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Month: November 2018

November 29, 2018 County cricket

Five-ball overs and changing ends a bit less often – rules confirmed for the ECB’s ‘New Competition’

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November 28, 2018 Australia

Unbelievably, despite endless elite debate, Australians have once again completely lost track of ‘the line’

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November 27, 2018 England / New Zealand

Total Bits and Pieces Cricket: Is England’s current approach the future or simply the best way for them to do things at the minute?

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November 23, 2018 England / India

Who celebrates hundreds more angrily – Jonny Bairstow or Virat Kohli?

4 minute readWhen Jonny Bairstow made his first test ton, he celebrated in such a way that no-one was left in any doubt that this was the Test hundred that his late father, David, never made. If you know the story of Jonny and David Bairstow – and an article like this

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November 23, 2018 England / India

With hindsight, maybe it’s not quite time for India to omit Mithali Raj yet

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November 21, 2018 Australia / England / India / West Indies

World T20: What is the correct number of left-arm finger spinners?

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November 20, 2018 Cricket books | reviews and recommendations

On Cricket by Mike Brearley – book review

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November 17, 2018 England / Sri Lanka

Keaton Jennings has become shit-hot at dropping catches

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November 16, 2018 England / Sri Lanka

Does sweeping damn near everything actually work?

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November 15, 2018 South Africa / West Indies

South Africa just choked in a major tournament and no-one seems to be going on about it

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