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March 20, 2019 England / South Africa

Duanne Olivier says he wants to play for England now

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March 14, 2019 Afghanistan / Ireland

Looks like you’ll be able to watch the Afghanistan v Ireland Test on YouTube

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March 12, 2019 England

David Willey’s Alice band has given us an awful lot to think about this week

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March 9, 2019 Australia / Cricket computer games | reviews, previews and downloads | PC, Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, Wii / England

Rejoice! Cricket 19 is coming out on PC, PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch and player likenesses are still slightly funny

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March 6, 2019 England / West Indies

That Chris Jordan caught and bowled: Can anyone explain the physics to us?

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March 4, 2019 West Indies

Did you see… Chris Gayle break into a run?

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February 28, 2019 England / West Indies

Did you see… Jos Buttler’s wrists?

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February 27, 2019 County cricket / South Africa

County cricket is dying and poverty-stricken and if something isn’t done soon the counties won’t even have enough money to tempt the world’s finest cricketers to renounce their international careers any more

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February 23, 2019 South Africa / Sri Lanka

Someone has hidden or misplaced the Sri Lanka Test team that subsides to predictable defeats. If anyone tracks it down, they should probably alert the authorities. Its parents will no doubt be very worried

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February 21, 2019 England / West Indies

Chris Gayle is not a very efficient batsman any more

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  1. Buttface on Jasprit Bumrah Workload Watch… 43.4 oversJune 26, 2025

    ...not that it mattered much in the end. ...and why do I still look like a toilet? Is the interweb…

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    ...and there's potentially number three where Green could/should have been out lbw. TV umpire not doing too well.

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    Couldn't get that link to work. Watched a highlights thing on YouTube, which only showed the Chase wicket - definitely…

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