< 1 minute read After nought and then one, Nick Compton is finally up and running for England. Well, he’s up and ambling at any rate, having made 64 runs off 162 balls in their second warm-up match. We entirely approve of this complete lack of urgency. Hopefully the majority of his six fours
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Joe Root shouldn’t play England’s second warm-up match
< 1 minute read Not unless he’s down the order. Some have suggested resting Alastair Cook because he made a hundred in the first warm-up match and so presumably doesn’t need the practice. Being as Nick Compton made a duck, it is felt that England might now want to see how Joe Root fares
Continue readingLaszlo is indifferent to Chris Gayle
< 1 minute read Michael sent us this picture, the title above and nothing else: Our unquenchable thirst for information led us to ask whether Laszlo was named after a fictional character mentioned by Troy McClure in a Simpson’s episode. Michael replied: “He’s indirectly named after the cinematographer, but mostly I just liked the
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