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October 27, 2009 England

England’s next generation of Test players

< 1 minute readHow are the next generation of England cricketers going to get the experience they need now that the Home Office has brought in legislation that targets Kolpak players? How will young South Africans get the necessary experience of English conditions to help them earn their place in the Test side?

October 26, 2009 England

James Anderson knows the rules

< 1 minute readWe saw an article titled ‘Anderson wants to captain England’ and we immediately thought: ‘He’ll be lucky’. We thought this for the exact same reasons that Anderson himself thought it: “As a fast bowler and from the North, I suppose I’m very unlikely to get a look in.” This is

October 25, 2009 India

Harbhajan Singh can bat

< 1 minute readPerennially sulky, team-mate-slapping off-spinner, Harbhajan Singh, played some demented shots in hitting 49 off 31 balls in a heroic but doomed bid to win the first one-day international against Australia. Praveen Kumar was a handy sidekick, hitting 40 not out off 32. Harbhajan enjoys batting against Australia. If you’re due

October 24, 2009 Australia

Brett Lee can bat

< 1 minute readWe knew this. Lee hit 48 off 31 balls, which went a long way towards helping New South Wales win the Champions League Twenty20. He took a couple of wickets too. We’re not sure that ‘wanting him in Australia’s Test side’ is really acceptable, so we’re not going to tell

October 24, 2009 New Zealand

Daniel Vettori’s heartfelt support for Andy Moles

< 1 minute readBy all accounts the New Zealand players liked Andy Moles, who’s just resigned from his position as their coach. However, being liked isn’t really the whole job. It was fairly obvious that Moles was going to have to go after Daniel Vettori was asked whether the New Zealand players were

October 23, 2009 India / West Indies

Dwayne Bravo makes amends and ushers Trinidad and Tobago into the Champions League Twenty20 final

< 1 minute readIn the second Champions League Twenty20 semi final, Trinidad and Tobago’s Dwayne Bravo took 0-46 off three well-spanked overs against Cape Cobras. No matter. He promptly hit 58 off 34 balls to help T&T waltz home. The Dwayne Bravo off-side thock made a couple of appearances. In many ways this

October 22, 2009 County cricket

It’s almost as if next season’s English domestic one-day tournament isn’t uppermost in your minds

< 1 minute readIf we let every wall of indifference we came up against stop us, we wouldn’t be where we are today. Admittedly we’re nowhere today, but we’ve got over more than our fair share of walls of indifference to get here. We’re sensing a wall of indifference from King Cricket readers

October 21, 2009 County cricket

County cricket 40-over one-day tournament format

< 1 minute readThe ECB Recreational XI are the 21st side involved in county cricket’s 40-over competition next year. They were needed because how else could you have three leagues of seven teams playing each other home and away with the winners of each league and the best second-placed side going through to

October 21, 2009 Match report

Another match report from Old Trafford Cricket Ground

2 minute readBert writes: WARNING – This match report contains some mention of the actual cricket. Trust me, it’s relevant. Those who are easily upset should discard this report now. Bert Jr and I returned to Old Trafford on day four. This time, we sat in the pavilion. At lunch some rather

October 20, 2009 County cricket

Name the ECB Recreational XI

< 1 minute readThe ECB got all their figures wrong for next year’s 40-over tournament and found they were one team short. They’ve solved this by creating the ‘ECB Recreational XI’ – a provisional name for a side made up of cricketers without county contracts. Being as the ECB Recreational XI is a