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Month: February 2022

February 7, 2022 Australia

Elite intensity: How to misread a Justin Langer headline

< 1 minute readJustin Langer resigned as Australia coach a couple of days ago. Today we completely and utterly misread a headline about him. It’s not that we got the words wrong. We saw the correct words. It’s just that seeing the headline the day after the article was published, we attributed a

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February 4, 2022 England

As England sack their coach, here’s the take none of you want

4 minute readAfter sacking their director of men’s cricket, Ashley Giles, earlier in the week, England have now sacked head coach Chris Silverwood too. Who will follow him? If you have separate captains for different formats, you probably need separate coaches too. In the early days of this website, we had a

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February 2, 2022 Features

Tail-end tons: Who is the worst batter to have hit exactly one Test hundred?

8 minute readSometimes a tail-ender throws the bat and gets a few runs. A quick 20 or 30 or even a half century. But a Test hundred? That’s a bigger thing. Who is the worst batter to have achieved that feat? Many films generate a sense of tension by making the audience

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