3 minute read We really need to update the saying “throw the baby out with the bath water”. Who ‘throws out’ bath water these days? In the modern world, bath water exits via a plughole and no baby could be lost via one of those. You could argue that a parent might be
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Otherwise known as Alex Bowden, a lapsed cricket journalist who has written for ESPNCricinfo, wisden.com, Cricket 365, The Cricketer and plenty of other places.
Links to some non-cricket writing and a bit more background here.
Gautam Gambhir’s arse senses boot
2 minute read More often than not, an out of form batsman needs to be treated sensitively and given reassurance. If their confidence returns, they tend to discover it was actually all that was ever absent. Then again, sometimes a batsman needs the bracing reality check that comes with having someone’s lace holes
Continue readingWhy is Shane Watson Australia captain?
< 1 minute read One answer would be ‘because Michael Clarke’s injured’. If you’re wondering what’s wrong with Clarke, a Cricket Australia spokesman said: “Michael Clarke has had his right hamstring assessed by team medical staff following the game and the team physiotherapist has confirmed that Michael has stiffness in the right hamstring.” There’s
Continue readingWho’s playing in the Bangladesh Premier League?
2 minute read Twenty20 leagues all operate in the same way. They try and attract as many stars as possible and then they use local players as padding. However, different leagues have to settle for different stars. Some players will turn up for anything. Azhar Mahmood, Dirk Nannes, Shaun Tait – obviously all
Continue readingWhat would you do if landed with a £275m tax bill?
< 1 minute read Well, on the assumption that you are employing a treasurer, why not do what the BCCI has done. From Cricinfo: “The BCCI has been hit with a Rs 2300 crore (approx $433m) notice from the income tax department and has asked its treasurer Ajay Shirke to suggest how to deal
Continue readingBad news for Jack Russell
< 1 minute read Individual statistical achievements in cricket don’t always tally with ability, so it’s pleasing when a good player is rewarded. However, for every 11-60 recorded by a Dale Steyn, there’s a world record number of dismissals for an AB de Villiers. Now AB de Villiers is great at many things. He
Continue readingWhat did Dale Steyn do?
< 1 minute read We’ve just got back and we’re trying to catch up. It strikes us that Dale Steyn taking six wickets for eight runs was probably the most significant event. When you need to clarify which are runs and which are wickets in someone’s bowling figures, you know they’ve done something special.
Continue readingThe Perundi being conspicuously indifferent to a letter signed by Sir Don Bradman
< 1 minute read Tom sent us a photo of a cat named The Perundi who he was temporarily looking after over the festive period. “Here you can see the cat showing significantly more attention to the radiator than to a nearby letter, signed by no less a man than the late, great Sir
Continue readingHow do you pick a Test team?
2 minute read Here’s a question: if all records and memory of Test history were erased, how would you select your playing XI for the next match? Would the side differ from the one that would take the field normally? There’s always context. There are always past Test achievements to go off. Many
Continue readingAlan Mullally to Craig McMillan – dot ball
< 1 minute read Welcome to the third and final part of Cricket’s Greatest Dot Balls. We hope it’s been worth the wait as we now revisit perhaps the greatest dot ball of them all. The backdrop It was the fourth Test of the 1999 Test series between England and New Zealand, a momentous
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