< 1 minute read You may have noticed that we’re prone to cycling metaphors (see here and here for examples). This is because we like cycling. We like it for much the same reasons as we like cricket: it takes ages, it’s a team sport heavily-reliant on individuals, different people come to the fore
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England land early blow ahead of all those Asheses
< 1 minute read England today landed a massive blow ahead of all the millions of Asheses that are going to be played over the next few years. This blow will have sent shockwaves through the whole of Australia. The monumentally significant moment came when Australia named their team and revealed that Steven Smith
Continue readingStriking the first Ashes blows
< 1 minute read With 11 Ashes series in the next three years, this one-day series between England and Australia is the only real hors d’oeuvre. It’s just steak and duck breast after this, albeit with slightly more potatoes than you’d probably want in an ideal world. As everyone knows, hors d’oeuvres aren’t for
Continue readingWhat a game of cricket looks like to Americans
< 1 minute read “Look how he fringes the ring there.” Thanks to Ne for sending this to us.
Continue readingBCCI rejects calls for speed limits in residential areas
< 1 minute read Speaking about the decision review system, Sanjay Jagdale, the secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, indicated that his organisation was still unwilling to see it used in all Test matches. “The BCCI continues to believe that the system is not foolproof.” Jagdale may or may not
Continue readingEngland played – who knew?
< 1 minute read Because we didn’t. It was a Twenty20 international. Alex Hales scored 99. England won. Does anybody know anything about it? Are we supposed to have opinions about it? Did anything particularly noteworthy happen other than Alex Hales’ innings? If it did, we might read a match report. Otherwise, we’ll just
Continue readingAndrew Flintoff’s world
< 1 minute read If there’s one thing that’s become clear from Freddie Flintoff’s slurred slights against acerbic Athers, it’s that the duff-kneed purveyor of forced laddish bonhomie cares little for freedom of speech. “How can he talk about a player like Alastair Cook who is 10 times the player he ever was –
Continue readingEngland v Australia will sap our enthusiasm
2 minute read We’re doing far too much moaning about this kind of crap and frankly we’re sick of reading about it elsewhere as well, even if we agree with much of what’s being said. This post is an attempt to purge some of our ill-feeling, because the negativity is spreading like a
Continue readingChris Gayle takes a look
< 1 minute read Much has been made of the fact that Chris Gayle has become consistent at Twenty20, because many mistakenly believe the format is all about luck. Clearly it isn’t, as Gayle has shown. His has been a calculating method: See off the good bowler; cane Joe McMilitary-Medium. However, this execution of
Continue readingEngland v West Indies first XIs
< 1 minute read There have been a lot of ifs over the course of this West Indies tour. ‘If Sunil Narine, Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard were here…’ Those four players found their way into the team one by one, so that yesterday they all played. What happened? West Indies got
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