Dominic Fifield
@domfifield.bsky.social
Senior writer turned commissioning editor at The Athletic. Previously spent 20 years at the Guardian and Observer newspapers
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/author/dominic-fifield/
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Dominic Fifield
@domfifield.bsky.social
· Nov 19
How Crystal Palace’s Vince Hilaire ended up in a cult hit song
Vince Hilaire got a shock when he appeared in a song by The Beloved. So how did he end up there?
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Pinning this because, well, it means Vince Hilaire is at the top of my feed...
🎶Billy Corkhill, Vince Hilaire
Freddie Flintstone and Fred Astaire🎵
An interview with Jon Marsh of The Beloved on Hello and how a #CPFC icon ended up in a cult hit song
www.nytimes.com/athletic/270...
🎶Billy Corkhill, Vince Hilaire
Freddie Flintstone and Fred Astaire🎵
An interview with Jon Marsh of The Beloved on Hello and how a #CPFC icon ended up in a cult hit song
www.nytimes.com/athletic/270...
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EXCL: @david-ornstein.bsky.social meets Crystal Palace midfielder Adam Wharton to discuss England and the World Cup, how he's so self-critical and why Oliver Glasner has told him to stop asking questions...
David Ornstein meets Adam Wharton: England and the World Cup, self-criticism and finding space
Crystal Palace's Adam Wharton speaks to David Ornstein about his England call-up, being told to keep quiet by Oliver Glasner and much more
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November 8, 2025 at 8:03 AM
EXCL: @david-ornstein.bsky.social meets Crystal Palace midfielder Adam Wharton to discuss England and the World Cup, how he's so self-critical and why Oliver Glasner has told him to stop asking questions...
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Norfolk cricket hits @theathletic.com! (Not something I imagined writing a few yrs ago.)
Lovely stuff from @nickmiller79.bsky.social on Jake Weatherald — and a pocket of yellow & green in England hoping for at least a slither of Australian magic during the Ashes ...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...
Lovely stuff from @nickmiller79.bsky.social on Jake Weatherald — and a pocket of yellow & green in England hoping for at least a slither of Australian magic during the Ashes ...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...
Jake Weatherald: The Ashes rookie who went from an English village to Australia’s Test squad
Australia's rookie opening batsman was playing amateur cricket two years ago, but is now ready to shine on cricket's biggest stage
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November 6, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Norfolk cricket hits @theathletic.com! (Not something I imagined writing a few yrs ago.)
Lovely stuff from @nickmiller79.bsky.social on Jake Weatherald — and a pocket of yellow & green in England hoping for at least a slither of Australian magic during the Ashes ...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...
Lovely stuff from @nickmiller79.bsky.social on Jake Weatherald — and a pocket of yellow & green in England hoping for at least a slither of Australian magic during the Ashes ...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...
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🔺 The positivity being stoked at Sunderland
🔺 The afternoon he was booed from the field at the Emirates
🔺 The chaos Mikel Arteta confronted at Arsenal
Ahead of the visit of his former club Arsenal, Granit Xhaka talks exclusively to @mwalkerfoot.bsky.social.
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...
🔺 The afternoon he was booed from the field at the Emirates
🔺 The chaos Mikel Arteta confronted at Arsenal
Ahead of the visit of his former club Arsenal, Granit Xhaka talks exclusively to @mwalkerfoot.bsky.social.
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...
November 6, 2025 at 9:13 AM
🔺 The positivity being stoked at Sunderland
🔺 The afternoon he was booed from the field at the Emirates
🔺 The chaos Mikel Arteta confronted at Arsenal
Ahead of the visit of his former club Arsenal, Granit Xhaka talks exclusively to @mwalkerfoot.bsky.social.
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...
🔺 The afternoon he was booed from the field at the Emirates
🔺 The chaos Mikel Arteta confronted at Arsenal
Ahead of the visit of his former club Arsenal, Granit Xhaka talks exclusively to @mwalkerfoot.bsky.social.
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...
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Sunderland. Arsenal. Xhaka.
An interview as they all come together. www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...
An interview as they all come together. www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...
Sunderland. Arsenal. Xhaka. ‘It was the worst day of my life. It was the best day of my life’
The Sunderland captain talks leadership, Arteta, Arsenal, the day he was booed off at the Emirates and his new side's aspirations
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Sunderland. Arsenal. Xhaka.
