2 minute readSteve Harmison’s playing in Test matches because he’s England’s most dynamic bowler, but there was no sign of that at Hamilton yesterday. Harmison says himself that he can’t bowl line and length, but instead sees himself as a 90mph strike bowler. It’s worrying that that’s his view as it sounds
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Mahendra Dhoni captains India to CB Series victory
2 minute readNo Dravid, no Ganguly – no problem. Other players are making the step up and showing the maturity that should go hand-in-hand with seniority, but so often doesn’t. We were unsure when Mahendra Dhoni was made the captain of India’s one-day team. The extravagant crowd favourite rarely makes the best
Continue readingPhil Mustard unconventionally fields a Pietersen drive
< 1 minute readSo Phil Mustard’s dropping the balls into the bowling machine and Kevin Pietersen’s driving the ball. Pietersen gets hold of one and Mustard takes it in the face. Anyone who’s so much as held a cricket ball in their hand will be wincing ever-so-slightly at that. Mustard’s had to go
Continue readingAndrew Strauss is going to GET THE JOB DONE
< 1 minute readCeci believes that Andrew Strauss will “bring an air of orderly tweediness” to the England team. We’re of the belief that smoking a pipe is the most distinguished, gentlemanly act there is and Ceci has provided us with this just that Strauss-based reassurance: Look at that pipe. It says: ‘Enough
Continue readingSachin Tendulkar finds something he hasn’t done and does it
< 1 minute readNamely, score a one-day international hundred in Australia. Rohit Sharma may have played a major part, but he merely provided able and precocious support to the main man. It might be about the fifth time we’ve written this, but it doesn’t get any less true: Sachin Tendulkar is THE BALLS.
Continue readingJermaine Lawson signs for Leicestershire
< 1 minute readWe could just reproduce the article about Fidel Edwards signing for Worcestershire, but can we really be bothered reading through it and changing the names? It’ll be interesting to see what Leicestershire’s team will be like this season. At present they’re an intriguing mix of old, experienced foreigners and virtually
Continue readingAnother post about Andrew Strauss
< 1 minute readIt’d be better for everyone if Andrew Strauss got dropped again. We wouldn’t have to write about him and you wouldn’t have to read about him. Strauss retired out with 104 in the second innings of the warm-up match against a New Zealand Selection XI. Frankly, he shouldn’t have been
Continue readingGraeme Smith and Neil McKenzie set world record opening partnership
< 1 minute readOpening partnerships are the most boring kinds of batting partnership – especially if it’s the first innings. There’s no context to the innings and you’re removing any doubt about the rest of the game. Let’s face it, after 415 runs without a wicket, it’s either going to be a South
Continue readingJason Gillespie’s retirement
2 minute readJason Gillespie has effectively retired. He’s going to play in the ICL and that C in place of a P is the difference between making millions for no real sacrifice and making slightly less for being banned from first-class cricket. The IPL being the sanctioned Indian Twenty20 league of course.
Continue readingGet on the edge of your seat
< 1 minute readAustralia v Sri Lanka today might be a meaningless dead rubber, but on Sunday it’s FINALS TIME. Australia and India might have played four one-day internationals against each other already, but they weren’t FINALS. Now its serious. Previously, both teams were only concerned with getting to THE FINALS. But now
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