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India Gazette
2 days ago
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- India Gazette
Dan Mousley century powers England Lions to 527/7 at end of day 3 against India-A
Canterbury [UK], June 2 (ANI): A majestic hundred from Dan Mousley powered England Lions to 527-7, trailing behind by 30 runs at the end of day 3 in the first unofficial test match against India-A on Sunday at the St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury. After the end of day three, the England Lions finished at 527/7. Zaman Akhter, 38 (78), remained not out on the crease, as the double centurion from India's first innings, Karun Nair, removed Mousley for 113 (157) on the last ball of day 3. His innings included ten fours and a six. England were 413/5 at the start of the third session, Tom Haines 167 (271) and Dan Mousley 48 (85). Haines departed in the following over after a brilliant innings of 171 (279), which included 19 fours. Zaman Akhter joined Mousley in the middle. Mousley completed his fifty in the 101 overs, after pushing the ball towards the deep square for a single off Nitish Kumar Reddy. The duo of Akhter and Mousley completed 50 50-run partnership for the seventh wicket in the 114th over. Mousley took on Harsh Dubey in the 117th over, smashing him for 12 runs. Both batters continued hitting Dubey in his following over for 10 runs. The England Lions crossed the 500-run mark in the same over. Mousley completed his century in the 120th over after smashing a four off Mukesh Kumar towards deep midwicket. Earlier in the second session, Tom Haines 150 and impactful innings from Dan Mousley provided an upper hand to England Lions against the India A in the second session of 1st Unofficial Test, on Sunday at the St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury as the hosts end second session on 413-5 in 98 overs, trailing by 144 runs. The England Lions began the second session from 333/5 in 75 overs, Dan Mousley 2 (8) and Tom Haines 142 (208) on the crease. Haines completed his 150 in the 84 overs, after pushing the ball towards deep point for a single off Harshit Rana. Mousley rotated the strike well and smashed boundaries at regular intervals. Indian bowlers struggled to take wickets in the second session as they were not able to pick a single wicket until tea. The duo of Tom Haines and Dan Mousley added 87 runs off 150 balls for the sixth wicket. Both batters batted through the second session and remained unout, Tom Haines 167 (271) and Dan Mousley 48 (85). Earlier in the first session, the England Lions were 333/5 in 75 overs, with Tom Haines (142*) and Dan Mousley (2*) unbeaten on the crease. The side still trailed by 224 runs in reply to India A's total of 557. The England Lions began the day from 237/2 in 52 overs, with Haines (103*) and Max Holden (64*) unbeaten on the crease. In the 56th over, the English side crossed the 250-run mark as Holden slammed a boundary on the bowling of right-arm seamer Harshit Rana. Ten overs later, on the last ball of the 66th over, the England Lions completed their 300 as Haines smashed a boundary off pacer Mukesh Kumar's bowling. In the 67th over, Holden brought up his century as he took a single on the first ball of the over, which was bowled by Shardul Thakur. In the 68th over, with the score of 312, Mukesh Kumar sent Max Holden back to the pavilion. Before going back, the left-hand batter scored 101 runs off 101 balls, including 12 fours and a six. After Holden's wicket was lost, the England Lions lost the next two wickets for 14 runs in quick succession. Team captain James Rew (8) and Rehan Ahmed (3) were not able to make their mark as they were sent back to the dressing room cheaply. Following the loss of these two wickets, the England team's score was 326/5 in 73.2 overs. The next batter to come up to bat was Dan Mousley. Till the end of the first session on the third day, Haines and Mousley built an unbeaten partnership of seven runs. (ANI)
The Advertiser
08-05-2025
- Business
- The Advertiser
How AI is being weaponised to attack Aussie businesses
More online criminals are weaponising artificial intelligence to steal from Australian businesses, including using the technology to create deepfakes of employees' voices and appearance. Small and medium-sized businesses were at highest risk from the emerging trend, but almost all Australian organisations had encountered AI-based online attacks over the past year, a report has found. Security firm SoSafe has released the findings in its Cybercrime Trends report, which also found Australia is one of the nations most often targeted by AI-generated attacks. The warnings come one month after some of the nation's biggest superannuation firms were hit with a co-ordinated online attack that saw $750,000 stolen from personal accounts. Sydney animal vaccine firm Virbac has been regularly targeted by hackers who use AI to create realistic invoices. Chris Mousley, a supply chain analytics specialist at the firm, said Virbac had been forced to educate staff and change its process for paying suppliers to avoid being robbed by cyber criminals. "I get at least five to 10 of these a month and they're extremely convincing commercial documents that look like pro-forma invoices," Mr Mousley said. "These are very specific documents and they're AI-generated to look like companies we would deal with." The fake invoices were often for specific raw materials, he said, which indicated criminals were specifically targeting the firm and its industry. AI software was not only being used to improve the grammar and apparent legitimacy of email scams, but to craft targeted and sophisticated attacks across different platforms, SoSafe human-centric security advocate