An interview as they all come together. www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...
An interview as they all come together. www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...
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Brendan Rodgers resigned from his job at Celtic on Monday.
This was followed by an unrestrained and public attack by Dermot Desmond.
Amid criticism of Rodgers, the board, recruitment and more, Celtic have turned ‘toxic’.
@mwalkerfoot.bsky.social
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...
This was followed by an unrestrained and public attack by Dermot Desmond.
Amid criticism of Rodgers, the board, recruitment and more, Celtic have turned ‘toxic’.
@mwalkerfoot.bsky.social
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...
October 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Brendan Rodgers resigned from his job at Celtic on Monday.
This was followed by an unrestrained and public attack by Dermot Desmond.
Amid criticism of Rodgers, the board, recruitment and more, Celtic have turned ‘toxic’.
@mwalkerfoot.bsky.social
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...
This was followed by an unrestrained and public attack by Dermot Desmond.
Amid criticism of Rodgers, the board, recruitment and more, Celtic have turned ‘toxic’.
@mwalkerfoot.bsky.social
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...
Ian Wright at #CPFC… that education in the Second Division, the goal against Brighton, Blackburn bedlam, Wembley, that shot from the halfway line at Plough Lane, third in the league, the partnership with Brighty…
…and then the departure
@mattwoosie.bsky.social ✍️
www.nytimes.com/athletic/673...
…and then the departure
@mattwoosie.bsky.social ✍️
www.nytimes.com/athletic/673...
The day Ian Wright left Crystal Palace for Arsenal: ‘It was like hearing Lady Di had died’
Eberechi Eze was not the first Palace player to be tempted away by Arsenal – the scars of Wright's exit in 1991 still smart
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October 25, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Ian Wright at #CPFC… that education in the Second Division, the goal against Brighton, Blackburn bedlam, Wembley, that shot from the halfway line at Plough Lane, third in the league, the partnership with Brighty…
…and then the departure
@mattwoosie.bsky.social ✍️
www.nytimes.com/athletic/673...
…and then the departure
@mattwoosie.bsky.social ✍️
www.nytimes.com/athletic/673...
“I don’t just want to play two or three times for England. I want to play at least 50 Tests.”
Tawanda Muyeye fled Zimbabwe at 17, seeking asylum in England. Now, at 24, he talks to @paulfnewman66.bsky.social about targeting a Test future with his adopted country
www.nytimes.com/athletic/671...
Tawanda Muyeye fled Zimbabwe at 17, seeking asylum in England. Now, at 24, he talks to @paulfnewman66.bsky.social about targeting a Test future with his adopted country
www.nytimes.com/athletic/671...
Tawanda Muyeye: ‘Test cricket and playing for England has been a goal of mine for so long’
The Kent batter has made waves since arriving in the United Kingdom as a refugee from Zimbabwe and is targeting an England future
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October 20, 2025 at 7:49 AM
“I don’t just want to play two or three times for England. I want to play at least 50 Tests.”
Tawanda Muyeye fled Zimbabwe at 17, seeking asylum in England. Now, at 24, he talks to @paulfnewman66.bsky.social about targeting a Test future with his adopted country
www.nytimes.com/athletic/671...
Tawanda Muyeye fled Zimbabwe at 17, seeking asylum in England. Now, at 24, he talks to @paulfnewman66.bsky.social about targeting a Test future with his adopted country
www.nytimes.com/athletic/671...
Fantastic game at Selhurst Park. Maybe easy to pick holes in the defending, but was brilliant entertainment - two teams going hell for leather, guided by two of the Premier League’s managers of the moment (as @liamtharme.bsky.social wrote👇🏻)
nytimes.com/athletic/67259…#CPFCF#AFCBCB
nytimes.com/athletic/67259…#CPFCF#AFCBCB
https://nytimes.com/athletic/67259…
October 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Fantastic game at Selhurst Park. Maybe easy to pick holes in the defending, but was brilliant entertainment - two teams going hell for leather, guided by two of the Premier League’s managers of the moment (as @liamtharme.bsky.social wrote👇🏻)
nytimes.com/athletic/67259…#CPFCF#AFCBCB
nytimes.com/athletic/67259…#CPFCF#AFCBCB
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"19 games 19 games undefeated"
A fantastic evening for Palace in Lublin. Great atmosphere & did the job on the pitch with a solid performance
For many this European journey means so much & they're determined to live in the moment to enjoy it #CPFC
www.nytimes.com/athletic/667...
