< 1 minute read We’ve just left the country. Regular readers will know that this tends to signal an improvement in quality due to the fact that we rely on a lot of reader submissions while we’re away. In the next fortnight, we’ve got the annual sham that is our county cricket ‘ones to
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NEW OBSESSION: Danny Morrison commentary
< 1 minute read We haven’t had a weird obsession with a trivial element of cricket in ages. Luckily Danny Morrison’s bizarrely beguiling intonation has stepped into the breach. Hanging on his every word We don’t dislike Danny Morrison, but he’s not a good commentator. Despite this, we find ourself listening to him far
Continue readingMandira Bedi, IPL presenter on ITV4, has a high percentage of her face taken up by eyes
< 1 minute read It’s astonishing. We’d say that around 10 per cent of Mandira Bedi’s face is eyes. That’s an unusually high percentage, particularly when you consider she’s only got two of them. Imagine if she had three! Also worth imagining is what she’d look like if she attempted the patented Damien Martyn
Continue readingCricket podcasts – why they’re better than real life
< 1 minute read You only have to talk about cricket, meaning you can’t be exposed as the one-dimensional freak who’s lost touch with the wider world that really are Whenever you say something stupid or your brain comes to a grinding halt, Andy Zaltzman takes those bits out Listen to the latest episode
Continue readingGreat IPL commentary from Danny Morrison
< 1 minute read Delhi Daredevils’ Dinesh Karthik had just been stumped by his Mumbai Indians counterpart, Aditya Tare. Harbhajan Singh had bowled a wide, but Tare had gone down the legside and flicked it behind him to hit the stumps. It was a brilliant piece of work, deserving of lofty praise. On commentary,
Continue readingThe Cricinfo Hawkeye tool – cricket information until your eyes bleed
2 minute read Dear The Internet, You’ve never asked us if we felt you contained too much information. If you asked us now, we would say ‘yes’. The Cricinfo Hawkeye tool lets us see the path of every ball of every over during the whole of a Test match. We don’t WANT to
Continue readingEngland held up by brave tigers
< 1 minute read So says the headline at the BBC. We’re so angry about the inaccuracy, we haven’t even read the article. Put yourself into the story. You’re in the England stagecoach, pootling along the highway, when suddenly you come to a halt. What’s happening? You’re not at the MA Aziz Stadium yet.
Continue readingShane Warne learns Indian English
< 1 minute read Depending on the speaker’s mother tongue, there are different forms of Indian English. Each has its own little quirks. The word ‘the’ might disappear from one sentence and appear unexpectedly in another. The words ‘would’ and ‘will’ are often used interchangeably. We’ve no problem with any of this. Our Hindi’s
Continue readingMichael Vaughan wants South Africans DEAD
< 1 minute read There’s a beautifully hazy piece in The Independent today on Michael Vaughan’s comments about South African born cricketers representing England. Essentially, his thoughts about how some South African players come to England for money have been presented as if he’s saying that Kevin Pietersen should be dropped because he was
Continue readingA picture of a massive cricket bat
< 1 minute read Michael sent us this: Can you imagine the excitement? A bat that massive and seemingly no fielders – cricket doesn’t get any better than that. Scores would be massive! There’d be boundaries every ball! As we understand it, this is what The People want. We need to brand this form
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