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Category: England

June 4, 2019 England / Pakistan

Joe Root: the most boring one-day batsman in the world

< 1 minute read2019 Cricket World Cup, Game 6, England v Pakistan

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May 30, 2019 England / South Africa

What score should we give that mad Ben Stokes catch?

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May 29, 2019 England

Let us tell you about England’s World Cup squad

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May 29, 2019 England

Channel 5 will not be showing highlights of the 2019 Cricket World Cup

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May 28, 2019 England

Let us tell you about Mark Wood from England’s World Cup squad

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May 28, 2019 England

Let us tell you about Chris Woakes from England’s World Cup squad

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May 27, 2019 England

Let us tell you about James Vince from England’s World Cup squad

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May 27, 2019 England

Let us tell you about Ben Stokes from England’s World Cup squad

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May 26, 2019 England

Let us tell you about Jason Roy from England’s World Cup squad

< 1 minute readJason Roy is originally from South Africa and he hits the ball very hard. The similarities with Kevin Pietersen don’t end there either – he also has the same shaped mouth. There the similarities pretty much do end. The noteworthy ones anyway. There are two versions of Jason Roy and

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May 26, 2019 England

Let us tell you about Joe Root from England’s World Cup squad

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