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Ashes batting practice turns exercise in self-harm as Aussie seamers run riot
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Tuesday, 23 July 2019 13:04
Hick XII 96 for 7 (Cummins 3-15, Siddle 3-20) trail Haddin XII 105 (Labuschagne 41, Neser 4-18, Bird 3-25) by nine runsIn their quest to avoid a repeat of the batting humiliations in Birmingham and Nottingham four years ago that led to the loss of the Ashes, it cannot have been in Australia's warm-up plans to stage such a faithful…
Spectre of burn-out looms as Joe Root climbs back on the schedule treadmill
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Tuesday, 23 July 2019 12:19
If Joe Root required any evidence about the dangers of burn-out, he will not need to have looked far for an example.The presence of Jonathan Trott, a member of the England coaching team ahead of this Test against Ireland, should have provided a timely reminder. For Trott, you may recall, had something of a breakdown towards the end of 2013.…
Marnus Labuschagne nonplussed after making Ashes case on wild wicket
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Tuesday, 23 July 2019 13:05
Batsman and bowlers alike were left puzzled by a Southampton surface that seamed like a green top but dried out rapidly over day one of Australia's lone Ashes warm-up while also providing variable bounce.A ledger of 201 for 17 across the day hardly depicted a batting paradise, but nor was it exactly the sort of slow, seaming surface that the…
Ireland arrive on the grandest stage ... just as the scenery is being changed
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Tuesday, 23 July 2019 07:20
Big pictureWell, how do you follow that? The Greatest Game at the Greatest Venue. The Greatest Day for English cricket in, at the very least, a generation. And if Liam Plunkett's telling comments in the aftermath are anything to go by, the Greatest Comedown imaginable for a band of England cricketers who, last Sunday afternoon, reached the highest high of…
Marcus Trescothick to join Ashes coaching set-up
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Tuesday, 23 July 2019 07:42
Marcus Trescothick is set to join the England coaching team for the first two Tests of the Ashes series.Trescothick, the former England opening batsman, has recently announced his decision to retire as a player at the end of this season and is currently struggling to break into the Somerset side. He will spend the training days ahead of the Edgbaston…
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