https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/mohammad-abbas-could-get-hold-of-your-phone-number-and-so-could-naseem-shah/2018/10/17/

You are nothing if not consistent, Sam!

Dan Norcross referred to his dismissal as a ‘Big swinging Dickwella’, which I thought was excellent.

That’s a very good point.

This is one of those game theory like cases where both parties making the calculated decision results in one outcome.

…of which “Sir Alf Ganguly” remains somewhat of a pinnacle…

…has swept new depths, when this morning Daisy decided that, with a name like Dick Weller, the Sri Lankan sweeper-keeper should be playing for England.

I wonder whether Dick Weller is related to the musician Paul Weller?

SuperKaluwitharanaMoeenAliDocious

Shut up.

Why does Rash get a first name but the others don’t?

Play a sweep on its merits

https://youtu.be/kG6O4N3wxf8

…and there’s no mistake.

Quickest on feet, so sweepy but not overly so – Root, Foakes, Curran
Players that need a gameplan, Gameplan A has been designated as “sweep”, so very sweepy – Stokes, Burns, Moeen, Leach
Good sweepers, so very, very sweepy – Buttler, Jennings, Anderson
Adil Rashid

I guess the key question is thus – If England batted in any other way, would they score more runs? I’m fairly confident the answer is no . I think sweeping the shit out of everything has its limitations (namely you keep getting out to the sweep shot), but at the same time you can’t expect these players to turn into Rahul Dravid just because you are playing in the subcontinent.