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Did You Know There’s a T20 Series with Sri Lanka Going on Right Now?

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Did You Know There’s a T20 Series with Sri Lanka Going on Right Now?

DYOR Dave

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Tonight sees the second of five T20’s between Australia and Sri Lanka, but after a stellar summer of tests, followed by some spicy controversy, there seems to be little interest surrounding the fixture.

With minimal promotion of the series, one would be forgiven for not even knowing the game was on, especially considering it isn’t even being shown on free-to-air TV.

Despite paying over $5 million for the rights to the cricket, Seven are choosing to show Border Security and Terminator alongside their coverage of the Winter Olympics. No room for cricket apparently.

While T20 is accepted by the dribbler as a gimmick, a manufactured and sanitised version of real cricket, that doesn’t mean the format is completely useless.

As a more easily consumable version of the game, it attracts a lot of young fans into the game, and helps build the passion for cricket in generations to come.

Australia are the current world champions of T20, and our squad has some of the best players in the world, yet these matches are treated like they don’t matter.

In the sub-continent, a match like this would sell out instantly, much like the India Vs Pakistan match at the upcoming World Cup in Australia sold out in 5 minutes.

For the more seasoned cricketing dribbler, two exciting games of Sheffield shield played out during the week, with the NSW vs QLD match drawing a healthy crowd for portions of the day.

Once again, these games attracted barely any attention and were shown only on Kayo streamed in poor quality with the commentators doing their best to bring the atmosphere.

If Cricket Australia wants to grow the game, they need to invest in more than just 5 tests and a season of big bash every summer.

When Australia toured Bangladesh in 2021, some matches weren’t even broadcast in Australia at all, leaving fans with no other option than to turn to pirated streaming sites.

Last night saw a packed-out Parramatta stadium host the NRL All Stars game, and it was clear the thirst for Rugby League was as strong as ever.

Yet the SCG has struggled to fill their seats for these matches, despite this being the last chance to see live international cricket until next summer.

 

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Hogline Bowling – Controversial Aussie strategy or Just Useless English Batting?

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Hogline Bowling – Controversial Aussie strategy or Just Useless English Batting?

DYOR Dave

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90 years ago, the English cricket team executed a tactic that would forever change the way the game is played, taking aim at the batsmen themselves rather than the wickets, in a phenomenon dubbed ‘Bodyline.’

At a time when global tension was rising, the move tested diplomatic relationships between Australia and England, and now after almost a century, the Aussies may have sought their revenge.

It started with an unusual injury to England captain Joe Root in the “lower abdominal” region suffered during a nets session on day four of the second test in Adelaide.

Despite the semantic misdirection from the poms, it was clear that Root had been hit right where no man wants to be hit, the hog.

While scans revealed that no major damage had been done, the strength of his hog and surrounding accessories were tested once again when Mitchel Starc fired a 140km/h rocket straight into Joe Root’s middle wicket.

 

Soon after recovering from his second ball-on-ball incident of the day, Root edged a ball to Alex Carey, and with that, the Aussie Hogline strategy had taken its first victim.

Looking back on it, the mission was simple: Neutralise Joe Root by depriving him of that which gives his name substance, or in layman’s terms, make sure Joe can never root again.

He was again targeted on Day 3 of the 3rd test in Melbourne, this time by Pat Cummins during the devastating innings that saw England bowled out for 68.

His torrid series continued in Sydney where he was struck again early on day 5 and dismissed soon after for 24.

 

 

Dealing with the former #1 test batter in the world is no easy task, and although Australia’s strategy may seem unsportsmanlike, it’s important to remember that England were the ones who initiated this war of tactics back in 1932, and Australia are merely responding in the same vein.

However, critics of the Hogline theory will point to England’s woeful batting performance across the entire series as evidence against a purposeful Australian strategy to inflict further pain.

With only one player managing a century the entire series, one could easily argue that English batters are simply unable to suitably protect themselves against the might of Australian pace bowling.

With Johnny Bairstow and Jos Buttler both carrying injuries resulting from a failure to properly play a shorter pitched delivery, a pattern was beginning to emerge that reflected the woes of the English, rather than the malice of the Aussies.

No one can be certain whether the targeting of English crown jewels was a deliberate tactic or not, and the controversial tactic is sure to incite disapproval from the mainstream cricket community, just as bodyline did in the 1930’s.

