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Recent content by Leigh_Lancs

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    Is Collingwood good enough to be a regular Test batsman?

    Strauss, like Troughton before him, was I think picked in the wrong form of the game. When Troughton was picked for ODIs he had a season average of 80 in the CC and an average of 4 in the NCL. Work that out if you can. He;s done OK in the WI has Starus but I fear he may go the same way as...
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    How to make the middle of ODI innings more interesting

    I don't think there's slogging as such in the first 15 overs as some people have described, last 5 maybe. Look at the best openers in the world for ODIs, Hayden, Gilchrist, Trescothick, Sehwag etc etc, is it really reasonable to describe what they do as slogging? Proper aggressive strokeplay is...
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    How to make the middle of ODI innings more interesting

    I think it's fairly unanimous that overs 15-42ish are pretty boring, with both sides content to score/concede 5 an over. What would you favour for how to get around this problem? I'd advocate having the 15 over restrictions for the whole innings personally.
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    Home advantage in Cricket..

    A few of the English players said that playing in front of so many Brits made it like a home series, so in that respect it muct make a difference. In broader terms home advantage counts more in England and the subcontinent and possibly New Zealand because their is a greater deviance from...
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