< 1 minute readSuppose we should try and catch up. We’d left it so long we were thinking about doing a double round-up after the matches taking place at the minute, but then we thought about how long that article would end up being and decided we had to do some nettle grasping.
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Yeah, maybe worth taking a look at him in other formats
2 minute readBoundaries are smaller, the white ball does sod all, fielding restrictions are imposed. There are all sorts of reasons why one-day cricket is different from Tests, but all are of secondary importance to the simple fact that it is. England’s quadruple nelson was built around a record hundred for Alex
Continue readingWhat Jason Gillespie taught us as Yorkshire coach
< 1 minute readJason Gillespie’s leaving Yorkshire at the end of the season. Disappointingly, he never picked up the accent. We always thought that Gillespie would make a terrible coach on the grounds that he did a really bad job of explaining his nickname in a TV interview in about 2003. He has
Continue readingThe ins, outs and merits of England’s one-day plan
2 minute readIt’s not an elaborate plan. It’s not particularly intricate. It is however consistent and that is perhaps of greater importance than anything else. Previously, England seemed to pick 11 players before deciding how to play based on what they ended up with. This led to an ever-changing formula from which
Continue readingTypical Pakistan: magnificent one day, diabolical the next (according to the format)
< 1 minute readPakistan have actually achieved an even more impressive feat than becoming the top-ranked Test side. It takes a particular kind of artistry to become the top-ranked Test side while also maintaining ninth position in the one-day rankings. Hats off. So what’s the difference? An obvious answer would be ‘Misbah-ul-Haq and
Continue readingPakistan are slightly number one
< 1 minute readIf there is one great benefit to the ongoing turmoil at the top of the ICC’s Test rankings, it is that it is slowly starting to dawn on people that rankings are relative. Top can mean ‘out on your own, everyone else trailing in your wake’ or it can mean
Continue readingWhat are they feeding them in Northamptonshire?
< 1 minute readIt must be very calorifically dense. Earlier in the year, we pointed out that Rory Kleinveldt’s nickname could never be Kleinsvelte, but the South African doesn’t appear to be an outlier. He plays in a muscular-yet-flabby team that appears to be getting most its protein from pork belly and fried
Continue readingThe Nottinghamshire Nosedives – another fairly half-arsed County Championship round-up
2 minute readSome really important stuff to come on this site later in the week, so let’s crack on with this. First things first – what the hell are Surrey doing in third? They beat Warwickshire It’s not really happened for Warwickshire so far this year – and this with Ian Bell
Continue readingShaun Marsh and his duck tax
< 1 minute readIt’s common for people to ask: if Shaun Marsh is the answer, what is the question? As often as not, the question is “who’s the selectorial equivalent of a last desperate roll of the dice?” Australia have not been making runs in Sri Lanka. In the first two Tests their
Continue readingSeven things we learned from England v Pakistan
2 minute read We’ve been trying to provide some sort of pithy and insightful summary of the Test series for 24 hours now, but it’s not really happening. We’ll instead content ourself with a vague collage of observations. If these are our workings-out, maybe you can provide the conclusion yourself. Specialists and
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