< 1 minute readA quick thank you to Childish Things, the guys who make International Cricket Captain, for agreeing to sponsor the site for the next month (although the hours we’ve lost to the game over the years, frankly they owe us). If you’re not running ad-blocking software, you’ll see a big, long
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Mop-up of the day – England won two games
< 1 minute readEngland finally found a modicum of limited overs success. They’ve analysed the stats and apparently scoring hundreds and making big totals will give them a better chance of success in the World Cup. Common sense might also tell you such a thing. The fifth one-day international Joe Root became the
Continue readingMop-up of the day – Bears and backs
< 1 minute readWe’ll come to England’s latest one-day exploits later. For now… The upskilling of one-day skillsets This was the other Cricinfo article of ours to be published yesterday. Apparently we were to be found at both ends of the cricket writing spectrum on the 4th of September, 2014. This particular article’s
Continue readingOvertraining in cricket – a plea for an off season
3 minute readWe’ve written a rather hefty piece for Cricinfo about overtraining in cricket. We think it’s a big deal, but we get the distinct impression that no-one else really does. It’s partly that people don’t really understand the concept. Understandably, they think it just means training too much, but overtraining is
Continue readingMop-up of the day – negativity and The Kingdom
< 1 minute readFirst up, our fortnightly Twitter round-up for Cricinfo where Grobbelaar has correctly identified that we bring nothing but negativity to the world. We’re pretty sure Shaun Pollock would have a groansome quote about judging people to deliver as a riposte to that, but he’d probably also have one about bitter,
Continue readingMiddlesex Second XI v Essex Second XI at Radlett
2 minute readGed writes: It seemed like an excellent plan when the idea was hatched. In the absence of first class cricket between Middlesex and Essex for the foreseeable future, Charley “The Gent” Malloy and I would take in a day of second XI cricket between our two teams. As luck would
Continue readingMop-up of the day – demons and barometers
< 1 minute readFirst, some links: Summat about a demon for Cricinfo The latest Shire Horse for All Out Cricket Our cycling site should you wish to follow the Tour of Spain with us Now let’s spend the rest of Bank Holiday Monday in classic fashion by moaning about rain.
Continue readingEngland v India ODI fantasy league
< 1 minute readAll Out Cricket’s Test series fantasy league is over. Our mini league, The Kingdom, was won by… er… did anyone actually check before they deleted the league? We’d guess it was either Balladeer’s Bhangra-Morris Fusion side or Patrick’s p = mv, both of which were almost certainly in the top
Continue readingMop-up of the day – an unappealing slice of Beef
2 minute readIt seemed logical to assume that India’s batting at The Oval would be the most repulsive and upsetting thing any of us saw this week. Then Ian Botham put everything in perspective. Sir Beef has a history of advertising meat. This morning he appeared to be promoting pork sword via
Continue readingMop-up of the day – who cares wins
< 1 minute readOr, more accurately, in the eyes of many: who wins cares and who loses doesn’t. We touched on this a couple of days ago. India’s batting at Old Trafford warrants scrutiny, but we’re still wary of drawing conclusions about the players’ motives and feelings based on what happened. After all,
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