England’s holistic approach towards form and fitness during lockdowns and a hectic schedule is attracting attention from the rest of the cricketing world
To Melbourne then and the final rounds of the Big Bash. If you’ve been wrapped up in following Test cricket, you might have missed that the Renegades finished last this year, four wins out of 14, a losing streak that has run in parallel with a dismal run of form from their captain, Aaron Finch.
His season started with a bang, back-to-back innings of 114, 60, and 75 in the one-day series against India and finished in one long whimper – 18, eight, none, 14, 13, none, 10, four, six for the Renegades, (caught mid-on, strangled down the leg side, run out backing up, a rum lbw, bowled by a ricochet off his thigh guard … it goes on).
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