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Month: February 2019

February 28, 2019 England / West Indies

Did you see… Jos Buttler’s wrists?

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February 27, 2019 County cricket / South Africa

County cricket is dying and poverty-stricken and if something isn’t done soon the counties won’t even have enough money to tempt the world’s finest cricketers to renounce their international careers any more

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February 23, 2019 South Africa / Sri Lanka

Someone has hidden or misplaced the Sri Lanka Test team that subsides to predictable defeats. If anyone tracks it down, they should probably alert the authorities. Its parents will no doubt be very worried

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February 21, 2019 England / West Indies

Chris Gayle is not a very efficient batsman any more

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February 20, 2019 West Indies

Twice today we’ve heard that John Campbell’s nickname is Cannonball

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February 19, 2019 Extras

Books to read at the cricket? The Price of Fish by Ian Harris and Michael Mainelli

2 minute readGed Ladd writes: Disclosure: One of The Price Of Fish’s authors, Ian Harris, is my nom d’actualité. I had been invited by the London School of Economics for a video interview around some of the subject matter in the award-winning book, The Price of Fish, A New Approach to Wicked

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February 16, 2019 South Africa / Sri Lanka

Kusal Perera does not care for circumstances

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February 13, 2019 England / West Indies

Jason Holder is not Bill Lumbergh

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February 12, 2019 Extras / Features

Are you David Lloyd’s unoccupied hand when Nasser Hussain is answering a question? Because we are

5 minute readOver time, we’ve become more and more fascinated with one of David Lloyd’s hands. It is the one that hangs by his side when Ian Ward interviews himself and Nasser Hussain at the end of each day’s play on Sky Sports. It is not the one that holds the microphone.

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February 11, 2019 England / West Indies

Watch 45-minute highlights of the day Mark Wood took five wickets against the West Indies bowling at over 90mph

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