The drama and psychology of Ashes first balls

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The first ball of the Ashes is so much more than one delivery. It is a stomach-churning two or three seconds of theatre, when all of that pre-series talk comes to an end. “To set the tone of the whole series would be really cool,” said England bowler Gus Atkinson when asked about the prospect […]

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