< 1 minute readWhen we suggested that Australia’s current one-day team wasn’t its strongest, people took this as making excuses on their behalf. We’re not a naysayer when it comes to this England one-day side. We’re just pleading for perspective. For example, when Shaun Tait didn’t play, England lost 12 wickets in two
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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.
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John Howard ICC vice-presidency bid – Mani reacts
< 1 minute readTo some people, Mani is Ehsan Mani, former president of the ICC and a man who once mistakenly shook hands with special correspondent Dad. To us and to many of our generation, Mani is ex-Stone Roses bassist, Gary Mounfield, now with Primal Scream and also working on Peter Hook’s hilariously-named
Continue readingVote for the Sidearm even though it should have a better name
< 1 minute readFrank’s been on. He’s made a thing: “It has been shortlisted in a business competition run by Barclays. If I beat the other two finalists in a public vote, I win 50 grand to help get the things on the market. I’ve had some great support from Goochie, two Floweries
Continue readingA worrying Rob Key development
< 1 minute readThanks to Bradders for pointing us towards this: But also not thanks. Pretending things are guns is never cool. Somebody will have told him to do it, but that doesn’t matter. Rob could have gone for bat-as-guitar or bat-as-snooker-cue even. Both would have been better than bat-as-gun. There’s the sunglasses
Continue readingThey’ve wedged in some County Championship fixtures
< 1 minute readShit! They’re playing County Championship matches. How did that happen? We’d checked the fixture lists and had therefore been slacking off because it’s only the Twenty20 Cup and we can’t really be arsed with that until they’ve finished the crappy group stages. But knock our chicken and chorizo sandwich to
Continue readingSomeone’s challenged Shiv to a crease occupation contest
< 1 minute readAshwell Prince’s 262-ball 78 not out effectively said to Shivnarine Chanderpaul: “You think you can bat time? Come on. Let’s see what you’re made of.” Why would you do that? Shiv has now found himself in a situation where the West Indies are deep into their second innings, only a
Continue readingIan Botham’s rich mahogany armpits
< 1 minute readNow there’s a post title for you. We’ve had another Sunday post at Cricinfo that you’ll all have missed. It’s about great English cricket embarrassments and we wrote it after England had nearly lost to Ireland in the World Twenty20. They’ve been great since then and we’re taking the credit.
Continue readingEngland cricketers taking penalties
< 1 minute readWorst. Collection of nicknames. Everrrrrr. You can watch England’s cricketers taking penalties here. We’d have put the video on this page, but there isn’t a YouTube option small enough. A site redesign is probably in the offing, but really, how often do we feature videos? It can wait. The video’s
Continue readingAustralia’s second-best ODI bowlers
< 1 minute readThe story at the moment is ‘liberated England’ – daring, dashing World Twenty20 champions who play with no fear. That’s the official line, but we’re looking at an Australian one-day international (ODI) bowling attack that’s shorn of Mitchell Johnson, Peter Siddle, Ben Hilfenhaus and even Ryan Harris. You could also
Continue readingRoyal Challengers Bangalore v Mumbai Indians match report
2 minute readRitesh writes: This was my third game at the ground during this year’s IPL. At the previous game, my marriage was almost destroyed when the missus and I had to wait in line for an hour and subsequently had to sit on hard concrete rafters approximately at square leg. So
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