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June 19, 2012 County cricket

Neil Carter is sickeningly wrong-handed

< 1 minute readWarwickshire’s Neil Carter describes himself as ‘full-on left-handed’ on his Twitter profile. It’s almost like he’s taking pride in his distasteful predilection. At best, the left hand is for fork-holding or for slapping against the right one to express appreciation for something.

June 18, 2012 County cricket

Tom Maynard of Surrey is killed aged 23

< 1 minute readTom Maynard was a talented batsman and he may or may not have turned out to be a very significant cricketer. But that question – as to what he might or might not have achieved in cricket – isn’t really the point, is it? The point is that no-one will

June 18, 2012 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.

June 17, 2012 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

June 14, 2012 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

June 13, 2012 Match report

Under-11s match report

2 minute readBert writes: While the opening weeks of the 2012 County Championship season have brought continued glory for champions Lancashire, in the Ted’s Roofing (All your roofing needs met, by Ted) Mid-North Cestrian Third Division Championship League West, Old Filchonians Under 11s have made a somewhat less impressive start. Bert Junior

June 12, 2012 England

England’s bowling captain

< 1 minute readMike Selvey made an interesting point in his third Test match report cum series review. “No captain of any consequence does so in isolation. Instead he is a facilitator relying heavily on the sort of input of ideas from his bowlers that cannot come from elsewhere.” When he isn’t scoring

June 11, 2012 West Indies

Highest Test score by a number 11 batsman – Tino Best

2 minute readIt’s very difficult to be both arrogant and likeable, but Tino Best manages it. It’s something to do with having just the faintest awareness of how absurd you are – and make no mistake, Tino best is ludicrous. He’s like a cartoon character. His answer phone message proclaims him the

June 8, 2012 England

England once had a player called Jack Crapp

< 1 minute readSeriously. Why did no-one tell us about this? Jack Crapp! Is this common knowledge? How did we miss a name like that? 319 Test runs at an average of 29 seems appropriate. Crapp later became an umpire. There was also a guy called Dick Spooner.

June 6, 2012 England

We would like to see Graham Onions play another Test match

< 1 minute readIt’s very easy to blank out the finer details of sportsmen’s injuries. Getting knee-knack and gammy-hammy are occupational hazards, so we tend to only really take in the word ‘injured’ before wondering who’ll replace the player in question. But Graham Onions had spinal surgery. Think about that. Someone tore a