< 1 minute readYou would have to say that cricket speed guns aren’t hugely accurate. They seem okay most of the time, then every now and again you get a wonky match where everbody’s bowling at 93mph. This is what happened at Lord’s a week or so ago when England’s bowling attack suddenly
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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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The best team in the IPL
< 1 minute readApparently it’s the Deccan Chargers. They won the IPL, therefore they’re the best. The format of the IPL is brilliant. It revolves solely around identifying the best team over a period of time to show which team is best. It’s totally fair and it lets supporters know which team should
Continue readingMiddlesex v Glamorgan match report
< 1 minute readGed writes: My guest for the day was Charley “The Gent” Malloy. My last visit of 2008 saw Charley walk off with my tie. When I reported the loss to my mum, she informed me that the correct etiquette in such circumstances would be for me to inform Charley that
Continue readingSuper Sopper, why have you forsaken us?
< 1 minute readMany will blame the abandonment of today’s one-day international between England and the West Indies on the weather and Headingley’s new £600,000 drainage system (which apparently won’t reach its full potential until later in the year for some reason). We don’t. We lay the blame firmly at the door of
Continue readingShoaib Akhtar has genital warts
< 1 minute readPress releases are rarely of this standard. Lahore May 21, 2009: Mr. Shoaib Akhter was examined today by a Medical Board constituted by PCB for the purpose of Clinical assessment/Fitness due to his ongoing current ailment. The Medical Board consists of following experts. 1. Professor Javed Raza Gardezi – Consultant
Continue readingAndrew McDonald instead of Andrew Symonds
< 1 minute readIf you don’t know who Andrew McDonald is, imagine a side’s seventh batsman and their fifth bowler. Now imagine he bowls medium-pace. Now wake up again. If it weren’t for having hair that’s such a bright shade of red that it clashes with life itself, Andrew ‘Ronald’ McDonald wouldn’t be
Continue readingJrod’s book
< 1 minute readHe claims it’s got better spelling and grammar than the website, but he’s put ‘disrepsective’ on the page where he’s selling the thing, so do you trust him on that? The writer of Cricket With Balls gives us The Year Of The Balls 2008: a cricket disrespective. Part with your
Continue readingCricket headline of the week
< 1 minute readFrom the BBC website: “Bresnan ready for Flintoff battle” Tim Bresnan must be getting feisty. Wonder what he’s said about Flintoff. “He’s well within his rights to walk straight back into the team on his past performances and what he has done.” Yep. Timmy Bresnan’s ready for battle all right.
Continue readingGlamorgan’s pitch for the first Ashes Test
< 1 minute readSome of you might have seen that Glamorgan were docked two points for producing a duff pitch. This is at the beautifully monikered Swalec Stadium, where the first Ashes Test is due to take place. ‘Oh no,’ people have said. ‘What if the pitch for the Ashes is sub-standard?’ These
Continue readingJames Anderson bowls England to victory
2 minute readJames Anderson won this match for England. 5-87 and 4-38. Those are bowling figures that make a difference. James Anderson is now a bowler who makes a difference. ‘Yeah, against the Windies. Wait until he’s playing Australia later in the summer,’ some of you might say. To which we would
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