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The Dilemma of Number Three 

Both England and India have been presented with a tricky decision around the least defined position in batting

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WTC: A Lightweight Contest for Heavyweights 

Multiple boxers were champions during Mike Tyson's prime but he always pulled through. In similar fashion, Australia and SA with their powerful line-ups look to be crowned champions in the WTC final this week

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Beware cricket's new corridor of uncertainty 

An ongoing spot fixing case in South Africa shows how the digital economy has provided cricket with one of her greatest challenges

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Why must T20 cricket keep reminding us how good it is? 

How often in T20 cricket do you find that you are pointed towards the idea that this is the most important thing since artisanal ciabatta and 5G?

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How the Springboks, not the Proteas, have told a great story 

South African cricket has always wanted to tell the story that the Springboks have told themselves, and the Champions Trophy offers a fresh opportunity to shape it

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Buying It! 

The great sell-off in The Hundred has changed English cricket forever, and there is no going back now

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Trying to pin down Harry Brook 

Harry Brook is one of the top-ranked batters in the world, and yet it's something beyond the numbers that suggests he is a player who could be remembered for generations

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Cricket's exponential growth - a bubble ready to burst? 

As private equity marches deeper into cricket's ownership structures, the game should take note of parables from other sports about the perils of chasing a buck.

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Ben Stokes sees the finishing line 

Ben Stokes' place in a lineage of romanticised English talismans is secure, but the final acts in his international career still have the opportunity to define him

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The runs that stay unmade 

If Adam Voges' career left some to wonder what might have happened if he'd been picked for Australia sooner, England are developing a list of uncapped players whose timing was equally unfortunate