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Joined about 20 minutes late to the queue so got some £70 Monday Day 4 tickets for Trent Bridge. Not sure if there will be much to play by then, lets hope for a bit of Day 1 rain ay?

What did everyone else get?

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England Men ODI squad v Australia
Harry Brook (Yorkshire – captain)
Jofra Archer (Sussex)
Gus Atkinson (Surrey)
Sonny Baker (Hampshire)
Tom Banton (Somerset)
Jacob Bethell (Warwickshire)
Jordan Cox (Essex)
Henry Crocombe (Surrey)
Sam Curran (Surrey)
Liam Dawson (Hampshire)
Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire)
Will Jacks (Surrey)
Jamie Overton (Surrey)
Adil Rashid (Yorkshire)
Joe Root (Yorkshire)
Josh Tongue (Nottinghamshire)

England Men IT20 squad v Australia
Harry Brook (Yorkshire – Captain)
Tom Banton (Somerset)
Jacob Bethell (Warwickshire)
James Coles (Sussex)
Jordan Cox (Essex)
Henry Crocombe (Surrey)
Sam Curran (Surrey)
Liam Dawson (Hampshire)
Aneurin Donald (Derbyshire)
Eddie Jack (Hampshire)
Will Jacks (Surrey)
Jamie Overton (Surrey)
Adil Rashid (Yorkshire)
Thomas Rew (Somerset)
Phil Salt (Lancashire)
Luke Wood (Lancashire)

There are two changes from the ODI squad that will travel to Pakistan for this month’s tri-series with Jacob Bethell fit again following the knee injury he sustained during the Metro Bank ODI Series win against India in July.

Jofra Archer returns after being rested for the tri-series in Pakistan. Archer and his fellow quicks Gus Atkinson, Sonny Baker and Josh Tongue will depart after the ODI series.

Eddie Jack and Thomas Rew earn their first England Men call-ups as part of the IT20 squad. Rew, who at 18 is the youngest player in the squad, captained the Young Lions to the ICC Men’s U19s World Cup final in February.

Phil Salt returns from the quad injury that ruled him out of last month’s the 3-0 Vitality IT20 Series win over Sri Lanka while Aneurin Donald retains his place after making his debut in that series. Luke Wood is also recalled into the IT20 squad.

Jos Buttler will remain sidelined as he begins his rehabilitation following hamstring surgery while Saqib Mahmood misses out with a knee injury.
England Men National Selector, Marcus North, said: “The returns of Jacob Bethell and Jofra Archer for the ODI series means that we will be at close to full strength as we ramp up preparations for a World Cup in a year’s time.

“The four quick bowlers will then leave after the three-game ODI series as we look to manage them ahead of the Test tour of South Africa.
“Our T20 team has been in excellent form under captain Harry Brook and we are looking forward to the opportunity to test ourselves in Australian conditions against a very good team.

“We will have four uncapped players in an exciting IT20 squad including Thomas Rew and Eddie Jack, both of whom toured Australia with the England Lions last year, and who earn their first England call-ups.”

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Ashes series held in neutral conditions once every, say, 3 or 5 series? Home advantage is such a massive factor that influences how series turn out, hosting them occasionally may be interesting to neutralise that advantage & see how teams fare where neither side has that home advantage

£19.99 for a signed copy.

Gutted to see him leave Glamorgan, he has been transformative at our County! Hopefully he goes on to do equally good things at England. Pob Lwc Rich!

Archer, atkinson tongue curran seem in line for that with Rehan Ahmed also dropped who else can make it into main 11 , nd why was saqib mahmood dropped

Zak Crawley not offered a new deal but Bash and Pope renewed

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While I accept that lots of test teams are no where near as strong as they used to be , the recent test series between England and Australia or India in England have been fantastic.

2025: 2-2 England vs India five 5 day games and the result of the series hinged on 6 runs with Chris Woakes walking out with a broken arm.

2023: 2-2 England vs Australia Every single game was fantastic with Stuart Broad taking his final test wicket to level the Ashes on the final day and his iconic bail switches. Also 24 days of cricket.

Covid Series: England vs India Obviously ruined by covid but England still completed a 370 run chase with Johnny Bairstow and Joe Root to level the series.

3019: 2-2 England vs Australia Headingly test match, levelling the series at the oval with Joe Denly getting 90. Archer vs Smith.

These have been 4 close , exciting and high quality series and have been test cricket at its best.

Following SA vs Australia on the radio as you do when you can't sit in front of the TV all day. I also listened to their coverage of the SL limited overs series in January.

Can't say I'm that impressed. And if BBC cuts affect TMS, I think it will be really disappointing if we see more Talksport coverage. I love TMS but would be happy to have other coverage if the standard is good. But the early signs are certainly not encouraging.

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I built a free cricket game where you spin a nation and an era (a franchise and seasons in the IPL), pick eleven players into fixed batting spots, then your XI plays a five-match series against a fixed World XI. This video is the whole thing in 45 seconds.

Ways to play
•Spin draft: six spins, eleven picks, then the five-match series.
• ⁠Daily challenge: the same spins for everyone each day, one try.
• ⁠Pick any XI: search every player and build your own, then play the World XI or send it to a friend.
• ⁠World Cup Run (ODI): four group games, three wins to go through, then the semi-final and the final.
• ⁠Test, ODI, T20I and IPL, free, no sign-up.

What this community is for: share your XI and your scoreline (the losses too), argue about picks and ratings, suggest features, and report anything broken. Several changes so far, like the movable batting order and the World Cup Run, started as suggestions.

Ratings are hidden on purpose, so you pick on career numbers. Stats come from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data and official career totals; tell me if a role or number looks wrong. Not affiliated with the ICC, IPL, BCCI or any team.

Play: https://beatmy11.com/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=welcome

Your turn: which player would you build your XI around, and why?

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The model rates batters on average, runs per match and century rate, and bowlers on average, wickets per match and five-wicket rate, all compared with every Test player in my data, then shrinks short careers toward the average. The XI is England's best by that same rule (50+ Tests). Opponent: Bradman, Gavaskar, Tendulkar, Lara, Root, Flower, Kallis, Murali, Garner, Wasim, Pollock. The series is simulated from the strength gap, not ball by ball. Which pick would you swap, and which metric would you add?

Edit to add: I’m not going to use it. This is for display only. Should I leave as is or clean it up?

Since this is an English made Cricket bat from a well established English business, I’m asking for opinions. Should I leave this bat as is or oil it and should I take the rubber off the handle? If I oil it, everything I’ve read said to use raw Linseed Oil. is this correct? I’ve also taken a careful look beneath the rubber on the handle and the twine is intact. Should I leave as is or expose the twine?

I’m also able to read the brand and it’s a Stuart Surridge & Co. Ltd. "Wellington" cricket bat and according to Google AI, it appears to date from the 1930s to the 1950s.

Interested in what people think of this chart.

Last 30 years of England spinners, records including and excluding “weaker” opposition.

Bashir really doesn’t look very.

Leach the clear second best after Swann