Richard Mann
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Journalist and broadcaster . Cricket badger; snooker geek; racing fan; Harlan Coben addict. All views my own.
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A few reflections on the English Test summer.
More good than bad I hope, but this week were bad.
#ENGvSL
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@piersmorgan
It kills you that this week has shown just how much more popular Cook is than KP ever was
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O'Sullivan clearly hates Carter, but the interview on Eurosport pretty distasteful IMO. Even McManus looks uncomfortable.
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I thought Luca's reaction to Selby's 147 was magic. A proper hug, and genuine warmth and pleasure at seeing a fellow professional achieve something special.
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Lots of takeaways for England, but surely that’s the last time Harry Brook is batting down at 5 in white-ball cricket. A complete waste of resources batting behind Moeen and Bairstow. The second best bat in England after Root - should be at 4 in ODIs and 3 in T20s.
#T20WoldCup
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If Australia somehow hang on to win the Ashes, it’ll be the biggest miscarriage of justice since OJ Simpson. Scrambled home in Birmingham after Stokes’ mad declaration, cheated at Lord’s, battered in Leeds, battered in Manchester. Now doing a rain dance.
#Ashes
#Ashes2023
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Just magic.
Graham Thorpe - the grand master against spin - guiding England to a touchstone victory in Pakistan, and Bob Willis calling them home.
England's First Test Series Win in 39 Years!
In 2000, 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙝𝙖𝙢 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙥𝙚 (64*) & Hick (40) made impossible possible when they chased down 176 runs v Pakistan in Karachi.
It was also Pakistan's first defeat in 35 Tests at National Stadium.
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Nobody in the history of snooker, or any sport, has been able to freewheel - from absolutely nowhere - and steamroller world-class opponents like Ronnie O'Sullivan can. He couldn't make a 50 break an hour ago and what he's done since is astonishing. A pure genius.
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All hail Kyren Wilson, a deserving world champion. The best player across the 17 days, no doubt.
Final thing from me on this year's World Snooker Championship.
In theory, my WC awards - but more general reflections and a few moans, too.
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Brilliant interview from Mark Allen. 'I hope he [Higgins] believes in himself now, and I told him that. I really hope he does well.' All class.
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Lovely end to the year, winners at 22/1, 11/1 and 5/1 in the New Year’s Eve match in the Big Bash. 43pts profit
Ends a solid year overall, with various bets on Brisbane Heat in the Bash still running
Thanks, as ever, for reading & not abusing
#BBL13
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Used pitch for the
#INDvENG
#T20WorldCup
SF screams of ‘we can’t win so don’t care about the tournament anymore’ from the Australians. So early in the Australian summer, there’s no excuse to not produce a fresh wicket. Genuinely embarrassing, and there should be consequences
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Great night in the
#T20Blast
Surrey win a thriller, big guns Notts humbled again, Derbyshire make short work of another big run chase and Sam Northeast puts on a batting clinic.
Sky showed highlights of the second Test, again. Disappointing.
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So much mutual respect between Ronnie O’Sullivan and Stephen Hendry here. Great interview on the BBC and kudos to Rishi Persad for giving these legends the space to talk to each other like that.
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A few hard luck stories for him in recent weeks so really pleased
@BenColeyGolf
tipped the 1-2 at
#TheOpen
at 70/1 and 30/1. Not enough space on here to say how good he is, but he's bloody good.
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A rare snooker opinion piece from me, but last week felt like a significant one for the sport – so I wanted to acknowledge it.
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Awesome from John Higgins. So pleased he’s won another big one after a few near misses. John was the first person I interviewed when starting
@SportingLife
. I was so nervous I couldn’t turn the dictaphone on and get my words out. He was class: so friendly and warm. Proper legend.
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Regardless of Kyren’s mistakes, another major semi-final for Ronnie O’Sullivan this week is just an incredible effort. Remarkable consistency given his age
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I know it's early days and this is probably unfair, but Jamie Smith really does look a very rare talent doesn't he. So much of Pietersen in his game.
Glad they didn't take him to India, but he's here to stay now.
#ENGvSL
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Maxwell!
7/1 Man of the Match winner confirmed after a brilliant all-round display from Glenn Maxwell. Slightly aggrieved the top bowler bet didn’t land, given he was by far the best bowler, but we’ll take it.
Nearly 70pts profit in the last three days. Love the Bash.
#BBL13
Delayed start for the Melbourne Derby but it’s stopped raining now.
