Tag Archives: Australia tour of England

England vs Australia, 3rd ODI, 2020

Melbourne’s closure, in the cause of stopping the Covid-19 pandemic, has taken much of a previously vibrant city. However, one thing that he has gifted Australian cricket with is clarity about the role Glenn Maxwell is playing for the ODI team, just over a year after his absence contributed to …

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England vs Australia, 3rd ODI

Jofra Archer has indicated that he could withdraw from this winter’s Big Bash League in Australia, after acknowledging that the “mental challenge” of life in England’s biosecurity bubble may, at times, have had a compromising effect on his performances. . Archer, Sunday’s player of the game when England tied the …

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England v Australia, 2nd ODI, 2020

For years to come, when we reflect on ODI’s great finishes, this game hardly deserves a mention. After all, there was no World Cup at stake. No Super Over breathless or no final delivery. The final margin of victory, 24 races, might even convince those flipping through Wisden’s pages 30 …

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England vs Australia 1st ODI

There is a key reason why performances against Australia remain the barometer of the health of England’s teams. It is not just history or tradition. And it’s not just that there isn’t a deadly match involving a team that seems to have a love for beating England in their DNA. …

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