Earlier today we published a piece titled AUSTRALIA: England suffer innings defeat to lose Women’s Ashes 16-0. We were pleased to receive the following comments from generouslydaze96ff7faf83 – honestly, the names some parents give their kids!

“I went to one of the One Day Internationals at Bellerive Oval in Hobart along with about 2,000 other souls. It was entertaining for all the right and wrong reasons, including a brilliant juggled catch on the boundary and a farcical moment where two fielders, either of whom could have easily caught the ball, decided to let the other one go for the catch. In the end both of them stood and watched passively for what seemed like eternity as the ball landed on the ground between them. The oddest thing was that everyone, including their team mates and the crowd, acted like it was something perfectly natural that happens all the time. I’ve never seen anything like it in men’s cricket, at any level. A real ‘WTF’ moment for the ages.

England threatened to be competitive on a few occasions, but none of those occasions lasted more than a minute. The key difference between the two sides was that the Australians looked like they might have practiced batting, bowling and fielding at some stage before the game, which was obviously quite unsporting. However, England had impeccable manners and looked just as nice as Australia in their uniforms, which I think is what secretly matters in women’s cricket. It doesn’t matter whether you win or lose, it’s how stylish you look playing the game.”

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