Hoping to keep the good run going.
#BBL13
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This man is utterly ridiculous.
Over 400pts in profit for 2022.
Takes a lot of Friday's off work, but knows his golf.
Lingmerth birdies the last to win. 1pt ew at 200/1. That was a very stressful weekend and makes up for a bit of bad luck last Sunday, and then some. I know prices would’ve been very sensitive at that level but hopefully a few readers got a bet on and paid for a something nice.
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Cannot have this at all. Snooker is a drug to Ronnie and sadly, I don’t think he can live without it.
Lucrative exhibitions springing up in China might tempt him away from the main tour for a second, but he ain’t giving it up while he’s dominating it.
‘Maybe he's come to that crossroads in his life, maybe if he wins the eighth World Championship it might be time for him to say, look I've gone out at the top.'
Ken Doherty speculates on ITV that Ronnie O'Sullivan might see a Crucible triumph as the time to retire from snooker.
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I’ve had worse mornings.
One, or even two, for the good guys.
30 point profit preview from 4pts staked.
#INDvAUS
👏 Simply incredible!
🏏 Rishabh Pant hits an unbeaten 89 as India seal a stunning 2-1 series win over Australia.
✅
@Richard_Mann11
tipped Pant to be the top India series batsman at 20/1 and Marnus Labuschagne top Australia series batsman at 10/3.
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@DanBarberTF
Disagree. It's that ability to quicken out of a tight spot that separates the G1 shoppers from the handicappers.
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The thing about
#TheHundred
– we were promised the best cricket played by the best in the world.Nobody can say that’s the case.
The cricket is largely poor and some of these aren’t the best in England, never mind the world.
Enjoyed some of it, but champions won’t be made here
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The Beeb coverage of the snooker is so poor, Hendry and McManus apart. I’m sorry, but it really is. They don’t know half of the players and the analysis just isn’t there. I always use sky cricket as the benchmark - maybe I’m biased - and this offers nothing
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The first of two golf previews from
@BenColeyGolf
this week, kicking off with the European Tour.
Ben is currently enjoying a Cream Tea on the south coast, but has three bets picked out.
US PGA preview to come at 5.30.
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Some strong stuff from a furious Shaun Murphy last night/this morning.
"...Since turning professional at 15, I have earned the right to call myself a professional snooker player. He hasn't done that. He shouldn't be on the table."
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Fair play to Ronnie there; sticking up for lower ranked players and suggesting they should be given some practice time before playing on the TV table.
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With counties fielding weakened
#RLC21
sides due to
#TheHundred
, I’m surprised nobody has wanted to take a look at
@BiltonChris
142* yday sees him motor towards another 1000 runs in the
@HuntersYLN
this yr, with his average now in the 80s. Terrific player who fields well & keeps
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Best story of the week is Leeds’ David Grace reaching the last eight of the Northern Ireland Open. Fell off the tour a couple of years ago, even came on a Sporting Life podcast, but now back on the big stage. Been 3-1 down in almost every match but keeps winning.
#HomeNations
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Thanks so much for the kind messages re Woakes.
Great to get a big one over the line after a few frustrating near misses of late.
Fingers crossed Cummins can finish the job in the second innings.
#Ashes
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Always the temptation to play safe in huge series, and I realise I'm putting myself there to be shot at here
But you've got to stick to your beliefs and I believe Australia are a poor cricket side - across all formats.
Here's my
#Ashes
Antepost preview
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Frustrating week on the cricket, but delighted with a big win at the Welsh Open as Gary Wilson lands outright money at 40/1.
Players Championship preview coming once it gets priced up properly.
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A few words on Jimmy Anderson here and how England will miss him.
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Thank the Lord - common sense prevails.
12/1 Man of the Match winner on Rohit Sharma and a 3pt win on India to win the Test.
Frustrating that Malan didn't capitalise on a good start, but still a really good week.
#ENGvIND
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Massive well done to
@BenColeyGolf
who has bagged a 250/1 winner on the golf this week. Nobody - bar me of course - works harder and the man lives and breathes his sport and the pursuit of big winners. Well deserved.
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That man O’Sullivan delivers again!
A big relief to finish the season with back-to-back outright winners – Robertson (10/3) in the Tour Champs and now Ronnie (6/1) in the Worlds.
