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February 11, 2020 England

England have got a plan for Jonny Bairstow: keep him guessing

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February 5, 2020 England

Eoin Morgan wants to catapult England forward – but is that wise?

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February 2, 2020 England / Features

Five lost England Test cricketers of the 2010s

4 minute readIn another universe, these five cricketers are the backbone of the England Test team. A handful of players make it in Test cricket. Others get picked and aren’t good enough. Then there are the weird ones; the ones who get a few games, look the business and then for some

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January 28, 2020 England

The Jos Buttler formula and the Ben Stokes toolkit – how ‘trust your defence’ and ‘play your natural game’ aren’t competing philosophies

5 minute readJos Buttler is a Test batsman who talks as if he needs to approach his innings in a certain way. Maybe taking a philosophy into the middle is counterproductive. What’s your natural game? Our natural game is a lot of tea, coffee and reading, a small amount of writing, maybe

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January 26, 2020 England

You probably want to talk about Mark Wood or something

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January 22, 2020 England

Joe Denly could become England’s Baron of Balls

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January 16, 2020 England / South Africa

Mark Wood is playing The Entertain Yourselves Test

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January 12, 2020 England

England are nicking all your best ideas and parroting them back to you

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January 9, 2020 England

Did you see Dom Sibley’s face when Zak Crawley palmed that catch straight up?

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January 7, 2020 England

Rory Burns and Dom Sibley could be one of the all-time great aesthetically displeasing opening partnerships

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