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September 14, 2010 County cricket

How to draw up a first-class cricket fixture list

< 1 minute readSomerset are in the Pro40 final on Saturday. Their Championship match at Durham finishes on Thursday night. Not wanting to spend five or six hours travelling the day before a one-day final, Somerset have opted to fly from the North-East on Thursday night. Their flight is at 7pm. How does

September 13, 2010 County cricket

Yorkshire possibly make some sort of move in the County Championship

< 1 minute readIan Botham’s rich mahogany armpits! The BATTLE IS ON! It’s all frigging well going off out there in the County Championship. It’s like if Christmas were made out of narcotics and was ALSO ON FIRE. It’s like dancing with a cobra while wearing a rocket pack that’s ALSO ON FIRE.

September 12, 2010 England / Pakistan

Mohammad Irfan conquered by England

< 1 minute readMohammad Irfan is 7ft tall. That makes him a giant. As everyone knows, giants came to our world many millennia ago and have been watching over us ever since, occasionally stepping in when humanity has been in need of help. Sure, Irfan isn’t one of the 19ft tall Moroccan giants

September 10, 2010 England

Cricket in the southern hemisphere

< 1 minute readWe understand why Kevin Pietersen is going to play a couple of matches for Kwa-Zulu Natal, but what the hell is he blathering about? “These two matches would enable me to work on my game against the Kookaburra ball in southern hemisphere conditions, which is the ideal preparation for Australia.”

September 9, 2010 County cricket

Will the County Championship come down to bonus points?

< 1 minute readGraham Gooch’s moustache! The BATTLE IS ON! Yorkshire need 209 to beat Nottinghamshire and it looks like they’ll make it. If they do, the table will look exactly like this going into the final round of matches: Nottinghamshire – some points Somerset – roughly the same number of points Yorkshire

September 8, 2010 Match report

England v Pakistan 1st Test match report

2 minute readBert writes: Cricket offers so much more than any other sporting experience. Very often it poses a series of moral and philosophical questions worthy of any Radio 4 mid-afternoon programme. There’s the “how white can white possibly get?” type question, or the “is darkness a thing in itself, the absence

September 7, 2010 Cricket computer games | reviews, previews and downloads | PC, Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, Wii

International Cricket 2010 game review | PS3, Xbox 360

3 minute readInternational Cricket 2010 is a rubbish name, but it’s a great game. Batting The batting in Ashes Cricket 2009, the last version of this game, was excellent. It’s now slightly better with greater control of each shot’s power. If you don’t try and knock the leather off the ball, you’ve

September 6, 2010 County cricket

What is The Point?

< 1 minute readBert writes: I answer the question that’s been plaguing the world of county cricket all summer. It’s a fan heater. It’s got heating elements in it.

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