< 1 minute read Of course he isn’t, but Morgan’s 130 was better than Tendulkar’s 203 against Sri Lanka – we’ll say that much. England v Pakistan has been a game for bowlers and only then does batting really mean something. Most of us are happy about this. People mistakenly believe that sport is
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Still not sure why we did that
< 1 minute read We did our live review of International Cricket 2010 on Twitter. Ceci Masters kindly documented the review/mental breakdown in full and it can be seen here. If you want to keep tabs on our ongoing descent, you can follow us @TheKingsTweets. We probably won’t be doing another live review of
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< 1 minute read Last night, we did a live review of Codemasters’ new game International Cricket 2010 on Twitter. We played a Twenty20 match as Pakistan and basically got battered. Anyone interested in live Twitter reviews of cricket computer games can follow us again from about 7pm tonight when we’re going to have
Continue readingAttributes required for a Test batsman
< 1 minute read Test batsmen need to have a number of attributes. Depending on the conditions and the opposition, there will be different requirements. Some are always necessary: A good eye A half-decent technique Good shot selection Concentration In matches like Sri Lanka v India at Colombo, other attributes are also required: Stamina
Continue readingSajid Mahmood batting at five?
< 1 minute read Yes, it did happen and he wasn’t a nightwatchman because it was a Twenty20 match – the quarter-final against Essex. It makes a kind of sense. Sajid Mahmood’s been batting surprisingly well for Lancashire this season, hitting four fifties in his 10 first-class innings and scoring at quite a lick.
Continue readingStephen Moore has a duff day
< 1 minute read Losing a match is bad Being out LBW is bad Being out first ball is bad Being out first ball of the innings is bad Dislocating your shoulder in the outfield is bad At least Stephen Moore can console himself with the fact that he’s not Giles Clarke.
Continue readingWe have a serious point to make
< 1 minute read Those of you who’ve only read this website for a couple of years or so might not be aware that this ever happens. Mostly we try and avoid it because people only end up giving us stick. Our point has been made over at the Wisden Cricketer, because for some
Continue readingWe have a not-so-serious point to make
< 1 minute read It’s not really a point. In fact, several of the commenters on our latest Cricinfo piece say it just sort of tails off. It’s a fictional Pakistan team meeting, if that makes you more or less likely to click through and have a read.
Continue readingThe Twenty20 Cup is about to get good
< 1 minute read We just thought we’d warn you all about this fact, because chances are you lost interest in the Twenty20 Cup about a month ago. After 10,000 mostly pointless matches, we’ve managed to trim 18 teams down to eight. However, there are four matches today and tomorrow we will be down
Continue readingMuttiah Muralitharan’s 800th Test wicket
< 1 minute read We don’t get it. It was only Pragyan Ojha. What’s the big deal? If we’d taken 800 Test wickets, we wouldn’t be jumping up and down about getting Pragyan Ojha out. We’d have been more worked up about dismissing better batsmen, like Ian Salisbury or Chris Lewis.
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