Tim Southee left in unenviable position after England's day of toil

GEORGE DOBELL AT HEADINGLEY: England's new specialist skills consultant faced the media after his team suffered a tough first day of the series, in which India made 359 for 3 despite being asked to bat first by the hosts

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Posted by LordOutsider on 21/06/2025 at 06:07

That's right, throw the new guy under the bus. Classic management strategy that.

Posted by Accylad on 20/06/2025 at 23:49

'Skills Consultant', 'Performance Director'' 'Targetted Programmes Lead', 'Future Vision Developer', 'Head of Safety and Resilience'. 'What a load of bollocks'. A man may take to drink because he feels himself to be a failure, and then fail all the more completely because he drinks. It is rather the same thing that is happening to the English language. It becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts. George Orwell

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