England and India drew their seven match one-day series after the final match at Lord’s ended in a tie. India batted first, Sachin Tendulkar scoring every single one of their 92 runs. In reply, England fell to 0-9 until Jimmy Anderson spirited up an unbelievable rearguard action scoring 92 by
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Sachin Tendulkar is still miles better than everyone – especially you
Ian Bell is one of England’s better one-day batsmen. He’s quite experienced now having played 53 one-day internationals. During this time he’s hit 1,854 runs. That’s a lot of runs. You’ll never hit that many. However, Ian Bell is a shrimp, a gnat, or even an atom when compared to
Continue readingRobin Uthappa totally unarsed by insane amount of pressure
What is it with ridiculously young Indian batsmen? They just think they can come over here and chase down 300 plus one-day scores without so much as a hint of knock-kneed panic or paralysing defeatism. Yuvraj Singh and Mohammad Kaif are prime examples and yesterday Robin Uthappa, 21, shrugged his
Continue readingLuke Wright’s debut
We were moaning about Matt Prior as opener the other day. When Luke Wright was called up to the England squad, it opened up the possibility of his opening up some possibilities through opening… up. He didn’t and Matt Prior scored six, so Wright didn’t do his opening ambitions any
Continue readingDarren Gough’s sinister offer
It’s a shoe. We’re not scared of a shoe, Darren. There’s nothing wrong with having a shoe. It’s not like you’re trying to get us hooked on class A drugs or something.
Continue readingYuvraj Singh in one-day cricket this summer
We’ve made one or two rash pronouncements in our time. Fortunately most of them are now all-but-invisible on the old site. However, we’re going to bring one to the fore today in a fairly transparent bid to make a player lose form for a couple of matches against England. This
Continue readingPaul Collingwood papers over fragile England batting line-up
Because if you’ve got a fragile batting line-up, paper is the greatest disguise. You can conceal all manner of batting sins through judicious use of paper. England’s batting folded at Old Trafford but they got away with it. It happened at Headingley and they didn’t. Paul Collingwood’s innings of 91
Continue readingRob Key fined for throwing bat in Twenty20 final
We thought it was a hissy fit of poise and dignity. If anything, it’s the ECB who should be fined – fined for crimes against perfection. Whatever that might mean. Luckily Rob mastered alchemy years ago and makes his own gold.
Continue readingRob Key hits 182 against Lancashire
Rob’s now hit 1130 first-class runs this season at an average of 59.47. After last season’s aberration (he was recovering from shoulder surgery) Rob’s back on track. Now seems a good time to fill you in on The Origin Of Rob Key. Just over a score and eight years ago,
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