< 1 minute read We’ve seen a number of people this week referring to the first phase of the World T20 as ‘pre-qualifying’. The word they are looking for is of course ‘qualifying’. Yes, it takes place before the tournament – or pre-tournament if you will – but that’s what qualifying is. It’s qualifying
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Somehow Afghanistan have qualified for the World T20
< 1 minute read The ICC are calling this ‘the group stage’ of the World T20. Everyone else is correctly referring to it as the qualifiers. Afghanistan have qualified. Despite the best efforts of the organisers, someone had to. Afghanistan did of course have the good fortune to be in Group B. It’s not
Continue readingTurns out AB de Villiers is rubbish at T20 cricket
1 minute read There’s only so many times you can hear how wonderful something is before you want to hit it with a hammer or push it down a flight of stairs at the luxury five-star hotel at which it’s staying ahead of its team’s first match at the World T20. However, this
Continue readingWe wouldn’t call ourself a staunch defender of Twenty20 cricket but…
< 1 minute read We were going to draw together a bunch of our articles about the nature of Twenty20 cricket for today’s update as a kind of ‘easy win’. However, when we started searching the site to put this together, we discovered we already had such a thing. Hurray! Even easier win! Then
Continue readingA mankad prevents batsmen from taking the piss
< 1 minute read Before the Asia Cup qualifying round, the Asian Cricket Council is said to have met with the four Associate teams and told them not to mankad. Oman’s Aamir Kaleem was having none of it. He did for Hong Kong’s Mark Chapman in precisely that manner. Oman won. There’s now been
Continue readingA committee of cooks designing a horse for broth
2 minute read They’ve had a meeting about renovating the entire structure of county cricket. They’ve resolved to repaint one of the bedrooms and maybe replace some of the sealant around the bath. In 1890, it was suggested that county cricket be divided into first, second and third classes with eight teams in
Continue readingIs Bumrah ever-living?
< 1 minute read This is the question everyone’s asking. Mumm-Ra was ever-living – and therefore presumably still is. It therefore stands to reason that Jasprit Bumrah is ever-living too, what with his name sounding slightly similar and all. Bumrah bowled well in the 15-over-a-side Asia Cup Final. He did a lot to ensure
Continue readingAndre Russell, dope testing and cricket’s changing culture
2 minute read Andre Russell has not been caught doping, but he’s been unavailable for three tests in a year. At best, this is moronic and being a moron is no defence. Russell should face a two-year ban, but we’re interested to see what actually happens. Cricket has traditionally been pretty soft on
Continue readingMop-up of the last few days – it’s been a while
2 minute read Sorry the website was knackered. We’re sure you all missed us enormously. Web hosts being web hosts, we’ve no clear idea what actually happened, but it seemed like actual damage and not just someone flicking the wrong switch. At least there were backups. This contrasts with our old job where
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