Jacqueline Jayne said. "We've had deepfakes using people's voices to pretend to be someone on the phone and it is incredibly difficult, unless you have a code word, to be able to tell are we talking to (a colleague) or is this someone pretending to be her," she said. "It's getting harder and harder to pick the difference." The Cybercrime Trends report, released in Friday, was prepared by research firm Censuswide and surveyed 500 IT workers across nine countries. Despite their prevalence, only one-in-four IT workers rated their ability to detect AI-based attacks as "high". Most Australian organisations had experienced attacks delivered to workers' personal devices such as phones and laptops, the report found. Companies were also targeted by "multi-channel attacks" that used their email and social media accounts, messaging apps and voice calls. Educating employees in how to detect deepfake scams would be vital to shutting down the attacks, particularly in small and medium-sized businesses that often did not deploy the same level of cybersecurity, Ms Jayne said. "We're going to see more AI-assisted and driven attacks in Australia and globally," she told AAP. "One way to address it is to think about what humans are doing, how they're responding to (attacks), and how we can help them to think before they do anything." Companies needed to educate staff in how to scrutinise incoming communication carefully, Mr Mousley said. This included looking for hints such as misspellings and different payment methods, and running credit checks on local firms. "You can't be complacent," he said. "We didn't get any of these 12 months ago." More online criminals are weaponising artificial intelligence to steal from Australian businesses, including using the technology to create deepfakes of employees' voices and appearance. Small and medium-sized businesses were at highest risk from the emerging trend, but almost all Australian organisations had encountered AI-based online attacks over the past year, a report has found. Security firm SoSafe has released the findings in its Cybercrime Trends report, which also found Australia is one of the nations most often targeted by AI-generated attacks. The warnings come one month after some of the nation's biggest superannuation firms were hit with a co-ordinated online attack that saw $750,000 stolen from personal accounts. Sydney animal vaccine firm Virbac has been regularly targeted by hackers who use AI to create realistic invoices. Chris Mousley, a supply chain analytics specialist at the firm, said Virbac had been forced to educate staff and change its process for paying suppliers to avoid being robbed by cyber criminals. "I get at least five to 10 of these a month and they're extremely convincing commercial documents that look like pro-forma invoices," Mr Mousley said. "These are very specific documents and they're AI-generated to look like companies we would deal with." The fake invoices were often for specific raw materials, he said, which indicated criminals were specifically targeting the firm and its industry. AI software was not only being used to improve the grammar and apparent legitimacy of email scams, but to craft targeted and sophisticated attacks across different platforms, SoSafe human-centric security advocate Jacqueline Jayne said. "We've had deepfakes using people's voices to pretend to be someone on the phone and it is incredibly difficult, unless you have a code word, to be able to tell are we talking to (a colleague) or is this someone pretending to be her," she said. "It's getting harder and harder to pick the difference." The Cybercrime Trends report, released in Friday, was prepared by research firm Censuswide and surveyed 500 IT workers across nine countries. Despite their prevalence, only one-in-four IT workers rated their ability to detect AI-based attacks as "high". Most Australian organisations had experienced attacks delivered to workers' personal devices such as phones and laptops, the report found. Companies were also targeted by "multi-channel attacks" that used their email and social media accounts, messaging apps and voice calls. Educating employees in how to detect deepfake scams would be vital to shutting down the attacks, particularly in small and medium-sized businesses that often did not deploy the same level of cybersecurity, Ms Jayne said. "We're going to see more AI-assisted and driven attacks in Australia and globally," she told AAP. "One way to address it is to think about what humans are doing, how they're responding to (attacks), and how we can help them to think before they do anything." Companies needed to educate staff in how to scrutinise incoming communication carefully, Mr Mousley said. This included looking for hints such as misspellings and different payment methods, and running credit checks on local firms. "You can't be complacent," he said. "We didn't get any of these 12 months ago." More online criminals are weaponising artificial intelligence to steal from Australian businesses, including using the technology to create deepfakes of employees' voices and appearance. Small and medium-sized businesses were at highest risk from the emerging trend, but almost all Australian organisations had encountered AI-based online attacks over the past year, a report has found. Security firm SoSafe has released the findings in its Cybercrime Trends report, which also found Australia is one of the nations most often targeted by AI-generated attacks. The warnings come one month after some of the nation's biggest superannuation firms were hit with a co-ordinated online attack that saw $750,000 stolen from personal accounts. Sydney animal vaccine firm Virbac has been regularly targeted by hackers who use AI to create