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November 13, 2019 England

Chris Woakes has a beard now and that definitely says something although we’re not exactly sure what

4 minute readRemember when Ian Bell grew an almost-beard? That was a statement if ever there was one. Ian Bell’s beard said, “I am grizzled nowadays. I am a veteran. I am a man.” Gingery and flecked with grey, Bell’s was the facial hair of a cowboy who’d been on the trail

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November 8, 2019 England

Even the mere *idea* of playing for Yorkshire seems to have helped Dawid Malan. Somehow

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November 5, 2019 England

Eoin Morgan had never tried coffee until last week. What does that say about him?

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October 10, 2019 England

Chris Silverwood’s first big England plan: time travel

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October 8, 2019 England

England have hired a Yorkshireman as coach and no-one’s really noticed

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September 28, 2019 Australia / England / India

13 things that happened this summer that sort of sum things up but mostly don’t

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September 20, 2019 Australia / England

Video: A new angle on a perfectly normal Steve Smith defensive stroke

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September 19, 2019 Australia / England

Stuart Broad v David Warner

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September 18, 2019 Australia / England / Features

2019 Ashes Worst XI – who gets into our composite team?

4 minute readNever mind all those Ashes Best XIs. Who would get into the far more hotly-contested 2019 Ashes Worst XI? 1. David Warner – 95 runs at 9.50 First name on our team sheet even if we weren’t starting at the top and working our way down. If Josh Hazlewood had

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September 17, 2019 Australia / England

The 2019 Ridiculous Ashes was a great Ridiculous Ashes, the 2019 Ridiculous Ashes was a ridiculous Ridiculous Ashes

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