3 minute read With the Sri Lanka v England Test series postponed because of coronavirus, we’re playing out two Test matches between Sri Lanka and England on Cricket Captain 2018’s ‘All-Time Greats’ mode… This is Sim Series. In the wake of England’s big win in the first Test, we asked whether they should
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Fans rage against inaugural Sim Series – brand current rules “totally unfair”
< 1 minute read With the Sri Lanka v England Test series postponed because of coronavirus, we’re playing out two Test matches between Sri Lanka and England on Cricket Captain 2018’s ‘All-Time Greats’ mode… This is Sim Series. The great thing about being in sole charge of cricket is that we get to piss
Continue readingSim Series, Sri Lanka v England, 1st Test, day 4: Underwood ices the cake for England
3 minute read With the Sri Lanka v England Test series postponed because of Coronavirus, we’re playing out two Test matches between Sri Lanka and England on Cricket Captain 2018’s ‘All-Time Greats’ mode… Welcome to Sim Series. Here’s what happened on day three. Having only made 226 in reply to England’s 541 all
Continue readingSim Series, Sri Lanka v England, 1st Test, day 3: Laker tears Sri Lanka a new one with Jayawardene offering lone resistance
3 minute read With the Sri Lanka v England Test series postponed because of Coronavirus, we’re playing out two Test matches between Sri Lanka and England on Cricket Captain 2018’s ‘All-Time Greats’ mode… Welcome to Sim Series. After a snooze-inducingly slow start on day one, England had built a decent total by the
Continue readingSim Series, Sri Lanka v England, 1st Test, day 2: Stokes dominates as Murali toils
2 minute read With the Sri Lanka v England Test series postponed because of Coronavirus, we’re playing out two Test matches between Sri Lanka and England on Cricket Captain 2018’s ‘All-Time Greats’ mode… Welcome to Sim Series. Day one of the first Sim Series Test between Sri Lanka and England was… well, it
Continue readingSim Series, Sri Lanka v England, 1st Test, day 1: Cook to the fore on turgid day
4 minute read With the Sri Lanka v England Test series postponed because of Coronavirus, we’re playing out two Test matches between Sri Lanka and England on Cricket Captain 2018’s ‘All-Time Greats’ mode… Welcome to Sim Series. If you missed Tuesday’s preview, this is what we’re doing this week. Might as well start
Continue readingSim Series: Sri Lanka v England – if real sport’s off we’re just going to have to improvise
2 minute read Like pretty much everything else at the minute, the Sri Lanka v England Test series is postponed or possibly just completely cancelled because of Coronavirus. The only logical thing for a cricket website to do in this situation is to play out two Test matches between Sri Lanka and England
Continue reading13 proper highlights from the 2019 Cricket World Cup (and none are from the final because the final was a whole thing all of its own)
3 minute read The Cricket World Cup is insanely long. Cycling’s ‘grand tours’ are considered epic feats of endurance but the World Cup started in May, halfway through the Giro d’Italia, and finished in July, halfway through the Tour de France. (Here’s a recap of the first week of this year’s Tour and
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< 1 minute read 2019 Cricket World Cup, Game 27, England v Sri Lanka
Continue readingLet’s look at the four phases of the greatest moment of this World Cup so far and work out who had the biggest role in it
2 minute read 2019 Cricket World Cup, Game 7, Afghanistan v Sri Lanka
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