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January 7, 2021 Australia / England / Features

What Ben Stokes, Jack Leach and Headingley 2019 tell us about Test cricket

England v Australia, third Test, day four It’s six or out… … It’s six! Jonathan Agnew, Test Match Special Have you seen No Country For Old Men? You should watch No Country For Old Men. No Country For Old Men is a striking and excellent film and while the ending

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August 30, 2019 Australia / England

In praise of Jack Leach, England’s finest number 11 batsman

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July 26, 2019 England / Ireland

Which Somerset spin bowler should England pick as a top order batsman?

England v Ireland, only Test, day two

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April 16, 2019 County cricket / England

Are we talking about Haseeb Hameed or Jack Leach this week?

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December 4, 2018 England

Why Jack Leach is not ‘better’ than Adil Rashid

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November 1, 2016 England

Jack Leach and why you should never pick your saviours

England lost to Bangladesh. There has to be a reason for it and it has to be that they picked the wrong players. One obvious area in which England were inferior was the spin department. Last season Jack Leach took more wickets than the spinners who played in the last

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