< 1 minute readWe’ve never seen Vusi Sibanda before today. It’s good to see a four-eyed cricketer do well. ‘LASIK surgery? LASIK surgery THIS!’ he seemed to say, as he deadbatted another full ball. It was pretty plodding as one-day innings go, but if you’re Zimbabwe, you make your plans and you stick
Continue reading< 1 minute readMichael sent us this: Can you imagine the excitement? A bat that massive and seemingly no fielders – cricket doesn’t get any better than that. Scores would be massive! There’d be boundaries every ball! As we understand it, this is what The People want. We need to brand this form
Continue reading< 1 minute readOf all the many eye-catching features of Eoin Morgan’s batting, it’s one of the least noticeable which is perhaps the most significant. He’s very, very calm. Eoin Morgan is the England one-day batsman you most want to watch, but he’s increasingly the one you most rely on as well. He’s
Continue reading2 minute readPeople won’t watch Test cricket unless there are day-night matches Time zones, Lalit. Time zones. At least half the matches your team plays aren’t in your country. If it’s all about broadcasting rights then one nation’s day-night match is the opposition’s daytime match. We’ve got to admit that day-night Test
Continue reading< 1 minute readCopper Dragon have made a beer in honour of the great Yorkshire and England fast bowler and shite Test Match Special commentator, Freddie Trueman. Having had a pint on Saturday night, we’re sorry to tell you that not all pints of Freddie Trueman are pulled by Dickie Bird, which is
Continue reading< 1 minute readIt’s a great era for run-ups. As well as Friedel de Wet’s bunny-hop, we also have Naeem Islam’s high-step. Just as he’s about to enter his delivery stride, his right leg suddenly tries to knee him in the face. It’s ace. We can only assume that Naeem Islam learnt to
Continue reading< 1 minute readIt’s tricky motivating people. Trust us on this, we’re pretty clued up on the psychopathology of apathy. Earlier in the year, Graeme Smith subtly dissed Dale Steyn because he didn’t think he was pulling his weight, even though Steyn was only just returning from injury. Smith didn’t care about that.
Continue reading< 1 minute readIf Sachin Tendulkar hits exactly 100 and another batsman hits exactly 100, Sachin Tendulkar is top scorer. When Sachin Tendulkar gets bowled, it is only because he can hear the thoughts of wood and one of the stumps has insulted him. The wood only insults him because it is bitter
Continue reading< 1 minute readDue respect to Saeed Anwar, but from the minute Zimbabwe’s Charles Coventry equalled his world record ODI score of 194 against Bangladesh, someone needed to go past it. That someone was Sachin Tendulkar. There are some pretty ordinary batsmen making big scores these days, but Sachin is not one of
Continue reading2 minute readLike Andrew Flintoff, Brett Lee’s had to jack in proper cricket because his body’s had it. Fast bowling’s a mug’s game, but anyone who’s seen our Too Cool mug or our robot mug knows that we love mugs. In many ways, Brett Lee was the perfect Australian fast bowler. He
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