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Sim Series: Sri Lanka v England – if real sport’s off we’re just going to have to improvise

2 minute readLike pretty much everything else at the minute, the Sri Lanka v England Test series is postponed or possibly just completely cancelled because of Coronavirus. The only logical thing for a cricket website to do in this situation is to play out two Test matches between Sri Lanka and England

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 22, 2019 England / Sri Lanka

Lasith Malinga: the weirdest military medium bowler in the world

< 1 minute read2019 Cricket World Cup, Game 27, England v Sri Lanka

June 5, 2019 Afghanistan / Sri Lanka

Let’s look at the four phases of the greatest moment of this World Cup so far and work out who had the biggest role in it

2 minute read2019 Cricket World Cup, Game 7, Afghanistan v Sri Lanka

February 23, 2019 South Africa / Sri Lanka

Someone has hidden or misplaced the Sri Lanka Test team that subsides to predictable defeats. If anyone tracks it down, they should probably alert the authorities. Its parents will no doubt be very worried

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February 16, 2019 South Africa / Sri Lanka

Kusal Perera does not care for circumstances

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November 17, 2018 England / Sri Lanka

Keaton Jennings has become shit-hot at dropping catches

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November 16, 2018 England / Sri Lanka

Does sweeping damn near everything actually work?

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November 9, 2018 England / Sri Lanka

It ends for Rangana Herath the way it will end for all of us – sprawled on our faces in defeat

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November 7, 2018 England / Sri Lanka

Sam Curran was England’s second-choice pace bowler for this Test match and that seems pretty significant

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