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November 17, 2019 England

What are we calling the post-Strauss era?

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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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November 1, 2019 County cricket

You can add to the English cricket season but you can never take away

2 minute readA brief history of what’s been wrong with the County Championship in the fairly recent past, the present, and in a couple of years’ time… The last of those seems to be on the cards going by an interview with Ashley Giles in the latest issue of The Cricketer. Giles

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October 29, 2019 Associates

Papua New Guinea have qualified for the World T20. Without looking stuff up, let’s all share everything we know about Papua New Guinea

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October 24, 2019 India

India ‘move on’ from MS Dhoni and instead pick some random Dube

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October 22, 2019 County cricket

Don’t know what to think about The Hundred? Why not take your lead from Steve Smith’s awkward polite smile?

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October 22, 2019 India / South Africa

Why South Africa couldn’t possibly have come up with a more appropriate end to their tour of India than Lungi Ngidi’s bizarre golden duck

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October 19, 2019 County cricket

The Hundred draft: Which team pissed its money away on overpriced stars?

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  1. Ged Ladd on Jasprit Bumrah v four spinners, Bangladesh v Ireland, papal seal, Ashes filtration | Mop-up of the dayNovember 17, 2025

    Yeh, me too, Tim. Obvs.

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