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The Cricket Blog’s 2011 Team of the Year

January 4, 2012
2012 has already got off to a blistering start with heaps of runs in South Africa and Australia. Before we come to that, however, we’re going to take a quick look back at 2011 and its star performers...

A look back at 2011

December 28, 2011
With the year drawing to a close, we’ve decided to take a look back at it and pick out our moments and performers of the past 365 days. It’s largely based on Test cricket, but that’s the best format,...

Can Pakistan stop England, again?

December 14, 2011
The England team that toured Pakistan in 2005 was on a roll having won five consecutive Test series against top opposition, both home and away (including the tough Ashes win in 2005). So confident wa...

England in a spin

December 6, 2011
England head for the United Arab Emirates on their next assignment and the squad is to be announced this week. The usual faces will be there, but it will be most interesting to see who gets the nod a...

Tendulkar chokes on ton of tons

November 25, 2011
Alas, poor Sachin and his adoring, global army of fans will have to await the coming of another day upon which to salute the once unfathomable landmark of 100 international hundreds. Poised on 94, in...

Cricket continues unaffected by spot fixing scandal

November 14, 2011
Cricket last week explored the sublime having succumbed to the ridiculous the week before. As three men familiarised themselves with the British prison system, South Africa and Australia played out o...

The curious case of Shahid Afridi

November 11, 2011
“Once every hundred innings, Afridi lives up to expectation,” commented ex-South African batsman Daryl Cullinan while commentating on an ODI in South Africa in 2007. He wasn’t far wrong. Apart from h...