< 1 minute read Or possibly had. Graeme Swann doesn’t make it clear in his tweet just how long the bottle’s been at the back of his cupboard. Amazing find in the sauce cupboard at home…just sampled it for lunch…nearly blew my head off!! #kingviv #masterblaster #raspinhot pic.twitter.com/EDIfBjVTiO — Graeme Swann (@Swannyg66) January 30,
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Why Andre Russell was banned
2 minute read If you didn’t know it already, “it’s not my fault, I asked someone else to do it for me” is not a legitimate defence for failing to tell dope testers where you’re going to be. Andre Russell has therefore been handed a one-year ban. If that sounds harsh, consider that
Continue readingAndre Russell might actually find out whether he’s going to be banned from cricket next week
2 minute read If you’ve a decent memory, you might remember that Andre Russell had a possible two-year ban from cricket hanging over him after being unavailable for three doping tests during a 12-month period back in 2015. ‘Oh yeah,’ you may think. ‘What happened with that in the end?’ Well, the answer
Continue readingVideo: Cricket, penguins and lasers – together at last
< 1 minute read Finally! It’s the video for the latest version of Dwayne Bravo’s Champion song, in which our man lists everyone and everything he’s ever encountered and brands them all champions. Toast is a champion, plate is a champion, floor is a champion, wall is a champion… If you don’t immediately comprehend
Continue readingThe riddle of Kraigg Brathwaite’s extra G
< 1 minute read Maybe one day someone will be able to answer the riddle of Kraigg Brathwaite’s extra G. The K we can understand – it’s jarring, but not unprecedented. But the second G? What does that contribute to proceedings? Maybe his parents wrote Kraig, knew it looked wrong and added a bonus
Continue readingMickey Arthur really knows how to retract a compliment
< 1 minute read Even by the lofty doublespeak standards of a Test match press conference, this was an impressive effort from Mickey Arthur after Pakistan were bowled out for 123 by West Indies’ Devendra Bishoo. “I am not going to take anything away from the way Bishoo bowled because he bowled really, really
Continue readingTony Cozier – the man who saw all and knew all of West Indies cricket
2 minute read Cricket fans moan about commentators a lot, but in general we are well served by our sport. Tastes differ, but very few talk down to us and the majority have the capacity to offer some sort of insight when working in the right environment. But as the world becomes smaller,
Continue readingEveryone knows that hitting four successive sixes is hard, right?
2 minute read We’re just checking, only a great many people seem to be holding Ben Stokes entirely responsible for England’s defeat. Sometimes the player hitting the sixes has some sort of say in things too. Think of it like this: if you were a primitive human and you sent one of your
Continue readingWest Indies’ 2016 World T20 win: Fortunately for them, they weren’t playing cyborgs
2 minute read Ben Stokes’ coolly outmanoevred Carlos Brathwaite at the death. Had the West Indian launched his attack earlier in the match, he could have hit six sixes in an over. As it was, he was denied by winning the World T20 after just four balls. Stokes is doubtless delighted. The desired
Continue readingEight things to bear in mind ahead of the World T20 final between England and the West Indies
2 minute read You can call it a preview if you want, but it’s more of a disorderly fact-dump. 1. Windies’ spinners don’t go for owt Samuel Badree conceded 5.68 runs an over in this tournament. Sulieman Benn’s conceded 5.78. Hell, even Chris Gayle’s banged out three overs for 17 and we thought
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