realistic invoices. Chris Mousley, a supply chain analytics specialist at the firm, said Virbac had been forced to educate staff and change its process for paying suppliers to avoid being robbed by cyber criminals. "I get at least five to 10 of these a month and they're extremely convincing commercial documents that look like pro-forma invoices," Mr Mousley said. "These are very specific documents and they're AI-generated to look like companies we would deal with." The fake invoices were often for specific raw materials, he said, which indicated criminals were specifically targeting the firm and its industry. AI software was not only being used to improve the grammar and apparent legitimacy of email scams, but to craft targeted and sophisticated attacks across different platforms, SoSafe human-centric security advocate Jacqueline Jayne said. "We've had deepfakes using people's voices to pretend to be someone on the phone and it is incredibly difficult, unless you have a code word, to be able to tell are we talking to (a colleague) or is this someone pretending to be her," she said. "It's getting harder and harder to pick the difference." The Cybercrime Trends report, released in Friday, was prepared by research firm Censuswide and surveyed 500 IT workers across nine countries. Despite their prevalence, only one-in-four IT workers rated their ability to detect AI-based attacks as "high". Most Australian organisations had experienced attacks delivered to workers' personal devices such as phones and laptops, the report found. Companies were also targeted by "multi-channel attacks" that used their email and social media accounts, messaging apps and voice calls. Educating employees in how to detect deepfake scams would be vital to shutting down the attacks, particularly in small and medium-sized businesses that often did not deploy the same level of cybersecurity, Ms Jayne said. "We're going to see more AI-assisted and driven attacks in Australia and globally," she told AAP. "One way to address it is to think about what humans are doing, how they're responding to (attacks), and how we can help them to think before they do anything." Companies needed to educate staff in how to scrutinise incoming communication carefully, Mr Mousley said. This included looking for hints such as misspellings and different payment methods, and running credit checks on local firms. "You can't be complacent," he said. "We didn't get any of these 12 months ago." More online criminals are weaponising artificial intelligence to steal from Australian businesses, including using the technology to create deepfakes of employees' voices and appearance. Small and medium-sized businesses were at highest risk from the emerging trend, but almost all Australian organisations had encountered AI-based online attacks over the past year, a report has found. Security firm SoSafe has released the findings in its Cybercrime Trends report, which also found Australia is one of the nations most often targeted by AI-generated attacks. The warnings come one month after some of the nation's biggest superannuation firms were hit with a co-ordinated online attack that saw $750,000 stolen from personal accounts. Sydney animal vaccine firm Virbac has been regularly targeted by hackers who use AI to create realistic invoices. Chris Mousley, a supply chain analytics specialist at the firm, said Virbac had been forced to educate staff and change its process for paying suppliers to avoid being robbed by cyber criminals. "I get at least five to 10 of these a month and they're extremely convincing commercial documents that look like pro-forma invoices," Mr Mousley said. "These are very specific documents and they're AI-generated to look like companies we would deal with." The fake invoices were often for specific raw materials, he said, which indicated criminals were specifically targeting the firm and its industry. AI software was not only being used to improve the grammar and apparent legitimacy of email scams, but to craft targeted and sophisticated attacks across different platforms, SoSafe human-centric security advocate Jacqueline Jayne said. "We've had deepfakes using people's voices to pretend to be someone on the phone and it is incredibly difficult, unless you have a code word, to be able to tell are we talking to (a colleague) or is this someone pretending to be her," she said. "It's getting harder and harder to pick the difference." The Cybercrime Trends report, released in Friday, was prepared by research firm Censuswide and surveyed 500 IT workers across nine countries. Despite their prevalence, only one-in-four IT workers rated their ability to detect AI-based attacks as "high". Most Australian organisations had experienced attacks delivered to workers' personal devices such as phones and laptops, the report found. Companies were also targeted by "multi-channel attacks" that used their email and social media accounts, messaging apps and voice calls. Educating employees in how to detect deepfake scams would be vital to shutting down the attacks, particularly in small and medium-sized businesses that often did not deploy the same level of cybersecurity, Ms Jayne said. "We're going to see more AI-assisted and driven attacks in Australia and globally," she told AAP. "One way to address it is to think about what humans are doing, how they're responding to (attacks), and how we can help them to think before they do anything." Companies needed to educate staff in how to scrutinise incoming communication carefully, Mr Mousley said. This included looking for hints such as misspellings and different payment methods, and running credit checks on local firms. "You can't be complacent," he said. "We didn't get any of these 12 months ago."
