England

England played – who knew?

< 1 minute readBecause we didn’t. It was a Twenty20 international. Alex Hales scored 99. England won. Does anybody know anything about it? Are we supposed to have opinions about it? Did anything particularly noteworthy happen other than Alex Hales’ innings? If it did, we might read a match report. Otherwise, we’ll just

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England

Andrew Flintoff’s world

< 1 minute readIf there’s one thing that’s become clear from Freddie Flintoff’s slurred slights against acerbic Athers, it’s that the duff-kneed purveyor of forced laddish bonhomie cares little for freedom of speech. “How can he talk about a player like Alastair Cook who is 10 times the player he ever was –

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West Indies

Chris Gayle takes a look

< 1 minute readMuch has been made of the fact that Chris Gayle has become consistent at Twenty20, because many mistakenly believe the format is all about luck. Clearly it isn’t, as Gayle has shown. His has been a calculating method: See off the good bowler; cane Joe McMilitary-Medium. However, this execution of

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Extras

Remember Dwayne Leverock?

< 1 minute readAlso known as ‘Sluggo’, Leverock was a cricketer who played for Bermuda in the 2007 World Cup. He was fat. Sluggo’s finest moment was a diving catch at slip to dismiss Robin Uthappa. His second finest moment was the surging, wobbling sprint that served as his celebration of that dismissal.

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England

Ian Bell wants to play one-day cricket

2 minute readIn a parallel universe, players and fans care about one-day internationals – or, more accurately, one-day internationals are worth caring about. In this universe, we’ll have to muddle through, making the best of flukes and serendipity. Kevin Pietersen retired from one-day internationals because on the morning of a game, he

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West Indies

Allen Stanford’s sentence

< 1 minute readMoustachioed Texan supervillain, Allen Stanford, has been sentenced to 110 years in prison. We’re pretty sure he hasn’t been ‘jailed for 110 years’ as the headlines read at Cricinfo and the BBC. That seems to imply he’ll serve the entire sentence. He won’t. Prosecutors will be gutted though. They were

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