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Category: England

February 6, 2019 England / West Indies

We’ve accidentally made the case for England to drop Moeen Ali

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February 3, 2019 England / West Indies

Bairstow versus Bravo: a tale of two fifties (and what they say about England and the West Indies)

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January 31, 2019 England / West Indies

Did Joe Root get the definitive ‘lifter’ off Alzarri Joseph?

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January 30, 2019 England / West Indies

Joe Denly has fingers that bend

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January 29, 2019 England / West Indies

Let’s take a quick look at the opening innings of some recent England Test tours and also the warm-up matches that preceded them

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January 25, 2019 England / Extras / West Indies

Which Sky Sports commentator delivered the most appropriate ‘England were all out for 77’ face?

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January 22, 2019 England / West Indies

Exactly how many Tests will Jonny Bairstow survive as England’s number three?

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January 17, 2019 England

Does Alastair Cook still say ‘ahm’ every other word now that he’s a professional broadcaster?

< 1 minute readWe sat and watched a 30-second Alastair Cook interview so that you didn’t have to. The most damning indictment of Britain as a country is that some people used to think Alastair Cook was ‘well-spoken’ even though he is actually The. Worst. Public. Speaker. Ever. Throughout his captaincy, Cook’s post-match

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January 12, 2019 England

Monty Panesar was on Celebrity Mastermind and it did not go well

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December 27, 2018 Australia / England / Features / India

Australia were far and away the funniest cricket team in 2018 – but who was their MVP?

7 minute readThe story of international cricket in 2018 is really just all the stuff that happened with Australia. This seems a bit narrow and exclusive for an end-of-year retrospective, so we thought we’d instead focus on all the funny things that happened in 2018 to try and broaden it out a

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    I hope you’re not suggesting that Geoffrey’s mum could do better than that with a stick of rhubarb, Tim.

  2. King Cricket on The 2025 Festivus holding page: The Boxing Day TestDecember 27, 2025

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    Oh Ged. Just think of Geoffrey, he always slows things down

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