Perth Now
08-05-2025
- Business
- Perth Now
How AI is being weaponised to attack Aussie businesses
More online criminals are weaponising artificial intelligence to steal from Australian businesses, including using the technology to create deepfakes of employees' voices and appearance. Small and medium-sized businesses were at highest risk from the emerging trend, but almost all Australian organisations had encountered AI-based online attacks over the past year, a report has found. Security firm SoSafe has released the findings in its Cybercrime Trends report, which also found Australia is one of the nations most often targeted by AI-generated attacks. The warnings come one month after some of the nation's biggest superannuation firms were hit with a co-ordinated online attack that saw $750,000 stolen from personal accounts. Sydney animal vaccine firm Virbac has been regularly targeted by hackers who use AI to create realistic invoices. Chris Mousley, a supply chain analytics specialist at the firm, said Virbac had been forced to educate staff and change its process for paying suppliers to avoid being robbed by cyber criminals. "I get at least five to 10 of these a month and they're extremely convincing commercial documents that look like pro-forma invoices," Mr Mousley said. "These are very specific documents and they're AI-generated to look like companies we would deal with." The fake invoices were often for specific raw materials, he said, which indicated criminals were specifically targeting the firm and its industry. AI software was not only being used to improve the grammar and apparent legitimacy of email scams, but to craft targeted and sophisticated attacks across different platforms, SoSafe human-centric security advocate Jacqueline Jayne said. "We've had deepfakes using people's voices to pretend to be someone on the phone and it is incredibly difficult, unless you have a code word, to be able to tell are we talking to (a colleague) or is this someone pretending to be her," she said. "It's getting harder and harder to pick the difference." The Cybercrime Trends report, released in Friday, was prepared by research firm Censuswide and surveyed 500 IT workers across nine countries. Despite their prevalence, only one-in-four IT workers rated their ability to detect AI-based attacks as "high". Most Australian organisations had experienced attacks delivered to workers' personal devices such as phones and laptops, the report found. Companies were also targeted by "multi-channel attacks" that used their email and social media accounts, messaging apps and voice calls. Educating employees in how to detect deepfake scams would be vital to shutting down the attacks, particularly in small and medium-sized businesses that often did not deploy the same level of cybersecurity, Ms Jayne said. "We're going to see more AI-assisted and driven attacks in Australia and globally," she told AAP. "One way to address it is to think about what humans are doing, how they're responding to (attacks), and how we can help them to think before they do anything." Companies needed to educate staff in how to scrutinise incoming communication carefully, Mr Mousley said. This included looking for hints such as misspellings and different payment methods, and running credit checks on local firms. "You can't be complacent," he said. "We didn't get any of these 12 months ago."
BBC News
21-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Notts left to settle for frustrating draw
Rothesay County Championship Division One, Edgbaston (day four)Warwickshire 93 & 181-6: Barnard 40*, Mousley 32;Tongue 2-49Nottinghamshire 367: Hameed 138*, O'Neill 50; Booth 5-90Nottinghamshire (14 pts) drew with Warwickshire (11 pts)Match scorecard Dominant Nottinghamshire ran out of time and had to settle for a draw against Warwickshire after rain took out much of the final day of their County Championship Division One match at trailing by 274 on first innings, entered the final day on 163-6 second time around, with the visitors four wickets away from the win their command of the match deserved. But rain prevented play until 15:45 BST, leaving Nottinghamshire's bowlers just 36 overs at their disposal on a flattening pair Ed Barnard (40 not out, 149 balls) and Olly Hannon-Dalby (seven not out, 62 balls) blocked their way to safety as Warwickshire ended on ended with much relief at a draw, having been outplayed. Nottinghamshire's frustration, after seizing control with some brilliant bowling on the second day, was deep, though they did not help themselves with pedestrian batting on the third morning. With heavy rain always likely on day four, there was a clear case for pressing home their advantage in more proactive fashion and trying to force victory before the final gamble on the weather allowing them sufficient time did not succeed as Barnard and Hannon-Dalby 'parked the bus' on an increasingly placid pitch. After play finally resumed, just three runs came from the first 14 seventh-wicket pair survived 20 overs with few alarms when Nottinghamshire had their last throw of the dice – a new ball with 16 overs remaining. By that stage, however, the dark clouds had rolled back in and the floodlights were on and only four balls were possible with the new ball before the umpires took the players off for bad light, never to were left mightily relieved to have drawn a match in which they were so emphatically second best. Nottinghamshire might reflect that County Championship matches are very hard to win, so when you do build a winning position, it's a good idea to stay positive and do everything you can to turn it into a Reporters Network supported by Rothesay
