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April 16, 2010 England / Regulars

Monty Panesar plays lower standard of cricket to improve confidence

< 1 minute readSurely this won’t help. If Panesar’s in the slips then this is beneath back garden standard.

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April 15, 2010 Match report

India v South Africa at Eden Gardens – match report

3 minute readD Charlton writes: When myself and the soon-to-be Mrs D Charlton were enjoying a holiday in South-East Asia, I realised that it was the India-South Africa second Test at Eden Gardens. So, I decided to try and find the score. I’ve had previous trouble finding the score in Italy and

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April 13, 2010 Regulars

Churro being conspicuously indifferent to the status of Wisden

< 1 minute readMiriam writes: This is Churro, the kitten we were looking after for a fortnight. As you can see, he isn’t conspicuously indifferent to cricket, as he is using the Wisdens as a protective wall from humans who try to stop him gnawing at books. He is obviously also ruminating on

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April 8, 2010 Match report

South Africa v England, Centurion Test – match report

2 minute readI hadn’t been feeling terribly well, having been off work for a couple of weeks with an ear infection, but had arranged to meet a couple of friends in London on the afternoon of the first day of the series. It was very cold. I think it was snowing. I

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March 25, 2010 Regulars

A cricket bat from an unusual angle

< 1 minute readBobby K sent us this: We thought it might look pretty cool if we cropped out all the background. It didn’t really, but we’re including the picture anyway. You invest 10 or 12 seconds in cropping a photo and you want to share it with the world.

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February 12, 2010 Regulars

Several cricket items in a slightly unusual place‏

2 minute readDandy Dan writes: In the Conan Doyle, a pub at the top of Leith Walk in Edinburgh, there is this: Now, before you ask, I have no idea where the third stump is. Or how someone managed to throw a cricket ball at the bat at just the right moment

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February 4, 2010 Match report

England v Australia, third Test, day four – match report

3 minute readLisa writes: I was sitting upstairs on the bus with TMS on my headphones on my way to meet some friends in the pub when a middle-aged gentleman came up the stairs and started handing out what looked like flyers. Grateful that the headphones meant I didn’t have to say

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January 29, 2010 Match report

England v Australia 5th Test match report – day four

3 minute readDandy Dan writes: This match report has been written some months after the event so apologies if the details are a little hazy. Whilst holidaying at my friend Ben’s parent’s house this August, in rural France, about two hours east of La Rochelle, we decided to have a Test of

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December 8, 2009 Regulars

A post about Flintoff and socks because frankly we can’t be arsed

< 1 minute readMaybe it’s all the seasonal ales that we knocked back over the weekend, but we’ve lost a bit of enthusiasm this week. Christmas beers are always about three times as strong as normal beer – presumably because you need to be completely leathered to endure the festive period. So, because

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December 1, 2009 Match report

Royal Challengers Bangalore v Cape Cobras match report

2 minute readDapper Dan writes: My day began as most of my days have begun recently: Girlfriend’s alarm goes off at 6.15am, she gets up, goes in shower, I go back to sleep. Girlfriend leaves for work approximately 7.15am, wakes me up to say goodbye, I go back to sleep. Sunlight in

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