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The Ashes 2017/18

fundy said:
seems swilling Sir Jimmy Andersen is a worse crime than affray according to the ECB, really are a joke of an organisation
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Indeed. I haven't seen the press release today but it seems Stokes has been formally charged and is now available? 🤔 How does that work? Doesn't seem logical.
 
Piece said:
Indeed. I haven't seen the press release today but it seems Stokes has been formally charged and is now available? 🤔 How does that work? Doesn't seem logical.
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Not logical at all as many pundits have commented on SSN. I don't think he'll go to New Zealand and get a warm welcome from the fans and surely it'll be better for him to get the case sorted, serve any sentence handed down if found guilty and come back with a clean slate
 
How can a player be suspended when he has only been charged? Innocent until proven guilty? Matthew Syed has written an excellent piece in today's Times about this. Any player found guilty of an offence should be dealt with properly by the sports authority responsible. But if he is found innocent, how could you justify him being unable to play and potential loss of earnings whilst waiting for the CPS to do its thing? Imagine in your job you were on a base salary plus commission. You received your base salary whilst suspended but no commission. OK the numbers will be different from Stokes' situation but the principle is the same.
 
watched the highlights of the under19 WC Eng V Bangladesh this morning.

Jack Brooks i think his name was, looked pretty tidy batsman. Only Bangladesh i know but one for the future hopefully
 
Has Test Match cricket 'had it' in most countries other than Oz playing Eng? Conditions seem to assist the major Home sides to, too great an extent wereas the ODI's are not as greatly affected.
 
2blue said:
Has Test Match cricket 'had it' in most countries other than Oz playing Eng? Conditions seem to assist the major Home sides to, too great an extent wereas the ODI's are not as greatly affected.
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still has some value in south africa (mainly when playing the above sides) and to a degree new zealand, less so in india and pakistan as an away side. Always been hard to win away from home in test cricket, but its not got long left as certain powers that be continue to erode it
 
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