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As Cameron Bancroft becomes Durham captain, Mark Wood explains the hierarchy of potential captains
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Australia were far and away the funniest cricket team in 2018 – but who was their MVP?
7 minute readThe story of international cricket in 2018 is really just all the stuff that happened with Australia. This seems a bit narrow and exclusive for an end-of-year retrospective, so we thought we’d instead focus on all the funny things that happened in 2018 to try and broaden it out a
Continue readingCameron Bancroft’s very long open letter, Festivus wishes and entirely unnecessary notification of upcoming fixtures
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Continue readingWhy did Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft think that cheating using sandpaper was worse than doing the exact same cheating using something that wasn’t technically sandpaper?
3 minute readWhen we first saw Cameron Bancroft tampering with the ball using sandpaper, we thought to ourself: “That is sandpaper” – and so did everyone else. We were therefore very much surprised when he later claimed that it was not in fact sandpaper but something akin to home-made sandpaper. “We had
Continue readingAustralia have been caught ball-tampering. But what was the worst aspect? And what was the funniest?
4 minute readWell this is very much hilarious but also reprehensible because saying the second bit is part of the unwritten contract we have all entered into as cricket fans. Australia have been caught ball-tampering, a simple statement that doesn’t really do justice to all that’s happened and how people have reacted
Continue readingWe’re pretty sure we know why Jonny Bairstow headbutted Cameron Bancroft
2 minute readYou can fight hard for a couple of innings, but when all seems lost it can become really hard to summon the enthusiasm and make any real effort. You can’t judge people too harshly on what happens in these circumstances. You might consider that a comment on England’s later efforts
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