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September 5, 2010 Pakistan

Yasir Hameed exclusive: he reads the News of the World

< 1 minute readOr he’s read other reports about the News of the World story. Or he’s overheard someone talking about it. Yasir Hameed has been BLOWING THE LID OFF CRICKET CORRUPTION by repeating things he’s read in the News of the World to someone from the News of the World. He’s been

September 3, 2010 County cricket

We haven’t totally crippled Durham’s players

< 1 minute readOur 2010 cricketers to watch list weighs heavily on our shoulders like a yoke of inaccuracy. It’s not been a vintage year, but thoughts that we had cursed the Durham contingent can now be banished. They’ve all come good in the same match. Well, not Will Smith. He’s not getting

September 2, 2010 Match report

150% SERIES report

3 minute readDandy Dan writes: Eager to avenge his defeat in last summer’s Test, Ben had spent some of the considerable amount of time that he had on his hands in preparing slightly more professional equipment than we had at our disposal last year. Unfortunately, given that he’d been away from Blighty

September 1, 2010 England / Pakistan / West Indies

Giles Clarke – an unfair but fairly amusing comparison of two pictures

< 1 minute readCharged with massive fraud involving $8bn investment scheme Alleged to have bowled a deliberate no-ball

August 31, 2010 Pakistan

A rousing speech about spot fixing

< 1 minute readFriends, we must take a stand. This great game has been our lifeblood for oh so many years and now is the time to return that favour. Just as cricket sustained us, so must we now sustain it in these times of hardship. This noble game of ours is badly

August 30, 2010 Extras / Pakistan

Receiving money for underperformance

2 minute readA man with a pencil moustache approaches King Cricket. Man: Hellooooo. KC: Er, hello? Man: How are you doing this fine day? KC: I’m fine. Sorry, do I know you? Man: No, you don’t know me. But perhaps you should. The man raises an eyebrow and looks King Cricket up

August 29, 2010 England / Pakistan

How do you feel about the Pakistan betting scam?

< 1 minute readWe just feel depressed. Cricket is joyful escapism and this kind of thing just knackers it up. Questioning on-field events Assuming it’s true (and having seen Mohammad Amir’s giant no-ball, we’re pretty sure it is) the real damage is in the fact that people question everything that happens in a

August 27, 2010 England

Jonathan Trott and Stuart Broad v Pakistan – what a partnership

< 1 minute readOne’s a balding, short-arsed, right-handed batsman. The other’s a boyish, lanky bowler who bats left-handed. Together they gave James Anderson the longest wait of his career. Trott and Broad caused Pakistan’s bowlers no little distress as well, which was entirely unexpected given the circumstances. Mohammad Amir started the day taking

August 27, 2010 England

Lord’s getting two Test matches in 2011 as usual

< 1 minute readMost grounds are pleased if they get even one Test match, let alone two. Lord’s is the home of cricket What does that even mean? People just bandy the phrase about mindlessly. It’s propaganda. We grew up with cricket and have followed it our whole adult life and never went

August 26, 2010 England

The Lord’s Test – it’s the social event of the season

< 1 minute readWe went to Lord’s once. It was fairly normal until we went round the far side of the ground and heard a guy talking about real tennis. Lord’s has a real tennis court.