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If England are desperately in need of a mediocre number six batsman then yes, Jonny Bairstow should definitely give up the wicketkeeping gloves
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Continue readingIt ends for Rangana Herath the way it will end for all of us – sprawled on our faces in defeat
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Continue readingKeaton Jennings has a secret and he doesn’t want anyone reliant on free-to-air cricket coverage to uncover it
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Books to read at the cricket? How to Lie With Statistics by Darrell Huff
2 minute readOur Books to read at the cricket? feature involves readers (let’s be honest, mostly Ged) trying to work out whether or not books are suitable for reading between balls and overs when attending a cricket match. Regular correspondent Ged Ladd writes: I was reminded of this wonderful little book, How
Continue readingSam Curran was England’s second-choice pace bowler for this Test match and that seems pretty significant
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Ben Foakes: first look in Test cricket
< 1 minute readWe don’t believe you can draw meaningful conclusions from players’ debuts – but we report on them anyway. We have this thing where we reckon a chance is worth, on average, about 28 runs. Based on this, we believe it’s generally worth playing your best wicketkeeper in Test cricket because
Continue readingThe only definition of ‘elite honesty’ that makes any sort of sense whatsoever
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Continue readingAustralian cricket’s elite hypocrisy and sanctimony
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Continue readingECB expands County Championship comfort zone
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