. A big loss. A great guy
The number of full tosses England have bowled compared to India really highlights the difference in the quality of the bowling between the sides. It's a significant gap.
You can talk about the wicket, and I don't think this is a brilliant one, but India have one elite and two exceptional spinners. England just don't have an attack suited to India, or Australia for that matter. Take a knife to a gun fight and it won't end well.
It's greed and cowardice. They should be ashamed of themselves. They do the right thing only when it suits them. Morality at the ECB is nothing but a PR exercise. All the sport is saying right now is that it's comfortable with racism so long as it's not done by a white person...
...during the BLM movement and all that followed, they'd do the right thing. If this was a tour of South Africa, or anywhere else, they'd withdraw and England wouldn't tour for a long time. The only thing @ECB_cricket is interested in is money. Don't upset the BCCI!
The Shoaib Bashir situation is a shambles. Let's call it what it is: racism. @ECB_cricket taking the knee, anti-discriminstion stance looks very shallow right now. England should not be playing the first Test in Hyderabad. If they have the same moral code they had...
The Hundred starts today! Thank God they rattled through that Ashes series to keep August free for the serious stuff that every player wants to be involved in! The format to entice children that it's really difficult to take children to because of the start times! Lucky us!!
Stuart Broad, we salute you. A fine career. If nothing else, the man who changed the face of appealing for an lbw. Except there was rather a lot else, too.
Funny how these series play out. If Root catches Marsh on 12 at Headingley, Marsh gets dropped and Murphy plays this Test, Australia would've had a much better balanced attack. Would it have made a jot of difference? Glorious intangibles. #Ashes
If England really do have clear heads and are honest with themselves, Ollie Pope needs to come out with the gloves on this morning. He kept well in Pakistan and there'll be a lot more spin today. Bairstow really struggles keeping to it #Ashes23
We sat down with cricket commentator @norcrosscricket to discuss the language of cricket. Get yourself a cup of tea and enjoy! thecricketblog.com/the-langu…
New blog: We spoke to former England captain Eoin Morgan about the language of cricket. Read it here: thecricketblog.com/the-langu…
A thread on trying to take my son to watch a live, professional cricket game. @ECB_cricket is desperate to bring cricket to a new audience, with @thehundred famously focussing on attracting "women and children" to the sport...
It's a shame that The Hundred is such a con. It's the answer to a problem that didn't exist. The cricket may well be good (and I like cricket in any guise!) but it's built on the same foundations of attracting the same audience...