< 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
Continue reading< 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
Continue reading< 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
Continue reading< 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
Continue reading2 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
Continue reading< 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.
Continue reading< 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
Continue reading< 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.
Continue reading2 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
Continue reading< 1 minute readAs in ‘returned’. He hasn’t got anklosing spondylitis or anything. We’re frigging delighted about Monty Panesar being in England’s Ashes squad. In a world of cynicism, underperformance and questionable motives, the man who literally jumps for joy at taking a wicket is king.
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