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SA favourites now.
 

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SA win by two wickets, and confirm their place in the Test Championship Final.
 

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Rabada is one of my favourite cricketers, got something about him.
 

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England had 22 Tests
10 of which v Aus and Ind
 

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A great test match but knew Pakistan would not have it in them to close it out they have lost a lot of close test / ODI / T20 matches in this fashion.

The whole WTC is totally flawed anyway would be better to have a test match world cup over a month although this wont rake in the cash.
 

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Judio1999 said:
S A reach Lords Final
Not a fair contest
Only 12 Tests played
No Tests v Aus or Eng
Just 2 v India at home


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They got through by the schedule they were dealt with. I say well done SA, it’s not their fault the big three have not scheduled matches against them. No different to NZ in 2021. The reality is that the big three cash cow money making is all geared to playing 5 tests matches between them. There lies the inequality.

Everyone knows the system is flawed and it will continue to be flawed until the big three either reduces the number of tests they play against each other (financially ain’t going to happen any time soon) or you increase the cycle to 4 years. Anyway England haven’t be anywhere close to reaching the finals. India if they fail to make only have themselves to blame for the NZ loss. Reality is the current BGT series is the true final and will attract more attention/ quality than a one off test in June at Lords.
 

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Have just seen a copy of the young girl from India Sushila Means bowling.
Poetry in motion. I hope I hear a lot more of her in future.
 

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Looks like South Africa are going win the series 2-0 although a decent effort from Pakistan to at least avert an innings defeat showed a little fight if only they had batted like this in the first innings. Obviously hampered significantly by losing Saim Ayub during the game, he did not bat in either innings. This does bring me to a point where I do think an injury substitute should be a consideration in test cricket. An injury incurred during a match - and a like for like player should be able to step in - I guess a maximum of one sub but it does cricket is fairly behind the curve and archaic and something like this would be of benefit. Imagine had India been able to pull in a bowling replacement for Bumrah it might have helped. I under subs are permitted in domestic T20 or am I wrong I am sure there is a form of cricket where you can bring in an injury sub. I know players especially bowlers have always gotten injured during games its fairly common but can't see what would be wrong in bringing someone off the bench.
 

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Jam Jar said:
Looks like South Africa are going win the series 2-0 although a decent effort from Pakistan to at least avert an innings defeat showed a little fight if only they had batted like this in the first innings. Obviously hampered significantly by losing Saim Ayub during the game, he did not bat in either innings. This does bring me to a point where I do think an injury substitute should be a consideration in test cricket. An injury incurred during a match - and a like for like player should be able to step in - I guess a maximum of one sub but it does cricket is fairly behind the curve and archaic and something like this would be of benefit. Imagine had India been able to pull in a bowling replacement for Bumrah it might have helped. I under subs are permitted in domestic T20 or am I wrong I am sure there is a form of cricket where you can bring in an injury sub. I know players especially bowlers have always gotten injured during games its fairly common but can't see what would be wrong in bringing someone off the bench.
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County cricket has concussion subs but I don't think they have anything for general injuries.
 

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Jam Jar said:
To counter this...
Kohli does have 7 test centuries in Australia - compared to Root who has 0.
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He must have a lot of ducks there too then if his average is under 50.
 

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Jam Jar said:
To counter this...
Kohli does have 7 test centuries in Australia - compared to Root who has 0.
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To be fair Kohli was the 4th fastest ever to get 27 test centuries and then he turned what’s the word poor lol :) Kohli despite being poor for 5 years in tests has still a ton per innings ratio better than Root. But let’s not go into that arguments.

Stats are stats, Jimmy Anderson bowling average in Australia, India and South Africa is all above 30 ? One could argue and I am not he was a one trick pony ?
 

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Think Kohli still averages above 40 in Australia which is excellent, thats a graveyard for most visiting batsman.
 

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Jam Jar said:
Looks like South Africa are going win the series 2-0 although a decent effort from Pakistan to at least avert an innings defeat showed a little fight if only they had batted like this in the first innings. Obviously hampered significantly by losing Saim Ayub during the game, he did not bat in either innings. This does bring me to a point where I do think an injury substitute should be a consideration in test cricket. An injury incurred during a match - and a like for like player should be able to step in - I guess a maximum of one sub but it does cricket is fairly behind the curve and archaic and something like this would be of benefit. Imagine had India been able to pull in a bowling replacement for Bumrah it might have helped. I under subs are permitted in domestic T20 or am I wrong I am sure there is a form of cricket where you can bring in an injury sub. I know players especially bowlers have always gotten injured during games its fairly common but can't see what would be wrong in bringing someone off the bench.
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Still gutted Bumrah could only bowl 10 overs in the last test match.

