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April 2, 2020 Extras

The unique and overlooked ways that cricket was ahead of the game in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic

2 minute readA couple of times recently, we’ve made the point that cricket not happening is very much an integral part of cricket. We once travelled all the way to Birmingham to spend an entire day watching cricket not happen, so doing the same thing from the comfort of our own home

April 1, 2020 Features

Who is Test cricket’s greatest number eight? (Or: Which Test bowler was the best batsman?)

6 minute readSpecialist bowlers having to bat is one of the greatest things in the world because batting is absolutely nothing like bowling. It is like a javelin thrower training for years and years to perfect their art only to turn up at the Olympics and be told that they also have

March 31, 2020 Regulars

A cricket book on a Bullet Train to Kyoto

< 1 minute readRemember travelling? Going from one place to another place? Ged writes: “Here is a cricket book in an unusual place – a Japanese Shinkansen Bullet Train to Kyoto. “Ironically, given that Cricket **** Cricket is about the 1986/87 Ashes tour of Australia, Daisy and I found ourselves alone in a

March 30, 2020 England / Sri Lanka

Sim Series, Sri Lanka v England, 2nd Test, day 4: England rue first innings deficit

3 minute readWith the Sri Lanka v England Test series postponed because of coronavirus, we’re playing out two Test matches between Sri Lanka and England on Cricket Captain 2018’s ‘All-Time Greats’ mode… This is Sim Series. Sri Lanka gave England hell on day three. The tourists are still 88 behind with eight

March 29, 2020 England / Sri Lanka

Sim Series, Sri Lanka v England, 2nd Test, day 3: Matthews exploits flaccid, careless England

3 minute readWith the Sri Lanka v England Test series postponed because of coronavirus, we’re playing out two Test matches between Sri Lanka and England on Cricket Captain 2018’s ‘All-Time Greats’ mode… This is Sim Series. England battled to some sort of total, but day two belonged to Sri Lanka. They recommence

March 28, 2020 England / Sri Lanka

Sim Series, Sri Lanka v England, 2nd Test, day 2: Sangakkara and de Silva turn the screw

3 minute readWith the Sri Lanka v England Test series postponed because of coronavirus, we’re playing out two Test matches between Sri Lanka and England on Cricket Captain 2018’s ‘All-Time Greats’ mode… This is Sim Series. England were wobbling on day one only for Graeme Swann and Graham Thorpe to bring them

March 27, 2020 England / Sri Lanka

Sim Series, Sri Lanka v England, 2nd Test, day 1: Swann counterattacks after Murali and Herath leave England rocking

4 minute readWith the Sri Lanka v England Test series postponed because of coronavirus, we’re playing out two Test matches between Sri Lanka and England on Cricket Captain 2018’s ‘All-Time Greats’ mode… This is Sim Series. Following the first Test, the Cricket Captain developers offered us a copy of the latest version

March 26, 2020 England / Sri Lanka

Sim Series, Sri Lanka v England, 2nd Test: Team news

3 minute readWith the Sri Lanka v England Test series postponed because of coronavirus, we’re playing out two Test matches between Sri Lanka and England on Cricket Captain 2018’s ‘All-Time Greats’ mode… This is Sim Series. In the wake of England’s big win in the first Test, we asked whether they should

March 24, 2020 England / Sri Lanka

Fans rage against inaugural Sim Series – brand current rules “totally unfair”

< 1 minute readWith the Sri Lanka v England Test series postponed because of coronavirus, we’re playing out two Test matches between Sri Lanka and England on Cricket Captain 2018’s ‘All-Time Greats’ mode… This is Sim Series. The great thing about being in sole charge of cricket is that we get to piss

March 22, 2020 England / Sri Lanka

Sim Series, Sri Lanka v England, 1st Test, day 4: Underwood ices the cake for England

3 minute readWith the Sri Lanka v England Test series postponed because of Coronavirus, we’re playing out two Test matches between Sri Lanka and England on Cricket Captain 2018’s ‘All-Time Greats’ mode… Welcome to Sim Series. Here’s what happened on day three. Having only made 226 in reply to England’s 541 all

The most frustrating aspect of this whole series, I now reflect, is that so little of the last few weeks…

Sydney was awful last year

Pitch was a bit too paced but it's a bit of a stretch to say it forced international test cricketers…

Yeah, well, that was that I suppose. Was so unimpressed that it's taken me to what would have been the…

I hope you’re not suggesting that Geoffrey’s mum could do better than that with a stick of rhubarb, Tim.

Sky Sports has boiled its Ashes coverage down to its purest and greatest form: Mike Atherton and Nasser Hussain standing there talking about what’s gone wrong

The 2019 Ridiculous Ashes (podcast)

The 50 Most Ridiculous Ashes Moments is definitely out now – you should buy it for someone! (Possibly yourself)

51. Michael Vaughan Declines A Crushing

14 England things that happened in the summer of 2025 – do they tell us anything?