“The Intensity is Unenjoyable…”
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“The Intensity is Unenjoyable…”

Bowling spin in Australia in an Ashes series – how hard can it be? It’s all about mindset, that’s if you’re talking to former England great and serial urn-lifter Graeme Swann. And all about starting well if you’re national treasure, Ashley Giles, one of the heroes of 2005. Pitch caught up with two of England’s star turns, as it were.

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DER ENGLÄNDER

Paul Simpson strikes up what makes the England captain so unassumingly brilliant.

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Simon Hainsworth considers the emergence of new sports like pickleball and padel.
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Simon Hainsworth considers the emergence of new sports like pickleball and padel.

Football. Golf. Tennis. Cricket. Rugby. All sports most people in the world know about; a huge majority will have played and even more will have watched either live or on television. They are staples of the sports world, concepts we grow up knowing about – often playing at school or at grassroots level as children.

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