On your wider post, it does have merit. Danger is players could fake injuries but from a Pakistan point of view losing Saim was a blow.

Thought Pakistan actually did well in their series. Lots of positives for sure and Babar getting back in some form.
 

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Really don't get the point in trying to discredit Kohli, of course he's been one of the best of all time.
 

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German Bee said:
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Williamson is good no doubt but more of a home track bully. Hasnt got a good record in England, South Africa, India or Sri Lanka. New Zealand also just dont play the volume of games especially away from home.

Im no fan of Kohli's behaviour but he is a great all format player and id personally have him above Williamson in my rankings.
 

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Indian Bee said:
Most international runs in all formats. The best of the best, wonder who is the only batsmen out of that list who averages over 50 ?
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Les Beeavinu said:
Really don't get the point in trying to discredit Kohli, of course he's been one of the best of all time.
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Kohli used to be brilliant but averages under 30 in 4 of the last 5 calendar years. Needs to hang up his boots before he's dropped.
 

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CTBee said:
Kohli used to be brilliant but averages under 30 in 4 of the last 5 calendar years. Needs to hang up his boots before he's dropped.
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Fair comment. Genuinely believe if he doesn’t perform at the Champions Trophy (appreciate different format) - pressure will mount for him to be dropped from the test series against England. He got back on form in SA after a wonderful ODI World Cup and then decided to skip the last three test matches against England. You can’t turn up as he did for Bangladesh series with no red ball game matches behind him for over 10 months.
 

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CTBee said:
Kohli used to be brilliant but averages under 30 in 4 of the last 5 calendar years. Needs to hang up his boots before he's dropped.
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India would never drop him, and I can't see him retiring either.
 

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I am against this. The inequality I spoke about earlier on this thread will increase. It will lead to the demise of one of the cricketing greats nation the West Indies completely who rely heavily on England tours and Indian tv revenue.

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Two-tier World Test Championship - 'greedy' or needed for cricket to survive?

After a report by the Melbourne Age suggests that plans for a two-tier World Test Championship would be discussed later this month, BBC Sport looks at the reaction so far.
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Watching the BBL - sound mainly off as Warner is on Comms and Smith is miked up. Hadn't realised that Smith is Aussie captain again for the upcoming Sri Lanka series. Scarcely believeable.
 

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Les Beeavinu said:
Watching the BBL - sound mainly off as Warner is on Comms and Smith is miked up. Hadn't realised that Smith is Aussie captain again for the upcoming Sri Lanka series. Scarcely believeable.
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I feel sorry for Bancroft in all that as he clearly was made the scapegoat whilst the others were welcomed back as if they had been injured for a while .
 

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Jacob Bethell currently going well in the BBL. Looks a player for sure.
 

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Run out a minute later ...... 19th over though.

87 out of a team total of 149, came in at 8-2. Not bad at all.
 

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Some England T20 MENS cricket starting in a minute v India. Not sure if it’s on tv or worth its own thread? What is this ?
 

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Inappropriate Smilies Bee said:
Some England T20 MENS cricket starting in a minute v India. Not sure if it’s on tv or worth its own thread? What is this ?
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As Ravi Shastri might say - you're late to the party. On TNT now.

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England T20/ODI Tour of India 2025

Squads announced a couple of weeks back. England squad for T20 series in India: Jos Buttler (Captain) Rehan Ahmed Jofra Archer Gus Atkinson Jacob Bethell Harry Brook Brydon Carse Ben Duckett Jamie Overton Jamie Smith Liam Livingstone Adil Rashid Saqib Mahmood Phil Salt Mark Wood England squad...
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Cheers what channel is it on please?
 
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Indian Bee said:
Lions squad to Australia.

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Rocky Flintoff: Andrew Flintoff's son named in England Lions squad

Rocky Flintoff is named in the England Lions squad for their tour of Australia in January.
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Good luck to Flintoff junior, however surprised not to see Archie Vaughan. Good move to take Bashir ahead of the ashes next winter so he can get used to the conditions.
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Well play Flintoff junior ?


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Think Graeme Swann was commentating on this and pretty much said get used to it, we'll be hearing about Rocky for the next 20 years.

Who calls their son Rocky though!
 
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