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February 3, 2021 England / India

Channel 4 showing the India v England Tests* and Mambo No.5 – Mop-up of the day

2 minute readWe’re very excited to discover what level of certainty we’ll hit today with regards to Channel 4 broadcasting the India v England series. At the time of writing, we’re still at “it is understood that” with no official word from the broadcaster and the unit of measurement for the countdown

February 1, 2021 Regulars

King Ghidorah being conspicuously indifferent to a pile of cricket books

< 1 minute readEmail readers: Sorry you’ll have to click through to the website to see the photo. Probably should have mentioned that about a year ago when we first realised that the ‘featured image’ doesn’t appear. Miriam writes: Here’s my cat King Ghidorah being conspicuously indifferent to a pile of cricket books.

January 29, 2021 England / India

The 2021 season is brutal. How many England players will actually make it through?

3 minute read10 Ashes Tests in a row was such a good idea and went so well that the ECB thought to themselves: “Say, why don’t we play nine Tests on the bounce against India? Let’s really focus on that. Then, while they were all patting themselves on the backs for having

January 27, 2021 England / Pakistan / South Africa / Sri Lanka

Root’s Moose Cup Powered by Daraz | Mop-up of the day

3 minute readThree things, okay? Thing 1 Just as with Botham’s Ashes, the 2021 Moose Cup Powered by Daraz seems destined to be forever remembered as Root’s Moose Cup Powered by Daraz. In the first Test, Sri Lanka made 135 and then Joe Root made 228. In the second Test, Root made

January 25, 2021 England / Sri Lanka

Talking points? Nah, let’s just go with a photo of the Moose Cup Powered by Daraz

< 1 minute readWhen we talk about how much players want to win a trophy such as the World Cup, what we’re really talking about is how much they want to win the competition for which the World Cup itself just happens to be the prize. The Moose Cup, on the other hand

January 24, 2021 Australia / England / Features / Regulars

The 1997 Ridiculous Ashes – all six episodes

2 minute readHopefully you’re aware that we (Alex Bowden and Dan Liebke) are doing The Ridiculous Ashes Podcast. Series 1 is about the 1997 series and you can find all six episodes below. The Ridiculous Ashes is an alternative trophy that is awarded to the side that produces the most hilarious and

January 23, 2021 England

James Anderson has become spry

3 minute readIt’s funny how people described as “ageless” are always, always, without exception, old. People age in different ways. This is a phenomenon that first becomes apparent, and is arguably at its most jarring, when you’re in your late 20s or early 30s. At some point during that period, you’ll bump

January 20, 2021 Australia / India

Three things India needed for The Storming of the Gabba

4 minute readTo storm a fortress you need three things: numbers, a tenderiser and at least one person who is not averse to progress. This is the story of how India took the Gabba. Not all fortresses are hard to take. England turned up at a fort earlier this week and were

January 18, 2021 England

Dan Lawrence: first look in Test cricket

2 minute readWe don’t believe you can draw meaningful conclusions from players’ debuts – but we report on them anyway. As a connoisseur of part-time bowling, we are greatly disappointed to have missed the two overs Dan Lawrence bowled on his debut (0-10). Fortunately, his batting (73 and 21 not out) provided

January 16, 2021 England / Sri Lanka

At what exact point does a Joe Root innings become noteworthy?

2 minute readJoe Root has always been a batsman who’s scored about 40 more runs than you thought he had. Like a man on an e-bike, he glides along far quicker than seems to make sense given the effort he appears to be putting in. People really didn’t talk about Root all