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Before the ECB introduced The Hundred, they did research which found that the younger you were, the less attachment you had to a county. Young people identified with being from or living in Manchester, for instance, but couldn't care less about Lancashire for instance. This was particularly the...

MacGill averaged 22.1 when Warne was in the side and 33.5 when he wasn't. Very, very important context when talking about his record.

Pretty sure the shot of the commentary box on Fox tonight caught Brendan Julian mid-yawn.

Tim Zoehrer never bowled at test level and he didn't bowl much at first-class level either. He wasn't great. People only remember it because it was an oddity.

I like Adam Zampa and have suggested in the past that he should have been considered for tours of the sub-continent, but if you have a "burning desire" to play test cricket, you have to play more red-ball cricket than he does. If it means asking selectors to leave you out of white-ball teams so...

Be honest, it was Bananarama that you were a fan of, right?

Last XIs to make their test debut at home or away Home Pucovski (Sydney 20/21) Harris (Adelaide 18/19) McSweeney (Perth 24/25) Green (Adelaide 20/21) Patterson (Brisbane 18/19) Konstas (Melbourne 24/25) Webster (Sydney 24/25) Carey (Brisbane 21/22) Neser (Adelaide 21/22) Richardson (Brisbane...

Only fast bowler, but still...

There is a great Australian tradition of blokes getting a baggy green because they were in the right place at the right time.

I know this is intended as a rhetorical question but Nathan Lyon made his test debut having taken 14 F-C wickets at 45.5 and he went OK.

It'll be the Champions Trophy squad. There's less than a week between the DI vs Sri Lanka and the start of the Champions Trophy. Abbott is there for the tests.

It's been announced: Australia squad for Sri Lanka Tests: Steve Smith (c), Sean Abbott, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cooper Connolly, Travis Head (vc), Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstas, Matt Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Nathan McSweeney, Todd Murphy, Mitchell Starc, Beau Webster

That would be silly. He should play in Sri Lanka - it's a free but for him and us, there's nothing at stake in these games at all. It will be great exposure on spinning wickets against high quality bowlers, and even if he doesn't score runs, it's not a failure, it's a valuable learning experience.

Tackling the big issues already...

These are his dismissals when captain: The number of 9th batters being dismissed is interesting, so here are those dismissals: I think this backs up the theory that he gets to a point where he says, "give me the ball, I'll just do it myself."

Jhye Richardson is listed as 179cm and goes at 140kmh.

With Afghanistan, Ireland and Zimbabwe having never been allowed to play in the WTC, we basically have two divisions already.

Food for thought for those who insist fast bowlers should play through pain.

As opposed to the aesthetics of a suburban ground with a tin shed in one corner? By the way, the real answer here is that Australia should host six or even seven tests per year.

Correct.

Exclusive pictures of India celebrating after winning the first test.

Go woke, go to Lord's.

1. Zero chance of McSweeney touring. 2. That's the worst attempt at spelling Kuhnemann I've seen.

Gerard W questioning the crowd numbers on SEN. The crowd today is higher than they get for sold-out AFL games, even though capacity should be lower because of the sightscreens (the MCG loses 7,000 for sightscreens, apparently). The SCG Trust and CA playing funny buggers, perhaps?

Selectors cop a lot of shit but Scott Boland was a 32-year-old Shield veteran who hadn't seriously been in test discussions. The decision to pick him vs England was pretty gutsy and it's turned out magnificently.

Handscomb and Murphy have been brought to Sydney and will be substitute fielders, with Matthew Kuhnemann to join later in the test. You'd think that's a huge hint as to who will be heading to Sri Lanka.

Player review for LBW and an umpire review for a catch are different things, though. The umpire isn't giving a soft signal for LBW, they are making a firm decision. The soft signal for a catch made the third umpire look for enough evidence to overturn the decision. It's better, IMO, for...