{"id":37523,"date":"2019-08-04T08:27:39","date_gmt":"2019-08-04T08:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=37523"},"modified":"2021-12-06T08:42:51","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T08:42:51","slug":"cricket-lovely-cricket-by-des-kelly-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/cricket-lovely-cricket-by-des-kelly-2-2\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;CRICKET, LOVELY CRICKET&#8221; &#8211; By Des Kelly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #630505;\">&#8220;CRICKET, LOVELY CRICKET&#8221; &#8211; By Des Kelly<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6_5O-nUiZ_0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">And so, it is on again. Cricket, lovely Cricket, the Ashes Series, between the two arch-rivals of the game, England versus Australia. Coming to us via &#8220;The Guardian&#8221;, and Frank Bennett, this interesting little article gives us 19 things to look out for, in the Series, and, let me add the 20th, which is my prediction for the result of this &#8220;test series&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">I think that Australia will win the Series, although, not by a big margin. England too, has an excellent team, this time, and Australia will have to fight this battle to the very end.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">The mere fact that Messrs. Smith &amp; Warner are back in the side, for Australia, will be the difference in the game, I think, but as I have always said (&amp; written),in ANY game, there has to be a Winner &amp; a Loser. The likelihood of a &#8220;Draw&#8221; is quite remote, however, the winner, while rejoicing their accomplishment, should always respect the loser, who may well &#8220;turn the tables&#8221; the next time.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29910 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Desmond-Kelly-9.jpg\" alt=\"Desmond Kelly\" width=\"125\" height=\"178\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Desmond Kelly<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">\u00a0(Editor-in-Chief)&#8211; eLanka.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37524 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Ashes-2019-e1564906366691.png\" alt=\"Ashes 2019\" width=\"600\" height=\"84\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Ashes 2019: 19 things to look out for in the England v Australia series<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">From shirt numbers to the Test Championship, via concussion substitutes, bantermime booing and much more<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37525 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Test-Championship-e1564906496729.jpg\" alt=\"Test Championship\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">The Ashes. It is on! Photograph: Getty Images<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\">Rob Smyth<\/span><\/h3>\n<table class=\"x_2137245261m_-3566727863140177817m_-539093973811058294m_3378973777428496384MsoNormalTable\" style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\"><strong>1)\u00a0<\/strong>At Edgbaston on Thursday, Test cricket will be dragged kicking and screaming into the early 1990s. For the first time, players with have their name and number on the back of their shirts: as in white-ball cricket, Joe Root will wear No 66, proving that the responsibility of captaincy need not get in the way of a popular pun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\"><strong>2)\u00a0<\/strong>After years of vetoes and false starts, the all-singing, all-dancing, all-context-providing Test Championship will begin this week. Teams collect points over a two-year cycle, with the top two playing in the final