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Otherwise known as Alex Bowden, a lapsed cricket journalist who has written for ESPNCricinfo, wisden.com, Cricket 365, The Cricketer and plenty of other places. Links to some non-cricket writing and a bit more background here.
May 23, 2019 England

Let us tell you about Jos Buttler from England’s World Cup squad

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May 23, 2019 England

Let us tell you about Jonny Bairstow from England’s World Cup squad

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May 22, 2019 England

Let us tell you about Jofra Archer from England’s World Cup squad

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May 22, 2019 England

Let us tell you about Moeen Ali from England’s World Cup squad

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May 21, 2019 England

Let us tell you about Eoin Morgan from England’s World Cup squad

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May 18, 2019 England / Pakistan

Did you see Shoaib Malik flat-bat his own stumps like an absolute gimboid?

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May 17, 2019 England

Is a Ben Stokes with a rueful smile a diminished Ben Stokes?

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May 16, 2019 Australia

Matt Renshaw has given a first-hand account of that time he had to retire hurt because of the wild shits

2 minute readMatt Renshaw had to retire hurt because he had the wild shits once. You may remember it because it was an instance of an international cricketer retiring hurt because he had the wild shits. Renshaw spoke about the experience on The Final Word podcast this week. (The Final Word is

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May 15, 2019 England / Pakistan

England are a good one-day bowling side and if you think otherwise, you’re living in the past

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May 9, 2019 England

We know this is maybe missing the point a bit, but that Jofra Archer seems quite a nice lad, doesn’t he?

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  1. Dan on Burgers, noise and handshakes | another World Test Championship final match reportJuly 21, 2025

    I can't claim the photo, but I can claim the Edrich misspelling.

  2. Tim on Jasprit Bumrah Workload Watch… 86.4 oversJuly 21, 2025

    TBF he didn't claim to be drawing the line himself. But it does seem to be visible to him. Maybe…

  3. A P Webster on Real ale and Schrodinger’s membership | a Lancashire v Derbyshire match reportJuly 21, 2025

    It's not an exaggeration to say that hardly a week goes by without me bemoaning the closure of the Salford…

  4. Ged Ladd on Real ale and Schrodinger’s membership | a Lancashire v Derbyshire match reportJuly 21, 2025

    I loved the idea of a robust pastrami sandwich embarking on a circuit of the ground, until I got my…

  5. A P Webster on Real ale and Schrodinger’s membership | a Lancashire v Derbyshire match reportJuly 21, 2025

    Thanks JB, glad my typo of 'tote back' for 'tote bag' didn't ruin it all for you right at the…

RSS Animals being conspicuously indifferent to cricket

  • A cat continuing to maintain almost ostentatiously conspicuous indifference to cricket
  • Conspicuous indifference to Dan Lawrence’s gyrations from a human being
  • Is Winter (the cat) truly indifferent to cricket?

RSS Match reports

  • Real ale and Schrodinger’s membership | a Lancashire v Derbyshire match report
  • Burgers, noise and handshakes | another World Test Championship final match report
  • Tennises, Black Caps and tie envy at the World Test Championship Final | a match report

RSS Cricket bats in unusual places

  • DEVICE NEWS! (A match report being conspicuously indifferent to cricket in an unusual place)
  • A cricket bat in a Pigbag video
  • A Spartan cricket bat in a UK politics documentary

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  • Real ale and Schrodinger’s membership | a Lancashire v Derbyshire match report
  • Burgers, noise and handshakes | another World Test Championship final match report
  • Jasprit Bumrah Workload Watch… 86.4 overs
  • The bowel-churning thrill of the runs Ravindra Jadeja chose not to score and the wickets England failed to take
  • Why is the Lord’s pitch so woefully inconsistent?

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