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October 5, 2010 India

Why a run chase needs context and another reason why Tests are best

< 1 minute readRun chases are exciting. Why? Some people think that run chases are exciting because there are fours and sixes, a target and an eventual victor. These people brought us one-day cricket in all its forms. These people just don’t get it. Run chases are exciting because we care what happens.

October 5, 2010 Australia / India

India v Australia Tests still clearly a big deal

< 1 minute readA warm-up for the Ashes in the eyes of some of the Australians. A dying form of the game in the eyes of a few Twenty20 fans who think they see an inevitability about the spread of that format, despite it being ridiculously early days. India v Australia Tests still

October 4, 2010 India

Ishant Sharma benefits from Care in the Community

< 1 minute readIndia are right to persevere with spindly, lank-haired Rubik’s Cube swallower, Ishant Sharma, but of late it’s seemed a bit like a Care in the Community obligation rather than a forward-looking show of faith. There comes a point where you’re not encouraging a player, you’re just putting him on a

October 1, 2010 Regulars

Laurence Elderbrook takes stock

< 1 minute readDespite the captain’s promise following my moment of triumph, I was not called upon to bat at three the following season. In fact, I was not called upon to bat at all. Having spent the entire season resplendent in my cream flannels on the wrong side of the boundary, I

September 30, 2010 Extras

Trott’s OCD, Morgan’s superpowers and Strauss’s handshake

< 1 minute readWe’ve written a piece for Cricinfo that has already been branded ‘a senseless attempt at trying to make people laugh’. You’ve got to take pride in earning comments like that. It revolves around the things in the title of this post. We’ve been trying to work ‘handshakefulness’ into an article

September 29, 2010 Match report

Kent v Essex match report

2 minute readAndy writes: When I was told we were going on a stag do I was excited. Well, excited but concerned too, because I was also told it was in Canterbury. I met up with the lads and boarded the train. We had not seen each other for a few years

September 28, 2010 County cricket / Regulars

Robert Key and his health and safety wisdom

< 1 minute readSarah Comma Canterbury sent us these, ‘hot off the camera card’. Ian Botham could learn a hell of a lot from this: Where Botham removed his helmet and opted for a low-visibility tabard, Rob Key has got everything right. Rob Key is better than Ian Botham in every conceivable way.

September 28, 2010 Extras

The autumnal cricketing wasteland

< 1 minute readIt’s not the English cricket season and it’s not yet the Ashes. People aren’t interested in cricket at this time of year, but that’s why we started this site; for the days when the newspapers don’t feature a single cricket article. The good news is we’ll be ticking over as

September 27, 2010 England / Regulars

Evil Monty Panesar improves his bowling figures

< 1 minute readNo, Monty! Say it hasn’t come to this. In a desperate bid to advance his case for England inclusion, Monty Panesar has been reduced to tampering with scoreboards. 2-20 sounds so much better than 2-120.

September 24, 2010 Match report

Surrey v Glamorgan CB40 match report

2 minute readWickman from Royal Cricket writes: My sister in law and I are Surrey members so we decided to go to a 40 over game. I’ve only become a member this year, but I haven’t been organised enough to get to the Oval. So I was pretty excited about getting into