A fantastic evening for Palace in Lublin. Great atmosphere & did the job on the pitch with a solid performance
For many this European journey means so much & they're determined to live in the moment to enjoy it #CPFC
www.nytimes.com/athletic/667...
How Crystal Palace fans began their European party with songs, solidarity… and lots of beer
The London club had waited its whole history for a first game in the main draw of a European competition. It was never going to be quiet
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October 3, 2025 at 7:15 AM
"19 games 19 games undefeated"
A fantastic evening for Palace in Lublin. Great atmosphere & did the job on the pitch with a solid performance
For many this European journey means so much & they're determined to live in the moment to enjoy it #CPFC
www.nytimes.com/athletic/667...
A fantastic evening for Palace in Lublin. Great atmosphere & did the job on the pitch with a solid performance
For many this European journey means so much & they're determined to live in the moment to enjoy it #CPFC
www.nytimes.com/athletic/667...
“It’s fantastic we’re criticised. It means people care about what we’re doing. Five years ago, if someone drops a catch, they drop a catch. Now it’s, ‘They should be better than that’”
Charlie Dean talks England, off-spin and monopoly with @samdalling.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/665...
Charlie Dean talks England, off-spin and monopoly with @samdalling.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/665...
England’s Charlie Dean: ‘It’s fantastic we’re criticised. It means people care about what we’re doing’
The England off-spinner talks captaincy, life under Charlotte Edwards and Nat Sciver-Brunt, and the team's World Cup prospects in India
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October 3, 2025 at 8:38 AM
“It’s fantastic we’re criticised. It means people care about what we’re doing. Five years ago, if someone drops a catch, they drop a catch. Now it’s, ‘They should be better than that’”
Charlie Dean talks England, off-spin and monopoly with @samdalling.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/665...
Charlie Dean talks England, off-spin and monopoly with @samdalling.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/665...
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Bill McCracken: the greatest Irish and Newcastle United player of them all? Probably. Delighted to get a copy of Paul Joannou’s new biography of the forgotten brilliant thinker, a man The Guardian called “the Irish Mephistopheles”.
October 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Bill McCracken: the greatest Irish and Newcastle United player of them all? Probably. Delighted to get a copy of Paul Joannou’s new biography of the forgotten brilliant thinker, a man The Guardian called “the Irish Mephistopheles”.
“West Indies used to be the envy of the world but we expected our dominance to last forever and stopped doing what we were so good at. Now we seem to have given up.”
Andy Roberts, and others, spoke to @paulfnewman66.bsky.social on the state of West Indian cricket
www.nytimes.com/athletic/665...
Andy Roberts, and others, spoke to @paulfnewman66.bsky.social on the state of West Indian cricket
www.nytimes.com/athletic/665...
The sad decline of West Indian Test cricket: ‘We seem to have given up’
West Indies travel to India with their Test team at its lowest ebb and memories fading of their world dominance from the 1970s and '80s
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October 1, 2025 at 7:08 AM
“West Indies used to be the envy of the world but we expected our dominance to last forever and stopped doing what we were so good at. Now we seem to have given up.”
Andy Roberts, and others, spoke to @paulfnewman66.bsky.social on the state of West Indian cricket
www.nytimes.com/athletic/665...
Andy Roberts, and others, spoke to @paulfnewman66.bsky.social on the state of West Indian cricket
www.nytimes.com/athletic/665...
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Really sad news. A sharp and sound cricket writer and a comprehensively nice bloke
cricketwriters.com/rob-steen-pa...
cricketwriters.com/rob-steen-pa...
Rob Steen passes away aged 67
The Cricket Media Club was deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Rob Steen last week at the age of just 67. Please take a few minutes to read this touching obituary by Matthew Engel in memory of a...
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September 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Really sad news. A sharp and sound cricket writer and a comprehensively nice bloke
cricketwriters.com/rob-steen-pa...
cricketwriters.com/rob-steen-pa...
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For NFL folk attending or watching Steelers-Vikings, some history ancient & modern of Croke Park in Dublin. www.nytimes.com/athletic/654...
