2 minute read Where are we now with Joe Root hundreds? Last month we were asking at what point a Joe Root innings becomes noteworthy? Our point was that a mere hundred from Root doesn’t really feel like big news any more. It needs to be at least a ‘daddy’ hundred for people
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Test Cricket on Channel 4 – a review of the free-to-air coverage of day one of India v England
2 minute read Earlier this week, Channel 4 weren’t due to broadcast the Test series between India and England. Then, suddenly, a couple of days ago, they were. This doesn’t represent a great deal of prep time. How did day one go? Let’s take look at the live coverage, the studio bits and
Continue readingSix things to watch out for during the India v England Test series on Channel 4
4 minute read England are touring India and it’s on Channel 4. Here’s what you need to know ahead of the series (which starts on Friday). First, a quick recap of where we are right now and how things have gone in the past. India just beat Australia away from home despite suffering
Continue readingChannel 4 showing the India v England Tests* and Mambo No.5 – Mop-up of the day
2 minute read We’re very excited to discover what level of certainty we’ll hit today with regards to Channel 4 broadcasting the India v England series. At the time of writing, we’re still at “it is understood that” with no official word from the broadcaster and the unit of measurement for the countdown
Continue readingThe 2021 season is brutal. How many England players will actually make it through?
3 minute read 10 Ashes Tests in a row was such a good idea and went so well that the ECB thought to themselves: “Say, why don’t we play nine Tests on the bounce against India? Let’s really focus on that. Then, while they were all patting themselves on the backs for having
Continue readingThree things India needed for The Storming of the Gabba
4 minute read To storm a fortress you need three things: numbers, a tenderiser and at least one person who is not averse to progress. This is the story of how India took the Gabba. Not all fortresses are hard to take. England turned up at a fort earlier this week and were
Continue readingThe autopilot: Why Cheteshwar Pujara is unconsciously exceptional
5 minute read Please can we tell you why Cheteshwar Pujara is so special. It’s too do with how little he thinks. Most of us are waging a war against conscious thought at the moment. Holed up with the same people we’ve been cooped up with for most of the last year, good
Continue readingAjinkya Rahane and India’s net gains
2 minute read India got past Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood bowling with the new ball and lo, they won the Test match. That’s reductive – but then so’s concluding a team can’t bat when it gets bowled out for 36. Ajinkya Rahane made the most obviously telling contribution, run out for 112
Continue readingWhy India’s 36 all out was a one-dimensional effort in the field of collapses
3 minute read If you’ve ever seen The Perfect Storm, you’ll know that quite a lot of things go wrong in it. The Perfect Storm is a film about fishing, starring George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg and quite a few other people you know. At one point Wahlberg is bitten by a shark. A
Continue readingLet’s find out exactly what went on at Chennai Super Kings this season
3 minute read Chennai Super Kings (CSK) had a well-publicised very terrible IPL season. It’s interesting to see how they dealt with that. CSK hold the records for most appearances in the play-offs (ten) and final (eight), but this year they were just about the worst team in the competition. This also makes
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