< 1 minute readAhead of the first Test against Pakistan, Stuart Broad said one thing that made sense. “The biggest test for the bowling unit will be trying to do what no other team has done this year, which is to win a game and take 20 wickets at Lord’s.” Lord’s: Home of
Continue reading3 minute readGed Ladd’s smartphone, Ivan Meagreheart, writes: It can be exhilarating, being Ged Ladd’s smartphone; even after the bland ending to our Day Two, we were full of excitement ahead of Day Three. Ged woke me up and I was feeling 100% full of energy, which is as it should be.
Continue reading< 1 minute readThe content rehashing practices at an old job of ours gave rise to an unofficial company slogan of, “Yesterday’s news – today!” Old habits apparently die hard, because this week we have consistently been one step off the pace. Just like in life. Today we bring you the news about
Continue reading2 minute readDoes this make it the most resultsive week yet? Is this as much winnery and lossery as we’ve had? Has the staggering impact on the County Championship table bespoilt our internal dictionary? Middlesex beat Yorkshire This was the big result. Middlesex’s wise decision to finally play a match outside the
Continue reading< 1 minute read“They are a pretty impressive attack,” said Marcus Trescothick after Somerset played Pakistan. He had plenty of time to assess the bowlers’ worth because he scored a hundred. The fact that he is 40 and now bats in glasses due to his deteriorating vision shouldn’t in any way be held
Continue reading< 1 minute readIll-applied and irrelevant (ironic given that it’s meant to make the individual fixtures more relevant) the Super Series score does at least give us a numerical overview of Sri Lanka’s tour of England. We know that it was an unsuccessful one for the tourists – but how unsuccessful? Well, it finished
Continue reading< 1 minute readWe know you all come here for our singular insight. As such, we’re going to name a couple of Pakistan players you might want to keep an eye on in coming weeks. These are players you might not know so well, but we think they might have something of an
Continue reading< 1 minute readRemember when September 29 was autumn? It’s summer now. England are playing the West Indies at the Rose Bowl on that day in 2017. The 2017 fixture list is a triumph of “Two into one doesn’t go? We’ll see about that,” thinking. A bunch of one-day internationals (ODIs) is followed
Continue reading2 minute readWe’ve missed a couple of rounds of the County Championship because (a) the matches took place after a big slab of shorter format stuff, (b) pretty much all the matches were draws so there wasn’t much to say, and (c) we’re feckless and unreliable. Last time around, Lancashire had gone
Continue reading< 1 minute readIt’s good to see Jason Roy making hundreds in one-day internationals. Earlier in the year, we were concerned that he wrongly thought he should give himself time in Twenty20. While he ultimately got over that, we’ve since been worried that he might subsequently do the reverse and try take his
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