< 1 minute readThis is pretty much unforgivable. Reporting on the Women’s World Cup, they’ve gone with: “Spirited WI make it to maiden final” Clearly, it should be: “Spirited WI make it to maidens’ final.”
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The Perundi being conspicuously indifferent to a letter signed by Sir Don Bradman
< 1 minute readTom sent us a photo of a cat named The Perundi who he was temporarily looking after over the festive period. “Here you can see the cat showing significantly more attention to the radiator than to a nearby letter, signed by no less a man than the late, great Sir
Continue readingHow do you pick a Test team?
2 minute readHere’s a question: if all records and memory of Test history were erased, how would you select your playing XI for the next match? Would the side differ from the one that would take the field normally? There’s always context. There are always past Test achievements to go off. Many
Continue readingAlan Mullally to Craig McMillan – dot ball
< 1 minute readWelcome to the third and final part of Cricket’s Greatest Dot Balls. We hope it’s been worth the wait as we now revisit perhaps the greatest dot ball of them all. The backdrop It was the fourth Test of the 1999 Test series between England and New Zealand, a momentous
Continue readingRonnie Irani to Matthew Bell – dot ball
< 1 minute readHello and welcome to part two of our three-part feature, Cricket’s Greatest Dot Balls. The backdrop It was the fourth Test of the 1999 Test series between England and New Zealand, a match in which Ed Giddins was making his Test debut. England had yet to make a breakthrough in
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< 1 minute readWelcome to our new, three-part series, Cricket’s Greatest Dot Balls. We hope you like it. The backdrop It was the fourth Test of the 1999 Test series between England and New Zealand. Ed Giddins was making his Test debut and no-one knew quite how significant that was going to prove.
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< 1 minute readOn the radio, they call this ‘throwing forward’. That’s a good thing on the radio, but it’s a crime in rugby. You can decide for yourselves what it is on a cricket blog. Monday to Wednesday will see something we’re really excited about. It is a short, three-part feature looking
Continue readingOn this site five years ago
< 1 minute readThe great thing about making no discernible progress in life is that when there isn’t anything you want to write about, you know where to look to find what you wrote five years ago. On the 16th January, 2008, this website was updated not once, not twice, but THREE TIMES.
Continue readingODI fielding restrictions – four men outside the circle
< 1 minute readA one-day international (ODI) rule change is nothing new. They fiddle with the regulations more often than Sir Jimmy fiddled with… no, that’s not an acceptable analogy. While rule changes are rarely in themselves interesting, they do just about become worthy of discussion when you think about the impact on
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< 1 minute readThe cricket news is still boring us, so here’s another way to improve a vastly inferior sport by making it slightly cricket-related. To play Cricket Snooker, you will need: A snooker table and balls A snooker bat/stick The kind of haircut seen on footballers about six years ago One of
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