Burton's Barmy Blog

Tales of supporting the England cricket team, including my original blog of an unforgettable Ashes tour of Australia in 2010/11

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Woody shakes it up now (pace and bounce, pace and bounce)

28 January 2020 4th Test, Day 4: England 400 and 248, South Africa 183 and 274 all out. England win by 191 runs On the face of it, this...

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Ronaldo comes on at 4-0 up

20 January 2020 4th Test, Day 3: England 400 and 248 all out, South Africa 183 all out South Africa need 466 runs to win So much happened...

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Game, set and series

25 January 2020 4th Test, Day 2: England 400 all out, South Africa 88 for 6 It’s not quite game over of course, but it might as well be....

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A game of two halves

24 January 2020 4th Test, Day 1: England 192 for 4 After two days of glorious sunshine on the high veld of Gauteng (“place of gold”), it...