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March 27, 2024 County cricket / England

Life after Stuart Broad: What did England’s next lot of quick bowlers get up to this winter?

5 minute readJames Anderson and Stuart Broad made their debuts in their early 20s and then just carried on playing until they were middle-aged. This means the players we might ordinarily think of as constituting ‘the next generation’ are mostly now on the cusp of retirement themselves. England have however given Test

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March 25, 2022 England / West Indies

That day when a third of the highlights were a 10th wicket partnership

2 minute readIt’s probably best to avoid extrapolating from that England innings in a bid to predict the course of this Test match. England went to Grenada and were at various points 53-3, 53-6, 114-9 and 204-9. This all added up to one of the weirdest-arsed scorecards you are ever likely to

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March 21, 2022 England / West Indies

Kraigg Brathwaite does not plan to get out

2 minute read“I had my plan,” said Kraigg Brathwaite after batting for five minutes short of 16 hours against England in the second Test in Bridgetown. “They bowled well, but I stuck with my plan and it paid off.” Whatever Brathwaite’s plan is, getting out doesn’t seem to be a major component.

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