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Tests Archive

India vs. England, Fourth Test: Day Three Review

Getting up at 4am the night after the Christmas party probably isn’t the most fun thing we’ve ever done.

No Comments | December 15, 2012 | | Tests | Tags: , , , , ,

India vs. England, Fourth Test: Day Two Review

Woe betide anyone who suggests we’re phoning it in this week.

No Comments | December 14, 2012 | | Tests | Tags: , , , ,

India vs. England, Fourth Test: Day One Review

We all dream of a scoring rate in excess of two runs an over.

No Comments | December 13, 2012 | | Tests | Tags: , , ,

Australia vs. Sri Lanka, First Test: Preview

The next round of Big Bash matches sees the Aussie Diggers take on the Sri Lankan Smashers. Get your chicken based fast food franchise of choice on the phone, cause it’s gonna be massive.

India vs. England, Fourth Test: Preview

With England being brilliant and wonderful and having no problems at all now Stuart Broad is definitely too injured to sneak his way back in, the fourth Test preview focuses almost entirely on their opponents.

No Comments | December 12, 2012 | | Tests | Tags: , , , , ,

India vs. England, Third Test: Day Five Review

Despite a slight wobble, England completed the formality of victory easily enough on the fifth morning to stand on the brink of a historic series victory.

No Comments | December 9, 2012 | | Tests | Tags: , ,

India vs. England, Third Test: Day Four Review

An Indian collapse after lunch took them to the brink of defeat before R Ashwin showed up the folly of his team-mates, succeeding in taking the game to a fifth day and winning a tiny moral victory.

No Comments | December 8, 2012 | | Tests | Tags: , , , , ,

India vs. England, Third Test: Day Three Review

England sleepwalked their way to a big first innings lead despite their batsmen intermittently running themselves out for no apparent reason.

No Comments | December 7, 2012 | | Tests | Tags: , , , ,

India vs. England, Third Test: Day Two Review

Alastair Cook takes off his shoes, removes his silk briefs and sinks into a deep bath.

No Comments | December 6, 2012 | | Tests | Tags: , ,

India vs. England, Third Test: Day One Review

In the space of little over a fortnight, England seem to have remembered how to play cricket and followed up their bottom-smacking of India in Mumbai with a strong start in Kolkata.