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November 11, 2013 England

The food eaten by the England cricket team

< 1 minute read We’ve just been in Belgium. Our diet’s been very diverse, incorporating all sorts of beers, all sorts of cheeses and both mayonnaise and spiced mayonnaise. We like to think we know what we’re talking about when it comes to sports nutrition and we can therefore confirm that the revelations about

November 8, 2013 Match report

Wedding match report

3 minute read Dandy Dan writes: The day started well. I got married. Once that was out of the way, the serious matters of the day came into view. I’ve been to a fair few weddings over the years and in most, I’ve found there to be a ‘lull’ at some point. Eager

November 7, 2013 Regulars

Mandy being conspicuously indifferent to King Cricket

< 1 minute read Ed writes: Please find attached a picture that seems to tick all the boxes. Found it while going through some old pictures yesterday. The kitten was called Mandy and is sadly no longer with us.

November 6, 2013 England

We worry for Alastair Cook’s skin

< 1 minute read He never goes indoors when he’s Down Under. He just stays out on the pitch, day after day, in direct sunlight. We know he’s got sunblock on and everything, but what if he misses a bit. Actually, that’s ridiculous – in Australia, Cook never misses. Arriving with little form and

November 5, 2013 South Africa

Faf du Plessis – incompetent but not immoral

< 1 minute read We can thank Faf du Plessis for inadvertently giving us the fantastically earnest Cricinfo headline: ‘No zips on cricket kit by 2015’. This brave new world is to be created because he was caught raking the ball across a zip on his kecks, presumably in a bid to rough it

November 3, 2013 Australia / India

What’s driving run inflation in one-day cricket

4 minute read Yesterday, the man they used to call Nohit Sharma made a one-day double hundred, but even eight wickets down, Australia seemed in with a chance of chasing their 384 run target. Ludicrous totals seem to have become the norm in one-day internationals (ODIs) and even India’s captain has been complaining

November 1, 2013 Australia / England

Opening fixture of Ashes tour now going swimmingly

< 1 minute read It’s okay. Panic over. England are once again the greatest team in history. That whole ‘going for five an over’ bowling performance is over and the England batting machine is running perfectly. The second day’s play saw England intimidate the Western Australia Chairman’s XI into declaring at 451-5, batsmen eight,

October 31, 2013 Australia / England

We’re lying about the Ashes already

< 1 minute read But only by accident. Yesterday we wrote about the reception England used to get upon arriving Australia for Cricinfo; how they’d be rubbished in print and beaten in the warm-up matches. Our point was that this didn’t happen any more. But lo, England have had quite an embarrassing day against

October 31, 2013 India

Virat Kohli rises above the rate of inflation

2 minute read Every year they change the rules for one-day internationals and every year the highest-scoring matches become even higher scoring. That’s where the effects are most keenly felt – at the top end. If there’s one man you want in your team in a modern world where targets of 350 and

October 30, 2013 England

Alastair Cook’s back

< 1 minute read Apparently Alastair Cook developed a bad back while flying. This is an ability we didn’t know he had. Those who have been fortunate enough to witness an airborne Cook say he spurns dramatic swoops in favour of steady progress at a consistent altitude and that when bad weather is forecast,