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Whenever a Test is decided late on the fifth day, there’s much talk about how that kind of tension and excitement wouldn’t happen with four-day Tests. It’s half true. This is why.
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Jonny Bairstow risking HIS WHOLE PRECIOUS GODDAMN LIFE by kicking a football (via YouTube)
Our annual Lord Megachief of Gold award is the highest honour in cricket. The title is recognition of performance over the previous calendar year. Here are all the winners.
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- Danish Kaneria or Dane Vilas – who is most Danish?
- The worst Test bowling averages of all time
- The Awkwardest Squad: Why the 96/97 “flippin’ murdered ’em” tour of Zimbabwe was peak 90s England (a net bowler’s story)
- Which Test nation’s top five wicket takers would form the most balanced attack?
- England’s four weirdest Test picks of the last 20 years
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