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November 28, 2020 England / South Africa

Jonny Bairstow proves he should open and also bat at four

2 minute readOur rule with white ball cricket is that if you’re bearing down on a World Cup, you pay attention to that particular format, and then immediately stop paying attention afterwards. The competition currently known as the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup is due to take place in October 2021. Being

Breaking down David Warner and Nathan Lyon’s run-out of AB de Villiers – one of the most disrespectful dismissals in history

4 minute readMany things happened during Australia’s win in the first Test of their ill-fated 2018 tour of South Africa. Some of them were cricket, some of them were David Warner falling out with people. The thing that interests us the most – AB de Villiers’ second innings run-out – fell somewhere

February 15, 2020 England / South Africa

How good a six was the sliced six in Moeen Ali’s 11-ball 39 against South Africa?

2 minute readMoeen Ali hit four sixes in England’s last ball victory over South Africa in Durban. Because he’s Moeen Ali and hasn’t even heard of ugly batting, each and every one of them was a languid, spaghetti-armed thing of wonder. In all, Moeen hit seven lovely boundaries in his 11-ball innings.

January 16, 2020 England / South Africa

Mark Wood is playing The Entertain Yourselves Test

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December 24, 2019 Australia / England / New Zealand / South Africa

The real highlights of the 2019 Boxing Day Tests

4 minute readFor clarity and brevity: yes, this is the through-the-Boxing-Day-Tests thread. This article will (probably) be updated (semi) regularly as the South Africa v England and Australia v New Zealand matches progress.

October 22, 2019 India / South Africa

Why South Africa couldn’t possibly have come up with a more appropriate end to their tour of India than Lungi Ngidi’s bizarre golden duck

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October 3, 2019 India / South Africa

Sorry, but the ‘lost ball’ was a bigger highlight than Mayank Agarwal and Rohit Sharma and all the other stuff

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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 11, 2019 South Africa