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  • zing replied to the thread Cricket.
    I’d be rightfully told to get fecked if at my job I had to take 4 months for this. It’s unfortunate that it happened but there’s also a distribution of how much break people take and I’ve never heard someone take 4 months for this.
  • zing replied to the thread Cricket.
    The BCCI gets a lot flak but they do a good job of governing cricket here. For non Indians, they recently announced huge match fees for test cricket.. there are slabs based on how many games you start per season but regular starters match fee has...
  • zing replied to the thread Cricket.
    Maybe I'm being an insensitive prick but taking 3 months off for that seems excessive
  • zing replied to the thread Cricket.
    Harry Brook pulls out of the ipl..
  • zing replied to the thread Cricket.
    https://www.sen.com.au/news/2024/03/11/give-me-a-break-kiwi-cricket-greats-respond-to-all-rounders-controversial/
  • zing replied to the thread Cricket.
    Man thrives on killing opposing fans' dreams World cup was similar - he's never looked a great ODI captain, nor a great ODI bowler.. but the finals execution was flawless. Test bowling he's top 3 bowler of last 20 years, but there's so many...
  • zing replied to the thread England Tour of India.
    I think McCullum's been thoughtful there, remains to be seen how successful he can be in refining it. You can't just blast your way to a better form of cricket. You see it in all forms of sport.. the best defense wins championships in football...
  • zing replied to the thread England Tour of India.
    Plug it into www.archive.is next time https://archive.is/GuKkH
  • zing replied to the thread England Tour of India.
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2024/03/10/brendon-mccullum-bazball-needs-refining-england-series-loss/ good interview
  • zing replied to the thread Cricket.
    This guy has the most ridiculous compilation of catches
  • zing replied to the thread England Tour of India.
    No. Doubt India make another 300 if they bat again.
  • zing replied to the thread England Tour of India.
    Kuldeep's had an excellent series, and is perhaps the replacement for when Jadeja/Ashwin are out I like Sai Kishore of TN as well - I think he's a very good bowler
  • zing replied to the thread England Tour of India.
    Sarfaraz played some great shots off Mark Wood - that ramp was unreal
  • zing replied to the thread England Tour of India.
    Shubman looks a different player this series since test 2. Accumulative, lot less attacking. May be a transformative series for him.
  • zing replied to the thread England Tour of India.
    "We are a very unique side in how we go about things. I don't think we will study what India do too much." "We don't get too down when we have bad days, we don't get too high when we have good days." "You just have to stay level and recognise...