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Month: March 2019

March 28, 2019 Match report

A legitimate excuse for missing Warwickshire v Kent in County Championship Division Two last year (a match report)

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March 27, 2019 Extras

We watched the first episode of Cricket Fever, the Mumbai Indians documentary on Netflix. These are the three big highlights

2 minute readCricket Fever is a Netflix documentary about the Mumbai Indians’ 2018 season. So far we’ve only watched the first episode, but we have watched it twice, so you can trust us that these are the big highlights. 1. Every moment of Akash Ambani Akash’s parents, the multi-billionaires Mukesh and Nita

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March 26, 2019 England / India

Is Jos Buttler asking for a mankad?

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March 23, 2019 Extras

Dwayne Bravo has a new list-of-things-he-likes-set-to-music out

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March 22, 2019 Australia

David Warner’s beard is probably worth talking about at least just a little bit

< 1 minute readDavid Warner looks like the top half of his head spent a year at home and the bottom half of his head spent a year in the literal wilderness. The top half of the head has been drinking frappuccinos and eating plenty of vegetables. The bottom half of the head

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March 21, 2019 India

Delhi Daredevils have become a great deal more risk-averse

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March 20, 2019 England / South Africa

Duanne Olivier says he wants to play for England now

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March 19, 2019 Regulars

Stumps in a Salford toilet

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March 14, 2019 Afghanistan / Ireland

Looks like you’ll be able to watch the Afghanistan v Ireland Test on YouTube

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March 12, 2019 England

David Willey’s Alice band has given us an awful lot to think about this week

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