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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
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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
Continue readingWith hindsight, maybe it’s not quite time for India to omit Mithali Raj yet
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Continue readingShimron Hetmyer just narrowly missed out on making back-to-back hundreds against India
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Continue readingWatch the second Al Jazeera match fixing documentary in which (nameless) England cricketers are accused
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Continue readingWhat we do and don’t know about Prithvi Shaw
4 minute readYou’re probably wondering why there’s a photo of a load of fried fish awaiting a greedy human receptacle up there. We’ll get to that. It won’t take too long, but you’ll have to be a little bit patient. Before we get to it, we want to talk about the nature
Continue reading12 memorable moments from England’s 2018 summer
4 minute readThis is a somewhat ironic headline because as a rule we don’t remember things. Our brain long ago adopted the after-midnight-at-a-popular-nightclub policy towards nuggets of information – one in, one out. So consider this a note to our future self that you’re all invited to read in the present. It’s
Continue readingKedar Jadhav once dobbed three wickets against Pakistan
< 1 minute readOne of the great things about cricket is that a match can be unimaginably massive and yet one of the key contributions will come from someone who doesn’t even practise. Kedar Jadhav doesn’t really bowl in the nets. He’s probably worried that any attempt to hone his craft will wash
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