2 minute readAfter day-night Tests, the latest innovation in the ongoing Australia v New Zealand Test series has been additional opponents. Sri Lanka and the West Indies have been drafted in to keep things fresh, but they couldn’t tip the balance. Australia still had marginally the better day. New Zealand would have
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Cricket books for Boxing Day Test Eve
3 minute readWe know that many of you like to pass the time on Boxing Day Test Eve by giving people presents. Here’s a quick rundown of some of the better cricket-themed books on offer this year. These are just some of the newer ones. Take a look at the book review
Continue readingLast in the Tin Bath – a review of David Lloyd’s autobiography
3 minute readBack when we reviewed Start the Car: The World According to Bumble, we suggested that rather than majoring on Lloyd’s zaniness, they might have been better off writing a traditional autobiography. Well this is what they’ve done. The result is indeed a better book. For those that don’t know, before
Continue readingEssex v Australians at Chelmsford – match report
3 minute readMy name is Ivan. I am Ged’s smart phone. One of the few things I cannot do is take a selfie; my friend Ida took this picture. I wear a protective cover in the style of an old-fashioned calculator. I am told that this is a joke. I went with
Continue readingLord’s Cricket Ground tour – not a match report
2 minute readBert writes: This website has a number of obsessions. Cricket is one, obviously, but there’s cats and fat cricketers and ankylosing spondylitis and all sorts of other stuff. And there is the apostrophe, with particular reference to the correct use thereof. The thing is, I don’t think this is especially
Continue readingAnyone For Real Tennis? – England v New Zealand match report
2 minute readGed writes: Two days after my last-minute-dot-ticket-office, cocktail-avoiding day at the Lord’s Test with Charley the Gent Malloy, I returned for my long arranged Sunday visit with Daisy. The weather forecast had been dreadful, but we woke up and indeed arrived at the ground on a beautiful sunny Sunday. Daisy
Continue readingScarborough Cricket Festival match report
2 minute readEd writes: I went to the Scarborough Cricket Festival. Here’s nearly proof. Yorkshire playing Durham in a top-of-table Div 1 encounter. Your proverbial 32-pointer. We bought our tickets at the turnstiles. At the same time, my Dad was at Trent Bridge. His ticket was more fancy. We asked where we
Continue readingJos Buttler wearing an ice bra
< 1 minute readWe think that’s what it is. Or maybe it’s just a conventional sports bra and therefore entirely normal. The image comes from an ECB video that’s largely about how hot it is in the UAE. Jos appears shortly after Mark Wood has said: “We’ve had lads grabbing ice and putting
Continue readingMark Wood and Steve and Ben Harmison play cricket together
< 1 minute readIn their normal clothes. The video this image is taken from is the very definition of ‘intensity’. Brace yourselves for some electrifying cricket before clicking the link.
Continue readingMark Wood and Steve and Ben Harmison have all joined Ashington Leisure Centre
< 1 minute readHere’s a picture of them brandishing their membership cards whilst wearing their normal clothes. It’s like they always say in Ashington: ‘No matter what you’re doing, always remain visible while protecting your head, hands and eyes.’ They have some damn catchy slogans up in Ashington.
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