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  • Could Australia's players' greater age have been an advantage?

    From John Hall@john@jhall.co.uk to uk.sport.cricket on Thu Jan 8 21:40:31 2026
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    It occurs to me that, when many of Australia's players started out, it
    was long enough ago that they would have been playing less in franchise
    T20 competitions around the world and relatively more red ball and
    50-over cricket. That might mean that they don't have such a strong
    instinct to play shots that appear to be rash given the match situation.
    --
    John Hall

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  • From FBInCIAnNSATerroristSlayer@FBInCIAnNSATerroristSlayer@america.com to uk.sport.cricket on Thu Jan 8 22:16:09 2026
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    On 1/8/2026 1:40 PM, John Hall wrote:
    It occurs to me that, when many of Australia's players started out, it
    was long enough ago that they would have been playing less in franchise
    T20 competitions around the world and relatively more red ball and 50-
    over cricket. That might mean that they don't have such a strong
    instinct to play shots that appear to be rash given the match situation.



    Not quite because australia always played "sensible cricket" depending
    on the situation in tests compared to ultra aggressive bazball style of England.


    Travis Head, Cameron Green, Cummins, Hazlewood, Starc in the current
    team and Warner, Stoinis, Maxwell, Smith in the past all played T20
    franchise cricket.


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  • From John Hall@john@jhall.co.uk to uk.sport.cricket on Fri Jan 9 08:43:32 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.sport.cricket

    On 09/01/2026 06:16, FBInCIAnNSATerroristSlayer wrote:
    On 1/8/2026 1:40 PM, John Hall wrote:
    It occurs to me that, when many of Australia's players started out, it
    was long enough ago that they would have been playing less in
    franchise T20 competitions around the world and relatively more red
    ball and 50- over cricket. That might mean that they don't have such a
    strong instinct to play shots that appear to be rash given the match
    situation.



    Not quite because australia always played "sensible cricket" depending
    on the situation in tests compared to ultra aggressive bazball style of England.

    I suppose what I'm arguing is that becoming accustomed to playing T20
    cricket encourages a player instinctively to play "non sensible" cricket.


    Travis Head, Cameron Green, Cummins, Hazlewood, Starc in the current
    team and Warner, Stoinis, Maxwell, Smith in the past all played T20 franchise cricket.


    But many of those wouldn't have played very much of it when they were
    starting out on their careers and still developing as players.
    --
    John Hall

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    those who divide people into two categories and those who don't
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