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Yep. Eg Fielders go back to the boundaries take 2s can still keep rr well over 4 per over. Applying pressure isn't just through boundaries. If that option is closed off run better the wickets and force opposition to bring Fielders in. Duck under 90 mph bouncers. It's max 2 per over. Maximize...

Hard to blame Anderson in some ways. Stokes and McCullum have asked groundsmen to produce dry, flat wickets. Anderson isn't suited to those (some of his overseas records show it too). He admitted as much after Edgbaston. Not a lot of thought seems to have gone into how to take 20 wickets with...

Australia should just take their time to get to a score of 250+ then have a day and a half at least to win the game.

Going to have to argue Bairstow & Robinson - who can both bat -were Bazball. Wickets falling and both out trying to score big runs. Last recognised batsman has to do better and nurse the tail - not expose it. Bazball is about maximising pressure not crumbling under it. Sometimes you have to...

Patience with Bazball will wear thin if the number of ridiculous dismissals doesn't reduce. And Bairstow has to be scoring runs to justify keeping Foakes out. And they all better get used to short bowling - what was that 4 batsmen hit??

Not smart enough to le them go. Still a fine line between aggressive and stupid batting.

Brook going to need to learn fast. Going to spend a summer having to deal with short pitched bowling.

private banks a shady business in Russia.

Election in Belarus next year. Wagner will be useful for lukashenko in ensuring right result achieved.

Roundabout way of getting there but picking up the last 5 wickets for 80 then closing at 278 for 4 not a bad day's work.

Mousley really kicked on and impressed this season. Tongue I don't get. Not sure he's any better than the likes of Potts, Overton etc. Happy to be proved wrong.

Putin finally admits the state funded Wagner - having denied it previously. So when he talks about other countries military help in Ukraine the obvious question remains about the Wagner involvement in 8-10 countries in Africa,Latin America and Asia - propping up various undemocratic regimes.

I'd been looking at Woakes but his wickets were a while ago there. If they are preparing the docile wickets Stokes asked for then he may not be the answer although he's a very useful lower bat. Stokes not bowling "properly" is a headache for team selection

Never be able to touch a door handle for the rest of his life :)

Like when Shuggs said the CBS signage was just off at the cleaners and would be back in place soon. 😁

Not saying it will be but the speculation is that it was the "carrot" used to get him to stop and leave.

The regime is propped up by Russia. Internal dissent doesn't go well - 20/21 protests. Least democratic country in Europe. Whoever the next leader is it will be a Russian choice. Nuclear control will awlays remain under the Russians - they are not going to give any 3rd party access to them.

already a source of discontent with "pre-war" Russian troops as new recruits getting better money/signing bonuses/death insurance than they are. Be interesting to see how many Wagner sign up andcan be integrated into a formal military system

Or has he been offered Belarus? Lukashenko reportedly seriously ill. Putin basically controls Belarus. That's a theory among the talking heads here this morning.

So Wagner troops will sign MOD contracts - whether that is just those in Ukraine or all Wagner personnel unclear. Wagner operatives in large numbers in several African states - as an unofficial arm of Russian foreign policy. What has Prig been offered? Can't just be some flimsy personal security...