< 1 minute read“Here it is!” “It was tucked between two of my rolls of flab.”
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Howzat free online cricket game preview
2 minute readWe’ve had a quick look at the new free online cricket game Howzat, which is due to be unveiled shortly. We’re giving it the royal seal of approval. Gameplay It’s a player v player action game, as opposed to a management sort of affair. Batting is largely as you’d imagine:
Continue readingKing Cricket comment of the week
< 1 minute readThere are people who only read this site for the comments. That’s fair enough. Really the posts are just pegs to hang the comments off. Sometimes we’re tempted to just put up a title on its own as that’s all that’s really needed. However, what you, the reader, often miss
Continue readingAnother match report from Old Trafford Cricket Ground
2 minute readBert writes: WARNING – This match report contains some mention of the actual cricket. Trust me, it’s relevant. Those who are easily upset should discard this report now. Bert Jr and I returned to Old Trafford on day four. This time, we sat in the pavilion. At lunch some rather
Continue readingLancashire v Durham County Championship match report
2 minute readBert writes: It’s the school holidays, so I decided to take my six-year-old son, Bert, to his first live cricket experience (I believe that is what they are called these days). It was day two of the County Championship match between Lancs and Durham, so that seemed ideal. Being the
Continue readingPanthers v Lightning Pro40 match report
2 minute readTim writes: Riding on the crest of the Ashes wave and generally high both in spirit and days of annual leave to take before September, my good friend Thomas and I decided to go and enjoy the last days of English summertime in a most traditional way; watching men in
Continue readingEveryone suddenly becomes aware that the stumps are liable to explode
< 1 minute readNo-one was quite sure what it was, but everyone agreed that it was very clear that the stumps suddenly seemed like they were going to explode. Billy Bowden backed away. Monty Panesar attempted to protect himself with his oversized hands and AB de Villiers just threw himself to the ground.
Continue readingMiddlesex v Lancashire Pro 40 match report
2 minute readGed Ladd writes: Daisy and I thought it would be a nice idea to treat our niece, Lavender (daughter of Daisy’s twin sister, Buttercup) to an evening at Lord’s, with Lavender’s new beau Escamillo, who hails from Lancashire. We have treated the Bristol-based nephews Belmonte and Manolete in the past,
Continue readingKing Cricket this week
< 1 minute readWe’re in Portugal, but we’ve got stuff ready for the week ahead. There’s a cricket bat in an unusual place, two match reports and an email that we quite liked and decided to turn into a post, even though it’s a bit dated now. On a side note, we just
Continue readingAn Ashes win equals big money
< 1 minute readYou’re an England player. You’ve won the Ashes. You get in touch with your agent: “Commercial opportunities. What have you got for me?” Your agent’s silent a minute and you can hear him shuffling some papers on his desk. “Hello. Are you there? Commercial opportunities. What have you got?” Your
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