Consecutive Crucible winners, too, after Selby last year. Lovely jubbly
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Got to be chuffed for Will Rhodes. Poorly treated at Yorkshire - in terms of opportunities anyway - so moves to Warwickshire and wins the County Championship as captain. Returns to Headingley this week and makes a brilliant century today.
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@fouldsy147
put up Hossein Vafaei as his player to follow for the season: so far he's hammered Ronnie and now Mark Selby.
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Strong words from Dawid Malan earlier and I have to agree. No central contract for him, despite being one of the most productive T20 bats in the world for a few years. V good ODI record, too. Crawley gets a full contract, because he plays Test cricket. Leach, too. Not right
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@Ash123288
Something about he wanted to see if Ali had the bottle for it, that's what turns him on etc. Just drivel really
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England can’t win the Ashes with Bairstow as keeper. Taking 40 wickets at Manchester and the Oval will be hard enough, but creating 50 chances, virtually impossible.
#Ashes2023
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Matt Brocklebank (Value Bet) is that good layers were protesting against his tipping on the track before the Derby. 25/1 Antepost Derby tip landed, along with 14/1 and 12/1 winners on the day. Genius.
@MattBrocklebank
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Imagine a world where Brevis didn’t make the South Africa T20 World Cup team, but Bavuma did. And he opened the batting. And was captain.
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@philhaigh_
Vafaei is just a prat. Always something going on, never backs it up on the table. Big baby.
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Lots of talk about Harry Tector and Josh Little, which is fair, but this kid is in a different league. Serious player in the making.
CENTURY FOR LORCAN TUCKER 💯
He becomes only the second Irish Test Centurion after Kevin O’Brien. Well played Lorcan 👏👏
Sensational!
WATCH:
SCORE:
#BackingGreen
☘️🏏
#BANvIRE
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Haven't had a wash today, but I've changed six nappies and written a lengthy preview of Saturday's World Cup card at Meydan.
Someone please read it, for God's sake.
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Mark Selby talking about ‘mind games’ and Ronnie being ‘disrespectful’ but he’s happy to play on for three and four snookers when there’s no way the balls will allow him to get them - quite often to slow O’Sullivan down and break up his rhythm. Surely it’s all the same.
#Snooker
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A few words on why I love the Crucible so much, my memories of the great place, and my hopes to get back there with friends very soon.
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A few reflections from this year's World Snooker Championship - good and bad.
What a finish to the season and we have a worthy world champion in Luca Brecel.
Thanks for the reads, likes and retweets. It's much appreciated.
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Session One, Day One.
That’s embarrassing. England fans would be doing their nut if this were in India, not Manchester.
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#SPOTY
descending into farce now. Claire Balding cuts off the most deserving award winner of the night in his victory speech while, Ronnie not shortlisted and Lewis Hamilton wouldn't make the dress code for Wiggle.
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Big thanks to some very fine judges for their time, insight and ultimately, their players to follow for this season
Hopefully we've a nugget or two in here and can land a big winner at some stage
@fouldsy147
,
@paulmotty
,
@Nick_Metcalfe
,
@GWSnookerTips
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Broad is superb isn’t he. Love him or hate him, the Ashes won’t be the same when he’s not playing. What an entertainer.
#Ashes
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Ronnie O'Sullivan after winning yet another major title: 'The fans have been amazing. It's a bit like 10 Downing Street here tonight!'
Ronnie.
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Australia too strong on the big day, typically. India too timid in a final, typically.
Touched on it in my preview, but India messing about with pitches for the SF revealed insecurities that needn't have been there.
And in the end, it cost them.
#INDvsAUS
#CWC23Final
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Bazball is great and all that, but professional sportspeople and teams have to have some level of discipline. We've seen very little from England today.
A truly dire start to a must-win Test.
#Ashes23
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Big Bash final preview: Brisbane Heat face final frontier
Have thoroughly enjoyed this year’s edition, regardless of the result tomorrow
Thanks to anyone who has read the previews
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Older snooker fans are often too quick to harp back to the 80s, but my generation has been so lucky to grow up in O’Sullivan’s era. What a privilege. You can have your 80s and I’ll take Ronnie every day of the week.
#snooker
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Little wonder Ashwin has the record he has. Only plays at home, bowling spin on these pitches. I could take 500 Test wickets bowling underarm spin in India.
#INDvENG
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Ponting spot on. To not bowl England’s greatest ever cricketer, England’s best bowler, with the game on the line was hard to understand. Back your best players.
