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November 11, 2021 England / New Zealand

Jimmy Neesham’s activity and inactivity

Jimmy Neesham made two excellent and contrasting contributions to New Zealand’s T20 World Cup semi-final win over England. Firstly, he successfully steered the match round the sharpest of corners late in his team’s run-chase. Secondly, he totally neglected to move a muscle come the winning moment. It’s hard to pick

November 9, 2021 England / New Zealand

Which cracks will England’s Polyfilla Moeen Ali be asked to fill in the T20 World Cup semi-final

England could shuffle their team in all sorts of different ways to cover for the absence of Jason Roy. The only thing we can be certain of is that no matter who opens, it will mean Moeen Ali being asked to do something different. This is, in fact, not strictly

November 8, 2021 Australia / Pakistan

Matthew Hayden v Justin Langer – what will it be like?

“It will be like two balls of mercury on the one plate,” according to Matthew Hayden. Regular readers of this website will know that Hayden is currently serving as Pakistan’s batting coach and principle guff-talker. Justin Langer is of course Australia’s current head coach and principle guff-talker. Way back when,

November 4, 2021 Associates / England / Features

Let’s revisit the Netherlands’ win over England at the 2009 T20 World Cup and in particular the insanely chaotic final over from Stuart Broad

Our main memory of the Netherlands’ win over England at the 2009 T20 World Cup is that the final over was utter madness. Let’s take a look back and see whether that was really the case. (Spoiler: It absolutely was.) 2009 is a funny old time when it comes to

November 2, 2021 England

England’s two key match-ups for any T20 match: Jos Buttler v Anyone and Adil Rashid v Anyone

You’re no longer allowed to write about T20 without referencing “match-ups” so that is what we’re going to do. Brace yourselves for some IN DEPTH ANALYSIS. In the unlikely event you’re not au fait with the concept of the match-up, it’s a tactical thing where you try and pit a

November 1, 2021 Australia / England

The real out-and-out highlight of England’s trouncing of Australia over the weekend

Sometimes it’s Monday morning and the latest cricket news is… not excellent. So let’s busy ourselves with some good old-fashioned gloating instead. You may have noticed that England beat Australia on Saturday. And then carried on beating them. There were many highlights, several of which did not involve the camera

October 27, 2021 Bangladesh / England

Moeen Ali’s got a new job

“Hey, Moeen. You’re not going to believe this. We’ve found another one. We’ve been digging and digging and digging to try and find one and we’d pretty much given up hope. We didn’t think there was anything left. But there was. And we’ve found it. We’ve found another one. We’ve

October 26, 2021 Afghanistan

Are we watching peak Afghanistan?

Here’s an ostensibly exciting but actually very depressing thought: are we currently watching the greatest Afghanistan cricket team? If you enjoy hearing Alan Wilkins saying “goodness me, that’s gone a long way” then watch the highlights of Afghanistan’s innings against Scotland. There are some fairly amazing shots in there. It’s

October 24, 2021 Australia / Pakistan

Matthew Hayden’s extra words

One of the defining qualities of Matthew Hayden’s guff-talking is his habit of throwing in a load of additional words that add precisely nothing to what he is trying to say. We’re going to talk to you about three recent examples. Last time around – back when Hayden first took

October 21, 2021 England

Why Eoin Morgan should definitely stand in the way of a World Cup win

We’re gravely worried about Eoin Morgan. We’re worried he’s lost sight of the basics. Speaking to Sky Sports earlier this week, Morgan suggested that he would consider dropping himself if he couldn’t regain batting form. He did however also make a point of saying that he’d come out of every

A fast bowler can definitely be captain in an era when every player misses loads of matches anyway

Life at Yorkshire and what we should be saying about it

The 2009 Ridiculous Ashes

Let’s revisit the Netherlands’ win over England at the 2009 T20 World Cup and in particular the insanely chaotic final over from Stuart Broad

When Shane Watson was run out in Perth – the Ashes dismissal that no-one involved enjoyed

Jimmy Neesham’s activity and inactivity

Which cracks will England’s Polyfilla Moeen Ali be asked to fill in the T20 World Cup semi-final

Matthew Hayden v Justin Langer – what will it be like?

Let’s revisit the Netherlands’ win over England at the 2009 T20 World Cup and in particular the insanely chaotic final over from Stuart Broad

England’s two key match-ups for any T20 match: Jos Buttler v Anyone and Adil Rashid v Anyone

The real out-and-out highlight of England’s trouncing of Australia over the weekend

Moeen Ali’s got a new job

Are we watching peak Afghanistan?

Matthew Hayden’s extra words

Why Eoin Morgan should definitely stand in the way of a World Cup win