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Bascombe stumped by Brown

Onionman0 8/3/25, 4:20:26 PM
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positiveg 8/3/25, 4:54:33 PM
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debut: 3/29/07
25,167 runs

Stumped on which topic? Saw the last 10 mins. So now rewatching from the beginning
imusic 8/3/25, 7:55:08 PM
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debut: 11/13/02
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In reply to positiveg

That “interviewer” is a joke. Begging a PR wuk while conducting an interview.

SMH

Not just that……Bascombe kept saying the batsmen need to upskill.

Fair enough.

Natural follow up questions weren’t asked:

What does upskilling actually mean?

What metrics determine an “unskilled” player? Have those been identified?

Do we have the player resources to upskill successfully in the various formats of the game?

Do we have the appropriate coaching to impart upskilling to our players?

Are you satisfied with the performance of the coaching staff?

Players are judged on performance or lack thereof.

What metrics are the coaching staff evaluated at?

There are so many more questions. This was about as soft an interview as one could get.

But to be honest, these guys aren’t journalists. They’re social media content creators. They simply after clicks and subscriptions. They masquerade as journalists. And the likes of Bascombe them only too happy to play ball to the likes of them.
openning 8/3/25, 9:39:08 PM
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debut: 11/13/02
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How can data help batsmen or bowlers if they cannot bat or bowl to international standards?
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bobby 8/4/25, 2:52:37 AM
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debut: 2/14/03
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In reply to openning

EXACTLY. The CWI lack basic cricket skills. It is like trying to teach a MSC course to 3rd formers.
imusic 8/4/25, 5:48:10 AM
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The one word I do not want to hear from anyone in WI management is PATIENCE.

The interviewer asked Bascombe what he had to say to WI fans and he replied that fans need to put things in context, it’s a process and to be patient and let the process play out.

Mr Bascombe……WI fans have been patient for over 3 decades! That is the last thing we want to hear.

Y’all just spinning top in mud insisting that we be patient. Well…..news flash buddy. We have been patient.

We fed up of de same ting over and over
Onionman0 8/4/25, 8:13:17 AM
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debut: 3/6/20
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In reply to positiveg

Question relating to non selection of Silva in test...Bascombe went round and round....faltered...
When the person who few weeks ago was being considered for captaincy......left out......
Bascombe has to sign the selected team...was he surprised by Silva non selection..

In feeble attempt to save Sammy....he named Jamal Smith as senior men talent recruiter....

England tried twice...Head Coach & Chief Selector...Ray Illingworth in 1990 and Chris Silverwood 2022, how Bascombe appointed Sammy, what data..
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