England players to watch
Even beyond our own knee-high standards, our 2009 county cricketers to watch have come good. Liam Plunkett is in England’s winter Test squad and has therefore proven himself an obdurate and Follow on
Even beyond our own knee-high standards, our 2009 county cricketers to watch have come good. Liam Plunkett is in England’s winter Test squad and has therefore proven himself an obdurate and Follow on
A week or so ago, Adil Rashid hit two hundreds in successive innings. In Yorkshire’s two innings in the field adjacent to those hundreds, Rashid took five wickets in each of them. England Follow on
In his first 23 one-day innings, Paul Horton passed 50 once. Now he’s got the format cracked. Take that The Friends Provident Trophy! Consider yourself and any other 50-over competitions Follow on
Rumours that we kidnapped Geoff Miller’s family and told him we were going to force them to watch Eastenders constantly until he picked Tim Bresnan for England are well wide of the mark. Follow on
Pakistan v Australia? The England Test squad? The IPL? No, we’re going to cover an early season one-day match between Lancashire and Northamptonshire that happened at the weekend and Follow on
What county cricketers are worth watching in 2009? These ones: Liam Plunkett Mark Davies Steve Davies Adil Rashid Tim Bresnan Will Smith Simon Jones Paul Horton You can watch other cricketers bat Follow on
Nottinghamshire v Worcestershire. It’s Chris Read v Steve Davies in a battle for third or fourth place in the England wicketkeeping hierarchy. Game on! Steve Davies clearly said to himself: Follow on
Lancashire’s batsmen were full-on toss last year. Pretty much the sole exception was Paul Horton. Paul Horton is an opening batsman and that’s a position where Lancashire have been Follow on
Simon Jones isn’t one to watch for the reasons you think. A lot of English (and Welsh) cricket supporters think Simon Jones is England’s Imran Khan or something; a master of fast swing Follow on
We decided to make Will Smith one to watch this season in August last year. That was before he was made Durham captain. Don’t know whether that will affect him. We’d been keeping an eye Follow on
Animals being conspicuously indifferent to cricket
Cricket bats in unusual places