Category: Some Cricket Matches

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  • Up and Down

    Some Cricket Matches

    How common is it for a Test side to lose by an innings after making 400 or more first time…

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  • It Could Have Been Worse

    Some Cricket Matches

    "Cook Batting,2013" CC BY-SA 2.0, Image credit to Nic Redhead from Birmingham, UK The subcontinent is always a challenge for touring…

    Cook batting during the third Test during the 2013 Ashes in England. England won the series 3–0; it was Cook's first Ashes series as captain.
  • The Strange Power of the Follow-On

    Some Cricket Matches

    Nobody could have been surprised by the result of the First Test between Australia and the West Indies at Hobart.…

    Bill Pavilion End, Bill Ricquier's Cricket Views
  • Margin Call

    Some Cricket Matches

    Can a cricket team" bounce back" from a defeat by a margin of 405 runs? This is the task facing…

    Bill Pavilion End, Bill Ricquier's Cricket Views
  • All Square

    Some Cricket Matches

    England v New Zealand in a Test match at Lord's, May 2004. Image by Peter Meade  licensed under  CC BY 2.0 As…

    All square lords test match
  • A Test of Character

    Some Cricket Matches

    If there is a better Test match this Ashes summer than the first Test between England and New Zealand at…

    Bill Pavilion End, Bill Ricquier's Cricket Views
  • No Light At The End Of The Tunnel

    Some Cricket Matches

    David Gower, Ian Botham, Allan Lamb, Paul Downton, Brian Lara, Ridley Jacobs, Alastair Cook, Kevin Pietersen and Ian Bell. What…

    No light at the end of tunnel
  • The Honourable Draw

    Some Cricket Matches

    Something happened twice in 2012-13 which had only happened once before in the history of Test cricket. A side batting…

    Bill Pavilion End, Bill Ricquier's Cricket Views