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Banter The No Dazzlering Big Cricket Thread - 2025/26 Ashes Edition

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Which is why it shits me to tears that we are the ones who get labelled cheats on the regular.

Everyone did it, we were just stupid/arrogant enough to get caught.
And Cricket Australia made it into a much bigger thing than it would have otherwise been by imposing a penalty much larger than what the ICC thought was applicable. They let that culture fester then hung the players out to dry to save their own blushes. The only one with any integrity that came out of that was Steve Smith. He wasnt involved in the planning or execution of it but by all reports he knew something was afoot and didnt stop it as skipper. So he was willfully negligent but not a cheat yet he did the right thing and fell on his sword.

Monty Panasar was a woefully incompetent cricketer and a self-confessed cheat but as Smith pointed out, he matches that with a very low IQ and even less self-awareness. Anyone that tries to sledge Smith in the leadup to an Ashes series is a very slow learner. My pre-Ashes prediction- Smith will score 700+ runs this series
 
And Cricket Australia made it into a much bigger thing than it would have otherwise been by imposing a penalty much larger than what the ICC thought was applicable. They let that culture fester then hung the players out to dry to save their own blushes. The only one with any integrity that came out of that was Steve Smith. He wasnt involved in the planning or execution of it but by all reports he knew something was afoot and didnt stop it as skipper. So he was willfully negligent but not a cheat yet he did the right thing and fell on his sword.

Monty Panasar was a woefully incompetent cricketer and a self-confessed cheat but as Smith pointed out, he matches that with a very low IQ and even less self-awareness. Anyone that tries to sledge Smith in the leadup to an Ashes series is a very slow learner. My pre-Ashes prediction- Smith will score 700+ runs this series
Shane Warne once said of Panesar that he hadn't played 30 Tests (or whatever the number was at that point), but that he had played the same Test 30 times. i.e. doesn't think about his bowling, just serves up the same stuff every time regardless.
 

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Shane Warne once said of Panesar that he hadn't played 30 Tests (or whatever the number was at that point), but that he had played the same Test 30 times. i.e. doesn't think about his bowling, just serves up the same stuff every time regardless.

This is the only reason anyone remembers Panesar
 

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