< 1 minute read Edwardian writes: “I think my dog looks like Ben Stokes, especially in the eyebrows department. The difference between Stokes and my dog is that Digger is tucked up in his bed by 10pm every night.” Edwardian later added: “Digger is a rescue dog (I’ve had him for three months) and
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A handmade county cricket sticker album
2 minute read Honestly, what could be better than this? It’s a homemade county cricket sticker album. Here’s Darren Stevens. Here’s Vernon Philander. Here’s the England team. The album was created by John, who got in touch with us having seen Sam’s ‘artwork’ last week. You can see loads more of the stickers
Continue readingBen Stokes Ashes situation entirely unchanged by latest “revelations”
2 minute read If you’re indicted for war crimes, “But they started it!” is not a particularly weighty defence – even if it’s true. It’s some way down the scale, but the same principle still holds true with Ben Stokes. Today’s confirmation that he was defending two gay men when he rained all
Continue readingKevin Pietersen says team spirit is everything
2 minute read He’s got to be doing this on purpose, hasn’t he? Surely? In truth, much of what Kevin Pietersen says in his interview with Cricinfo makes perfect sense. The gist is that there’s much to be gained from players going out together, but they also need to take responsibility for their
Continue readingAlex Hartley is invincible
< 1 minute read Not in the sense of being incapable of being defeated because she’s just lost two Ashes matches out of two. We mean it purely in a batting sense. Hartley made nought not out today. In her 20-match international career, she has NEVER BEEN DISMISSED. Not once. Now, admittedly, Hartley has
Continue readingSome really pretty amazing Ashes-themed artwork
< 1 minute read Long-term readers/masochists will be aware that this website has often published cricket-themed artwork. This beautiful picture of Rob Key by Suave brought forth a veritable torrent of follow-up works, including Rob on a capybara in front of a wall of flame, Rob making the diving stop of his life and
Continue readingBT Sport to use Geoffrey Boycott as Ashes commentator
< 1 minute read We got a bit distracted when we tried to write about this last week, but BT Sport has revealed its commentary line-up for the Ashes. For some reason the press release led with “legendary cricket captains” Michael Vaughan and Ricky Ponting, but we’re far more interested in the others. Geoffrey
Continue readingLife Beyond the Airing Cupboard by former Sussex captain John Barclay – a holiday reading review by Ged Ladd
2 minute read I read Life Beyond The Airing Cupboard in September 2009, while Daisy and I were on a short holiday in Burgundy. We had joined Daisy’s sister, Lavender and her husband, Antonio Ordóñez for a few days, then we stayed on for an extra day or two before returning home. Lavender
Continue readingWhen is the Ashes not a Test series?
< 1 minute read When it’s the Women’s Ashes. Starting on Sunday, Australia and England will embark upon one series comprising three T20 internationals, three one-day internationals and a Test match. It is a cricket series. The teams will get two points for victory in each of the one-innings-a-side matches and four if they
Continue readingSubscribing to BT Sport for the Ashes
3 minute read We’ve been bemoaning the out-of-date way in which broadcasters sell sport to consumers for quite a while now. We were mildly encouraged by changes to Sky Sports announced earlier this year, but they only went so far and also had zero bearing on the upcoming Ashes as BT Sport has
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