2 minute read We’ve named cricketers to watch in 2006, 2007 and 2008 and we’ve not been 100 percent wrong about all of them. Of the 2006 vintage, Graeme Swann, Matt Prior and Sajid Mahmood went on to play Tests and Mark Davies is knocking around again after a couple of years of
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Andre Nel – Surrey not South Africa
< 1 minute read We’re never a fan of international cricketers retiring to seek their fortune in the county game. It seems so backwards. We’re especially displeased when it’s a cricketer like Andre Nel who’s been so important in our life. Andre Nel taught us that, in life, it doesn’t matter how bumbling and
Continue readingCharles Colville is fantastically annoying
< 1 minute read Charles Colville is that nitpicking kind of sports follower who finds fault with everything and believes that minor details decide matches. He’s also a reactionary numbnuts. Colville is Sky’s second string presenter. He gets the highlights shows and the non-England matches. He’s a public schoolboy with a bizarrely creased brow
Continue readingAre you a Lancashire County Cricket Club member?
< 1 minute read Then you might have chlamydia. Apparently. We’re not wholly sure why advertisers think this, but they clearly do if Lancashire’s 2009 fixture lists are any indication. There are several different versions with different ads. Here’s another that appears: Now picture the average Lancashire member before taking a look at this
Continue readingKent want Stuart Clark fit and firing for the Ashes
< 1 minute read Why else would Kent sign Stuart Clark other than to help him recover from injury and to help him get a few overs under his belt in English conditions? It’s perfect. How delightfully accommodating of them. In the unlikely event that Kent come up against an England batsman in those
Continue readingPeter Moores: Lancashire coach
< 1 minute read We support Lancashire. You might be wondering how we feel about this. If there’s such a thing as a positive ‘meh’ – then that. He did win the County Championship with Sussex after all. He does have a good track record. Peter Moores’ has Maxonian origins, so this is a
Continue readingNew logo for the Gloucestershire Gladiators
< 1 minute read Gloucestershire’s players are ACTUAL GLADIATORS. Who knew? We always thought Jon Lewis looked more like a musketeer, but what do we know? Gloucestershire’s PR bod, Stephanie Keene, said: “We recognised that our nickname provided the club with a fantastic opportunity to link with the powerful images synonymous with the historic
Continue readingChris Lewis forgets to discard his 4kg of cocaine before boarding the aircraft
< 1 minute read Chris Lewis may or may not have said: “4kg of cocaine? They told me it was a sandwich and a banana for the flight.” Actually, they told him it was a load of tinned fruit. Or maybe they told him it was 4kg of cocaine disguised as tinned fruit. The
Continue readingNever mention Harry Potter when attempting a joke
< 1 minute read We got a text message yesterday. It said: “Giles Coren has written a shit piece in The Times about Wisden being owned by a new publisher. It’s really, really awful.” We had to take a look and it doesn’t disappoint. As you perhaps know, The Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack has been
Continue readingIan Blackwell leaves Somerset for Durham
< 1 minute read Last time England toured India, Ian Blackwell was in the one-day side. He did all right as well. As a batsman he’s usually described as ‘rustic’ or somesuch. A variety of adjectives might get used, but they all mean that he’s a fat slogger. He’s a good fat slogger, don’t
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