Here's a crazy stat. England played only four tests in Asia during Jack Russell's ten year career and he didn't play in any of them.
Serial dodgerHere's a crazy stat. England played only four tests in Asia during Jack Russell's ten year career and he didn't play in any of them.
He was good but he was no Richard BlakeyHere's a crazy stat. England played only four tests in Asia during Jack Russell's ten year career and he didn't play in any of them.
CORRECTION THIS IS SO MUCH WOOOOORSEAs much as everyone talks about Sunny Gavaskar for good reason, here's another more underrated "chewing up balls" innings:
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This one's not great because it's in a WC semi final. That said, nobody else passed 40 for Pakistan on the day
We just had arguably the most exciting year of test cricket but, yeah, it's dying.Test cricket is dying. India just won the ICC CT yesterday. Their horrid tour of Australia has been long forgotten by the team's victory here. I am pretty sure even if the team gets white washed in England, no one would bat an eyelid. Of course, an arm chair critic like me would, but the over whelming majority of the cricketing world wouldn't bother with it.