in\u00a0<span class=\"zm_inLnk\" data-value=\"2021-07-01 07:30:00\">June 2021<\/span>. There are 120 points available in each series, so winning a match in a two-Test series is worth more (60 points) than if there are five matches (24 points). But you can lose points as well &#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\"><strong>3)\u00a0<\/strong>The ICC has changed its approach to slow over-rates. Instead of suspending the captain, they will now hit all 11 players where it really hurts: in the Test Championship. If a team wins any points during the match, they will lose two for each over they were short of the required rate.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\"><strong>4)\u00a0<\/strong>Once upon a time, Ashes series in England began in June and ended in\u00a0<span class=\"zm_inLnk\" data-value=\"2019-08-31 07:30:00\">August<\/span>. The modern schedule is designed to squeeze as much as possible from the lemon, so since 2001 the series have started in\u00a0<span class=\"zm_inLnk\" data-value=\"2019-08-31 07:30:00\">July<\/span>. This year, for the first time in Ashes history, the series will start in August, one day before the start of the Football League season. The latest ever start goes hand in hand with the latest ever finish &#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\"><strong>5)\u00a0<\/strong>There has only ever been one Ashes Test in September,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/ablink.editorial.theguardian.com\/mps2\/c\/JAE\/AUR8AA\/t.2tq\/pAvGIgxuSNyYdYBu1m8VJQ\/h1\/bz0IlsB5jop-2FN80CF07pWxIdenxCOnx3LOROOrTWbZhufqE51EC7mEA1wO73kFPUxUcVGjvEyIAvqI9uG9wOE4uYuXrmYYKrLAc4zbLayyDsiH4HilOeh0S0ZU3lg0x2XE3JW7MC22P4eojfrzbvuVXoTpuwmd9jxNf3sxWOn-2BJaHBnPow2dLtr-2FpsAT2vEXvJoeE8eZ5n-2BHmIW7vXjKye-2F-2BaHejQocfwNmsP-2F1x2g0-3D\/6pWn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a long-forgotten match<\/a>\u00a0at the Oval in 2005. This year there will be two, with the series ending on 16 September. Given the eccentricities of the English weather, neither side will want to be behind going into the final Test at the Oval.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\"><strong>6)\u00a0<\/strong>If you use a little selective accounting, Australia are on their worst Ashes run since the 19th century. Never mind the fact they won the last series 4-0; they have lost their last four series in England, the first time that has happened since the 1890s. Their last win was in 2001, when Steve Waugh&#8217;s awesome team brutalised England 4-1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\"><strong>7)\u00a0<\/strong>Trevor Bayliss&#8217;s legacy was secured on\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/ablink.editorial.theguardian.com\/mps2\/c\/JAE\/AUR8AA\/t.2tq\/pAvGIgxuSNyYdYBu1m8VJQ\/h2\/bz0IlsB5jop-2FN80CF07pWxIdenxCOnx3LOROOrTWbZgNt7hlUw-2BTWaijWE3QuTk9fiCRsBh209rAO4AchTYRY9vNJxjSHsXoS2x2XR4v-2BUGIMUQvSvouW-2Fl-2FmI75rzOT3XDdR7BD0dB8ZDoHZXjbgWubpUDSNd1Rg1nTQ2eeD5ap734I8fpZN1e2gcAT8GxxPQTFIY5Lyfpq3kLqA6IncS6p8NDP3Ua-2BuFW7Zddebn4PrsSfTxGr9ndtF-2FCL7MPb5kcLIlDlqgwaaCRCgw0jg0N-2FAHWpMm-2By0P-2FwF-2B56bh4-3D\/jFNQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the bal\/rmy\u00a0<\/a><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/ablink.editorial.theguardian.com\/mps2\/c\/JAE\/AUR8AA\/t.2tq\/pAvGIgxuSNyYdYBu1m8VJQ\/h3\/bz0IlsB5jop-2FN80CF07pWxIdenxCOnx3LOROOrTWbZgNt7hlUw-2BTWaijWE3QuTk9fiCRsBh209rAO4AchTYRY9vNJxjSHsXoS2x2XR4v-2BUGIMUQvSvouW-2Fl-2FmI75rzOT3XDdR7BD0dB8ZDoHZXjbgWubpUDSNd1Rg1nTQ2eeD5ap734I8fpZN1e2gcAT8GxxPQTFIY5Lyfpq3kLqA6IncS6p8NDP3Ua-2BuFW7Zddebn4PrsSfTxGr9ndtF-2FCL7MPb5kcLIlDlqgwaaCRCgw0jg0N-2FAHWpMm-2By0P-2FwF-2B56bh4-3D\/EA8P\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">evening of Sunday 14 July 2019<\/a>. His