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...and Lyon has now also reached this height: all-time test wickets in the 4th innings to win a match #1 Warne 106, #2 Herath=Lyon 98, #4 Ashwin 86, #5 McGrath 84...
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Can't really disagree, but how many of the Eng top 6 have 100s in Australia? 1: Stokes, just once 12 years ago in a Test lost by 150 runs...
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...and the next day, Ash Gardner outdid that to win the Test + player of the match...
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Pant is now up to equal #8 all-time on a rather unenviable list: tons scored in away Tests lost. He's behind only Lara, Tendulkar (8), Kohli (7) & Chanderpaul, Gavaskar, Hobbs, Yousuf (6), & already equal with Sangakkara & Younis Khan (5).
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Welcome back Maia!
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Two all-format teenagers: Sianna Ginger & Lucy Hamilton
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No disrespect intended, but Maxwell >>> Bumrah >> Stokes > Pant/ManyOthers...
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Amazing - almost as good as Noman Ali's!
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Phew, just pre-COVID!
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Check out the first time all 10 were caught out in a WT20I - hint: it was a big game not too long ago...
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Recent 4th innings heroes vs Australia: Markram, JosephS, Pant, Stokes, Herath, BracewellD - chronological order but maybe Aiden is #1...
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Now only 2 batters in this Aussie team not yet dismissed by Rabada in a test. It's hard to believe: Marnus & Carey...
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Oops Szubanski - sorry Magda!
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"...Yeah, oh yeah, just tell me what you want me to do..." Rickie Lee Jones Easy Money: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHgj...
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How about something on the interesting girl's singles - who exactly is Rositsa Dencheva?
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I rewatched a package of Glenn Maxwell highlights after his ODI retirement announcement & for some of his boundary-line-dancing catches it truly is hard to believe what you're seeing...
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OK, I'm updating my own spreadsheets every day hereafter...
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This has been bothering me for years - despite the service they provide is it too much to just call out Cricinfo as a bit misogynist...
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For total catches across all formats, there's been an interesting tussle lately between NSB & Harmanpreet for 2nd spot. Both well behind the legend Suzie Bates, but NSB now edging ahead of HK to make her #2 fielder in the world, at least by that questionable metric...
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Well, I'm still looking forward to it no matter how many days: Haley's first chance at the format, maybe Stafanie's first & last chance, all that & more...
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And now Angelo Mathews. Most test dismissals by 1 bowler: 10 by Lyon, including his last 4 in a row...
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Prizeworthy cricinfo piece on Brian (son of a blueberry) Bennett's test ton too!
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Thanks to Lizelle Lee, the Hobart Hurricanes Women now have an overseas player slot available...
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How about a franchise contract - come on WBBL or someone!
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Thanks Cathy, just in time for my spouse's birthday!
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Fair enough, nevertheless feel for Maia left looking like the only scapegoat for lapses of many. Hope she comes back & likewise hope Capsey's recent ton is a sign of return to former form.
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Somehow I expected more, but plus ca change...
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Wow, right up there, but yet I see your run out & raise you this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Trwu...
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What's Nathan Lyon to do now? Most test dismissals of Rohit (9) & equal most test dismissals of Virat (7).
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Some acknowledgement of Basem Abdo please?
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How did they get Warwick Todd - an offer he couldn't refuse?
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...& an ICE van (full of not-so-Good-Old-Boys) not far behind...
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Two five-fers, a century & a hat-trick - not bad for a "dead rubber"!
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Interminable Performative League
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You have to wonder, if Sneh Rana goes 10-0-45-3 yet they still lose, what's up with the Ind-W bowling attack/defend?
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Minus $500,000 for fines/suspensions...
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Sometimes, Steve-Waugh-like, you have to not only win the contest but disintegrate the opposition & destroy some careers.
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Thank goodness for 6-above-the-line, but a comparable dilemma remained for my 12-candidate lower house ballot...
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Sometimes, all you can do is laugh at election campaigns, as Caitlin Cassidy nicely summarized in the Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
And the cover photo on today's Saturday Paper was laugh-out-loud-worthy: www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
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How to get to 500 W-ODI runs quickly:
1. Don't play Australia
2. Play Australia once, score a duck, make up vs others
3. Don't play Australia
What's next? Fastest to 100 runs (probably Nicole Bolton)?
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It's a potentially great listicle to cover:
Athletics > cricket (Brits)
Basketball > cricket (Bates)
Cricket > Aussie Rules football <-> cricket (Duffin)
Hockey > cricket (multiple e.g. Lanning)
Soccer to cricket (Perry)
And likely many more...
Maybe not darts...
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My secret hope (don't tell anyone) is that Stafanie will keep going & be selected + play in the historic WI-W vs Aus-W test match in March 2026 & that there's a huge celebration of her career then.
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Wow, not just in this match but overall Sneh Rana sure loves bowling in Sri Lanka...
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Makes you appreciate Maxwell's crampful 201 even more (but don't watch this until ~2046 if you like being late): www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQpT...
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yin-yang: perfect!
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Yeah, as soon as I clicked reply I thought uh-oh...
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Go ahead, choose only 2 of these (or maybe 3 for some T20s on certain pitches): Ash Gardner, Grace Harris, Charli Knott, Jess Jonassen, Alana King, Sophie Molineux, Molly Strano, Georgia Wareham, Amanda-Jade Wellington...