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July 12, 2010 England

Craig Kieswetter media coverage Venn diagram

< 1 minute readThoughts about the media coverage of Craig Kieswetter have been bubbling inside us for a while like Dave’s Insanity Sauce in an otherwise empty stomach. Rather than terrify you all with more than four sentences in a row, we decided it was probably better if we evacuated our system over

July 11, 2010 Bangladesh / England

England finally lose to Bangladesh

< 1 minute readThat’s that out of the way then. Up until yesterday, England had won every match they’d ever played against Bangladesh. Not any more. Is it a good thing that Bangladesh won? Unquestionably. Why? Well some of our friends were at the match in Bristol yesterday and one pointed out that

July 9, 2010 England

We like that Ian Bell was not out

< 1 minute readIan Bell’s made larger steps towards forcing us into an opinion before now. Yesterday’s 84 not out against Bangladesh was more of a shuffle, but we like that he got the job done – because that is, after all, the whole point. Number three is a funny spot in one-day

July 8, 2010 India

Kingfisher IPL advert

< 1 minute readBritish readers will never have seen this. We saw it rather a lot when we were in Bangalore earlier in the year. It’s quite something. Watch it three times and see whether the tune’s stuck in your head.

July 7, 2010 England

Andrew Strauss’s wedgie handle

< 1 minute readThere’s all sorts of odd cricket equipment around these days, but we’ve no idea why someone would attach a handle to their own underwear to better enable them to self-wedgie. [God knows what this image was. It must have been hilarious though.]

July 7, 2010 Sri Lanka

Muttiah Muralitharan retirement – knee jerk reaction

< 1 minute readWe’re certainly intending to do a proper Muralitharan retirement post – possibly after his last match – but for now, we can’t be bothered. These are the things that immediately came to mind when we heard he was retiring: Muttiah Muralitharan might just surpass Steve Harmison in our estimation as

July 6, 2010 Extras

Listening to Test Match Sofa via this site

< 1 minute readCan we have some reader feedback? We’ve added a Test Match Sofa player in the right sidebar so that you can listen to Test Match Sofa while you’re on this site. When there isn’t a match, it plays highlights. One, will you use it? Two, does it affect the loading

July 5, 2010 Australia

Shaun Tait’s bowling speed

< 1 minute readShaun Tait is unquestionably a fast bowler – probably the fastest around at the moment. You can tell because batsmen regularly ‘make room’ to play him – they’re getting their bodies out of the way, not freeing their arms. A Shaun Tait delivery was clocked at 100mph at Lord’s in

July 5, 2010 Australia / England

Craig Kieswetter, Shaun Tait and marketing brave new England

< 1 minute readWhen we suggested that Australia’s current one-day team wasn’t its strongest, people took this as making excuses on their behalf. We’re not a naysayer when it comes to this England one-day side. We’re just pleading for perspective. For example, when Shaun Tait didn’t play, England lost 12 wickets in two

July 3, 2010 Extras

John Howard ICC vice-presidency bid – Mani reacts

< 1 minute readTo some people, Mani is Ehsan Mani, former president of the ICC and a man who once mistakenly shook hands with special correspondent Dad. To us and to many of our generation, Mani is ex-Stone Roses bassist, Gary Mounfield, now with Primal Scream and also working on Peter Hook’s hilariously-named