record with the Test team has been mixed, and Bayliss will leave England&#8217;s Test team pretty much where he found them: as mid-table mavericks. He&#8217;d love to end as he started, too: Bayliss&#8217;s first series was the 3-2 victory over Australia in 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\"><strong>8)\u00a0<\/strong>The inclusion of the Cape Town Three \u2013\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/ablink.editorial.theguardian.com\/mps2\/c\/JAE\/AUR8AA\/t.2tq\/pAvGIgxuSNyYdYBu1m8VJQ\/h4\/bz0IlsB5jop-2FN80CF07pWxIdenxCOnx3LOROOrTWbZjpGwOBzZIFhHYLZB5gLfqYYu5CRCQaJKKTpQPx4N-2Ff7VXNlLAE1zRlk3rMCUJ8Rh4j-2Ba7qjaFTF4uokKaTz0-2BcLvBTet7mCfJFNq-2FOx6hPG-2BfNWquoO4YSGj1qcIr9BR3bsd8QB5M855crDHjdHlzTTYSER-2BpVK71SdQz84uA0RnsvYKhSeq2f-2FteKa0bFhX91q9XbKSdrYiYfGRxmfPqCLtm-2BtsQQyqYRsvJwWv22xQ-3D-3D\/8njP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Warner, Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 in Australia&#8217;s Ashes squad should ensure a summer of bantermime booing and sandpaper-based props. Although Warner and Smith played at the World Cup, this is the first time they have been available in Test cricket since their world collapsed in March 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37526 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/David-Warner-Steve-Smith-and-Cameron-Bancroft-e1564906700767.jpg\" alt=\"David Warner, Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">Australia&#8217;s David Warner, Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft during a nets session at Edgbaston. Photograph: Andrew Boyers\/Action Images via Reuters<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\"><strong>9)\u00a0<\/strong>The increase in T20 leagues means this will be the first Ashes with multiple franchise friendships, which may take the edge off the traditional enmity. To take a small example: Jason Roy has played with Pat Cummins, who has played with Jos Buttler, who has played with Steve Smith, who has played with Jofra Archer, who has played with Tim Paine, who has played with Stuart Broad. And, after their IPL performances for Sunrisers Hyderabad, Warner and Jonny Bairstow are still favourites for the imaginary award for Most Unlikely Bromance of 2019.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\"><strong>10)\u00a0<\/strong>The back page has never been held for the announcement of a vice-captain, yet this year&#8217;s are more noteworthy than usual.\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/ablink.editorial.theguardian.com\/mps2\/c\/JAE\/AUR8AA\/t.2tq\/pAvGIgxuSNyYdYBu1m8VJQ\/h5\/bz0IlsB5jop-2FN80CF07pWxIdenxCOnx3LOROOrTWbZi0-2Fvuh9h06-2FVscyOttwC7OkiwFlO1xFKocJuPbpL3wm4OuTI1eSSHzJpHF-2FWSRwtGuGHCI2q6zgpEZJsauyhiQEH0Ju-2FGeTY05w-2B21y-2Fd31ojdhZP3MeD-2Bv06u1VNu3xvo-2B8QOvuXKRL2NenAsnpGLZo1KJFqVfN9F2I6dLla5nE75sIYPmp1ymVUNE1XRwNFeWcK5dgvZymFBc2AFHinQxjlLbvBS4nTqWMVU015UjZYHNrr0sKxDjGcpfeXU7lE-3D\/n7TQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ben Stokes will be Joe Root&#8217;s deputy<\/a>\u00a0for the first time since Bristol, while Australia&#8217;s quest for elite vice-captaincy has led them to appoint two: Pat Cummins and Travis Head. Not that this a guarantee of selection. Mitchell Marsh was joint vice-captain when he was dropped during the Australian summer.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\"><strong>11)\u00a0<\/strong>After a successful trial in domestic cricket, concussion substitutes will be used in Test cricket for the first time. There are still some grey areas, but if a player is concussed his team will be allowed a like-for-like replacement that is approved by the match referee.