• Tested and Found Wanting

    Some Cricket Matches

    Do modern-day batsmen  deserve Test cricket? The question is worth asking after recent events. Test Cricket is the most demanding…

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  • Spin, Bounce and the Old Swingometer

    About the Game

    Theresa May has called a general election which is going to be held on 8 June. It is relatively unusual…

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  • The Watershed

    Some Cricket Matches

    I was watching the Delhi Daredevils play the Kolkata Knight Riders on television the other day. It turned out to…

    The watershed
  • Honours even in Sri Lanka

    Sri Lanka

    No country exemplifies the current tendency towards very different outcomes in home and away Test matches in a more extreme…

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  • On Top of the World

    Some Cricket Matches

    Image: India vs Australia by Vijay Chennupati [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons What does it take to make a really…

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  • T20 Redemption for Sri Lanka

    Sri Lanka

    " Look for the positives" : you know something has gone really badly when a commentator , or someone in…

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  • You Must Remember This

    Some Cricketers

    Australia' s tour of India, commencing this month, promises to be a very intriguing one. India have rediscovered their love…

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  • Hail to the Chief

    Some Cricketers

    The election of Donald Trump as the forty - fifth President of the United States has caused, if not global…

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  • Warner Joins the Immortals

    Batting

    Image: David Warner celebrating while playing for Australia. By Zaczac157 [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons David Warner…

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  • Come in number three, your time is up

    Sri Lanka

    Batting first wicket down is the most demanding job for batsmen in Test cricket. Opening batsmen know what to expect.…

    Bill Pavilion End, Bill Ricquier's Cricket Views
  • 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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