< 1 minute readIf there’s one thing we like, it’s people who fall over a lot. With that in mind, we’re calling for Steven Finn to be inked into the England Test team for the forseeable future. We already knew that Finn was an accurate bowler from what we saw in Bangladesh, but
Continue reading2 minute readAs a bowler, it’s hard to see what Tim Bresnan offers that no-one else can. He’s a bit of a poor man’s Jimmy Anderson: a fractionally slower, slightly less sophisticated swing bowler who’s not quite as fit as the Burnley Express. Set against that, he was England’s best bowler in
Continue reading< 1 minute readTamim Iqbal has passed 50 in nine of his last 11 Test innings. Considering how he tends to start his innings – hacking away at every ball like he’s a Thracian gladiator de-limbing adversaries – that’s pretty remarkable. Virender Sehwag is probably a role model, but with Sehwag, you rarely
Continue reading< 1 minute readA few people will say that Jonathan Trott‘s 175 not out at Lord’s means nothing, because it’s against Bangladesh. Slightly fewer people will say he’s proving he’s a Test batsman after an ordinary winter. Why go to extremes? Jonathan Trott’s guts and technique could have been tested more, but his
Continue reading3 minute readGed Ladd writes: When you arrange to go on holiday to Yunnan Province in South West China, you don’t expect much in the way of a cricket experience. Daisy and I ended up in a village named Ringha in the high hills of Yunnan, otherwise known as Greater Tibet. There,
Continue reading< 1 minute readDurham aren’t the only team who are currently muddling by with about one and a half batsmen. Lancashire’s current mediocrity is largely due to a batting order that starts at six with Steven Croft and ends at seven with Glen Chapple. Actually, that’s not fair. Sajid Mahmood has been playing
Continue reading< 1 minute readAs we pointed out yesterday, Durham’s season isn’t a complete catastrophe. Two wins, two draws and a loss isn’t the end of the world. (The machines haven’t even managed to produce a single robot cricketer yet, so the end of the world’s months away.) That said, Durham are increasingly prone
Continue reading2 minute readEoin Morgan has been included in an England Test squad for the first time after excelling in the shorter formats. However, his first-class average is 36 – and that with a lot of second division cricket. Is he good enough to make runs in Test cricket? We tend to think
Continue reading< 1 minute readWe didn’t actually pay any attention to the cricket at all over the weekend. How should we be punished? By working as Michael Clarke’s ego masseur By working as South Africa’s actual masseur By having to share our lunch with Mark Cosgrove By being the person nominated to let Ian
Continue reading< 1 minute readNot Michael Vaughan style painting. DIY style painting. We all know how rubbish cricketers are when it comes to DIY. Andrew Strauss probably gets a man in to load the next toilet roll. He doesn’t even know which way he’s supposed to face. At least he’s pointing the brush the
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