< 1 minute read This represents so much of what’s wrong with the world. England organise a penalty shoot out before a nets session #eng #EngvsPak ???? @jwsportsphoto – https://t.co/q9QOEDst5Y pic.twitter.com/Ojdiv2HJUE — PA Images (@PAImages) August 26, 2016 You can’t even see the full horror from that. We saw it because it had been
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I Don’t Like Cricket, I Hate It
2 minute read Welcome to ‘I Don’t Like Cricket, I Hate It,’ our innovative new feature in which we ask someone who hates cricket about cricket. How do you feel about becoming King Cricket’s largely uninformed cricket correspondent? Don’t care. I only did it because you said I definitely wouldn’t. Now I’m a
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< 1 minute read Sometimes it’s good to introduce another voice. It’s not just about presenting alternative opinions, it’s also about changing the dynamic. Another viewpoint can make you see things in another way and that can bring a sense of freshness to proceedings. The mainstream cricket media relies on a wide array of
Continue readingThe Periodic Table of Cricket by John Stern – book review
2 minute read We own a periodic table. Mostly it’s a footrest, but periodically – typically when we have visitors – it reverts to being a table. Apparently there’s another kind of periodic table too which lays out all the chemical elements according to atomic number and whatnot. The Periodic Table of Cricket
Continue readingMike Selvey leaving the Guardian
3 minute read The Guardian’s cricket correspondent, Mike Selvey, is to part ways with the newspaper at the end of September. “Guardian no longer want 50 yrs intimate knowledge of cricket, cricketers and how game is played for future coverage,” he said in a tweet – later adding the hash tag #abitshitreally to
Continue readingA Rob Key themed cryptic crossword
< 1 minute read Almost certainly the finest Rob Key themed cryptic crossword you will encounter today. Compiled by Bert. As ever, there are no fantastic prizes. You can also download a PDF version here. Click here for the answers.
Continue readingTest Cricket by Jarrod Kimber – book review
3 minute read Full disclosure: We went to Jarrod’s wedding and were also sent a free book to review. However, we did also have to pay £3 in bail money to release said free book from a Royal Mail prison after it had been charged with insufficient postage, so we pretty much balance
Continue readingFour things we learned from the 2016 World T20
2 minute read We could have done more than four, but the article was starting to look a bit long so we just arbitrarily drew a line under things. It’s not even the best four. It’s just the first four that came to mind. Darren Sammy can channel energy Marlon’s upset with Shane
Continue readingWhere do things stand in the World T20?
< 1 minute read Don’t know. New Zealand are yet to make any runs and yet have won both games, the Windies are also unbeaten, while everyone else has lost at least once. England looked like the England of old in their first match. South Africa failed to defend a million. Sri Lanka have
Continue readingWhat is pre-qualifying?
< 1 minute read We’ve seen a number of people this week referring to the first phase of the World T20 as ‘pre-qualifying’. The word they are looking for is of course ‘qualifying’. Yes, it takes place before the tournament – or pre-tournament if you will – but that’s what qualifying is. It’s qualifying
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