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February 8, 2013 Australia

Why is Shane Watson Australia captain?

< 1 minute readOne answer would be ‘because Michael Clarke’s injured’. If you’re wondering what’s wrong with Clarke, a Cricket Australia spokesman said: “Michael Clarke has had his right hamstring assessed by team medical staff following the game and the team physiotherapist has confirmed that Michael has stiffness in the right hamstring.” There’s

February 6, 2013 Bangladesh

Who’s playing in the Bangladesh Premier League?

2 minute readTwenty20 leagues all operate in the same way. They try and attract as many stars as possible and then they use local players as padding. However, different leagues have to settle for different stars. Some players will turn up for anything. Azhar Mahmood, Dirk Nannes, Shaun Tait – obviously all

February 5, 2013 India

What would you do if landed with a £275m tax bill?

< 1 minute readWell, on the assumption that you are employing a treasurer, why not do what the BCCI has done. From Cricinfo: “The BCCI has been hit with a Rs 2300 crore (approx $433m) notice from the income tax department and has asked its treasurer Ajay Shirke to suggest how to deal

February 4, 2013 South Africa

Bad news for Jack Russell

< 1 minute readIndividual statistical achievements in cricket don’t always tally with ability, so it’s pleasing when a good player is rewarded. However, for every 11-60 recorded by a Dale Steyn, there’s a world record number of dismissals for an AB de Villiers. Now AB de Villiers is great at many things. He

February 3, 2013 South Africa

What did Dale Steyn do?

< 1 minute readWe’ve just got back and we’re trying to catch up. It strikes us that Dale Steyn taking six wickets for eight runs was probably the most significant event. When you need to clarify which are runs and which are wickets in someone’s bowling figures, you know they’ve done something special.

February 1, 2013 Regulars

The Perundi being conspicuously indifferent to a letter signed by Sir Don Bradman‏

< 1 minute readTom sent us a photo of a cat named The Perundi who he was temporarily looking after over the festive period. “Here you can see the cat showing significantly more attention to the radiator than to a nearby letter, signed by no less a man than the late, great Sir

January 31, 2013 Extras

How do you pick a Test team?

2 minute readHere’s a question: if all records and memory of Test history were erased, how would you select your playing XI for the next match? Would the side differ from the one that would take the field normally? There’s always context. There are always past Test achievements to go off. Many

January 30, 2013 Extras

Alan Mullally to Craig McMillan – dot ball

< 1 minute readWelcome to the third and final part of Cricket’s Greatest Dot Balls. We hope it’s been worth the wait as we now revisit perhaps the greatest dot ball of them all. The backdrop It was the fourth Test of the 1999 Test series between England and New Zealand, a momentous

January 29, 2013 Extras

Ronnie Irani to Matthew Bell – dot ball

< 1 minute readHello and welcome to part two of our three-part feature, Cricket’s Greatest Dot Balls. The backdrop It was the fourth Test of the 1999 Test series between England and New Zealand, a match in which Ed Giddins was making his Test debut. England had yet to make a breakthrough in

January 28, 2013 Extras

Ed Giddins to Matt Horne – dot ball

< 1 minute readWelcome to our new, three-part series, Cricket’s Greatest Dot Balls. We hope you like it. The backdrop It was the fourth Test of the 1999 Test series between England and New Zealand. Ed Giddins was making his Test debut and no-one knew quite how significant that was going to prove.