Cricket Thread

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Swann is getting smacked back over his head after a long period of barely any runs on his bowling.

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Trott is on for a bowl.

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151-5 at tea.

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Blake is in the commentary box now.

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163-6, Rudolph plays one on to the stumps! Swann with the wicket, he learnt that from KP.

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Finn's knee clatters in to the stumps yet again.

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Duminy makes 50.

[Syn]

The improvement in the lower order/tail-enders to add runs in the last 5-10 years has been amazing. It wasn't long ago that you could expect to wrap a team up in the next 50 runs once you had them 6 down. These days you've got a dick like Swann with a 30 avg coming in at 10. Big transformation.

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Coinciding with T20s perhaps? Times like this I wish England had a proper all-rounder.

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235-7, Anderson finally gets Duminy on 61.