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Wood is a great bowler. Shame he is made of papier-mâché

Buttler needs to up his game. He's come in to bat in some strong positions recently and hasn't capitalised. 

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I've never been a fan of Kolpak players in county cricket. Established test players retiring to earn better money on the county circuit. It isn't good for their native countries and isn't good for developing youth players in county cricket 

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England have broken Jofra Archer – and no one can say it wasn’t coming

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In play-writing there’s a principle known as Chekhov’s gun. This dictates that if there’s a rifle hanging above the fireplace in Act One, it’s going to be fired at someone’s head by the end of Act Five.

A similar process applies to England cricket, fast bowlers and any kind of unorthodox, non-standard talent. Stick all three of them on the same stage and you can be pretty sure before long the air will be thick with gunpowder smoke, wrong turns and a generalised fug of error and confusion.

Let’s not dress it up. Archer has been miserably treated this winter, and only occasionally by the opposition.

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Statements such as these should be seen in the context of both these layers of otherness: “He needs to ramp it up more ... The energy and effort have to be there all the time.” “We want every ball to be an effort ball.” “Your body hurts at times ... You’ve just got to choose to do it, really.” “Culturally he is different.”

The words, there, of England’s captain, head coach and director of cricket at various times this winter. Speaking, to be clear, about a bloke bowling through a stress fracture, while leading England’s attack in his first season of international cricket. All of these quotes are set in the middle of warm words about Archer’s performances, all couched with sympathetic talk about how much he is putting in. But still, there are words and phrases that jar. Trying hard. Culture. Effort. “Yes, this does hurt, son. But get on with it, eh?”

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Another cracker in SA

Curran with 2 wickets from 2 balls at the death when it looked like SA were home

 

talking of crackers , some stunning totty in the crowd , who knew the yarpies had such talent

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