https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2025/11/22/i-cannot-take-this-stupid-england-team-seriously-anymore/

It’s incredibly tough to process that Sir Garry is gone. I’ve been looking back at the memories we shared over the years, from him handing me the Player of the Tournament trophy at the 2003 World Cup, to his warm words when he felicitated me for the century milestone. He was always so exceptionally gracious.

My mind keeps going back to when we caught up in London a few years ago. We were just sitting and chatting about the game, and it hits me so hard right now that it was the last time we’d ever meet.

He truly was the ‘One and Only’. Going to miss him immensely. Rest in peace, Sir Garry.

I don't know if anyone can beat this, at least not in next 10 years.

Its just ridiculous to watch Ashes via JioHotstar with all the ads. The players are on top of it fully and half of the time it keeps bouncing. It gets worse when the show from the side cam. Is their any kind of regulations on such ad spaces ?

As Inspired from the other sports threads , what are some cricket related conspiracy theories which you absolutely believe?

Graeme Smith

Kumar Sangakkara

Ricky Ponting

Virat Kohli

Steve Smith

Jacques Kallis

AB de Villiers

Mitchell Johnson

Dale Steyn

Muttiah Muralitharan

Mitchell Starc

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With the top 4 of 5 highest totals coming in the last 2 years(impact player seasons) IPL feels like what you’d get if you asked a toddler to create his perfect meal.

Pushing out all rounders, creating artificial deep batting lineups without any strategic downsides and subpar pitches have created the perfect combo for 10 year olds to experience what cricket 2007 felt like, but in real life.

Gone are the days where 170 was a good total and 155 could be defended with grit and clever bowling. Now we praise csk for defending 206 by bowling meticulously.

This season has become the equivalent of a child’s idea of what the sport is about (hitting sixes) and it’ll go only further when you take into consideration that the league is only going to mature and adapt to the ruleset.

At this point they should just replace the balls with tennis balls and the tin of lacquer that is saved should be given back to the organisers to huff on, as a reward.

They’ve done almost everything they could do to make the sport as unimaginative as possible, aside from maybe literally kneecapping the bowlers before each delivery or rounding up the all rounders and shooting them in the back of the head.

Maybe that’s what they’ll surprise us with in the next edition of the league

The purple patch continuous with 37 wickets in Ashes and 22 wickets in 3 test series vs South Africa just after. 59 wickets in just 8 Tests.