< 1 minute readHe has 10,000 of them in Tests. That’s the way you phrase it, isn’t it? You ‘have’ runs. We’ve already written one update about Ricky Ponting where we referred to ‘rather spectacular motions‘. That was a rather feeble ‘rushed toilet visit’ joke too. If you’re worried that the site’s becoming
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Shaun Marsh in the IPL
< 1 minute readShaun Marsh has hit five fifties and a hundred in the IPL. He’s streets ahead of anyone else. He’s hit the most runs and he’s averaging 74.12. He’s adding to Kings XI Punjab‘s rich history of great batsmen. The best thing about Shaun Marsh is the way he’s scored his
Continue readingAndrew Symonds, a terrible batsman, hits some very lucky runs
< 1 minute readIn January we said that Andrew Symonds had disproved our feeling that he wasn’t the man you wanted at the crease if you’d lost early wickets and everyone rounded on us for not thinking he was the mutt’s nuts even sooner. So we’re a bit uncertain what to say about
Continue readingMatthew Hayden has another go at talking
< 1 minute readIt never goes well. Matthew Hayden is very poor at executing his talking skills. Thanks to RC for pointing us towards Hayden’s latest attempt in an interview with Cricinfo. Here are some highlights: “I go to the middle, I mark the crease and I squat on the wicket. I feel
Continue readingRinging endorsement of Ricky Ponting’s form from Australia’s coach
< 1 minute readTim Nielsen had the following to say about Ricky Ponting’s four matches for Kolkata Knight Riders, during which he scored 20, 19 and two golden ducks: “I am sure the opportunities to bat outside against net bowlers over there in India will hold him in good stead.”
Continue readingBrad Hodge utterly miserable about earning an enormous sum of money in the IPL
< 1 minute readChannel M is a local TV channel here in Manchester. Every week they broadcast The Lancashire Cricket Show, which is also available online. In this week’s episode, Brad Hodge is interviewed about how he’s leaving for a few weeks in order to go and earn seven boatloads of cash in
Continue readingWe’re actually glad that Glenn McGrath took some wickets
2 minute readThis is so wrong. How can we be sure we’re really us? Maybe later we can go near some normal people for a minute to check that we still detest all of humanity. It’s Twenty20’s fault. Bowlers get 24 balls to influence a match and for the majority of those
Continue readingAndrew Symonds hits Twenty20 hundred
< 1 minute readAnd this annoys us. When people are throwing huge money around, there’s nothing quite like watching them make a right balls of it. Andrew Symonds sold for $1.35 million and we’d have quite liked him to be a colossal failure. Unfortunately, he’s been okay and even if Deccan Chargers lost
Continue readingUsing the cricket blogging technology
< 1 minute readNot us, obviously. Our luddism is far too deeply-ingrained. Other people. Uncle J Rod has embraced the podcast. Actually, being as it’s J Rod, he’s more molested the podcast and stuck his tongue down its ear. They appear weekly and most surprisingly, he sounds like an Australian in them. We
Continue readingHampshire lose Warne while Sussex keep Mushtaq
< 1 minute readWell that’s made the County Championship a damn sight easier to predict. Mushtaq Ahmed has played more of a part in deciding the competition than any other single player in recent years. He’s being allowed to play for Sussex despite competing in the naughty Twenty20 league, the ICL. He’ll be
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