< 1 minute read Andrew Flintoff, Simon Jones, Darren Pattinson, Tim Bresnan. How bloody wide of the mark can the mainstream media get? Very. That’s how wide. There’s the mark and… …there… that’s where they are. Wide and perhaps a little bit low as well. The real news is of course His inclusion in
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Martin van Jaarsveld thrives under his captain
< 1 minute read Not literally under his captain. That would be painful, even allowing for Rob Key’s new, racing snake physique. Against Surrey, Martin van Jaarsveld hit two unbeaten hundreds and took 5-33, even though he’d never taken more than two wickets in an innings before. When asked what precipitated this rare spell
Continue readingFor this forfeit, you get a drawn Test
< 1 minute read Umpires accuse Pakistan of ball-tampering. Pakistan refuse to play in protest. After an investigation, Pakistan are found not guilty of ball tampering, but Inzy is banned for keeping his side off the field, so they’re saying that while he was right, he was also wrong. Now the match is being
Continue readingThe Durham bowling attack
2 minute read We’ve come up with an ingenious plan that will make England’s bowling attack the envy of the world: tell each of the bowlers that he’s playing for Durham. Seriously. Tell someone – anyone – that they’re playing for Durham and they’ll take wickets. The presenters of Loose Women could take
Continue readingWho is Jade Dernbach?
< 1 minute read He is both a cad and a bounder and you should beware his dandy ways. We’d say that Jade was a girl’s name if it were, in fact, a name at all. 24 first-class wickets at 40.62 and somehow he bowled Rob Key first ball. Some facts about Jade Dernbach:
Continue readingTim Bresnan crosses the line
< 1 minute read It’s okay – it’s a good line. It’s the line you have to cross to get written about on King Cricket. Tim Bresnan has been having one of those quietly productive seasons in which our Ones To Watch seem to specialise. Despite having taken more wickets than anyone else in
Continue readingBenevolent Uncle Sanath scythes on
< 1 minute read Tell you what we like in cricket: we like people who made their names doing one spectactular thing in particular to do exactly that thing only at a slightly advanced age. For example, you might say to a cricketing newcomer: “This is Sanath Jayasuriya. He’s famous for scoring runs ludicrously
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