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Ashes Daily - Headingley Day 4, 2023

The Final Word Cricket Podcast

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The Advantages of Bowling at Tail Enders Heads

Mark Wood has turned himself into a lower order hitter over the last few years. He doesn't make big contributions, but he often makes a 20 or a 30. The analytical community had formed the view that bowling at tail enders heads is more effective than bowling at the front. It's baseball stuff again, but it's in a setting where six blokes are back on the rope, including the fly. Like everybody knows where the ball's going to be,. There's no degree of risk to wood really in that situation.

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