Thornton with 7/39 to rout NZ A today
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I donât know much about him except he bowls quick âŚâŚcan anyone add much more ?
Watching Jonny Bairstow get out off the first ball of a match will never not be funny.
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Did he claim that you canât get out first ball? After all, he played cricket at Mumâs one Christmas and you couldnât get out first ball. One hand, one bounce too, but that six and out rule doesnât count.
Root out to Boult too.
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Great to see Stokes back to his best
Great knock from malan too
Test stars including Steve Smith, David Warner will have to wear neck guards on their helmets when batting under a rule change set to be imposed for the domestic season.
The new mandate comes after Cameron Green was concussed by a Kagiso Rabada bouncer in South Africa and will demand players in domestic cricket wear neck protectors when facing fast or medium-pace bowlers.
Cricket Australia has also gone a step further, requiring all Australian batters to wear them in international cricket both home and away.
It remains a CA rule that wonât be enforced by international umpires but could result in penalties for noncompliance under CAâs code of conduct.
Among other changes for the upcoming summer, the Covid substitute has been removed, time limits will be imposed on injury assessments and treatment during a match and the use of spin bowlers instead of fast bowlers in bad light in Sheffield Shield matches will be scrapped.
But the biggest BBL change could possibly be the removal of an automatic six for hitting the Marvel Stadium roof in the Big Bash after it happened twice last season.
The new rule gives the umpires discretion to determine if the ball was going to clear the boundary. Batters will be awarded six runs if the umpire thinks the ball would have cleared the rope or a dead ball if not.
Stuart Macgill in a bit of hot water.
His kidnapping has been explained a bit, just been charged over a $330k coke dealâŚ
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So youâre telling me completely innocent people donât just get kidnapped 
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Nathan Ellisâ wicket ball was an absolute snorter.
Zampa getting absolutely smashed. Chance to go for 100 here.
Australian bowling looks impotent
Zampa 0/113 of his 10. Mick Lewis areas.
Think thatâs the record for most runs conceded by a bowler in an ODI
Hell of a knock from Klassen 174 off 83, including 13 sixes
In our game malan scored a ton after narrowly missing out last game. We make 311 in our innings.
There have definitely been some odd decisions since Australia went 2-0 up.
Maybe one eye on the World Cup? Probably. But Australia winning the toss and electing to chase in both their last two games in near perfect batting conditions has been interesting⌠and the results have been predictable.
Even worse, it appears Head has broken his hand with the WC coming up.
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Not sure if itâs worst of all time but it was the same as Mick Lewisâs figures.
May not play in the WC now âŚâŚhuge blow
Mick will be happy with that.
