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Tag: Alzarri Joseph

February 3, 2019 England / West Indies

Bairstow versus Bravo: a tale of two fifties (and what they say about England and the West Indies)

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January 31, 2019 England / West Indies

Did Joe Root get the definitive ‘lifter’ off Alzarri Joseph?

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