< 1 minute readOur 2010 cricketers to watch list weighs heavily on our shoulders like a yoke of inaccuracy. It’s not been a vintage year, but thoughts that we had cursed the Durham contingent can now be banished. They’ve all come good in the same match. Well, not Will Smith. He’s not getting
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Giles Clarke – an unfair but fairly amusing comparison of two pictures
< 1 minute readCharged with massive fraud involving $8bn investment scheme Alleged to have bowled a deliberate no-ball
Continue readingA rousing speech about spot fixing
< 1 minute readFriends, we must take a stand. This great game has been our lifeblood for oh so many years and now is the time to return that favour. Just as cricket sustained us, so must we now sustain it in these times of hardship. This noble game of ours is badly
Continue readingReceiving money for underperformance
2 minute readA man with a pencil moustache approaches King Cricket. Man: Hellooooo. KC: Er, hello? Man: How are you doing this fine day? KC: I’m fine. Sorry, do I know you? Man: No, you don’t know me. But perhaps you should. The man raises an eyebrow and looks King Cricket up
Continue readingHow do you feel about the Pakistan betting scam?
< 1 minute readWe just feel depressed. Cricket is joyful escapism and this kind of thing just knackers it up. Questioning on-field events Assuming it’s true (and having seen Mohammad Amir’s giant no-ball, we’re pretty sure it is) the real damage is in the fact that people question everything that happens in a
Continue readingJonathan Trott and Stuart Broad v Pakistan – what a partnership
< 1 minute readOne’s a balding, short-arsed, right-handed batsman. The other’s a boyish, lanky bowler who bats left-handed. Together they gave James Anderson the longest wait of his career. Trott and Broad caused Pakistan’s bowlers no little distress as well, which was entirely unexpected given the circumstances. Mohammad Amir started the day taking
Continue readingLord’s getting two Test matches in 2011 as usual
< 1 minute readMost grounds are pleased if they get even one Test match, let alone two. Lord’s is the home of cricket What does that even mean? People just bandy the phrase about mindlessly. It’s propaganda. We grew up with cricket and have followed it our whole adult life and never went
Continue readingThe Lord’s Test – it’s the social event of the season
< 1 minute readWe went to Lord’s once. It was fairly normal until we went round the far side of the ground and heard a guy talking about real tennis. Lord’s has a real tennis court.
Continue readingAlastair Cook’s footwork and TV analysis
< 1 minute readTV analysis can get a bit nit-picking and it turns us all into experts. Alastair Cook was in poor form and there had to be a reason: “His footwork’s not good. Here’s an example of that.” There’s your proof. Case closed. Only it doesn’t exactly work like that. Technique can
Continue readingCost of a day at the cricket | Test match, ODI, Twenty20, County Championship
< 1 minute readFollowing on from yesterday’s post about poor Test match crowds and why it’s mostly a ticket price issue, we thought we’d make a page to try and gauge the cost of a day at the cricket. If you go to a match this year, try and keep a rough tally
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