A history of Croke Park, the NFL’s latest venue across the Pond
The Pittsburgh Steelers and Minnesota Vikings will bring NFL to Dublin's iconic arena, a stadium that has been at the heart of Irish history
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September 26, 2025 at 7:45 AM
For NFL folk attending or watching Steelers-Vikings, some history ancient & modern of Croke Park in Dublin. www.nytimes.com/athletic/654...
Ahead of the NFL’s visit to Dublin, here’s @mwalkerfoot.bsky.social with a history of Croke Park
www.nytimes.com/athletic/654...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/654...
A history of Croke Park, the NFL’s latest venue across the Pond
The Pittsburgh Steelers and Minnesota Vikings will bring NFL to Dublin's iconic arena, a stadium that has been at the heart of Irish history
www.nytimes.com
September 26, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Ahead of the NFL’s visit to Dublin, here’s @mwalkerfoot.bsky.social with a history of Croke Park
www.nytimes.com/athletic/654...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/654...
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Strasbourg are fifth in Ligue 1, in Europe for the first time in 20 years and enjoying the fruits of a €160m stadium renovation. And some of their fans are livid. Piece for @theathleticfc.bsky.social on the fall-out from Emanuel Emegha’s decision to sign for Chelsea www.nytimes.com/athletic/664...
Chelsea’s Emanuel Emegha deal plunges fellow BlueCo club Strasbourg deeper into civil war
The Club World Cup winners, also owned by BlueCo, riled some supporters by publishing a photograph of the Dutchman posing in a Chelsea shirt
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September 19, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Strasbourg are fifth in Ligue 1, in Europe for the first time in 20 years and enjoying the fruits of a €160m stadium renovation. And some of their fans are livid. Piece for @theathleticfc.bsky.social on the fall-out from Emanuel Emegha’s decision to sign for Chelsea www.nytimes.com/athletic/664...
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Remembering Newcastle United 3-2 Barcelona on this day in 1997. Featuring among others Faustino Asprilla, Shay Given, Louis van Gaal, Durham City, Oasis and the sheer noise of it all. www.nytimes.com/athletic/663...
The night Newcastle and Faustino Asprilla beat Barcelona: ‘I swear I’ve never heard noise like that’
The Barcelona Game in the autumn of 1997 was a landmark in Newcastle’s history, and an occasion decorated by the club's Colombian maverick
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September 17, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Remembering Newcastle United 3-2 Barcelona on this day in 1997. Featuring among others Faustino Asprilla, Shay Given, Louis van Gaal, Durham City, Oasis and the sheer noise of it all. www.nytimes.com/athletic/663...
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The #NUFC striker who moved to Liverpool for a huge fee, won the title and the admiration of The Beatles: in some ways Albert Stubbins was an early version of the Alexander Isak situation. In others, not.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/657...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/657...
The striker who swapped Newcastle for Liverpool and ended up on a Beatles album cover
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August 28, 2025 at 6:38 AM
The #NUFC striker who moved to Liverpool for a huge fee, won the title and the admiration of The Beatles: in some ways Albert Stubbins was an early version of the Alexander Isak situation. In others, not.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/657...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/657...
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The Dukes cricket ball dates back to 1760.
Dilip Jajodia bought the business in the 1980s and, now in his early 80s, is still running the company alongside his son.
So how did they react to the furore around their ball during the England vs India series?
And how many balls does one cow produce?
Dilip Jajodia bought the business in the 1980s and, now in his early 80s, is still running the company alongside his son.
So how did they react to the furore around their ball during the England vs India series?
And how many balls does one cow produce?
Dukes, cows, and the ‘grimy’ craftsmanship behind the cricket ball
Dukes, now based in a factory in east London, have been manufacturing cricket balls used in Test cricket in England since the 1760s
theathletic.com
August 22, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The Dukes cricket ball dates back to 1760.
Dilip Jajodia bought the business in the 1980s and, now in his early 80s, is still running the company alongside his son.
So how did they react to the furore around their ball during the England vs India series?
And how many balls does one cow produce?
Dilip Jajodia bought the business in the 1980s and, now in his early 80s, is still running the company alongside his son.
So how did they react to the furore around their ball during the England vs India series?
And how many balls does one cow produce?
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New Premier League season, new predictions feature on The Athletic FC
Each week I’ll take on an Athletic subscriber, a data algorithm and… a six-year-old in predicting scores, exposing my stupidity as well as — importantly — my agenda against YOUR club #PremierLeague
www.nytimes.com/athletic/648...
