The editor of Cricket Statistician analyses recent events

SIMON SWEETMAN

Somehow we have all had our gaze averted from the England Lions. They have played three “unofficial Tests” against West Indies A in a series wholly unreported by the newspapers and hard to find even on Cricinfo.
The salient point, of course, is that the Lions were beaten three times, twice by wide margins. Andy Flowers was “disappointed”.
However, one can sometimes extract hope from the jaws of misery. Who may have shone? The first match was tight, with West Indies A winning a low scoring gam...