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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

February 14, 2010 Extras

Growing our brand in other territories

< 1 minute readWe’ve spoken to the King Cricket marketing department and they assure us that Sundays, when no-one’s using the internet, are the best days to have your articles appear on Cricinfo. They’re pretty sure it doesn’t mean that Cricinfo think you’re their worst writer. We’ve done a piece about the Royals

February 12, 2010 Regulars

Several cricket items in a slightly unusual place‏

2 minute readDandy Dan writes: In the Conan Doyle, a pub at the top of Leith Walk in Edinburgh, there is this: Now, before you ask, I have no idea where the third stump is. Or how someone managed to throw a cricket ball at the bat at just the right moment

February 11, 2010 Extras

How much should you spend on a cricket bat?

< 1 minute readBobby K writes: I have just ordered a new bat and been told by the pod shaver that he has a piece that was made for someone else that may suit me. There is however one problem. As a Spurs fan, I am not a major fan of the colour

February 10, 2010 India / South Africa

The South African way of taking wickets in India

< 1 minute readThe South Africans generally get their wickets by having fast bowlers knock the stumps over. This is not the way it’s supposed to work in India. Aside from Dale Steyn’s efforts this week, there was the 2008 match where India were dismissed for 76. On that occasion, Steyn and Ntini

February 9, 2010 India

Everyone’s favourite type of cricket news: branding news

< 1 minute readWe’ve read enough about the Royals branding thing to know that this is classic marketing news: a lot of column inches are being devoted to nothing of any real consequence. Rajasthan Royals are an IPL team. Some other teams are also going to be known as ‘Royals’. They’re going to