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That’s the Way the Cook Crumbles

Most people are familiar with Mary Shelley’s gothic novel, Frankenstein. Victor Frankenstein attempts to create a human-like creature in his own self-image, only for his chemical experiment to turn horrifyingly and lead to the abandonment of ‘the monster’ in society, frightened, unaccepted and alone. Now read it again. Read it whilst bearing in mind some …

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England: The Puzzle Without The Missing Pietersen

Without a player like Kevin Pietersen in your side, you are inevitably worse off. Just like Australia would miss Clarke and West Indies miss Gayle, England with no Pietersen is like Ant without Dec; teenage boys without product in their hair; and Justin Beiber with a microphone in his hand – just not right. Pietersen …

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Captain Cook Invades India

28 years and a few humiliations since there last series victory in India, an England side, bruised from humbling defeats in the UAE against Pakistan and the relinquishing of their No.1 ranking at the hands of South Africa, would travel to the subcontinent in an effort to correct this statistical anomaly. That defeat to South …

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