< 1 minute readGetting a new Australia captain is like getting a new Doctor Who. It takes quite a while to get used to the new one because his face is all wrong. As a captain, Ricky Ponting was both hugely admirable and a world-class tool. A Ricky Ponting interview normally features lots
Continue reading< 1 minute readAustralian fast bowler, Shaun Tait, has announced his retirement from Twenty20 cricket, saying that at the age of 28 he can no longer subject his body to the punishing two-over spells demanded of him. Tait said: “I’ve never really been the biggest fan of cricket and I just don’t know
Continue reading3 minute readThere are three ways you can approach this. There’s the documentary, the highlights and the box set, which is the first two sold together. We won’t review the highlights, because they’re pretty self explanatory, suffice to say that there are five DVDs and highlights of every day of the series.
Continue reading< 1 minute readWhen Tillakaratne Dilshan opened the bowling, Andrew Strauss couldn’t get him off the square. This was largely because he couldn’t make contact with the ball. When one of the most experienced batsmen in English cricket finds himself in this position against a part-time off-spinner, you have to ask yourself whether
Continue reading< 1 minute readExceptional cricket. That is how you exploit a weakness. At 108-2 chasing 222, South Africa seemed untroubled, but there was a spot on their face. It was very small, but it was there. With the dismissal of Jacques Kallis, they gave it a little bit of a scratch and took
Continue reading< 1 minute readMake a note. This could barely be a bigger deal even if it had a tumour in its pituitary gland. It’s India v Pakistan. It’s Shahid Afridi v MS Dhoni. It’s Pakistan’s lethal bowling attack against India’s jaw-dropping batting line-up. It’s India’s two-and-a-half frontline bowlers against Pakistan’s two-and-a-half competent batsmen.
Continue reading< 1 minute readIndia are through to a World Cup semi-final. Australia are out. Ricky Ponting’s proved his class with a hundred. Everyone’s happy. There are no losers in this situation. None whatsoever. No-one who matters is in any way disappointed with the events of today. It is one of those rare moments
Continue reading< 1 minute readGeoff Boycott’s comments about Mike Yardy have attracted a lot of criticism. When told that Yardy was being forced to go home because of depression, Boycott said: “I’m surprised, very surprised. But he must have been reading my comments about his bowling, it must have upset him. “Obviously it was
Continue reading< 1 minute readThe great thing about actual, proper tournaments is the way that narratives develop. Every remaining team already has a good story in place if they eventually go on to become World Champions. Pakistan – Would defy what was a catastrophic build-up to the tournament even by their standards. Being as
Continue reading< 1 minute readAustralia coach, Tim Nielsen, has described Australia’s match against India as being a “mini-grand final”. We prefer the more traditional term ‘quarter final’ ourself. But that match is on Thursday. Pakistan v West Indies is the first of seven one-day internationals that are actually worth watching. It’s the World Cup,
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