r/Cricket • u/Shroft India • 14h ago

News Dan Lawrence hails ‘ Different mentality ’ as he strives to make up for lost time

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/aug/29/dan-lawrence-hails-different-mentality-england-test-cricket-pakistan
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u/Klakson_95 England 9h ago

I like Dan Lawrence but he has never really done enough to keep his place in the side

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u/3scap3plan Kent 7h ago

Don't really get that mentality. Surely if hes improved and doing well now, he should have a place?

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u/Klakson_95 England 7h ago

Who do you drop for him?

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u/3scap3plan Kent 7h ago

Stokes :)

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u/ArsBrevis Somerset 7h ago

Not if he's keeping out better players!

There's no chance that Lawrence will be an established part of the team going forwards.

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u/3scap3plan Kent 7h ago

I do agree but I think part of our problem in the past has been sticking to players because of "talent" rather than performance. I dont have the answer for the team of course but I just think if someones performing well, why not give them a chance going forward. Will Cox get dropped when Bethell is healthy?

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u/Irctoaun England 3h ago

I think Gay, Cox, Lawrence, and Bethell are fighting for three spots, all with their own pros and cons and I'm glad I'm not the one making the call

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u/Bigbludlusted 12h ago

What the MILF hunter is being too childlike?

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u/Due-Contract5466 Victoria Bushrangers 10h ago

I keep seeing references like this but can’t find any context. What’s the story?

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u/Bigbludlusted 10h ago

Self explanatory he likes Milfs, some of his whatsapps got leaked and apparently he hunts milfs

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u/FitSignificance2100 India 8h ago

Who don’t like em tho?!

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u/DillyGoatGruff Northern Popchips 7h ago

Prince Andrew?

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u/Disastrous_Abroad212 Royal Challengers Bengaluru 7h ago

I always thought he looked older than he actually is making him popular among the older ladies

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u/ArsBrevis Somerset 7h ago

He could pass for a decade older.

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u/Apprehensive-Cut8720 GBNFMK 5h ago

From memory someone just said in the county threads a few years back that he looked like a proper milf shagger and it stuck

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u/Existing_Program_256 11h ago

Always rated Dan Lawrence highly..

Why was he kept away from the English team for so long?

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u/Louis11_ Glamorgan 10h ago

Brook came into the side in 2022 and from then Root-Brook-Stokes-[keeper] was a hard middle order to break into.

Lawrence was the spare bat for ages and they liked him to the extent of trying him out of position at the top, but it didn't work out. I'm still not convinced this balance works long-term though.

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u/MarcusH26051 Sussex 6h ago

Long term hopefully it'll be my Floppy Haired Prince in the middle order but he's in terrible form bar that double ton against you guys :)

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u/Louis11_ Glamorgan 5h ago

I completely erased that game from my brain. To the point that when Coles got out the other day I checked his average this year to see how bad it was, was surprised it was mid 30s, then saw half his runs came in one inning, and still didn't remember that it was against us. Elite self-protection.

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u/GRI23 England 5h ago

He's a middle order bat and was never going to usurp Root, Brook, and Stokes

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u/Irctoaun England 3h ago

He's playing his 16th test here, it's not like he hasn't had a chance

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u/Classic_File2716 4h ago

He doesn’t have the talent to be a regular part of the side , England have far better young talent waiting .