4 minute read Let’s talk about picking bowling attacks. Let’s use the first Test between England and the West Indies as a case study and, for an extra frisson of excitement, let’s do this halfway through the game – that way any specifics we use can turn out to be very wrong. Because
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How much more responsibility could Jason Holder possibly take on?
< 1 minute read The answer is ‘none’. None more responsibility. Jason Holder is a parsimonious line bowler of immaculate line and length. He is also a two-metre strike bowler, who seams the ball plenty. He’s a decent bat too, not to mention an absolutely peerless anti-Lumbergh of a captain. Now it turns out
Continue readingBBC2 Test highlights: First impressions
2 minute read Tonight was the first episode of the BBC’s new Test highlights show. It’s called Today at the Test, which is a great name (although given today’s rain and its 45-minute running time, this first one should probably have been called Today at the Test Plus Quite a Bit of Other
Continue readingThailand’s first T20 World Cup wicket was a run-out
< 1 minute read This was, apparently, highly likely. According to Jrod, women’s cricket features a hell of a lot more run-outs than men’s cricket. The fact that the fielding restrictions keep fielders closer than in the men’s game is a large part of the reason why. It means they get to the ball
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
Continue readingWhat was Chris Gayle’s “diving stop” like?
2 minute read 2019 Cricket World Cup, Game 34, India v West Indies
Continue readingCarlos Brathwaite v Physics
3 minute read 2019 Cricket World Cup, Game 29, New Zealand v West Indies
Continue readingAndre Russell really isn’t cut out for bowling and he should probably just stop
2 minute read 2019 Cricket World Cup, Game 23, Bangladesh v West Indies
Continue readingWas Fran Wilson’s horizontal diving catch the perfect horizontal diving catch?
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Continue readingAre the West Indies going to try and bounce the shit out of you? Wonder no more. Just consult this handy guide
< 1 minute read 2019 Cricket World Cup, Game 10, Australia v West Indies
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