2 minute read668 writes: I started at Newcastle station. “A day return to Seaton Carew, please” “Why do you want to go there?” the ticket guy quizzed me, with genuine amazement and some concern. “Umm, to watch some cricket.” “So you’re not taking a kayak ride then?” “No,” I said. “There is
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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.
An eventful innings and some uneventful innings
< 1 minute readWe’ve covered both while whoring ourself out to other people this week. Kevin Pietersen’s blindingly haphazard knock over at the Wisden Cricketer Some earth-shatteringly tedious knocks over at Cricinfo The Cricinfo one features someone called MCG Gladlyaddled-Smeethington drinking brandy in the sixth tiffin break, if that makes the article sound
Continue readingEngland bowling teams out – how do you feel about it?
< 1 minute readSome England supporters seem upset when their team bowls a side out for double figures. Pakistan are our second favourite side and we want to see them become stronger, but frankly they can do all their run-scoring against other teams. When England are taking wickets as greedily as Mark Cosgrove
Continue readingSalman Butt’s leave | Pakistan batting propaganda
< 1 minute readPretty sure propaganda has to be clearly labelled as such in order for it to be properly effective. In the comments on our last post, Ceci suggested that the Pakistani batsmen believe what they read. With that in mind, we’d like to put this site forward as official Pakistani cricket
Continue readingPakistan’s middle-order – what we want from them
< 1 minute readAs anyone who’s read a newspaper in the last week or so knows, Pakistan have picked a batting line-up made entirely out of number 11s. Apparently, Azhar Ali only started playing cricket in February and Umar Amin was spotted trying to affix his batting helmet to his elbow a couple
Continue readingCounty Championship leaders engage in not-so-titanic struggle
< 1 minute readWith first playing second in the County Championship, it’s a good time for a brief update on the state of the tournament. Nottinghamshire have been the best side this year. They’re second with a game in hand on Yorkshire, who they’re currently battering. This season Yorkshire have been reliant on
Continue readingFreddie Flintoff’s Powerplay Cricket – press release timing failure
< 1 minute read“Play as Freddie Flintoff and become an integral player for England in this fast moving, high scoring arcade cricket game.” That should perhaps read: “Play as Freddie Flintoff and engage in long, soul-destroying rehabilitation programmes that are ultimately unsuccessful. Slowly come to accept that your days as an international cricketer
Continue readingWill Mohammad Yousuf returning mean it all kicks off again?
< 1 minute readPoor Salman Butt. That’s all we can think about. He’s trying to organise a nice tea party, even though the crockery’s jagged and serrated and keeps cutting people’s hands. The teapot’s got a hole in it and it’s dribbling boiling water over everyone. Yet Butt’s holding it all together. He’s
Continue readingInternational Cricket Captain 2010 review
< 1 minute readThe 2010 version of International Cricket Captain is out. It’s a good game, but pretty similar to the 2009 version really. Our ICC 2009 review should tell you everything you need to know if you’ve never played the game before. Other than that, we want to voice a gripe. To
Continue readingJames Anderson and swing bowling
< 1 minute readWe’ve heard some odd things during this Test match, all of which revolve around the fact that the Duke cricket ball swings more than the Kookaburra used in Australia. Apparently This year’s Dukes swing more than the ones used last year as well. The implication is that James Anderson’s blistering
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