This is the Friends of History Debating Society.

It is time for my cricket lesson.

I have learned about left hand and bad hand batters.

I have learned about bowlers, left hand and right hand bowlers.

Bowlers that spin.

I have even learned about buzz ball.

I have learned about wicked keepers.

I have learned about selection for wicked keepers.

However, all of that is new to me.

What is not new is trash talking.

This is something that American sports teams do wonderfully.

It's sometimes dangerous when you trash talk the opposition and you get your remarks pinned

up in the locker room for motivation.

Apparently that's not bothering the English.

They were so badly throttled.

I hope you use the word throttled in Australia.

They were so badly throttled the last test match which was in Australia.

There are eight months to go.

They're already there.

Trash talking the Australian team.

Jeremy, isn't this bad luck to do this?

I don't understand.

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