< 1 minute readCounty champions are sometimes garlanded with caveats in the wake of victory, but Durham deserved their win. Regardless of weather and the occasionally misleading influence of bonus points, Durham were the best side. Quite simply, they won more games than anyone else and that’s what the game’s about, isn’t it?
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Darren Gough retires
2 minute readThere’ll be a bit of Twenty20 next year, but basically this is it. This is as close to a definitive goodbye as he’ll give us. The very reason why Darren Gough didn’t go out in a blaze of glory is the very reason why he deserved to do so. He
Continue readingGlen Chapple tries to deny Lancashire’s batsmen division two
2 minute readDon’t think for one minute that we don’t like the wisened pile of freckles that is Glen Chapple. We always moan about Lancashire’s ageing medium-pace all-rounders, but the truth is we’ve nothing against either Chapple or Dominic Cork. It’s just that having both of them clogs the side for younger
Continue readingWhy Lancashire have earned relegation
2 minute readLancashire’s bowling has been acceptable, if little more than that. Lancashire’s batting has been as embarrassing as the thought of Henry Blofeld calling someone a ‘dude’. We’ve done the statistics about Lancashire’s batsmen already, but here are some updates. Mal Loye had previously scored 103 runs from 12 innings –
Continue readingAn influence on Lancashire’s batting
< 1 minute readWe’ve made an unbelievable discovery. The F5 key on our keyboard is a shortcut that leads to the fall of a Lancashire wicket. Go and look at the scorecard for their current match and give it a go yourselves. See if you too have the power. We have honestly just
Continue readingOliver Newby: our new favourite Lancashire player
< 1 minute readLancsTV do one minute interviews with the players. Oliver Newby was interviewed by Mal Loye. One question was: ‘What’s the most embarrassing thing you’ve ever done in cricket?’ “Slept with Mal Loye and Gareth Cross.” Other highlights include: ‘What’s the worst thing you ever did at school?’ “I once came
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Fundamental problems with the County Championship
< 1 minute readDoes it have to end in September? ‘Hurray,’ they say. They punch the air, grab a stump and then run inside, because it’s getting chilly and dark. Once inside, they stay there for seven months. There’s also the problem that the counties have been playing for five months now and
Continue readingGraeme Hick retires
2 minute readWe learnt a lot through Graeme Hick. We learnt that nothing’s preordained. We learnt that heroes can let you down. We learnt that huge talent isn’t the sole ingredient for Test success and we learnt that if you mess about dropping and reselecting players it doesn’t help them one bit.
Continue readingWhat’s Steven Davies been up to?
< 1 minute readHe’s been playing in division two, which of course doesn’t count. That’s what Steven Davies has been doing. He has had a good time recently though. Worcestershire are in the first division of the Pro40 league and played two matches last week. Against Somerset, Davies hit a quarter of the
Continue readingMark Davies still doing something right
< 1 minute readIt was over two years ago that we first pointed this out. However, exactly what Mark Davies is doing right we don’t know. Cutting the ball both ways to make his bowling unplayable seems to be the gist. It’s on a bit of a juicy club pitch at Basingstoke, but
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