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The Game’s GONE

James Wallace (and his alter-ego) pick over cricket ’s increasingly crazy schedule

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Did you hear the one about the herd of French cows who escaped from their barn and ate through their entire winter ’s supply of food in one sitting?

I think we might read different newspapers.

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