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June 20, 2025 England / India

Mind fodder: Five things to think about as England take on India in a big ol’ five-Test series

3 minute readEngland v India. Five Tests. Man alive, there’s scope for some stuff here. We’re only stopping at five with this article because if we send the email any later, you’ll all end up paying attention to THE WRONG THINGS and we’d never forgive ourself. Rishabh Pant v Shoaib Bashir In

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March 5, 2021 England / India

The Rishabh Pant campaign for longer Test series

2 minute readHere’s a thing we noticed about Rishabh Pant. He’s terrible in adverts. Now here’s another thing we noticed about Rishabh Pant. In 2018, Pant made 114 in the fifth and final Test at the Oval. In 2019, he made 159 not out in the fourth and final Test at the

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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

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July 4, 2020 India

It’s time to marvel at the vocal stylings of Virat Kohli (and also Rishabh Pant) in this amazing/awful pimple cream ad

2 minute readIt’s hard not to feel that the role of ‘ambassador’ has been somewhat devalued in recent years by the marketing industry. It used to be a high-ranking diplomat. But now… “I am very excited to be a part of Team Himalaya and be the ambassador for their Men’s Face Wash

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November 24, 2016 India

Rishabh Pant is not India’s wicketkeeper – what possible reason is there for this?

< 1 minute readWriddhiman Saha is injured. India’s selectors said it was too early to hand a debut to Rishabh Pant who is still only 19 years old. They instead picked Parthiv Patel, a 31-year-old who made his Test debut against England in 2002. In seven innings this season, Pant has made four

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  1. King Cricket on Why is Lord’s so slippy?July 13, 2025

    Nothing he does is ever going to shut anyone up.

  2. Sam on Why is Lord’s so slippy?July 13, 2025

    Never mind

  3. Sam on Why is Lord’s so slippy?July 13, 2025

    Would love Crawley to smash a century today, just to shut everyone up.

  4. King Cricket on Why is Lord’s so slippy?July 13, 2025

    Completely freakish how normally this Test has played out so far.

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    England have found themselves in the situation they have tried to reverse for the past three years - in a…

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