Each week I’ll take on an Athletic subscriber, a data algorithm and… a six-year-old in predicting scores, exposing my stupidity as well as — importantly — my agenda against YOUR club #PremierLeague
www.nytimes.com/athletic/648...
Premier League Predictions: Liverpool vs Bournemouth, Man Utd vs Arsenal and the rest of Matchday 1
Welcome to the new game where subscribers pit their wits against one of our writers, a predictive model and a very informed small child
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August 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
New Premier League season, new predictions feature on The Athletic FC
Each week I’ll take on an Athletic subscriber, a data algorithm and… a six-year-old in predicting scores, exposing my stupidity as well as — importantly — my agenda against YOUR club #PremierLeague
www.nytimes.com/athletic/648...
Each week I’ll take on an Athletic subscriber, a data algorithm and… a six-year-old in predicting scores, exposing my stupidity as well as — importantly — my agenda against YOUR club #PremierLeague
www.nytimes.com/athletic/648...
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Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack — the world’s longest-running sports book — has been published every year from 1864; through war, disease and several enforced cancellations of cricket itself.
Here's my look at its place in the sporting and collectibles' worlds:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/649...
Here's my look at its place in the sporting and collectibles' worlds:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/649...
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack: The bible of the sport and a collectible that charts societal change
The world's longest-running sports book is a collector's favourite, its cricketing stats and stories leading readers down rabbit holes
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August 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack — the world’s longest-running sports book — has been published every year from 1864; through war, disease and several enforced cancellations of cricket itself.
Here's my look at its place in the sporting and collectibles' worlds:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/649...
Here's my look at its place in the sporting and collectibles' worlds:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/649...
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Joe Root is now the second highest runscorer in Tests thanks to another flawless century.
He is the Peter Pan of cricket who just gets better and better.
He is now closing on Sachin Tendulkar - surpass him and the record will surely be his forever.
🔗 theathletic.com/6515751/?sou...
He is the Peter Pan of cricket who just gets better and better.
He is now closing on Sachin Tendulkar - surpass him and the record will surely be his forever.
🔗 theathletic.com/6515751/?sou...
July 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Joe Root is now the second highest runscorer in Tests thanks to another flawless century.
He is the Peter Pan of cricket who just gets better and better.
He is now closing on Sachin Tendulkar - surpass him and the record will surely be his forever.
🔗 theathletic.com/6515751/?sou...
He is the Peter Pan of cricket who just gets better and better.
He is now closing on Sachin Tendulkar - surpass him and the record will surely be his forever.
🔗 theathletic.com/6515751/?sou...
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Rishabh Pant passed 50 for the fifth time on the tour today - effectively batting on one leg.
In 2022 his life and career was very different after a car accident left him with serious injuries.
This is the story of his comeback.
@anantaajith.bsky.social | bit.ly/44Pt6di
In 2022 his life and career was very different after a car accident left him with serious injuries.
This is the story of his comeback.
@anantaajith.bsky.social | bit.ly/44Pt6di
July 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Rishabh Pant passed 50 for the fifth time on the tour today - effectively batting on one leg.
In 2022 his life and career was very different after a car accident left him with serious injuries.
This is the story of his comeback.
@anantaajith.bsky.social | bit.ly/44Pt6di
In 2022 his life and career was very different after a car accident left him with serious injuries.
This is the story of his comeback.
@anantaajith.bsky.social | bit.ly/44Pt6di
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Is Zak Crawley untouchable opening the batting for England, or a man legitimately under pressure?
The much-maligned England opener has struggled against India, with the clamour from the outside for him to be replaced growing ever louder.
🔗 theathletic.com/6485782/?sou...
The much-maligned England opener has struggled against India, with the clamour from the outside for him to be replaced growing ever louder.
🔗 theathletic.com/6485782/?sou...
July 11, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Is Zak Crawley untouchable opening the batting for England, or a man legitimately under pressure?
The much-maligned England opener has struggled against India, with the clamour from the outside for him to be replaced growing ever louder.
🔗 theathletic.com/6485782/?sou...
The much-maligned England opener has struggled against India, with the clamour from the outside for him to be replaced growing ever louder.
🔗 theathletic.com/6485782/?sou...