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February 28, 2020 Associates

Thailand got a wicket with a loopy leg-side full-bunger

2 minute readIn the third over of Thailand’s match against South Africa, something truly magical happened. Ratanaporn Padunglerd bowled a really, really shit delivery and got a wicket with it. We love wickets off abject filth and this particular abject filth was pure. In theory, Padunglerd bowls medium-pace, but the speed

February 27, 2020 County cricket

If you’re going to use the Kookaburra ball in the County Championship, do it correctly

< 1 minute readJoe Root has become the latest person to suggest that they should use the Kookaburra ball for some of the County Championship. There is a very obvious and correct way of doing this that almost certainly be overlooked. Speaking to The Telegraph, Root said of the Kookaburra: “It is a

February 26, 2020 India

On what channel could Donald Trump find work as a cricket commentator?

< 1 minute readWe’re sure you’ve heard Donald Trump’s “Soo Chin Ten-Dull-Kerr and Vir-art Ko Lee” effort by now. It is bad pronunciation. Very bad. So, so bad. Huge mistake. But even if Trump doesn’t – as he once claimed – “have the best words,” this needn’t be a barrier to carving out

February 25, 2020 England

What is Jos Buttler’s main skill?

< 1 minute readJos Buttler’s main skill is making sure that when he walks out to bat he accesses being in his zone… apparently. Because those are not our words. Those are the words of Jos Buttler himself. According to Cricinfo, he reckons: “The main skill, and the biggest one that I do

February 22, 2020 Associates / West Indies

Thailand’s first T20 World Cup wicket was a run-out

< 1 minute readThis was, apparently, highly likely. According to Jrod, women’s cricket features a hell of a lot more run-outs than men’s cricket. The fact that the fielding restrictions keep fielders closer than in the men’s game is a large part of the reason why. It means they get to the ball

February 20, 2020 Associates

Thailand are playing in the T20 World Cup this week

< 1 minute readHave you ever been to Thailand? Thailand’s great. We had garlic prawns on an island called Ko Jum and it was pretty much a 50-50 ratio of those two main ingredients. We did some other stuff too, but that’s the first thing we remember. Top work on the garlic prawns,

February 19, 2020 Features

Let’s pick a Left-Handed All-Time Greats XI

5 minute readHere’s a fact for you: most left-handed batsmen are right-handed. Okay, we haven’t actually delved into the data to uncover that, so that may not technically be a fact. We’re pretty sure it’s true though. Batting is a thing you do with both hands. Just because cricket calls one stance

February 18, 2020 Extras

We’re losing our Edge

< 1 minute readTomorrow’s issue of The Edge, our newsletter, will unfortunately be the final one for a little while as we’ve reached the end of Cricket 365’s sponsorship. The Edge is fun to write, but time-consuming, so without a sponsor it’ll have to go into hiatus/a coma. Think of it like a

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.

February 12, 2020 Features / India / Pakistan

India v Pakistan analysis: which nation delivered the better ‘both batsmen at the same end’ run-out during the Under-19 World Cup?

4 minute readIndia v Pakistan. The greatest rivalry of all. There are so many aspects to their eternal tussle for supremacy, but this week everybody – every single person in the entire world – is pondering only one specific thing: which nation delivered the better run-out where both batsmen end up at

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