The latest in our long line of winter report cards turns puts South Africa in the firing line, ahead of their trip to England this summer. A series we’re so excited about we agreed to stay off the gin for its entirety because we don’t want to miss any.
The West Indies had a fairly quiet winter, with only a series against Australia to show for their efforts since our last report.
The West Indies really aren’t very good at this Test cricket malarkey. Here’s our take on their latest defeat.
You have to be pretty good to be that rubbish over the winter and still be the best team in the world.
Plenty of choice in the bowling department here, with Bill Voce and Srinivas Venkatraghavan perhaps unlucky not to be selected. The batting however was more limited, with the quality of the middle order detrimented by the dubious opening pair.
The third set of County Championship fixtures were largely ruined by the weather. On the plus side, this just gives us more space to talk about One Direction, Martin Guptill’s foot and whether Eoin Morgan is alive or dead.
They may be rubbish, but at least Zimbabwe are playing.
In which we write about the best all-rounder in the world, and ten others.
Are Australia really still playing Test cricket? Their summer has dragged on for so long we have vague memories of Bradman turning out for some of their earlier games. Or maybe that was just David Warner. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to tell them apart really.