< 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
Continue reading2 minute readBert writes: Everyone in my office is currently all abuzz about the prospect of a Fantasy World Cup. I wondered if anything similar existed for our favourite pastime. Sadly it appears not, so I have felt the need to invent one. Welcome to Fantasy Cricket Administrator League 2010. What you
Continue reading< 1 minute readFirst Ravi Bopara and Charlotte Edwards, now Ashley Giles. Is the King of Spain any better at DIY than those two charlatans? No. You don’t need to know much about plastering to know that Giles isn’t up to the task. Look at his pristine sportswear. What do plasterers look like?
Continue reading< 1 minute readIt’s not exactly on a par with the 221 he hit in a Test match against the West Indies, but Rob Key‘s 261 off 270 balls against Durham today has added a cheese garnish to the plate of cured meat that was England’s World Twenty20 victory. That’s our version of
Continue reading< 1 minute readShit! What are you supposed to do? This is unprecedented. Don’t know about you, but we celebrated by having quite a bad hangover and having to have an early night. Yay! Even more strangely, England were the best team in the tournament. The best team doesn’t necessarily win a Twenty20
Continue reading< 1 minute readWalking through south Manchester last night, we felt very aware of the fact that this World Twenty20 final isn’t particularly registering with the nation. There are England flags on cars and houses, but they’re for the other England World Cup bid. It’s understandable really. This is the more frequent of
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