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England v Sri Lanka, Third Test: Day Five Review
A defiant Sri Lanka batted impressively to negate any threat of an England victory.
England vs Sri Lanka, Third Test: Day Four Review
England poised for victory after quick runs and key wickets with equally impressive batting and bowling performances.
England v Sri Lanka Third Test- Day Two Review
Sri Lanka 177/9 (HAPW Jayawardene 43, Tremlett 6-42) In a sentence Cold, wet and miserable, but Tremlett lad England’s attack against a moribund Sri Lanka. Player of the day Chris Tremlett continued his fine form in demolishing the Sri Lankan middle order; his combination of pace and bounce with sideways movement left the visitors reeling. […]
Sussex v Somerset
Under the Hove floodlights last night, Sussex defeated Somerset by 4 wickets. The margin of victory doesn’t do justice to Sussex’s performance, even the 15 balls remaining suggests that the match was closer than it was. Although Wayne Parnell seemed to pull a hamstring in his first and only over, he was not missed as […]
Some Things We Have Learnt This Week
Three Year Itch Since May 22nd 2008, the first day of the first Test between Australia and the West Indies at Kingston, only two men have scored more runs than Sachin Tendulkar (2,910) in Test cricket. Despite his poor run in 2010, Alastair Cook is leading the way with a colossal 3,274 runs. But have […]
All Hail The Beard
On Friday, we named Matt Prior as our Player of the Day for a typically punchy half-century that helped England to wrestle back some control following their poor start. Despite a slight stumble in the nervous nineties, his fifth Test Match century, from just 107 balls, was rightly celebrated on Saturday morning. In the post-Gilchrist […]
England’s Number One Number Three
As with all statistics, analysis of cricket trends and performances often needs to be taken with a large pinch of salt. Beyond the results, do the numbers really matter? Once the margin of victory has been printed in the record books and the trophies engraved with the special little tool by the man in the […]
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