New York Times
19-02-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
‘Unai Emery has almost taught us Aston Villa fans how to watch football'
It is still three hours before Aston Villa's match against Ipswich Town, but cars are steadily crowding the surrounding areas. Parking around Aston has never been the easiest and with matches increasingly selling out, the competition for spaces becomes urgent. Cars park on curbs outside the Villa Tavern, a home pub packed on matchdays. The Athletic stands outside, waiting for Warwickshire and England cricketer Dan Mousley, who has experienced something of a troubled morning and is running late, owing to a misplaced wallet. Remarkably polite despite the understandable frenzy, he calls twice on the way to apologise. Advertisement He arrives a little while later with his mum, Helen. They are the first of the Mousley family to turn up, with others gently filtering into the pub. The family have 10 season tickets in the North Stand and religiously sit in the same formation for every game. 'Harry at the front with my uncle, his dad, and my cousin and one of the spare seats,' says Dan. 'Then it will be me, Tom, my middle brother, mum, uncle and another cousin. 'Six at the back, four in front,' adds Helen. Dan is a hardened Villa supporter. He has been a season ticket holder since the 2016-17 campaign, Villa's first in the Championship, and travels to away matches when he can, though the demand for tickets combined with his increasingly busy schedule is proving difficult to overcome. 'There's not many more games I can go to this season after this one,' he says. 'Even though I can't go all the time, I'm not giving up my season ticket.' The 23-year-old has just returned from Abu Dhabi, where he had been playing for MI Emirates in the International League T20, a cricket franchise tournament based in the United Arab Emirates. It ended a long winter abroad, having gone to South Africa for an England Lions camp — a squad mostly comprised of young, emerging cricketers just below the senior side — and, before that, in the Caribbean, where he made his full England debut for the one-day and T20 series against the West Indies. 'I like Dan's character,' said England's limited-overs captain Jos Buttler following Mousley's debut. Mousley is a precocious all-rounder, mixing an aggressive batting style with an idiosyncratic bowling technique, which sees him ranked among the fastest spinners in the world with an average of nearly 70mph/112kph. That is huge 🚀 Dan Mousley launches one into the stands! Watch #WIvENG on @tntsports & @discoveryplusUK 📺 — Cricket on TNT Sports (@cricketontnt) November 6, 2024 He is a deep-rooted Midlander, born in Nether Whitacre, a rural parish east of Aston and playing domestic cricket for Warwickshire, Birmingham Bears and the Birmingham Phoenix in the Hundred. 'Home is five minutes from Villa's training ground,' he says. 'Come out of Bodymoor Heath, go left, follow it over the roundabout and you're there.' Helen kindly buys us both a fizzy drink and we take a seat in the corner of the Tavern's outdoor tent. Conversation immediately turns to Villa. 'People know I do this,' he smiles. 'We were playing Durham and we were fielding at the same time Villa were playing at Arsenal. I was asking the umpire what the score was. He would speak to the scoring box upstairs, who would phone down: 'Yep, Villa are winning 1-0, 2-0'. That's how I knew. 'There are other times where I'll be on the boundary. It's happened in the Hundred (a domestic competition). Last August, I was at The Oval and Villa were playing West Ham. There was a lad in a West Ham shirt behind me, so I asked him what the score was. He said, '(Jhon) Duran has just scored, it's 2-1'. I'm stood at deep midwicket in the Hundred play-off semi-final and between balls, I'm asking for the Villa score.' Advertisement Mousley recalls the small windows in the British cricket calendar that overlap with Villa. On occasions, Mousley has needed to dash five miles across Birmingham from Edgbaston following the end of a day's play to make kick-off, sometimes not having time to get changed. 'It was me and Rob Yates, another big Villa fan who plays for Warwickshire,' he says. 'Villa were playing Everton in the Carabao Cup last season and we were in our playing kits and sat in the Upper Holte. 