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June 23, 2013 England / India

A Champions Trophy preview sort of thing

< 1 minute readIt’s a final. We’re happy to do a preview for a final. Bowling Other than Jimmy Anderson, England’s other seamers have been at best mediocre. India’s haven’t been as good as Jimbo, but they have at least had their moments. Spin-wise, James Tredwell has been a faintly-pudgy, slapped back superhero,

June 22, 2013 County cricket

2013 County Championship – chapter nine

< 1 minute readChampions Trophy, Ashes build-up… Must. Try. And keep on top of. County Championship. 1st – Yorkshire Middlesex and Yorkshire were equal on points last time we did a County Championship update. They’ve played each other since then and Yorkshire won by 10 wickets. Hundreds were scored by Andrew Gale and

June 20, 2013 India / Sri Lanka

India are better than Sri Lanka

< 1 minute readAnd by some margin. Even India’s bowling’s doing the job at the minute. They usually win one-dayers despite holding some sort of festival of pie-chucking when they’re in the field, so now they’re all but unbeatable. As for the batting, Rohit Sharma’s become unexpectedly efficient, while Shikhar Dhawan and his

June 20, 2013 India / Sri Lanka

India v Sri Lanka is underway

< 1 minute readRemember Ajantha Mendis? That’s kind of died down a bit, hasn’t it? He isn’t even in the Sri Lanka squad. There seems to be an assumption that India will win the second semi-final. They’ve been playing very well and they look the stronger team with a greater number of high

June 19, 2013 England / South Africa

England are better than South Africa

< 1 minute readYou know what? We knew this. We intimated as much this morning. This South African team hasn’t choked, it just isn’t really all that good. This particular XI had a couple of good batsmen and no bowlers. You don’t win much with a line-up like that. You may point out

June 19, 2013 England / South Africa

Boring, boring England

< 1 minute readThis seems to be a common assessment at the minute, but it’s a bit unfair. They’re more polarised, polarised England – steady upper order batting and then the three dementos at five, six and seven. Admittedly, two of the dementos – Morgan and Buttler – have mostly failed in this

June 18, 2013 Australia / Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka are better than Australia

< 1 minute readIt’s funny how you can rely on the guys who’ve played 300-and-odd one-day internationals in these major tournaments. And by ‘funny’ we of course mean ‘predictable’. Mahela Jayawardene has played so many one-dayers that his average (33.40) is meaningless. What you actually need to do is split his career into

June 14, 2013 England / India / New Zealand / Pakistan / South Africa / West Indies

Generic ‘someone is better than someone else’ post

< 1 minute readSouth Africa are supposed to be playing the Windies today, then India play Pakistan before England play New Zealand. However, we’re away for the weekend with no plans to use the internet, so you’re going to have to fill in the gaps yourselves in the comments section. We’re not really

June 14, 2013 England / Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka are better than England

< 1 minute readThat Kumar Sangakkara, eh? He can bat. There’s a decent chance he’s set things up for the perfect England home tournament exit as well where they are ejected after one loss and a bit of rain without having done too much wrong. It’s the way it should be: incomplete and

June 13, 2013 Australia / New Zealand

Australia and New Zealand are of a similar standard based on minimal evidence

< 1 minute readIn other words, they didn’t get enough overs in for messrs Duckworth and Lewis to put their umbrella-holding hands up and come to the rain-affected party. Aside from David Warner’s performance ferrying drinks, this match was perhaps most notable for Dan Vettori’s immobility. His Achilles tendon problems necessitate saline injections