< 1 minute read Apart from a brief, meaningless stint at the BBC during the World Cup, we haven’t had Richie Benaud on TV in the UK for a good few years, but it was somehow reassuring to know that he was still leaving his trademark massive great pauses during every day of every
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Thanks for stopping our website from seizing up in our absence
< 1 minute read We massively enjoyed reading about the cutting of dangling seatbelts by stalkers and the breaking of greenhouses with airborne gnomes on our return. We were also relieved to see that some of you took the trouble to point out news that we’d missed in the full knowledge that we weren’t
Continue readingRicky Ponting’s match-fixing shame
< 1 minute read “So one thing I always do is I gotta run myself out early on – it’s much more fun being an Andrew Symonds or someone.” Don’t fear, people. Ponting is talking about playing Ricky Ponting Pressure Play on the PSP, which is known as Brian Lara Pressure Play in the
Continue readingCricket news can live without us
< 1 minute read We’re going away for a week. We’ve written stuff to appear while we’re away, like usual. You can insult us in our absence, like usual. An occasional visitor can point out some major cricket news that we haven’t covered, like usual. And one of you can leave an insulting comment
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< 1 minute read Laurence Elderbrook has one more match left this season. We were quite pleased when his reports were met with initial apathy, because the man’s a bell-end and we wanted to get rid of him. Unfortunately, some of you seem to have warmed to him, so we’re having to find a
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< 1 minute read Those of you with elephantine memories may be wondering whether Cricket Life‘s out yet. It’s not. However, their website has been updated with a fantastic picture of Mike Hussey. “Okay, Mike. If you could just try and look a bit more like a retarded cow then that’d be great. “Okay,
Continue readingMark Nicholas presents Britain’s Best Dish
< 1 minute read Did you know about this? Why did no-one tell us? Here’s what the Britain’s Best Dish site says: “After a hugely successful transition to cuisine, Mark has returned to present the second series of Britain’s Best Dish.” We suppose that if you make a hugely successful transition into something, you’re
Continue readingMike Selvey leaves TMS
< 1 minute read Or rather, Mike Selvey is asked to leave TMS. We’ve had a few goes at writing this where we’ve tried to compare Selvey to his likely replacements, but that’s not the point. The point is simple. Mike Selvey has spent a lifetime thinking about cricket. He has interesting thoughts on
Continue readingSummer’s not over
< 1 minute read The Tests are over, the weather’s cooling down, we’re nearly out of bank holidays. It’s about this time of year that all our thoughts turn to suicide – but wait! Before we wade through the pessimism of another laboured one-day series, there’s a redeeming feature. There it is, midway down
Continue readingMore Neil Manthorp
< 1 minute read Neil has been earnestly telling Test Match Special listeners how sandwiches are 99p after 7pm in the shop near where he’s staying. TMS make a grave, grave error every time they don’t use this man for a match.
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