It's farewell from us
And so we reach the final curtain. Shakib Al Hasan lifts the trophy, the fireworks go off, the crowd lap up the moment, and England finish a memorable winter with a classic English collapse. Before that, though, they did the business, winning the World Cup and pulling off a whitewash of their own in Pakistan. Some you win, and some you mess up.
It’s all been a lot of fun to watch and to write about. From the whole OBO team, a big thank-you for your company, correspondence and views on whether England can really keep on winning Tests by batting like the clappers.
We’ll see you in June, for two contrasting Tests in London: England entertain Ireland at Lord’s and Australia take on India for the World Test Championship at the Oval. Have a great spring!
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Here’s our match report from Simon Burnton in Mirpur. As my colleague Tom Davies says while sending it over, “Quite the outplaying that, in the end. All three games lost in the same way, for the same reason.”
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