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-PJ- wrote: August 30, 2024, 6:18 pm
Azza wrote: August 30, 2024, 3:43 pm I simply don't get how a batsman can get hit in the head so much
With all due respect to Will..

I agree with you.

He’s an opening batsmen.

He’s been hit in the head more than Tim Tszyu.
Yeah I mean, surely they would have sought to correct his technique when a pattern started to emerge... I just can't understand it.
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-PJ- wrote: August 30, 2024, 6:18 pm
Azza wrote: August 30, 2024, 3:43 pm I simply don't get how a batsman can get hit in the head so much
With all due respect to Will..

I agree with you.

He’s an opening batsmen.

He’s been hit in the head more than Tim Tszyu.
TBH, like boxing, once it's happened a few times, it's more likely to happen more.

Punch drunk is the term... it's a colloquialism for concussion and/or CTE. Same reason fighters only have short careers. We are starting to see it more and more in footy codes too.

100%, if he wants to commentate, he has a feel for it.
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AUS has beaten SCO in game 1 of the T20 series.

SCO 9-154

Head and MMarsh went nuts in the powerplay smashing 113 runs in the first 6 overs to set up the win.
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Who cares.
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Azza wrote:Who cares.
You don't love beating up on tier 3 nations?!?!

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Winning against SCO is important for a lot of reasons heading into the Poms.
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AUS goes 2-0 up in the T20 series v SCO.

Josh Inglis slapped a century (103)
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AUS completes clean sweep of SCO in T20 series with a 6 wicket win.
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