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    It is time to talk about the state of Test batting

    ? Technique is what saves you when the hand-eye coordination, reflexes and mindset fail. Technique is the only thing you AREN'T born with? I'd argue poor Technique is probably second only to poor shot selection (mindset) in causing dismissals now. Smith's technique - for all his movements...
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    Things That Shit Me the Eighteenth

    After 14 hours of downloading, Mum picks up the phone in the kitchen.
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    Things that please me - Part 6

    How was it?
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    Cricket things that annoy you

    Turned it off the moment the last run was scored - don't listen to the commentary, it's too depressing. There was nothing wrong with the pitch. It was a competitive wicket - just two teams of pretty lousy batsmen with some atrocious shots to get out.
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    Things That Shit Me the Eighteenth

    I heard she was really ungrateful about her Christmas gift this year. Has been all over the radio talking about it. He bought her a prime block of land in Palm Beach for almost $100 million. ... ;)
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    Cricket things that annoy you

    I only played against Ricky a little bit as a junior, he was a couple of years older than I so was already off playing for Tasmania by the time I made senior cricket (there's a story on here about him playing against him in the 2nds after his 'bourbon and beefsteak' incident) - he was a...
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    Cricket things that annoy you

    Thanks for the confirmation. I'm over a decade out of the game now (and twenty five years from playing rep cricket with proper coaches) so an awful lot is from memory. I was constantly frustrated trying to talk skills to other bowlers, I found the majority had little idea what - or how - they...
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    Cricket things that annoy you

    Basically: Swing/Drift = movement in the air; Seam/Spin = movement off the pitch. Most bowlers have only one as a weapon due to the changes in action/grip it requires. Deception is generally more important than simply movement, especially at Test level. The ball moves in the air because of...
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    Cricket things that annoy you

    Cricket's a simple game: ;) You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side that's been in goes out and...
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    Cricket things that annoy you

    Carey's was curious. He could not have guided it any better if he tried. I'm 100% certain he didn't know the fielder was there. It's still absolutely Carey's fault, but I thought the field wasn't allowed to move once the batter took strike? Stokes made the field change just before bowling...
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    Welcome Welcome to Hawthorn: Josh Ward. Extends to 2029!

    Vague recollection now, but wasn't he injured early in the game? I thought he copped a bad corky to the hip, and couldn't run? That was why he went forward.
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    Cricket things that annoy you

    ...and just like a horror film, when they finally pull into the driveway - he's there to greet them!
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    F1 F1 2025 Season

    I do wonder why not #33 - I thought once a driver had a number that was supposed to be it (other than #1).
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    Welcome Welcome to Hawthorn: Pick 37, Henry Hustwaite - Debuts against the Dees!

    Purely from what's been written (and not written!), it appears Henry has slipped into limbo - he's not the shiny new toy the coaches want to play with - pushing and pulling in different directions to see what they can do; he's not getting extra attention after being identified as a key element...
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    F1 F1 2025 Season

    Wrong place, wrong time. Was a talent. Maybe not generational, but deserved better than what he got. Won races in everything else he ever sat in other than F1
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