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February 21, 2010 Extras

A toucan taking guard in a Test match

< 1 minute readIf you want to hear our latest failed attempt to get our words out without laughing, listen to Andy Zaltzman’s World Cricket Podcast. It’s a war we’ll always wage, but will seemingly never win. This week’s highlight that was left on the cutting room floor was Andy going to answer

February 20, 2010 Bangladesh

Shakib Al Hasan’s first Test hundred

< 1 minute readFour years after we tipped him for greatness, Shakib Al Hasan hit his first Test hundred. New Zealand were on the receiving end and while they won the match, their bowlers took some stick. After dawdling along on nought for an age, Shakib Al Hasan suddenly engaged the long handle

February 19, 2010 India / South Africa

And the number one Test side is…

< 1 minute readTwo frigging Tests. Whose bright idea was it to have a two-Test series between India and South Africa? Don’t tell us that originally there were no Tests scheduled. If you fancy a sandwich and there’s no bread in the house, you don’t go out and buy a single slice of

February 18, 2010 India

Harbhajan Singh defies his series bowling average

< 1 minute readOn the first day of the second Test between India and South Africa, we were being fed series bowling averages. Harbhajan Singh’s was really bad. He was in dire form was the insinuation. To be fair to Harbhajan, South Africa had only had one innings in the series up until

February 18, 2010 Extras

Pay attention everyone: breaking cricket bat sticker news

< 1 minute readBobby K’s been on. In a statement that raises more questions than it answers, he says: “Just so you know, I opted for the blue stickers, because a mate of mine offered to cover the costs.” King Cricket: The world’s foremost source of club-cricketer-bat-sticker-decision related news.

February 17, 2010 Extras

Stan Johnson’s Ashes Tour

< 1 minute readWe don’t know Stan Johnson of Accrington, Lancashire, but any man whose will provides funds for 15 friends and family to travel the world, visiting various cricket grounds, on “Stan Johnson’s Ashes Tour” is all right by us. Stan’s ashes will be scattered at 12 different grounds, from Sydney, Lahore

February 17, 2010 Bangladesh

Mahmudullah – Bangladesh number eight

< 1 minute readNumber eights have played on our mind in recent months. At Cricinfo, we pointed out that there are some serious batsmen at eight these days. At The Wisden Cricketer, we identified Bangladesh as being a prime culprit in this regard. Bangladesh’s number eights have averaged more than the batsmen who’ve

February 16, 2010 India

Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag

< 1 minute readComparison’s probably inappropriate, but Virender Sehwag is more eye-catching than Sachin Tendulkar these days and people get infatuated with the way he plays. As we asked this morning: which is more memorable, a Virender Sehwag double hundred or a Virender Sehwag 15? His achievements are high profile. A couple of

February 16, 2010 India

Virender Sehwag’s batting average

< 1 minute readAfter this latest hundred, Virender Sehwag has a Test batting average of 53.52. That’s very high, but in this day and age, not outlandishly so. You expect Sehwag to average more than that. This is largely because when he’s in form, he’s REALLY in form. He scores twice as quickly

February 15, 2010 India

Good attendance at Eden Gardens

< 1 minute readIt might not have been the Test with the highest attendance at Eden Gardens (thought to be in excess of 120,000), but the second Test between India and South Africa has seen busier stands than Nagpur where the spectators were generally waiting to bat. There are a few stands down