< 1 minute read“Possibly we didn’t play Jerome Taylor in the right sort of way.” Andrew Strauss The bat-on-ball to ball-on-stump ratio would tend to indicate a flaw in your collective approach, yes. England love to take the positives and they did that here. Unfortunately, they took all the positives from their second
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Ramnaresh Sarwan – remember him?
< 1 minute readRamnaresh Sarwan is a batsman who’s tended to do well when we’ve been looking the other way. Early in his career, he was mighty. After that he alternated between injured and mediocre. Now he’s having a bit of a resurgence. Sarwan has an uncanny knack of not doing anything when
Continue readingJerk chicken during England’s tour of the West Indies
< 1 minute readWe just popped into our local Co-op. Two of the staff were looking at a new takeaway menu. One said: “It sounds nice, that chicken and chips.” We’ve got that menu. It waxes lyrical. It says: ‘One portion of chicken and chips.’ Mmm. That does sound nice. If we can
Continue readingSulieman Benn’s height
< 1 minute read“All right Mrs Benn. Is your Sulieman playing out today?” That passes muster. Well done that man’s parents. We’ll go so far as to say it’s a magnificent name. See what we’ve done there? 6ft7in left-arm spinners don’t grow on trees. They ARE trees. It would be good if the
Continue readingLendl Simmons continues a rich West Indian tradition
< 1 minute readLendl Simmons continues the rich West Indian tradition of having a first name to die for. Just think of the greats who’ve represented the islands: Curtly, Tino, Reon and Vasbert. Our own personal favourite is ‘Wavell’. There’s a great way to test how good a first name is; you simply
Continue readingViv Richards – hero of cricket
2 minute readIs there anyone who doesn’t know Viv Richards? Are there any of our readers who never saw him bat? If there are, you need to get this month’s issue of The Wisden Cricketer which has a special Viv Richards ‘Heroes of Cricket’ supplement with it. There is a profound gap
Continue readingLord Megachief of Gold 2008
2 minute read2007’s Lord Megachief of Gold was Shivnarine Chanderpaul, but who will be given the most exalted title in all of cricket for 2008? The contenders Gautam Gambhir came of age as a Test batsman and averaged 70.87 during 2008. Graeme Smith did his things and averaged 72. Ajantha Mendis took
Continue readingShivnarine Chanderpaul bats and bats and bats
< 1 minute readBat and bat and bat. That was Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s advice to Jerome Taylor last week when the latter got a hundred. Shiv followed his own advice against New Zealand yesterday. He made 126. He was not out, obviously, because that’s the way Shiv rolls. Not that Shiv could ever roll.
Continue readingSir Allen Stanford disbands his ‘legends’
< 1 minute readIn more brand ambassador news, Sir Allen Stanford has done away with his team of ‘legends’ that he used to promote his shamtastic cricket event. A spokesperson said: “He has disbanded the legends group, but at this stage no decision has been taken on the future of the Super Series.”
Continue readingJerome Taylor somehow hits a Test hundred
< 1 minute readJerome Taylor had a Test average of 13.66 before this match, a first-class average of 12.61 and a top score of 40. Somehow he hit 106 against New Zealand. After his hundred, Taylor said: “It was the sort of pitch that, once you got in, it got easier.” How did
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