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\"><strong>12)\u00a0<\/strong>Diversity was a theme of England&#8217;s World Cup win, and the Ashes will also reflect the multiculturalism of the modern world. The squads for the first Test include players born or raised in Barbados (Jofra Archer), New Zealand (Ben Stokes), Pakistan (Usman Khawaja), South Africa (Marnus Labuschagne, Michael Neser, Jason Roy) and Zimbabwe (Sam Curran).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37527 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Jofra-Archer-e1564906831445.jpg\" alt=\"Jofra Archer\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">Jofra Archer signs autographs for fans during England&#8217;s World Cup victory celebration. Photograph: Jordan Mansfield\/Getty Images for Surrey CCC<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\"><strong>13)\u00a0<\/strong>The second day of the second Test at Lord&#8217;s will be the first Ruth Strauss Foundation Day. Both teams will wear red caps, while there will also be red stumps and special shirts in support of the Foundation that was set up after t<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/ablink.editorial.theguardian.com\/mps2\/c\/JAE\/AUR8AA\/t.2tq\/pAvGIgxuSNyYdYBu1m8VJQ\/h6\/bz0IlsB5jop-2FN80CF07pWxIdenxCOnx3LOROOrTWbZjI7ZUEgkq6xJQhQ8HxYE6orBApAd-2F9j5z0TUHQvE-2BpH76qltaqITPJcAv5jkV7PIU3MfK2GS5fyX4ZZzp8uy-2Fmi7QjXhvgMM0aqoL-2FKqaZlhszM9x0p3StEezrCcUG065ktvb-2BzbLTF2OSoVynTHQrlzzoVYn52IVQPqxDvuJm18xOwF-2BOb8Z7xqLoS6JjghIfv9l1rdTvQtwdZoIP3BqRvzkJnp18USfjjGjqJqYHJfEZ8WvsCoLZ4c4AYMPA00M-3D\/1QsT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he death of Andrew Strauss&#8217;s wife<\/a>\u00a0last December. The idea is based on the Jane McGrath Day, which has become a highlight of the Australian summer.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\"><strong>14)\u00a0<\/strong>Kumar Dharmasena, the umpire whose decisions caused such controversy in the World Cup semi-final and final, will be back in England for the first two Tests. He&#8217;s not the only one who may find the past being discussed: Aleem Dar, umpire for the final Test, was in charge when Stuart Broad was infamously given not out at Trent Bridge in 2013.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\"><strong>15)\u00a0<\/strong>The Ashes may be won in a factory in Walthamstow. In May, after a run-laden start to the county season, the ECB asked for a new batch of Duke balls to be made for the Ashes, similar to those used in 2017 and 2018. They have a bigger seam and a heavier lacquer, which England hope will allow their seamers to expose Australia&#8217;s fragility against the moving ball.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37528 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Duke-ball-e1564906944998.jpg\" alt=\"Duke ball\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">The Duke ball. Photograph: Ryan Pierse\/Getty Images<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\"><strong>16)\u00a0<\/strong>The 2015 Ashes, which lasted 18 days, equalled the shortest five-Test series of all time. It might seem like a never-ending boreathon in comparison to 2019, which has all the necessary ingredients \u2013 fragile batting, high-class bowling, lively pitches, a ball that never stops talking \u2013 to be a blink-and-you&#8217;ll-miss-it affair.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\"><strong>17)\u00a0<\/strong>Headingley is indelibly associated with the Ashes, scene of immortal performances from Bradman, Boycott, Botham (and Willis) and Butcher. It used to stage a Test in every Ashes series \u2013 but has hosted only one in the last four series, so there will be almost an air of novelty when the teams line up for the third Test.