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Who shot Gulbadin Naib? Jonathan Trott’s happy face, synchronised singles + more in our latest T20 World Cup round-up (an Afghanistan special edition)

5 minute readThe Afghanistan v Bangladesh match was a limited overs cricket tournament classic. It had all the staples of the genre: three possible winners despite only two teams being involved; chaotic running enhanced further by hapless fielding; frequent confusion over who was actually “winning”; and a slip fielder getting shot in

June 17, 2024 Bangladesh / England

England’s NRR miss, Jofra Archer’s rough sleeping, Tanzim Hasam Sakib’s batting v bowling, Uganda’s three-figure quest + more in our latest T20 World Cup round-up

3 minute readThe Super 8s phase of the T20 World Cup starts on Wednesday, and Pakistan, New Zealand and Sri Lanka will not be in it. The Super 8s actually comprise parallel groups of four. Two Super 4s you might say. Or does this round require eight teams before it qualifies as

November 6, 2023 Bangladesh / Sri Lanka

Why didn’t Shakib al Hasan withdraw his appeal when Angelo Mathews was timed out?

2 minute readFor the same reason he appealed in the first place: because he’s Shakib al Hasan. Angelo Mathews was timed out during Sri Lanka’s game against Bangladesh in Delhi today. This is, incredibly, the first time a batter’s been out this way in international cricket. It takes a particular type of

February 1, 2023 Bangladesh / England

Why England’s March tour of Bangladesh doesn’t count… but also does

3 minute readWho’s up for the contest then? No? Got somewhere else to be, have you? We don’t know if you’ve ever seen the highly violent Indonesian martial arts ballet, The Raid, but there’s a character in that who’s really, really, very much up for a fight. He’s called Mad Dog, so

December 31, 2022 Australia / Bangladesh / India / New Zealand / Pakistan / South Africa

Ashwin, Warner and run-rates – a recap of the 2022 Boxing Day Tests

2 minute readWe previewed the Boxing Day Tests. We may as well take a look at what happened in them. Australia v South Africa Signs of an upturn for South Africa, who finally passed 200 for the first time in many attempts. Their second innings 204 all out was enough to secure

October 27, 2021 Bangladesh / England

Moeen Ali’s got a new job

2 minute read“Hey, Moeen. You’re not going to believe this. We’ve found another one. We’ve been digging and digging and digging to try and find one and we’d pretty much given up hope. We didn’t think there was anything left. But there was. And we’ve found it. We’ve found another one. We’ve

February 8, 2021 Bangladesh / West Indies

Kyle Mayers and why sometimes a great entrance is enough

4 minute readIt may have passed you by, but they made a Jesus Quintana film a year or so ago. It isn’t very good. That’s a shame but it doesn’t really matter because sometimes an entrance is all you need. If you haven’t seen The Big Lebowski, the Jesus Quintana scene –

February 8, 2020 Bangladesh / Pakistan

Babar Azam knows the rules of Test cricket in Pakistan

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July 16, 2019 Afghanistan / Australia / Bangladesh / England / Features / India / New Zealand / Pakistan / South Africa / Sri Lanka / West Indies

13 proper highlights from the 2019 Cricket World Cup (and none are from the final because the final was a whole thing all of its own)

3 minute readThe Cricket World Cup is insanely long. Cycling’s ‘grand tours’ are considered epic feats of endurance but the World Cup started in May, halfway through the Giro d’Italia, and finished in July, halfway through the Tour de France. (Here’s a recap of the first week of this year’s Tour and

June 20, 2019 Australia / Bangladesh