'When we lost to Wolves this month, I was sitting in a sports bar in Abu Dhabi. The problem is that Villa dictate my mood. If Villa lost to West Ham that day at the cricket, I would have been gutted (they won 2-1). That's why my dad doesn't come anymore because he followed us in the '80s and '90s, home and away.' A bird? A plane? Superman? ❌ It's DAN MOUSLEY! ✅ Diving full stretch and Dan Mousley takes an absolute BLINDER, full-stretched! 💥 @MIEmirates are well and truly back!#DVvMIE #DPWorldILT20 #AllInForCricket — International League T20 (@ILT20Official) January 16, 2025 A steady stream of relatives begin to find us out the back. Watching Villa is an opportunity to bring a tight-knit family together. 'My dad died three years ago and Villa let us transfer his ticket, which was nice,' says Helen. 'On a matchday, we usually stay at my mum's a bit longer. But with Dan losing his wallet, we haven't been able to. We have a family birthday party after the game tonight so we are all now working out how to get there.' 'My grandad passed away three years ago but when he was alive, we used to sit once or twice a year in hospitality during the cup runs, when it was cheap,' says Dan. 'Then, one day, my grandad went, 'Right, let's do everything as a family. Let's get rid of what we do a couple of times a year. We'll get our season tickets back'. Advertisement 'My first game back as a season ticket holder was against Huddersfield Town. We drew 1-1, with me, my uncle and cousin going. We're a very close family anyway, but it's nice for us to go. We have the same routine every match — we meet at Nan's and then we'll come here. Maybe not have a drink, but always park around here.' More cricket on The Athletic… '(Donyell) Malen in for (Leon) Bailey,' says Mousley, reading out Villa's team to the family. '(John) McGinn is playing next to (Youri) Tielemans in the pivot. I reckon (Marco) Asensio will come on on the hour mark.' (Mousley is spot on). 'I've watched us when we've been really bad — now we are bringing on players like Asensio! The Bayern Munich game… wow. I've never been so excited for a match in my life. If that was it regarding the Villa I'd be happy. I was behind the goal when Duran dinked Manuel Neuer and it was unbelievable. When Pau Torres scored in the first half and it was disallowed, I got a cut on my shin from celebrating. 'My two brothers, my cousins, my uncle, my mum — everybody was there. That night was special. I was gutted to miss the Celtic game a few weeks ago (Dan was in Abu Dhabi) but it was midnight, so I stayed up for that.' Mousley vividly remembers his first Villa memory, describing the Paul Scholes' volley that cannoned off the underside of the crossbar and into the net. His obsession, however, was honed and developed during those Championship years, when he had acquired a season ticket. 'Remember the 5-5 against Nottingham Forest?' he says. 'What about Alan Hutton's goal, McGinn's or Conor Hourihane's versus the Blues? One of my favourite memories isn't a home game. We were playing Rotherham away and were 1-0 down at half-time and down to 10 men. Jonathan Kodjia scored a penalty and then Jack Grealish scored. We won 2-1 and I remember just being with a couple of mates, feeling this was our time, that Villa were going to go back up.' Long hours spent travelling lends itself to finding ways to pass the time. Mousley listens to Villa-related podcasts, quizzes The Athletic on one they were on the day before and says he gravitates around cricketers who share a similar fascination with football. Eminent England internationals, Chris Woakes and Ian Bell, are big Villa supporters. Advertisement 'Another one of the Warwickshire boys, Jake Lintott, is a massive Exeter City (of League One) fan,' he says. 'If we've got training Wednesday at 9am, and Exeter are playing on a Tuesday night, even in The Virtu Trophy, he will go. 'I remember last season Morgan Rogers scored for Middlesbrough against Exeter and Jake texted me saying: 'He's a baller, he will be in the Prem in the next few months'.' With less than an hour before kick-off, we start the mile-long walk towards Villa Park. On the way, we talk transfers, our cricket fascinations and Unai Emery's tenure. 'He can do whatever he wants,' Mousley says. 'The first few months everyone was on edge because we played out from the back and it was slow. Villa Park can get nervy. The fans who were shouting 'get rid' have learned. Emery has almost taught us how to watch football.' Mousley will return to Warwickshire next week to prepare for the new season that begins in April. He is a multi-format, multi-faceted cricketer who hopefully flourishes into a regular England international. When that time comes, new team-mates will have to get used to talking about one thing. 'Honestly, mate, people get sick of me talking about Villa,' he laughs. 'I just love it.' (Top photos: Mousley celebrating taking a wicket for England and meeting The Athletic. Getty Images/Jacob Tanswell/The Athletic)
