England Cricket 2025
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It's a shame Ollie Robinson (Sussex one) threw an international career away because of off the pitch stuff and not wanting to do the basics. He'd probably have been decently effective with the pink ball too.0
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Robinson is in Australia and took a hat-trick playing 1st grade cricket albeit that were numbers 8,9 and 10.MarcusH26 said:It's a shame Ollie Robinson (Sussex one) threw an international career away because of off the pitch stuff and not wanting to do the basics. He'd probably have been decently effective with the pink ball too.
Meanwhile, another former England bowler, Monty Panesar, is playing grade cricket in Australia and returned figures of 10-2-30-5 in 4th grade cricket that is.
Another to currently be playing 4th grade is Rangana Herath, the man who has 433 Test wickets to his name and 1,888 professional wickets in all forms of the game.
They might be both getting on a bit but I'm sure that they aren't playing at those levels for fun.0 -
If Ollie Robinson is the answer, then we’re in more trouble that we thought! He was shocking over here last time, and is basically playing Sydney grade cricket, whilst his girlfriend boosts her social media profile with the obligatory photo opps of Bondi Beach, The Harbour Bridge and cuddly Koalas.
Although the bowling in the first innings was shockingly bad, I actually think that this group of bowlers (including Potts and Tongue), can do the business over here, if they can get back to basics and stop going to the short ball so soon into a spell. It needs to be fuller and give the ball a chance to either bounce or do a bit off the seam, rather than banging it into the pitch which is meat and drink for these Aussie batters.
The batting is another issue altogether, but I am positive that there needs to be a change in the top three, and given we don’t have another opener, that means Pope either dropping down the order to keep, or even out of the side completely and give Bethell or even the young lad Tribe a chance to bat at three. Far from ideal, but it is hard to think of a player less suited to batting at three than Olly Pope, as his tremulous nature is causing disquiet all through the order.
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Wife now. The one he had the affair with (and turned up at the England hotel with during the 2023 Ashes) as he dumped his long term partner and mother of his child a matter of a three months prior to their wedding.brownbear said:If Ollie Robinson is the answer, then we’re in more trouble that we thought! He was shocking over here last time, and is basically playing Sydney grade cricket, whilst his girlfriend boosts her social media profile with the obligatory photo opps of Bondi Beach, The Harbour Bridge and cuddly Koalas.
Although the bowling in the first innings was shockingly bad, I actually think that this group of bowlers (including Potts and Tongue), can do the business over here, if they can get back to basics and stop going to the short ball so soon into a spell. It needs to be fuller and give the ball a chance to either bounce or do a bit off the seam, rather than banging it into the pitch which is meat and drink for these Aussie batters.
The batting is another issue altogether, but I am positive that there needs to be a change in the top three, and given we don’t have another opener, that means Pope either dropping down the order to keep, or even out of the side completely and give Bethell or even the young lad Tribe a chance to bat at three. Far from ideal, but it is hard to think of a player less suited to batting at three than Olly Pope, as his tremulous nature is causing disquiet all through the order.
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Wife now. The one he had the affair with (and turned up at the England hotel with during the 2023 Ashes) as he dumped his long term partner and mother of his child a matter of a three months prior to their wedding.brownbear said:If Ollie Robinson is the answer, then we’re in more trouble that we thought! He was shocking over here last time, and is basically playing Sydney grade cricket, whilst his girlfriend boosts her social media profile with the obligatory photo opps of Bondi Beach, The Harbour Bridge and cuddly Koalas.
Although the bowling in the first innings was shockingly bad, I actually think that this group of bowlers (including Potts and Tongue), can do the business over here, if they can get back to basics and stop going to the short ball so soon into a spell. It needs to be fuller and give the ball a chance to either bounce or do a bit off the seam, rather than banging it into the pitch which is meat and drink for these Aussie batters.
The batting is another issue altogether, but I am positive that there needs to be a change in the top three, and given we don’t have another opener, that means Pope either dropping down the order to keep, or even out of the side completely and give Bethell or even the young lad Tribe a chance to bat at three. Far from ideal, but it is hard to think of a player less suited to batting at three than Olly Pope, as his tremulous nature is causing disquiet all through the order.
Seems like an all-round good guy!
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