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 …
Read More »England v Australia 2020 – England’s bubble burst shows how long the road will be to 2023
If some of the art of success in limited-limit cricket is peaking at the right time, England hasn’t timed its decline in results that badly. There is never a good time to lose to Australia, of course. Especially considering that the result was 5-0 against England the last time they …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Racism in cricket: Michael Holding ‘knows nothing about what’s going on’
Jofra Archer has claimed that Michael Holding “knows nothing about what is happening behind the scenes” after he criticized England and Australia for not kneeling during his limited series. Holding, the former fast bowler from the West Indies, has been a staunch supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement in …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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. …
Read More »T20I ranking: Dawid Malan overtakes Babar Azam to become number one hitter
Dawid Malan is the new man at the top of the ICC standings for T20I hitters, his 129 runs in the three-game series against Australia, which England won 2-1, pushing Pakistan’s Babar Azam to No. 2 in the latest update. . Malan, who has a remarkable T20I record (682 runs …
Read More »Aaron Finch and David Warner Accept Blame for Failed Chase, But Australia’s Middle Order Is Exposed
David Warner and Aaron Finch accepted the blame for failing to bring Australia to the other end of the line in the opening T20I at the Ageas Bowl, but the surprising collapse renewed focus on their middle order, which has been the team’s only area. you have had problems. when …
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