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\"><strong>18)\u00a0<\/strong>England are not the only team who may play a wicketkeeper as a specialist batsman. Matthew Wade has played 141 of his 142 international games as a keeper, including all 22 of his Tests. But Tim Paine&#8217;s presence as captain and wicketkeeper means that door is closed, so Wade \u2013 who has been in extraordinary form with the bat for the last year or so \u2013 seems likely to take his place as a top-six batsman.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\"><strong>19)\u00a0<\/strong>Ashes series define some careers \u2013 but they end a lot more. There is usually at least one emotional farewell, and the 2013-14 and 2015 series ended multiple careers at a stroke. The squads for the first Test include 14 thirtysomethings \u2013 the oldest is Jimmy Anderson, who turned 37 on Tuesday. If England regain the Ashes, and especially if he gets the 25 wickets he needed to reach 600, he may find the fairytale exit too hard to resist.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Quote of the week<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;It was his time to pay back to Pakistan cricket. He should have carried on and helped Pakistan win Tests, a format in which the team is struggling&#8221; \u2013 Shoaib Akhtar is unimpressed by Mohammad Amir&#8217;s retirement from Test cricket\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/ablink.editorial.theguardian.com\/mps2\/c\/JAE\/AUR8AA\/t.2tq\/pAvGIgxuSNyYdYBu1m8VJQ\/h7\/eHa8SEYEv7C2fOQje4IbuHnXvhyoHRstQZk-2BvjxbpSTnAlSZkrSNQ38hCl3HvtO9AWEXkggdddlwyQmriMrbg-2F7tFHd8hTJ7S4YEcq90tVCdy55lUyqi1Gt-2FeyuOC1aZ3nJR6nmt0RoHvKTf7OXytrrsD9dtya6w-2BeBG-2BQHyor-2FIYeZrj3JYRpbwHnj5HicG\/xY-l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">at the age of 27<\/a>. The Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur added: &#8220;He had five years out of the game, we mustn&#8217;t forget that. He didn&#8217;t do anything. He could have managed those five years better.&#8221;<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Still want more?<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Edgbaston is England&#8217;s answer to the Gabba \u2013 an intimidating cauldron for visiting teams,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/ablink.editorial.theguardian.com\/mps2\/c\/JAE\/AUR8AA\/t.2tq\/pAvGIgxuSNyYdYBu1m8VJQ\/h8\/bz0IlsB5jop-2FN80CF07pWxIdenxCOnx3LOROOrTWbZiXzPQg1-2BDmAQiatmd0lNlNUBMEFLZHaQJWewQIShlZCmPj40s1ncjiqtyEI9DQyX79NRHb-2BIlaXX78-2BjYW2jhaoFiV7zMSkRjJ6Ol26KLfBTNn0pUi92hfA-2F4UqjS9Z7TxFsxxWGZHtykdUq4tk0kP9m-2Fe8QzbHyFA21x427YTocvrBoUBHz8c1lDbAd3HwgAvqVbExA6EgecIAlcWQDMcRC7r5UNkVMz6e446ZleWEw-3D-3D\/n4YG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">writes Ali Martin<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37529 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Edgbaston.jpg\" alt=\"Edgbaston\" width=\"600\" height=\"710\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000080;\">To Edgbaston! Photograph: Andrew Boyers\/Action Images via Reuters<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Australia&#8217;s reformed tampering trio of Warner, Smith and Bancroft returned to find a good-tempered Ashes set-up,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/ablink.editorial.theguardian.com\/mps2\/c\/JAE\/AUR8AA\/t.2tq\/pAvGIgxuSNyYdYBu1m8VJQ\/h9\/bz0IlsB5jop-2FN80CF07pWxIdenxCOnx3LOROOrTWbZjpGwOBzZIFhHYLZB5gLfqYYu5CRCQaJKKTpQPx4N-2Ff7VXNlLAE1zRlk3rMCUJ8Rh4j-2Ba7qjaFTF4uokKaTz0-2BcLvBTet7mCfJFNq-2FOx6hPG-2BfNWquoO4YSGj1qcIr9BR3bsd8QB5M855crDHjdHlzTTYSER-2BpVK71SdQz84uA0RnsvYKhSeq2f-2FteKa0bFhX91q9XbKSdrYiYfGRxmfPqCLtm-2BtsQQyqYRsvJwWv22xQ-3D-3D\/O56d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports Geoff Lemon<\/a>.