2 minute readThe Test nations are poised to rain an almighty storm of compromises down on the ICC’s proposals for the international cricket schedule. We know this for a fact because in cricket ‘proposal’ means ‘thing that will never come about in any recognisable form’. These latest proposals – for some sort
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England v Pakistan at Old Trafford – match report
2 minute readWe went to the second Test between England and Pakistan. It was one of your ‘on and off’ type days where the line between raining and not raining becomes blurred. Having greatly enjoyed the timeless rope dragging technique at Bristol earlier in the summer, we were interested to see whether
Continue readingEXCLUSIVE! Rob Key’s position on snow revealed!
< 1 minute readAnd by ‘exclusive’ we mean that we reported information that was already publicly available for a third party before pointing you towards it from here. This week’s Twitter round-up has just gone up on Cricinfo. Critics are calling it ‘recently published and currently without comments’. Needless to say, we’ve led
Continue readingDon Bradman Cricket 17 is the best cricket action game there’s ever been (+ video)
2 minute readWe’ll freely admit that we haven’t actually played Don Bradman Cricket 17 yet, but our keen deduction skills have allowed us to reach the conclusion that is the best ever cricket action game anyway. Our reasoning, in short: Don Bradman Cricket 14 was the best cricket action game at the
Continue readingLord’s net practice report
2 minute readGed’s car, Dumbo the Suzuki Jimny writes: A few weeks after my run in with the law and failed attempt to see Lord’s, Ged organised another out and about day, to include work, a house visit and eventually another net at Lord’s with Charley “The Gent” Malloy and Escamillo Escapillo.
Continue readingCritics are calling our latest masterpiece ‘small-minded’ and ‘petty’
< 1 minute readIt’s great when your work has a real impact on someone. Our latest Twitter round-up has really hit home with Cricinfo reader, Big Frank. Big Frank says: “First time I’ve read this particularly column -and the last.Small minded petty digs at international sportsmen who work hard to get and stay
Continue readingMay you enjoy a happy Festivus full of Pakistannery and Herath
2 minute readOur Festivus post seems to get earlier by the year. We make it that today is Boxing Day Test Eve Eve Eve and so not really in any way something worth acknowledging. However, we’ve realised that if we get the “hey, have a good ‘un” tradition out of the way
Continue readingEven if you’re not normally much into this sort of thing…
< 1 minute readIt’s worth pointing out that David Gower makes an appearance in our latest Cricinfo Twitter round-up. Yes, that’s right – Gower. David Gower. On Twitter. His contribution is every bit as wonderful as you would imagine.
Continue readingSomerset v Glamorgan, Royal London One-Day Cup match report
2 minute readSam writes: It rained on the drive from Cornwall to Somerset. We had left our 18-month old son at home, and brought along our 34-year-old friend instead. He turned out to be slightly lower maintenance. The seating rules were not clear, so we plonked ourselves behind the bowler’s arm underneath
Continue readingMiddlesex v Yorkshire at Lord’s – day one match report
2 minute readGed writes: This was to be my last sighting of live cricket this season; even though it was a day one at Lord’s, I knew I was to be busy working or otherwise not around for the rest of the match. As tradition now has it, Charley “the Gent” Malloy
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