2 minute readHe’s got to be doing this on purpose, hasn’t he? Surely? In truth, much of what Kevin Pietersen says in his interview with Cricinfo makes perfect sense. The gist is that there’s much to be gained from players going out together, but they also need to take responsibility for their
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Alex Hartley is invincible
< 1 minute readNot in the sense of being incapable of being defeated because she’s just lost two Ashes matches out of two. We mean it purely in a batting sense. Hartley made nought not out today. In her 20-match international career, she has NEVER BEEN DISMISSED. Not once. Now, admittedly, Hartley has
Continue readingSome really pretty amazing Ashes-themed artwork
< 1 minute readLong-term readers/masochists will be aware that this website has often published cricket-themed artwork. This beautiful picture of Rob Key by Suave brought forth a veritable torrent of follow-up works, including Rob on a capybara in front of a wall of flame, Rob making the diving stop of his life and
Continue readingBT Sport to use Geoffrey Boycott as Ashes commentator
< 1 minute readWe got a bit distracted when we tried to write about this last week, but BT Sport has revealed its commentary line-up for the Ashes. For some reason the press release led with “legendary cricket captains” Michael Vaughan and Ricky Ponting, but we’re far more interested in the others. Geoffrey
Continue readingWhen is the Ashes not a Test series?
< 1 minute readWhen it’s the Women’s Ashes. Starting on Sunday, Australia and England will embark upon one series comprising three T20 internationals, three one-day internationals and a Test match. It is a cricket series. The teams will get two points for victory in each of the one-innings-a-side matches and four if they
Continue readingIt’s a fine line between love and hate for David Warner
< 1 minute readYou’ll of course remember when David Warner took a swing at Joe Root after becoming inexplicably incensed by the Yorkshireman’s inappropriate use of a wig. Halcyon days. There was at least something comical about this particular confrontation; a certain Scrappy Doo quality borne of Warner’s diminutive stature and the sheer ludicrousness
Continue readingThe campaign to get Paul Collingwood into England’s Ashes squad
< 1 minute readWhat else does nostalgia prove, if not that everything was better in the past? Let’s do the who, the what and the why. Who? Paul Collingwood. Paul is 41 and hasn’t played Test cricket for England since 2011, so the first thing to say in favour of his selection is
Continue readingDid you know that it’s the Magellan Ashes this time around?
2 minute readSponsorship is a wonderful thing. It keeps fun stuff profitable and it allows sports players to sound institutionalised and cut off from reality. Midway through the British summer, we saw Alastair Cook being interviewed on breakfast TV. Consummate professional that he is, Cook never once said “Test” when he could
Continue readingWill Peter Siddle play in the Ashes?
2 minute readWe’re having one of those bizarre moments of doubt. Do cricketers play in the Ashes? It sounds wrong to say they ‘play the Ashes’ but ‘play in the Ashes’ suddenly sounds like the person’s a gleeful pyromaniac dancing in the aftermath of their latest deed. We’ve started a new feature
Continue readingI Don’t Like Cricket, I Hate It – the upcoming Ashes tour edition
3 minute readA semi-regular feature in which we ask a fella going by the name of Prince Prefab about cricket – even though he hates cricket. We are in bold. Prince Prefab is not. It strikes us that a looming Ashes tour is one of the few times when the sport might
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