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May 3, 2012 County cricket

Limp top orders and wily old gnarl-dogs – Lancashire v Nottinghamshire

< 1 minute readBoth good teams. Both good teams who wait until six wickets are down before scoring any runs. So far Lancashire are having the better of things, bowling Nottinghamshire out for 169 before producing a staggeringly huge 48-run opening stand. Our man Paul Horton still stands a chance of top-scoring for

May 1, 2012 County cricket

Why is Ajmal Shahzad leaving Yorkshire?

< 1 minute readWho knows? It’s Yorkshire. The only thing that can be stated with any certainty is that the decison will have been made by someone muttering: “All right, well ruddy sod yer then.” Our guess is that Ajmal Shahzad has never felt too loved by his county. England always seemed to

April 30, 2012 County cricket

Warwickshire still top by a couple of points

< 1 minute readIt rained last week. You might have noticed. This meant that very little happened in the County Championship. No-one won. Warwickshire stayed top largely due to the vast bat of Jonathan Trott who is entirely unarsed by green pitches and cloudy skies and hit 178. Whether it’s a packed MCG

April 27, 2012 West Indies

A tribute to Shivnarine Chanderpaul

< 1 minute readShiv has just hit his 10,000th run and Cricinfo wanted someone to pay tribute to him. Being as we named him not just Lord Megachief of Gold, but Grand Lord Megachief of Gold, we were well-placed to pass comment. For some reason, our idea of a tribute is to describe

April 26, 2012 Extras

We now write Cricinfo’s weekly Twitter round-up

< 1 minute readIt would seem that we’re selling off our newsletter for parts. Following cricketers on Twitter is actually pretty boring. James Anderson and Graeme Swann are smart and funny and Dale Steyn used to be, but the rest are generally either illiterate or don’t know when to shut up. The original

April 25, 2012 India

Sourav Ganguly’s hair

< 1 minute readIf you’ve missed or boycotted this year’s IPL, you have only missed one thing: Sourav Ganguly’s hair. Young Sourav brought himself on to bowl against Delhi and promptly bowled Kevin Pietersen first ball. He then went on a raised-fist jaunt across the field sporting a bizarre bouncing flap of hair.

April 24, 2012 West Indies

The fecklessnesslessness of the West Indies

2 minute readNo, it’s not a typo. We were just thinking of how this current West Indies side operates and how it’s completely different to the feckless outfits of recent years. We’re struck by their fecklessnesslessness. They’re still not winning much But they’re not winning in a far more impressive way. They

April 23, 2012 County cricket

Warwickshire are now top of the County Championship

2 minute readWe’re doing these county update posts for our benefit rather than yours. It’s our way of keeping on top of things, because following county cricket is like trying to catch rain – you might get a handful, but you’ll definitely miss most of it. People might also ask you why

April 20, 2012 County cricket / England

Are you watching Nick Compton?

< 1 minute readWe knew he was worth watching this season. He’s currently 19 not out off 88 balls against Nottinghamshire, including a boundary which we damn well hope was an accident. That’s the stuff. That’s why we picked him. Few players have the iron will required to be less entertaining than a

April 19, 2012 Extras

I no longer write The Cricketer’s weekly newsletter

2 minute readForgive the detour into first-person singular, but this is personal, so I thought I’d write normally for once. I’ve just found out that I will no longer be writing the newsletter for The Cricketer. Today’s edition was my last. What newsletter? On the 18th July, 2008, I wrote my first