2 minute read No, it’s not a typo. We were just thinking of how this current West Indies side operates and how it’s completely different to the feckless outfits of recent years. We’re struck by their fecklessnesslessness. They’re still not winning much But they’re not winning in a far more impressive way. They
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West Indies crack as the gradient steepens
2 minute read Test cricket is famously hard. Some can’t quite comprehend what that means, thinking a reverse-swinging 90mph yorker is the same no matter what the format. It’s not all about the details though. Sometimes it’s the sheer relentlessness. Test cricket is like cycling uphill. It’s possible to cope with a small
Continue readingShivnarine Chanderpaul is still gloriously risk averse
< 1 minute read Australia celebrated when they dismissed the West Indies’ Kraigg Brathwaite for 57 off 199 balls. As an achievement, it was like flouncing over a stile before tackling the mountain. Shivnarine Chanderpaul promptly walked to the crease and only departed when Darren Sammy declared. Shiv simply cannot be bothered being dismissed.
Continue readingA half-arsed history of the Stanford Super Series
< 1 minute read Allen Stanford’s been found guilty of greed of the highest order so we thought we’d provide a few links to our coverage of his shitty cricket event from 2008. How we didn’t give a toss One reason why we didn’t give a toss A way we could have been made
Continue readingChris Gayle to play Twenty20 for someone
< 1 minute read In a not-entirely-surprising move, Chris Gayle has signed to play for Somerset in next season’s Twenty20 Cup. Gayle’s ‘people’ released a statement quoting him as saying: “I’m delighted to be heading to [insert name of cricket team]. Hopefully I can make a key contribution to their T20 campaign this year.”
Continue readingIndia lose home one-day international – West Indies win away
< 1 minute read Which is the more noteworthy? Not sure. Not sure it matters. Both facts are pretty striking. West Indies West Indies’ tour of the subcontinent, while on the face of it relatively unsuccessful, has been fairly decent in our eyes. It’s a bit sad that expectations have dropped that much, but
Continue readingGreat draw – in no other sport does that make much sense
2 minute read It was a glorious and gleefully shambolic finish to the third Test between India and West Indies. West Indies were one wicket away from a tie, India one run away from a win. R Ashwin was run out going for what would have been the winning run and the match
Continue readingWest Indies have some batsmen
< 1 minute read There’s a danger of being too bloody sneering about high scores these days. We know we’re as guilty of this as anyone. It’s all too easy to blame the pitch, as if the humans standing on top of it play no part. The Windies have batted like spanners for years,
Continue readingCarlton Baugh and the importance of wicketkeepers
2 minute read When did Ks become cooler than Cs. We blame Kris Kross, even though they aren’t closely associated with ‘cool’ ordinarily. Yesterday, Kraigg Brathwaite (an extra G and a missing I as well as that K) got a lot of the attention. Today, a man with a more authentically West Indian
Continue readingWest Indian cricketer name generator
< 1 minute read We have devised a simple method for generating the name that someone would have were they a West Indian cricketer. After extensive testing (two people) we felt it stood up to scrutiny and we were about to ‘go public’ when we asked a third person. Using our methodology, his West
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