2 minute readWas it a batting point or a bowling point? Was it one arising from a win, or did it come about through a draw? The dream scenario would be for it to have come about thanks to a penalty for a slow over rate, but neither Middlesex nor Yorkshire has
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City-based T20 and the art of forcing windows
3 minute readIndependent websites are meant to provide a rapid response to news stories, telling the world how things should be based on an unshakeable sense of what is right and what is wrong. However, we long ago concluded that when it came to stories about what might happen to the structure
Continue readingYorkshire bear down on Middlesex
2 minute readBefore the latest round of County Championship matches, Yorkshire were five points adrift of Middlesex. NOW THEY’RE ONLY FOUR POINTS BEHIND. Truly, it was the definitive week of this year’s competition. Eight teams were in action and the points accrued ranged from 8 to 11 as everyone drew. Nottinghamshire were
Continue readingLast week’s County Championship news… today!
< 1 minute readSuppose we should try and catch up. We’d left it so long we were thinking about doing a double round-up after the matches taking place at the minute, but then we thought about how long that article would end up being and decided we had to do some nettle grasping.
Continue readingWhat Jason Gillespie taught us as Yorkshire coach
< 1 minute readJason Gillespie’s leaving Yorkshire at the end of the season. Disappointingly, he never picked up the accent. We always thought that Gillespie would make a terrible coach on the grounds that he did a really bad job of explaining his nickname in a TV interview in about 2003. He has
Continue readingWhat are they feeding them in Northamptonshire?
< 1 minute readIt must be very calorifically dense. Earlier in the year, we pointed out that Rory Kleinveldt’s nickname could never be Kleinsvelte, but the South African doesn’t appear to be an outlier. He plays in a muscular-yet-flabby team that appears to be getting most its protein from pork belly and fried
Continue readingThe Nottinghamshire Nosedives – another fairly half-arsed County Championship round-up
2 minute readSome really important stuff to come on this site later in the week, so let’s crack on with this. First things first – what the hell are Surrey doing in third? They beat Warwickshire It’s not really happened for Warwickshire so far this year – and this with Ian Bell
Continue readingJake Lehmann signs for Yorkshire – all you need to know about Son of Boof (+ video)
< 1 minute readThere was a brief period when Jake Lehmann’s T20 record was nothing but hitting a six to win a match. His first ever innings for Adelaide Strikers coincided with the last ball against Hobart Hurricanes. He needed to hit a four. He hit a six, which was also acceptable. Lehmann
Continue readingFour wickets in the fourth innings for spinners – this week’s County Championship round-up
< 1 minute readAs you can see, Middlesex are still top. Somerset and Yorkshire aren’t a million miles away and the latter have a game in hand, as do Durham in fourth. Middlesex drew with Surrey George Bailey – remember him? He scored a hundred for Middlesex. Jason Roy, in his four-day middle-order
Continue readingA rather hasty July 21 County Championship round-up
< 1 minute readWhat a headline. Okay, let’s hustle through this unsatisfactorily before another Test match starts. In fact it occurs to us that the daily email comprising this particular post will go out at almost exactly the time the match starts. We really should plan ahead. Never mind. The headline’s written. County
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