England’s 1,000th Test: Guardian writers pick their favourite so far


As England prepare to play their milestone Test against India six writers recall their most memorable of the previous 999

England won by two wickets

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Objectively, he was not much fun. But we were giving the Aussies what-for in return and that was good enough for me

The barbecue on the eve of the rest day at the Botham residence was as near to a wake as is possible for that event

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Their batsmen looked like they’d seen the devil. It was only Devon, but on that day it was hard to tell the difference

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