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Recent content by Blenkinsop

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    English Domestic Season 2025

    Not that I can remember, no! Openers will always get their share of ducks I guess.
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    No hopers who made it

    Andrew Flintoff was picked for England far too early and it took him quite a while to get half decent.
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    Why T20, why not T30?

    Not sure about other countries but twenty over matches and leagues have been a thing in English recreational cricket for donkey's years. Most regions will have at least one evening league where it's either 20 six-ball overs or 15 eight-ball overs and the games start at 6pm so players can come...
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    Franchise Cricket in England Domestic Season 2025

    Why is Tom Lawes apparently playing as a batsman? I mean I know he hasn't had a great season with the ball but...
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    Was SF barnes a spin bowler or pace bowler?

    This video of an Ashes Test from 1958-9 is interesting. When he's first brought on to bowl, the commentator describes Keith Slater as a medium-pacer, but in the second innings he calls him an off-spinner. Most of the time he's clearly bowling spin, but at 12'15 you can see him coming in off a...
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    Was SF barnes a spin bowler or pace bowler?

    All of which makes me wonder why there are no longer any fast-medium bowlers whose stock ball is the leg-cutter. If it's really possible to bowl a ball that swings in and then decks away at anything like a decent pace you'd think someone would clean up.
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    Was SF barnes a spin bowler or pace bowler?

    Botham became a medium pace trundler later on in his career. He was a genuine pace bowler for the first few years though. Certainly a fair bit quicker than Bedser, Statham or Tate.
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    5th Test (The Oval) - 31st July to 4th August

    Mitchell Johnson, but he improved.
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    5th Test (The Oval) - 31st July to 4th August

    rinse and repeat
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    5th Test (The Oval) - 31st July to 4th August

    Potts was always a pound shop Robinson. Unlike most on here I actually rate Joverton. Since he moved to Surrey and changed his run-up he's been pretty good. Still a weird selection for this match, though, given his lack of cricket this summer.
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    English Domestic Season 2025

    I guess he's unusual in being a left arm bowler whose stock ball is the away-swinger to the right-hander, but I'm surprised he's quick enough to trouble county level batters.
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    English Domestic Season 2025

    How the hell is Luis Reece a frontline bowler in first-class cricket, let alone a successful one? No speed gun in this match but he looks to be barely touching 60mph. What's his secret?
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    5th Test (The Oval) - 31st July to 4th August

    John Crawley was 6'2". Just saying.
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    Is 2020s worst era for spinners since 80s?

    could you lower the bar a little further?
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    English Domestic Season 2025

    Only seen the wickets but that looked a poor batting display from Durham.
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