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June 15, 2010 Pakistan

Shahid Afridi might smash a hundred

< 1 minute readWith Shahid Afridi, it’s not about what will happen; it’s about what might happen. Pakistan might need 20 an over, but if Shahid Afridi has got a bat in his hand, that’s not beyond the realms of possibility. In order to maintain this feeling, Afridi occasionally needs to do something

June 15, 2010 England

James Anderson can’t be arsed with Australia ODIs either

< 1 minute readHe doesn’t say that explicitly, but that’s the gist. “It would be a perfect time to be playing for our counties in the Twenty20 competition, especially while the two overseas players are involved, but it’s out of our hands and we have five one-dayers against Australia to try and cope

June 14, 2010 Cricket computer games | reviews, previews and downloads | PC, Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, Wii

International Cricket Captain 2010 free download

< 1 minute readInternational Cricket Captain 2010 is now available for download. You get a two-day free trial. Or you could just buy it from Amazon. For the cheapskatey among you – which is pretty much all of you – you can get last year’s version for under £6. The 2009 version has

June 13, 2010 South Africa

Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel add chilli, thyme and allspice

< 1 minute readAny sign that fast bowling’s back in fashion is good, but does the victim have to be the West Indies? Dale Steyn took 5-29 and Morne Morkel took 4-19. Great stuff, but you feel bad for who’s on the receiving end. It’s like eating lamb. It’s delicious, but it’s best

June 11, 2010 Extras

Friends Provident T20 – keeping the enthusiasm

< 1 minute readAs Marcus Trescothick said after the first match: “One down; 15 to go.” We’ve written about how you can fight the effects of viewer burnout over at Cricinfo. It’s quite a short piece, you’ll be pleased to hear.

June 10, 2010 England

Of course Craig Kieswetter’s in the England one-day team

< 1 minute readThe BBC go with ‘Craig Kieswetter keeps England one-day spot’. Cricinfo have got ‘Craig Kieswetter and Ian Bell earn ODI calls’. In what world is this news? Craig Kieswetter hit a hundred in his last one-day international and was man of the match in his last Twenty20 international – the

June 9, 2010 Match report

England v Sri Lanka, ICC World T20 semi-final match report

2 minute readGed writes: A week or so before the match, I e-mailed King Cricket for some advice: “I find myself on business in Manchester Thursday/Friday and have engineered an early evening gap in my activities Thursday so I can see most (at least the closing stages) of England’s T20 semi final.

June 8, 2010 Cricket computer games | reviews, previews and downloads | PC, Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, Wii

IC 2010 video preview

< 1 minute readMassively disappointed that this isn’t an International Cricket Council backstab simulator. That joke worked better before we realised it was ‘IC’ and not ‘ICC’. We get a penny every time a new person watches this. We’re thinking about buying ourself some crisps later in the year. To be honest, we’re

June 8, 2010 Pakistan

Overturning Shoaib Malik’s ban was the best decision

< 1 minute readWe’re using ‘best’ to mean ‘funniest’ there. Of all the player punishments to have been reversed by the PCB in the last few weeks, the reasoning behind the Shoaib Malik decision was the best. Lest we forget, Shoaib Malik was banned for a year for being a negative influence on

June 7, 2010 Match report

England v Bangladesh match report

2 minute readWe write: After several days of maft, day three of the second Test between England and Bangladesh began with wet sunlight. It dried up mid-morning and upon arriving at Old Trafford just after 1pm, we were delighted to see that there was a Wainwright Cask Ale Tent. We paid it

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Well said. I'm skirting the edge of churlishness regarding McCullumism when I say this but I have some sympathy for…

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Sky Sports has boiled its Ashes coverage down to its purest and greatest form: Mike Atherton and Nasser Hussain standing there talking about what’s gone wrong

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