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England has won the second Ashes Test in Adelaide by an innings and 71 runs. But if you think this summer of cricket has been hard to watch for average fans like us, spare a thought for Glenn McGrath.
In an interview with The Punch, the great paceman admitted the first two Ashes Tests have been tough going for him too.
“There were a few good moments obviously up in Brisbane in the first innings where Sids took the hat trick, but the last two innings watching our boys bowl has been pretty tough,” McGrath said.
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Any captain wants one of two things out of his pace spearhead, and ideally he’d like both.
Firstly, he wants strike power in the mould of Jeff Thomson, whose famous sandshoe crusher broke both Tony Greig’s foot and England’s resolve in the corresponding match at the Gabba way back in 1974.
Secondly, he wants unerring accuracy. He wants to be able to throw the ball to his main man and say “hey if you can’t get rid of them, at least dry the runs up and build a bit of pressure”.
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peterb says:
Criticism of Johnson is not based on his performance in one Test. It is failure over an extended period. His previous good record has saved his bacon for long enough. There are others who could do a better job and deserve their chance. Read more »
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peterb says:
Watson could stay there on the basis of his batting alone at the moment. He is one of the more consistent batsmen Read more »
Cricket’s foremost nineteenth century moralist the Reverend James Pycroft published his famous treatise The Cricket Field in 1851. He recalled a shocking chapter in the game’s history – the presence of bookmakers at cricket matches:
“They had all sorts of tricks to make their betting safe. ‘One artifice,’ said Mr. Ward, ‘was to keep a player out of the way by a false report that his wife was dead.’”
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Peter Warrington says:
f**k I hate batsmen. Read more »
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Antony says:
A well written piece from Mr Foley who, as a batsman and never a bowler, is showing true bi-partisanship. Reform of the LBW law is not a bad idea. It will encourage bowlers, and force bats men to think more. It will also make the laws of cricket easier to… Read more »
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