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Month: January 2020

January 28, 2020 England

The Jos Buttler formula and the Ben Stokes toolkit – how ‘trust your defence’ and ‘play your natural game’ aren’t competing philosophies

5 minute readJos Buttler is a Test batsman who talks as if he needs to approach his innings in a certain way. Maybe taking a philosophy into the middle is counterproductive. What’s your natural game? Our natural game is a lot of tea, coffee and reading, a small amount of writing, maybe

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January 26, 2020 England

You probably want to talk about Mark Wood or something

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January 22, 2020 England

Joe Denly could become England’s Baron of Balls

2 minute read

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January 16, 2020 England / South Africa

Mark Wood is playing The Entertain Yourselves Test

2 minute read

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January 12, 2020 England

England are nicking all your best ideas and parroting them back to you

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January 9, 2020 England

Did you see Dom Sibley’s face when Zak Crawley palmed that catch straight up?

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January 7, 2020 England

Rory Burns and Dom Sibley could be one of the all-time great aesthetically displeasing opening partnerships

3 minute read

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January 3, 2020 England

Joe Denly is here to play a whole inconclusive career

2 minute read

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January 3, 2020 England

Yes, football is kind of an arsehole, but we can’t really blame it for injuring our cricketers

2 minute read

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January 2, 2020 England

Four-day Test matches diminish the epic scale that is the format’s greatest strength

2 minute read

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  1. Ged Ladd on What shall we do with the drunken captain of the HMS McCullum? Chuck him in the long boat ’til he’s sober? Or just leave him alone to pursue a T20 World Cup win?February 8, 2026

    Your question is ALMOST a request, Sam. No wonder you've had the silent treatment from KC. Here's my take on…

  2. Sam Blackledge on What shall we do with the drunken captain of the HMS McCullum? Chuck him in the long boat ’til he’s sober? Or just leave him alone to pursue a T20 World Cup win?February 7, 2026

    What’s the official editorial position re the T20 World Cup? I hadn’t even realised it started today.

  3. King Cricket on What shall we do with the drunken captain of the HMS McCullum? Chuck him in the long boat ’til he’s sober? Or just leave him alone to pursue a T20 World Cup win?February 6, 2026

    Had forgotten that. Interesting bit of back story to throw into the mix.

  4. King Cricket on What shall we do with the drunken captain of the HMS McCullum? Chuck him in the long boat ’til he’s sober? Or just leave him alone to pursue a T20 World Cup win?February 6, 2026

    Entirely possible we'd manage it while striving to say something else.

  5. Ged Ladd on What shall we do with the drunken captain of the HMS McCullum? Chuck him in the long boat ’til he’s sober? Or just leave him alone to pursue a T20 World Cup win?February 6, 2026

    Two words: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. Try saying that towards the end of a night on the lash with Harry Brooks.

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