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December 6, 2018 Australia / India

(Almost) everyone rejoice: India have picked Rohit Sharma for an away Test match again

< 1 minute readIndia have again let Rohit Sharma don white clothing overseas. This is excellent news for fans of explosions in fireworks factories. For context, Rohit averages 85 in Test matches in India, so he’s a brilliant batsman. He also averages 25.75 outside India, so he’s a rubbish batsman. India like picking

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December 4, 2018 England

Why Jack Leach is not ‘better’ than Adil Rashid

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November 29, 2018 County cricket

Five-ball overs and changing ends a bit less often – rules confirmed for the ECB’s ‘New Competition’

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November 28, 2018 Australia

Unbelievably, despite endless elite debate, Australians have once again completely lost track of ‘the line’

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November 27, 2018 England / New Zealand

Total Bits and Pieces Cricket: Is England’s current approach the future or simply the best way for them to do things at the minute?

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November 23, 2018 England / India

Who celebrates hundreds more angrily – Jonny Bairstow or Virat Kohli?

4 minute readWhen Jonny Bairstow made his first test ton, he celebrated in such a way that no-one was left in any doubt that this was the Test hundred that his late father, David, never made. If you know the story of Jonny and David Bairstow – and an article like this

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November 23, 2018 England / India

With hindsight, maybe it’s not quite time for India to omit Mithali Raj yet

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November 21, 2018 Australia / England / India / West Indies

World T20: What is the correct number of left-arm finger spinners?

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November 17, 2018 England / Sri Lanka

Keaton Jennings has become shit-hot at dropping catches

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November 16, 2018 England / Sri Lanka

Does sweeping damn near everything actually work?

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