However, if history was to repeat itself, we may end up seeing the eventual assimilation of hogline strategy into mainstream cricket playbooks, for better or for worse.

 

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Can You Separate the Art from the Artist? Shane Warne the Bowler Vs Shane Warne the Commentator

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Can You Separate the Art from the Artist? Shane Warne the Bowler Vs Shane Warne the Commentator

by Joseph Murphy

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Can you separate the art from the artist? It’s a question that makes the rounds every time it turns out some celebrity is incapable of doing anything productive without also committing an atrocity on the side.

How can we possibly treasure the memories of Shane Warne the cricketer whilst listening to Shane Warne the commentator? How can I reconcile the fact that a man I’ve idolised since I learnt what cricket was, the man who bowled the Gatting ball, the man who won countless test series for Australia, just spent the entire day making me wish he’d shut the fuck up?

Be it refusing to acknowledge that Mitch Starc bowled Roy Burns with an absolute peach, or insisting that England still had a chance to save the innings and score 250 when they were all of 5/not much, Warnie is pissing into the ear of the punter and dribbler around Australia.

Now I’m looking back on 2008, when a long-haired ruffian tipping the top end of the scales had his team chase him through the outfield after knocking over Andrew Strauss for his 700th wicket, with a gnawing feeling that this is the same bloke that refused to acknowledge that a ball that swung half a metre moved at all.

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Warnie’s been dipping into his contrarian box a lot recently, picking hot take after hot take of who doesn’t deserve to be in the rest side. Constant hot takes are a gamble, you’ve got to be right every now and then for people to believe you, or you can just be right on one really hot take.

As a gambler, Warnie knows this, and he kept trying to pull himself out of debt with increasingly hot takes, going so far as to insist that batting was the right decision when England were 7 down, they’d just copped a couple of “unlucky” balls and played shots that weak English test players tend to play were, in Warnies view, were just “uncharacteristic”.

Maybe it will all pass as we get deeper into the summer. I mean, I can still watch Inspector Gadget with the knowledge that Matthew Broderick killed two people in a car accident and only had to pay a $175 fine (allegedly, allegedly).  But if I hear even a suggestion that Jack Leach is on-par with Nathan Lyon, then how will I ever be able to watch the stump-dance again?

 

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“Aussie Pace Trio” Now #1 Search on Pornhub After Incredible Nut Display

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“Aussie Pace Trio” Now #1 Search on Pornhub After Incredible Nut Display

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Australian pace trio Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins are reportedly in talks with legendary adult film star James Deen about future collaborations following Wednesday morning’s incredible display of nut. 

By midday on Wednesday, the term “Aussie pace trio” was the most searched item on adult website Pornhub all year, while each player saw their profiles skyrocket to the first three positions on the top charts.

Day 1, Session 1 of the First Ashes Test saw an explosion of seed as Starc, Hazlewood and Cummins ripped through England’s top order to leave the visitors reeling at 4-29 before lunch. 

Starc’s arguably premature nut brought the Gabba to its collective knees after splattering Rory Burns’ leg stump with seed on ball #1 before Hazlewood and skipper Cummins edged their way to wickets in the 4th, 6th and 13th overs. 

Word of the trio’s X-rated exploits shot worldwide with keen attention paid across the Pacific. 

it’s alleged United States resident James Deen of having a whopping knob fame reached out to the Herald to flag his interest in collaborating with our test cricketers. 

“I’ve throw some nut around in my day but that session of cricket left me breathless,” Deen told the Herald.

“I couldn’t believe it – seed on wood, cherries popping up left right and centre – so I showed my managers some footage and they’re well keen.” 

Fellow porn icon Johnny Sins agreed, pitching some prospective monikers for the Australian bowlers. 

“I’d work with those boys any day,” Sins eagerly confirmed. 

 “As for names, Josh Hazabigwood and Mitchell Starkers write themselves and while Ol Blue Eyes works a treat for the captain, Pat Cumminside has a certain ring to it.” 

It’s not known whether former Australian skipper Tim Paine’s bulging disc will make him unavailable for selection in the Deen Team but both Americans noted his enthusiasm. 

“We’ll be in touch, for sure.” 

 

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