< 1 minute read Fidel Edwards has mostly been bowling at James Anderson’s head of late. Edwards appears to have some sort of a problem with the Lancashire bowler, giving him a mouthful once every few balls and bowling about 5-6mph quicker due to the adrenaline. When these sorts of duels get personal, it
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Sulieman Benn’s bowling action
< 1 minute read One of the commentators during the last Test – we forget who – said that Sulieman Benn had a good bowling action. Now we can only presume that he meant it was solid and reliable or maybe ‘funny’. Because it isn’t a good bowling action. He looks like a horse
Continue readingRavi Bopara and Alastair Cook
< 1 minute read Ravi Bopara and Alastair Cook have batted together for Essex for ten years or so. They make an odd, but effective, couple. Cook’s a gangling left-handed posho who’s lumpen at the crease and nervy in front of the camera. Bopara’s a podgy, right-handed bloke, who’s often aggressive at the crease
Continue readingTwo cricket bats in unusually horrifying places
< 1 minute read Nonononono. This is not happening. This is NOT happening. This is NOT… HAPPENING. Remember the worst picture of all time? Now this is the worst picture of all time: It was sent in by Suave, who says: “Attached is a photo of cricket bats in unusual places. It has two
Continue readingNice cricket T-shirts
< 1 minute read Take a look at our current range of cricket T-shirts Football supporters love wearing their team’s shirt to show their allegiance. The same thing’s never really happened with cricket shirts. This is largely because the majority of one-day shirts look like football shirts and cricket supporters don’t generally want to
Continue readingEoin Morgan does something mental with his cricket bat
< 1 minute read We saw this plastered across Jrod’s Balls yesterday. It’s Eoin Morgan doing something quite ridiculous in the name of batting. It’s pretty impressive, but is he really that good? He can play that shot well enough in those circumstances, but how well would he bat with his upper arms tied
Continue readingDeteriorating batting performances late in a career
< 1 minute read Matthew Hayden’s been interviewed. You don’t know how much we’ve missed this. He was asked about his deteriorating batting toward the end of his Test career and, as ever, he’s crystal clear about what happened. “Suddenly questions are asked about your ability and performance, which is absolutely rubbish because your
Continue readingKolkata Knight Riders’ arse-kicking abilities fully explored and evaluated
< 1 minute read This is what greets you when you log onto the Kolkata Knight Riders’ website: If the owner can’t even hold a batting helmet without it catching fire, you’ve got to go for ‘nope’ haven’t you? If you’re so disaster prone that you’re blighted by the spontaneous combustion of cricket equipment,
Continue readingKolkata Knight Riders light up the IPL with their woeful inadequacies
< 1 minute read Every sports competition needs a narrative. People who run these sorts of tournaments always think that the narrative should be one of glory. ‘Ours is the best competition and our champions are the best team in history’. Triumphant music plays. Slow motion video soaks up the splendour. That’s balls. What
Continue readingGraeme Swann loves dismissing left-hand batsmen
< 1 minute read We dare say Graeme Swann quite likes dismissing right-hand batsmen as well, but he doesn’t do it half as often. Of his six wickets in this match, only one was right-handed – Jerome Taylor. This is by no means unusual for Swann. Against right-handers he looks an everyday bowler. Against
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