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May 16, 2019 Australia

Matt Renshaw has given a first-hand account of that time he had to retire hurt because of the wild shits

2 minute readMatt Renshaw had to retire hurt because he had the wild shits once. You may remember it because it was an instance of an international cricketer retiring hurt because he had the wild shits. Renshaw spoke about the experience on The Final Word podcast this week. (The Final Word is

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May 15, 2019 England / Pakistan

England are a good one-day bowling side and if you think otherwise, you’re living in the past

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May 9, 2019 England

We know this is maybe missing the point a bit, but that Jofra Archer seems quite a nice lad, doesn’t he?

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May 7, 2019 India

How did Mumbai Indians top the table in IPL 12 after basically being rubbish in IPL 11?

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May 2, 2019 England

The Alex Hales affair: Street brawls, naked selfies and recreational drugs not part of ‘team culture’ says Eoin Morgan

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May 1, 2019 England

It sounds like plenty of England players were completely fed up with Alex Hales

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April 30, 2019 England

Shall we try and work out what’s going on with Alex Hales?

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April 26, 2019 England

What the hell? Stuart Broad’s doing a podcast with Stephen Fry

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April 24, 2019 India

Did you see MS Dhoni fail to hit the ball when Chennai Super Kings only needed two to win?

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April 17, 2019 England

Jofra Archer named in special one-man England squad

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