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Blog Opinion
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John NicholsonEngland’s thrashing lacks the sleazy glamour of a real low score
Tuesday's loss to Sri Lanka by 219 runs was an ODI record defeat for England and, while some have seen this as a tiny...
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John NicholsonWhere are your modern-day Randalls and Tufnells?
Where have all the characters and entertainers gone? When Kevin Pietersen said this week that “I really struggle to see entertainers, they're lacking in the...
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John NicholsonCoaches need to remember: Cricket is a captain’s game
"It is not like football. A lot of current cricket coaches think that they are going to run a cricket team like a football...
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Ed SmithEd Smith is the balanced maverick England selection has been longing for
England’s squad selection for the Test tour of Sri Lanka later this year has, again, revealed Ed Smith is the best thing to happen...
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Top StoryShould Ben Stokes receive further punishment from the ECB?
Ben Stokes is an innocent man. He was found not guilty of affray. Fair enough. The law is the law. Had he been charged with...
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England v India 2018 tourCrude scheduling has robbed English cricket of another iconic summer
A long, hot and dry summer in Britain is a rare and exotic beast, not often spotted. People are already comparing 2018 with the...
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Top StoryEngland didn’t play badly, Scotland just played better
Yes I was there! The Grange Cricket Club in Stockbridge, Edinburgh (established 1832) on Sunday to witness Scotland’s historic win over England.
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Top StoryHow do we explain cricket to ‘mums and kids’?
Since the England Cricket Board first publicly floated the idea that would come to be known as the Hundred it has brought up more...
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Top StoryWhy now, AB? Questioning the timing of De Villiers’ retirement
No, it's not a cleverly contrived conspiracy to detract from the Ashwin Willemse versus Nick Mallett controversy. AB de Villiers, indeed, has retired from...
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Top StoryShould Test cricket be abrogated in light of the growing popularity of T20?
Since the turn of the century, there has been a major shift in the way cricket is played and perceived in different parts of...