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Continue readingAuthor: King Cricket
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.
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(Almost) everyone rejoice: India have picked Rohit Sharma for an away Test match again
< 1 minute readIndia have again let Rohit Sharma don white clothing overseas. This is excellent news for fans of explosions in fireworks factories. For context, Rohit averages 85 in Test matches in India, so he’s a brilliant batsman. He also averages 25.75 outside India, so he’s a rubbish batsman. India like picking
Continue readingWhat’s it like to watch cricket at Galle? (Sri Lanka v South Africa match report)
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Continue readingFive-ball overs and changing ends a bit less often – rules confirmed for the ECB’s ‘New Competition’
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Continue readingUnbelievably, despite endless elite debate, Australians have once again completely lost track of ‘the line’
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Continue readingTotal Bits and Pieces Cricket: Is England’s current approach the future or simply the best way for them to do things at the minute?
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Who celebrates hundreds more angrily – Jonny Bairstow or Virat Kohli?
4 minute readWhen Jonny Bairstow made his first test ton, he celebrated in such a way that no-one was left in any doubt that this was the Test hundred that his late father, David, never made. If you know the story of Jonny and David Bairstow – and an article like this
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