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Which Sky Sports commentator delivered the most appropriate ‘England were all out for 77’ face?
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Continue readingExactly how many Tests will Jonny Bairstow survive as England’s number three?
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Continue readingJason Holder: Lord Megachief of Gold 2018
3 minute readOur annual Lord Megachief of Gold award is the highest honour in cricket. The title is recognition of performance over the previous calendar year. Here are all the winners.
Continue readingSouth Africa just choked in a major tournament and no-one seems to be going on about it
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Continue readingShimron Hetmyer just narrowly missed out on making back-to-back hundreds against India
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Continue readingImagine being bowled out in less than 18.4 overs in your first innings
2 minute readBangladesh were bowled out in 18.4 overs yesterday. That’s pretty bad, but apparently it wasn’t actually the shortest first innings in Test history. Imagine how bad at cricket you’d have to be to be bowled out inside 18.4 overs. Imagine how embarrassing that must have been. Hopefully, whoever it was,
Continue readingThe UAE briefly looked like they were going to beat the West Indies (and other stories) – mop-up of the day
< 1 minute readIt’s only a warm-up match, but it seems that like much of western Europe, the West Indies still have plenty of warming to do. They’re so cold that you wouldn’t be surprised to learn that they’ve suffered a burst pipe or two once they actually thaw. They were bowled out
Continue readingMop-up of the day – capybaras and helicopters
2 minute readFirstly, let’s just savour yet another fine moment for Rangana Herath, an international cricketer who is not only older than us, but also better than every other cricketer there’s ever been (possible hyperbole). Spending most of your career with Muttiah Muralitharan as your benchmark can lead to having standards some
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