For Australians, there was always a fascination with Virat Kohli. His combination of incredible batting skill and spikiness on the field reminded many of their own. His impact on India is comparable to Sachin Tendulkar's

RT @Cricket_Ali: Exclusive interview: Chris Woakes speaks publicly for the first time about the dramatic end to the Oval Test, walking out….

It's also been summarily reduced to 3 carriages at the last moment and is standing room only. .

RT @danbrettig: What did an epic England-India series tell us?. *England still can't keep their fast bowlers fit. *It's harder to play Bazb….

What did an epic England-India series tell us?. *England still can't keep their fast bowlers fit. *It's harder to play Bazball on a pitch that has something in it for bowlers. *Ben Stokes will bring a brave and united team to Australia . #INDvENG #Ashes .

This 2-2 for Shubman Gill's young India may become as significant as the same result for Ian Chappell's young Australians in England in 1972 #ENGvIND.

RT @BoothCricket: Scenes here at The Oval. Grown men are crying and cheering, there is screaming and applause. Names are being taken in vai….

Rewatching Ship To Shore with @themetresgained and discovering that the kids were NIMBYS.

Talking BBL privatisation with @patstackmedia

Here's @emmavkemp on Test cricket hypocrisy .

RT @danbrettig: Sometimes the trouble with being Superman is knowing when the cape has to come off. Ben Stokes' Manchester pronouncement th….

Sometimes the trouble with being Superman is knowing when the cape has to come off. Ben Stokes' Manchester pronouncement that “pain is just an emotion” has aged about as well as his creaking body #ENGvIND #Ashes

Key recommendations from the BCG report into the BBL, released by Cricket Australia this afternoon 👀👇

RT @danbrettig: Nathan Lyon was trying to be careful, but there was no denying the sting in his assessment of what England might have done….

Nathan Lyon was trying to be careful, but there was no denying the sting in his assessment of what England might have done instead of throwing a tantrum at the end of the drawn Manchester Test #ENGvIND #Ashes .

RT @danbrettig: Cricket Australia will consider joining the T20 private investment boom that just reaped $2 billion for English cricket, af….

Cricket Australia will consider joining the T20 private investment boom that just reaped $2 billion for English cricket, after an independent report recommended selling minority stakes in BBL clubs. It was presented on Monday afternoon to CA and states

I'm reminded of the 1984 Trinidad Test, when Allan Border saved it with 98 and 100. It was clear the game was up for West Indies, so Viv Richards was purported to have said "AB, get your hundred then let's get out of here!" . That would've worked well at Old Trafford, I reckon.

Another comprehensive moral victory for England, then. #ENGvIND

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RT @danbrettig: Glenn Maxwell doesn’t do things by halves. Having played a strictly supporting role so far, as Cameron Green, Mitchell Owen….