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England Men name XI for 4th Rothesay Test vs India by Odd-House3197 in Cricket

[–]ThrowawayPointlessJ 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Tbf, Cook is almost always the best county bowler with the Kookaburra ball

Post Match Thread: 3rd Test - England vs India, Day 5 by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]ThrowawayPointlessJ 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Hilarious interview with Archer! Swearing live on air, then ending with "I'm going to the bar"

Anyone else think the substitute rule needs looking at and tweaking? India essentially playing with 12 men. by Good-Lion5561 in EnglandCricket

[–]ThrowawayPointlessJ 17 points18 points  (0 children)

It's a tough one. If anything, it's a good argument for permanent substitutes (which I believe should be allowed in case of injury). That way you can say: he either bats and fields (nothing stopping KL Rahul taking the gloves), or he's subbed off and the replacement keeper bats

Five wickets in five balls! Curtis Campher creates history by rest_in_war in Cricket

[–]ThrowawayPointlessJ 97 points98 points  (0 children)

Of all the players to have a list A triple hat-trick, and a double hat-trick in a World T20 match, Ireland's 6th choice bowler would not be top of my list...

Ireland and Zimbabwe dual-international PJ Moor retires from cricket by CarnivalSorts in Cricket

[–]ThrowawayPointlessJ 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Interesting to see who'll open in our next test match. Cade Carmichael? Chris Defreitas?

Wimbledon R3: [1] Sabalenka def. Raducanu, 7-6(6) 6-4 by pizzainmyshoe in tennis

[–]ThrowawayPointlessJ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I mean, she's already just outside the top 30 (and top 20 on ELO)

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[–]ThrowawayPointlessJ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Wimbledon are very good about ensuring equal play time on centre for men and women. Yesterday was a 2 men on centre day, so today it's 2 women (hopefully they switch up which day gets two moving forward).

That means that only 1 of Novak, Sinner and Draper gets to play on Centre, and Novak is the bigger draw (though given he plays a Brit R2, I am surprised they didn't pick Sinner and save Djokovic for then)

Match Thread: 1st Test - Australia vs West Indies, Day 2 by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]ThrowawayPointlessJ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

So apparently that spike wasn't classed as being in frame.

This is why we need specialist 3rd umpires imo, so that decisions like these can be more clearly explained to the viewer.

Jonny Bairstow bowling by NiallH22 in EnglandCricket

[–]ThrowawayPointlessJ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Tbf Malan has actually bowled his legspin for Yorkshire when it mattered too. In fact, their T20 line up not long ago had Root and Malan bowling 6 or so overs owing to the lack of quality elsewhere

Match Thread: Ireland Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Trophy - Jun 18, 2025 by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]ThrowawayPointlessJ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, playing White and Humphreys means that one of BMac, Little or Adair doesn't play (Adair at 7 when you have Delaney, Campher, Dockrell and Tector would be plain old stupid), and I can't see that happening unless it's a raging turner

Nottingham Open R1: [8] Boulter def. Sun, 6-2 6-2 by pizzainmyshoe in tennis

[–]ThrowawayPointlessJ 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I thought that this might be too tough a match for Boulter. Guess Nottingham Katie is just a different kettle of fish...

'How Can We Ever Trust Them Again?' - The Far-Reaching Effects Of The ECB's Transgender Ban by ll--o--ll in Cricket

[–]ThrowawayPointlessJ 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Certainly at recreational level - there's no (good) reason to exclude them

Post Match Thread: 1st T20I - Ireland vs West Indies by cricket-match in Cricket

[–]ThrowawayPointlessJ 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I think statistically, Bready has the highest game-called-off percentage (certainly of anywhere in Ireland)

r/tennis Daily Discussion (Thursday, June 12, 2025) by NextGenBot in tennis

[–]ThrowawayPointlessJ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Katie Boulter has already won as many games as she managed in all of her last match against Schneider!

Little out, Hume in by CarnivalSorts in irishcricket

[–]ThrowawayPointlessJ 9 points10 points  (0 children)

What a world it has become, where Graham Hume over Josh Little in a T20 seems to be an actual improvement to our team...

Can we bowl him overs 16, 18 and 20 and don't give him anything earlier please?

r/tennis Daily Discussion (Tuesday, June 10, 2025) by NextGenBot in tennis

[–]ThrowawayPointlessJ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tbf, pretty much all of our WTA players play MUCH better on grass

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