7 minute read Here is a bunch of stuff that happened in 2021. It is not an exhaustive list, because an exhaustive list chronicling the activities of multiple people across an entire year would take far longer than a year to read. It is just a selection of striking cricket moments from the
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How Dom Bess has massively improved his game since he last played
2 minute read Dom Bess didn’t play the last two games. Joe Root said that he had used the time to work on a few things. We saw some evidence of that today. We’re not quite sure what it is, but we seem to be writing about Dom Bess a lot this winter.
Continue readingThe Dom Bess situation, Afghanistan on your telly + more | Mop-up of the day
3 minute read The England men’s team are about to play the fourth Test against India, with Dom Bess apparently set to get another game. Meanwhile the England women’s team have started beating New Zealand in a new format, while Afghanistan and Zimbabwe are trying to get in on the current trend for
Continue readingPeople are getting really bloody lazy with their DRS hand signals and we’re not having it
2 minute read This is maybe not people’s top concern at the minute, but cricketers are getting really half-arsed with their decision review system (DRS) hand signals these days. When a batsman or captain disagrees with an on-field umpire’s decision, they are now permitted to question their authoritah. To signal that they wish
Continue readingDom Bess’s terrible five-for: the not-very-highs, lows and lower-stills of one of the flukiest match-shaping bowling performances you’re ever likely to see
3 minute read Someone has to carefully document Dom Bess’s absolutely dreadful 5-30 against Sri Lanka and that person has to be us. The stats people at CricViz do a thing where they estimate how many wickets a bowler could realistically expect to have taken in a given spell based on the deliveries
Continue readingWhich Somerset spin bowler should England pick as a top order batsman?
2 minute read England v Ireland, only Test, day two
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