< 1 minute read Back in November 2012, AB de Villiers made 33 off 220 balls so that South Africa could save a Test against Australia. In March last year, against the same opposition, he made 43 off 228 balls, but this time South Africa lost. Today it took him all of 31 balls
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Whither James Tredwell?
2 minute read Asked which of his team-mates he least enjoyed facing in the nets recently, Moeen Ali said: “James Tredwell. Annoying. You just try and smack him and you can’t hit him anywhere.” It’s one of the mysteries of the age how Tredders doesn’t go for seven an over, but it’s a
Continue readingYorkshire v Middlesex – Scarborough match report
2 minute read Bananarama Monkey-Face writes: I’m originally from Pickering, so I always get very excited when I come up to North Yorkshire with Mum, Dad and brother Hippity. All the more exciting this time, because Mum and Dad had arranged, as part of their trip, to go to t’cricket at Scarborough for
Continue readingIan Bell making a half-decent fist of things
< 1 minute read Ian Bell made 187 off 145 balls against the Prime Minister’s XI in England’s latest warm-up match. Okay, so it’s not exactly the biggest match ever – Chris Rogers bowled two overs – but what’s more reassuring, making 187 off 145 balls or making 26 off 38? This constitutes further
Continue readingThe best official cricket songs in the world… ever!
< 1 minute read We know that you’re all looking forward to hearing the official World Cup song, even if it’s inevitable that it will fall some way short of this masterpiece. We’ve looked back on some of the other great official cricket songs from down the years for All Out Cricket. They include
Continue readingIan Bell is not Alastair Cook
4 minute read There are a lot of optimists in the world and the problem with positive people is that they assume that positivity itself is some sort of positive. It’s all well and good swanning about thinking everything will work out, but really you’re just setting yourself up for disappointment and failure.
Continue readingDeclarations unforeseen on paper
2 minute read Australia will get to declare again. Maybe this is presumptuous on our part. Maybe they were batting for a declaration but have now got a taste for scoring at ten an over and will carry on tomorrow. It seems unlikely though. If there’s one thing Australia like more than scoring
Continue readingYou’re probably wondering why we haven’t written about Inzamam-ul-Haq this week
< 1 minute read The answer is because Pakistan aren’t playing. Also, he retired seven years ago. Fortunately, our Kings of Cricket feature over at All Out Cricket helps us overcome these minor hurdles as we’re allowed to write about pretty much anyone we like. Last week, we chose Inzy for his ‘souplesse’ as
Continue readingMight and will in Twenty20 and Tests
3 minute read Our friend who was once known as Uncle Jrod has written a piece for Cricinfo about the impact of the IPL on India’s Test performances. We can’t work out whether he’s been done up by the site’s subeditors or whether the headline and teaser are part of the general mischievousness
Continue readingKane Williamson wins the combativity prize
2 minute read It’s a double-post day today. Maybe we’re all backed-up after slacking off over Christmas. A few words about New Zealand first and then this afternoon we’ll turn to Australia v India, so hold your commenting horses if that’s what you want to talk about. In cycling, there’s a thing called
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