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December 15, 2015 England

The names and numbers of a modern cricket tour match

< 1 minute readBack in the day, amateurs were given full initials, professionals surname only. Either would be preferable to what we get nowadays: .@thecompdog has an excellent 50 from 107 balls on his return and England have cruised past 100. 128-3 #SAvENG pic.twitter.com/uOQj00385T — England Cricket (@englandcricket) December 15, 2015 Most Twitter

December 14, 2015 Regulars / West Indies

Is Darren Sammy running away from this streaker?

< 1 minute readOr is he running towards him? Is it even Darren Sammy? Who knows? Not us – although we’ve named the image file Darren-Sammy.jpg, so that’s quite a big commitment. Never let it be said that we aren’t a risk-taker. The photo’s from 2007. If you’re wondering why we’re publishing eight

December 13, 2015 Match report

Middlesex v Worcestershire at Uxbridge – match report

2 minute readDumbo, Ged’s Suzuki Jimny writes: Not all that long after taking Ged and Daisy to Ireland, where I got to watch my first snippet of a cricket match at Clontarf CC, Ged asked me to take him to Uxbridge to see day two of Middlesex v Worcestershire. I was very

December 11, 2015 Australia / England / India

T20s, ODIs and Tests – it’s all cricket, so why not treat them as one?

< 1 minute readIn an interview with George Dobell for Cricinfo, the outgoing chief executive of the Professional Cricketers’ Association, Angus Porter, suggests that men’s cricket could adopt the points method used in women’s cricket where success in T20Is, ODIs and Tests is combined to decide the best side. Not the worst idea

December 10, 2015 Australia / New Zealand / Regulars / South Africa / Sri Lanka / West Indies

Mop-up of the day – runs down south

2 minute readAfter day-night Tests, the latest innovation in the ongoing Australia v New Zealand Test series has been additional opponents. Sri Lanka and the West Indies have been drafted in to keep things fresh, but they couldn’t tip the balance. Australia still had marginally the better day. New Zealand would have

December 9, 2015 Cricket products

A Nightwatchman for Christmas?

< 1 minute readSend him in. Let him weather the marketing and do all the preparations and cooking. Then you can just swan in on Boxing Day to eat leftovers and get drunk. No, this is Nightwatchman with an upper-case N. The Wisden cricket quarterly is doing gift packages. If you don’t know

December 8, 2015 India

ICC World T20 preparations exactly on track – grounds and fixtures to follow

< 1 minute readComing to somewhere in India at some point in March, it’s ICC World Twenty20 India 2016! If you think that sounds like an almost random selection of words, abbreviations, places and numbers, think again. The Twenty20 World Cup is HAPPENING. Look, they’ve even finished the logo. They’re not quite sure

December 6, 2015 India / South Africa

Hashim Amla practises his forward defensive

< 1 minute readFacing his 46th delivery, Hashim Amla inside-edged the ball past his stumps and into space. Trawling through his memory banks, he happened upon the correct course of action and moved his body up to the other end. With the ball still enjoying a rare moment of liberation, he then jogged

December 4, 2015 India / South Africa

South Africa batsmen defy both expectations and the Delhi pitch

< 1 minute readThere were many who felt that presented with a flatter pitch, South Africa might actually make a few runs during this Test series against India. In Delhi, they have been presented with precisely such a thing. However, these Saffers are made of stern stuff. They refused to bow to expectation

December 3, 2015 South Africa

Kyle Abbott, ones and zeros

< 1 minute readAs the old joke goes, there are only 10 types of people in the world. Those that understand binary and those that don’t. It’s not the best binary code joke in that it’s an actual joke and makes actual sense. We much prefer it when the punchline’s the bit in