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Month: March 2021

March 10, 2021 England / Features

Why it is only now dawning on England fans that their team plays way too many games

8 minute readTurns out people don’t like squad rotation. Not when you call it that anyway. Test Match Special can be a good place to gauge which way the wind’s blowing – and not just because it’s regularly interrupted by the shipping forecast. Earlier this week, Jonathan Agnew wrote a column in

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March 8, 2021 Australia / England

Which ridiculous Ashes series should we cover next?

< 1 minute readAs we’re sure you’re aware, the Ridiculous Ashes – the parallel England v Australia competition we first ran over at Cricket 365 for the 2019 series – is now a podcast. Series 1 was about the 1997 Ashes and we thought you’d like a say on which series we cover

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March 5, 2021 England / India

The Rishabh Pant campaign for longer Test series

2 minute readHere’s a thing we noticed about Rishabh Pant. He’s terrible in adverts. Now here’s another thing we noticed about Rishabh Pant. In 2018, Pant made 114 in the fifth and final Test at the Oval. In 2019, he made 159 not out in the fourth and final Test at the

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March 4, 2021 England / India

How Dom Bess has massively improved his game since he last played

2 minute readDom Bess didn’t play the last two games. Joe Root said that he had used the time to work on a few things. We saw some evidence of that today. We’re not quite sure what it is, but we seem to be writing about Dom Bess a lot this winter.

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March 3, 2021 Afghanistan / England / India / New Zealand / Zimbabwe

The Dom Bess situation, Afghanistan on your telly + more | Mop-up of the day

3 minute readThe England men’s team are about to play the fourth Test against India, with Dom Bess apparently set to get another game. Meanwhile the England women’s team have started beating New Zealand in a new format, while Afghanistan and Zimbabwe are trying to get in on the current trend for

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March 1, 2021 Cricket computer games | reviews, previews and downloads | PC, Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, Wii

A review of an old Xbox 360 cricket game

2 minute readSemi-regular King Cricket contributor Sam sent us a review for a game he initially said was International Cricket Captain 2020, then clarified was ICC 2010, but which actually turned out to be International Cricket 2010 – a game that we’ve already reviewed. Videogame developers are always mystifyingly keen to use

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  1. JW on A ruddy great hole in the team didn’t stop England hitting 400 and beating the West Indies by a mileMay 30, 2025

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