#Ashes23
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A bit of shameful self-promotion but here’s another look at
@Franmberry
excellent interview with Classic-winning trainer Ger Lyons a few weeks ago. I was lucky enough to be asked to write it up, which was a genuine pleasure.
@SportingLife
#Siskin
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Just put Anderson on a plane and accept you got it wrong, lads. We all make mistakes.
#WIvENG
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A nice bit of match-fixing incoming from the Aussies
Josh Hazlewood: "We’ve had some real struggles against (England) in T20 cricket, so if we can get them out of the tournament, that’s in our best interest."
#T20WorldCup
@FoxCricket
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So Woakes set to play at Leeds, when they really could’ve done with his batting at Lords’s when Moeen wasn’t fit. And his record at lord’s is incredible. A week too late.
#Ashes23
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I’ve just called O’Sullivan a sexy b*****d and Higgins a beautiful beast in the space of 10 minutes. My wife just shakes her head in disgust.
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I pray that this is the end of the celebrity obsession. No love island star or public figures (god I hate that term) getting us through this crisis, just heroic NHS staff, wagon drivers, shop workers, carers. Real people with real jobs serving the country. Hope we don’t forget.
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Looks like Harry Brook’s poor IPL has counted against him for World Cup selection. But I can’t believe he isn’t a batter batsman than Jason Roy at present.
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Last minute prep! Live blogging all four days of the
#CheltenhamFestival
on
@SportingLife
this week - please do join me for tears, joy, bants and anything else I can muster. Any twitter interaction always welcome...
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Struggling to find the words for Ronnie O'Sullivan right now but here's a few i wrote. What a player.
#CoralSnookerSeries
#Ronnie
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James Anderson now third in the ICC Test bowling rankings. At 40 years of age. Ridiculous. These pitches in Pakistan probably won’t help, but not inconceivable that he’s number one at some point in the next 12 months. At his age, that is just insane.
#PAKvENG
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English cricket fans don't appreciate Jos Buttler anywhere near enough. Probably the best white-ball batsman of all time - or v close - and he gets slated for being less successful in Test cricket. His Test batting average only slightly lower than Brad Haddin's, too.
#IPL2022
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England's spinners: 10-0-54-4
England's seamers: 10-0-122-0
Remarkably, Moeen and Livingstone didn't bowl their full quota.
Incredibly bad from England - the captain must have been asleep.
#WIvENG
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As my wife questioned who would want to listen to me talking for two hours on any subject, Nick kindly introduced me as a 'compelling voice.' I prefer Nick's assessment.
Hope you enjoy all things Crucible and the World Championship 👂
Happy Crucible Eve everyone. Here's a bumper new episode of Talking Snooker for you, in partnership with
@SportingLifeFC
. Myself and
@Richard_Mann11
reflect on qualifying and look ahead to every first round match in Sheffield.
#TalkingSnooker
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@GaryHicks13
@johnsweeneyroar
@NATO
This is about the most sensible analysis I’ve read all weekend. Make those in the Kremlin and around Putin - the ones with the power to take him out - fear the West more than they fear Putin. We can’t allow this genocide to continue, whatever the risk
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Lovely to have the peerless
@fouldsy147
back on board for the new snooker season.
Here's his first column of the winter.
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A few thoughts on a dreadful opening day for England in the fifth
#Ashes
Test, and two bets at big prices.
In sum: Poor selection, poor planning, poor fitness, and a tough day two ahead.
Thanks for reading all winter - I do hope I can finish on a high
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Lots of opinions on the snooker and these World Championships.
That’s what it’s all about and I love that so many people have different views on it. As Neal Foulds says here, that’s the beauty of snooker.
@fouldsy147
verdict is not to be missed 👇
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61-70 runs New Zealand winning margin lands at 25/1!!!
A 10/1 winner with Dasun Shanaka, too!
All of Sunday’s
#T20WorldCup
games previewed here 👇
All the weekend's games for the
#T20WorldCup
covered here
The guys on fire, flagging up Zimbabwe before the first round
The outright and specials going well, too, but whisper it quietly
Give it a listen 👂
@cricketbetting
@paulmotty
@sampsoncollins
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If we're picking Div 2 top order bats for England now, you could make a strong case for Will Rhodes. Run machine. Would be a handy signing for Yorkshire...
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If true, a temporary England selection panel effectively retiring their greatest ever Test cricketer - when he's still bowling brilliantly and the rest of the team is crap - is quite something.
James Anderson would be right to ask, what happened to selecting on performance?
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