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Category: England

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 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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May 2, 2019 England

The Alex Hales affair: Street brawls, naked selfies and recreational drugs not part of ‘team culture’ says Eoin Morgan

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May 1, 2019 England

It sounds like plenty of England players were completely fed up with Alex Hales

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April 30, 2019 England

Shall we try and work out what’s going on with Alex Hales?

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April 26, 2019 England

What the hell? Stuart Broad’s doing a podcast with Stephen Fry

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April 17, 2019 England

Jofra Archer named in special one-man England squad

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  1. JB on Lancashire’s recovery masterplan: different captain, different players, different pitchesMay 14, 2025

    Yes. If it wasn’t for Harris, Lancashire would be propping up the bottom of Division 2. . Ah. Never thought…

  2. King Cricket on Lancashire’s recovery masterplan: different captain, different players, different pitchesMay 14, 2025

    Full tangential report please.

  3. A P Webster on Lancashire’s recovery masterplan: different captain, different players, different pitchesMay 14, 2025

    Having watched a bit of all their games on YouTube this season, the bowling seems more of an issue than…

  4. King Cricket on Lancashire’s recovery masterplan: different captain, different players, different pitchesMay 14, 2025

    Precisely why it's such a great measure for how awful a team has become.

  5. Balladeer on Lancashire’s recovery masterplan: different captain, different players, different pitchesMay 14, 2025

    I can't help feeling that "the Second Division doesn't count" seems to have acquired an exception recently. Pity the poor…

RSS Animals being conspicuously indifferent to cricket

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  • Conspicuous indifference to Dan Lawrence’s gyrations from a human being
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RSS Match reports

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