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Not playing Head is one of the more bizarre selections I've seen in a long time.
 
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Scoop said:
Not playing Head is one of the more bizarre selections I've seen in a long time.
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I heard Ed Cowan talking about this. He didn’t agree with it (I don’t think anyone does), but he did say that Head has a known weakness against spin. Still a really poor decision.
 
Leysy Days said:
Ah well it's all ok. Pat and the boys will get a nice tickle and foot rub from the coach.

That's what they wanted after all.
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Harsh but oh so true. You may have to recant Leysy, word of your thoughts gets back to the players n they'll work at discrediting then replacing you as a forum comments man.
 
Midsy said:
I have first hand experience of this. Taught here in the U.K. about 20 years ago for a few years and coached the Yr 7 and Yr 8 cricket teams. Out of approximately 13 possible games each, we played two games between them due to conditions. Schools don’t have the dosh for full time groundsmen (apart from £20k per year private schools) and so the slightest bit of rain during the week left pitches unplayable. Really didn’t help the development of individuals.

As you say though, concrete pitches with synthetic surfaces are becoming much more common, both in schools and public parks. I think they’ll reap the rewards of more junior cricket in the near future.
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Yeah, quite weird that it’s taken until now for concreted based synthetic pitches to filter into the English cricket system. Here in Australia it’s been the norm, even in a country where it’s comparatively easier (climatically) to create turf pitches.

In Australia the game seemed to make a more pragmatic decision around this from year dot.
 
It’s time for Warner’s painting and decorating mate Bancroft to replace him in the test side.
 
Leysy Days said:
Ah well it's all ok. Pat and the boys will get a nice tickle and foot rub from the coach.

That's what they wanted after all.
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How did we go last time we played India under our former coach? Or the just time we played on the sub continent?
 
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