< 1 minute readIt’s an image featuring 50 cryptic clues to cricketing terms. It’s called ‘Whatzat!’ The ECB have commissioned it and apparently there are international and county tickets to be won. We’re crap at this sort of thing. It took us quite some time to work out why bowler hats featured so
Continue reading2 minute readThere was a fair bit of noteworthy action in the County Championship this week. The good news for us is that we don’t have to write about much of it because it didn’t particularly affect the top of the table. The good news for you is that we therefore won’t
Continue reading< 1 minute readFast bowling isn’t just about bowling quickly. It’s also about sitting around worrying about your knee. As such, Australia’s younger bowlers have the perfect role model in Ryan Harris. Harris is injured again, which is pretty much his default status. Really, the news was that earlier in the week, he
Continue reading< 1 minute readWe don’t normally link to our Cricinfo Twitter round-up because, you know, we can’t really be bothered. However, we thought we’d make the effort this week because the subject matter might be slightly more of interest to you. As you know, we’re ‘down’ with all the modern trends (it’s presumably
Continue reading2 minute readMaybe not. One of first-class cricket’s finest batsmen may yet get an opportunity to play a second Test having been selected in Australia’s Ashes squad. It just goes to show, if you hang around long enough, the failings of the next generation will eventually earn you the recognition you sort
Continue reading< 1 minute readThe worth of a Twenty20 player cannot be measured via a single innings. That’s a mistake many people make – they confuse aberrations with excellence. It’s therefore worth underlining the sheer inevitability that it would be Chris Gayle who would break the record for the highest individual score in the
Continue reading< 1 minute readTo which the less generous among you might say: “Again?” We have mixed feelings about such jokes because we retain a great deal of affection for Graeme Hick. Many years ago, we spent a great deal of time desperately wishing he would turn the corner and start savaging Test attacks.
Continue reading< 1 minute readThe County Championship table is slightly canted by the fact that five teams didn’t play this week. It’s week two. It was time to make things a little more opaque for anyone trying to follow the competition. 1st – Middlesex Middlesex stay top after beating Derbyshire. There were four wickets
Continue reading2 minute readInternational cricket matches are now so frequent that you can forget that those involved are in any way exceptional. We like the early part of the season because it generally provides a reminder. In general, we don’t like reminders. We like to leave things indefinitely. BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN THAT
Continue reading< 1 minute readSince they added extra teams, the IPL now takes even longer to take shape. Relatively speaking, it’s still early days, but thankfully one team is doing badly enough that it is actually worth remarking upon. Step forward Delhi Daredevils. After helping Delhi Daredevils to their feet again, we examined them
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