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Pat Cummins\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/ablink.editorial.theguardian.com\/mps2\/c\/JAE\/AUR8AA\/t.2tq\/pAvGIgxuSNyYdYBu1m8VJQ\/h10\/bz0IlsB5jop-2FN80CF07pWxIdenxCOnx3LOROOrTWbZhI-2BjuZAATaPi-2FDxDkuKBGm96FoAe-2FBUf3a93h2xarwHCvuH5QLIRPk6rzUnrqnwBxUD42rpr4PDPlNHzVqAqTsHT3SVy8lvBuRmFKEUnjLvF36xmYayJrWacA6cLTzeBZPxgbfPXaDb2TpYPqr0QNRlSpMDCYQBTe4kcRVt-2FHgSnKhZwxj7eEfds2l6Lnxx2Hrhr5xsN3vmYOI25cqZwYMFzYrzs27Ktl1yU54CF2Nkg-3D-3D\/XRsA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">is backing the English conditions to suit him<\/a>: &#8220;In England you can always sense a wicket coming.&#8221;<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Fit-again paceman James Pattinson\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/ablink.editorial.theguardian.com\/mps2\/c\/JAE\/AUR8AA\/t.2tq\/pAvGIgxuSNyYdYBu1m8VJQ\/h11\/bz0IlsB5jop-2FN80CF07pWxIdenxCOnx3LOROOrTWbZhc7xOX7cohz05yCH013Wd-2FJIT2Zz39RjCpRCk6ALlYz4ei2CPzlTPlWUqlpAi5aoZbTj10zmcFkcNep7zhpKrM1JoJbrswQc2WSXLMosIht8XXll4Upwr-2FTXOFRIwIf-2B1BIdzIojoHk8JDWVv6PbbwpdkXwfRQYX4CC78aV841rbZ9ekaX2-2Bv5P6vV44eczTaAYHl1pxfpsaVrYuuTzIE-2F\/f8NX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">is raring to go too<\/a>: &#8220;Every wicket is like a release &#8230; I need that feeling.&#8221;<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">The true effect of sledging on performance is nothing to shout about \u2013 there&#8217;s no evidence that it works,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/ablink.editorial.theguardian.com\/mps2\/c\/JAE\/AUR8AA\/t.2tq\/pAvGIgxuSNyYdYBu1m8VJQ\/h12\/bz0IlsB5jop-2FN80CF07pWxIdenxCOnx3LOROOrTWbZhxZdxMAqmPLNFKmYKCabHPxyIHYK6m5gYodkrZmr-2FlXXAxTsODzgFxg7S4kmvDFaAzEvCU7kOsTu4eVTbrSu8-2FXer1rkbsmcUXHGXzjDTmNA-2FDrwP-2BCf6-2FW7TJnVREyexMFKvpq5dliUsnEXZ9jv-2F5XHRruaRRHc652E65fXJ6NezATHu63GMn2Ssfl8w590N3PJXgxUkm8rimDI-2BJxKzKWEYqlVKxL18EYPDz-2Bp5fwQ-3D-3D\/a8hK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">finds Sean Ingle<\/a>.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Before Wednesday&#8217;s final Women&#8217;s Ashes T20, Meg Lanning is still unfathomable to England bowlers \u2013 as Geoff notes,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/ablink.editorial.theguardian.com\/mps2\/c\/JAE\/AUR8AA\/t.2tq\/pAvGIgxuSNyYdYBu1m8VJQ\/h13\/bz0IlsB5jop-2FN80CF07pWxIdenxCOnx3LOROOrTWbZhp-2BzaaJgmpptOZFmq1mjLb4idlnXHc9Yfp2iXDtfwhCa1kKlmrB-2Bfk7hK0c3EKCx3z3eM7Q4AiS793jS80a0d84Ghy61TqOYK0Lx8XE1ZMzwb-2BmZaQfuz6cYjGcPpU95OzOoxzLU5izImMQ4iJvonpwU8Yg-2B9qeNBmbIAXfj-2BIHzqSUhhI92EfHIAhkBrpsxxbEXzug83Zo137tQbI9BOR-2FB5Wr0IiD8jz6SpPb-2BXXCP4d0Mrvn-2FGW0oVOdU-2B0QsQ-3D\/1rRL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">they haven&#8217;t got her out since 2015<\/a>.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">And Jimmy Neesham reflects on New Zealand&#8217;s heartbreaking World Cup final loss:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/ablink.editorial.theguardian.com\/mps2\/c\/JAE\/AUR8AA\/t.2tq\/pAvGIgxuSNyYdYBu1m8VJQ\/h14\/bz0IlsB5jop-2FN80CF07pWxIdenxCOnx3LOROOrTWbZilxEB3-2BL3tQBOcXmhWpdRWXHfy8phwrdjQ7e3mDQBBCL-2FMWkVWyF80sylWHpLwkXmigw6ZnipZTCvOqeuJh7qX3H-2Fq02ON6-2FiI3ws13I0Kd2XU7yAwBxZcqFlpzsd-2BBwKOpTGpcf2PcTYSxaVymEscYzcbHX8p8GC2yQ3UIpXpiJRsKVp0tk-2BjtDz31zLL0HvRjJcKzbywntUylnjW8xQLiP0xtZB7qr13Q9NsyMoCOrwZqLII3BKoyW-2BaoO-2F21Ug-3D\/9ayz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;The cards didn&#8217;t fall our way that day.&#8221;<\/a><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; 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&nbsp; &#8220;CRICKET, LOVELY CRICKET&#8221; &#8211; By Des Kelly And so, it is on again. Cricket, lovely Cricket, the Ashes Series, between the two arch-rivals of the game, England versus Australia. 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