2 minute readTim writes: Riding on the crest of the Ashes wave and generally high both in spirit and days of annual leave to take before September, my good friend Thomas and I decided to go and enjoy the last days of English summertime in a most traditional way; watching men in
Continue reading< 1 minute readNo-one was quite sure what it was, but everyone agreed that it was very clear that the stumps suddenly seemed like they were going to explode. Billy Bowden backed away. Monty Panesar attempted to protect himself with his oversized hands and AB de Villiers just threw himself to the ground.
Continue reading< 1 minute readYou don’t often see cricket bats at weddings. It should happen more often. This wasn’t a normal wedding though. This was the wedding of Miriam and Jrod of Cricket With Balls. They were married at The Oval and the groom wore cricket whites. Send your pictures of cricket bats and
Continue reading< 1 minute readBert writes: A common comment you hear from Australians, is that they lost the 2009 Ashes series because they were “inconsistent”. However, what they have failed to understand is that in cricket, especially Test match cricket, ‘inconsistent’ is a direct synonym for ‘rubbish’. An inconsistent batsman plays a couple of
Continue reading2 minute readGed Ladd writes: Daisy and I thought it would be a nice idea to treat our niece, Lavender (daughter of Daisy’s twin sister, Buttercup) to an evening at Lord’s, with Lavender’s new beau Escamillo, who hails from Lancashire. We have treated the Bristol-based nephews Belmonte and Manolete in the past,
Continue reading< 1 minute readWe’re in Portugal, but we’ve got stuff ready for the week ahead. There’s a cricket bat in an unusual place, two match reports and an email that we quite liked and decided to turn into a post, even though it’s a bit dated now. On a side note, we just
Continue reading< 1 minute readEoin Morgan can play mental reverse sweeps and ping shots into someone’s picnic off the weighty part of his bat, but we’re most impressed by the fact that he seems largely unarsed about playing international cricket. He plays straight, he wanders down the pitch, maybe he edges the ball, but
Continue reading< 1 minute readWe’ve heard that he might be moving to Surrey. That isn’t official, but we figure that if we aren’t going to publish rumours about Rob Key, we might as well just jack it all in and take up ice skating. Much as we’d love to glide majestically across the rink
Continue reading< 1 minute readThe Hindustan Times say they’ve got hold of a ‘vision document’ produced by Indian coach, Gary Kirsten. It advises the players to try and increase their scoring rates (wink, wink, nudge, nudge) on the grounds that this will help create more testosterone that will in turn help the players be
Continue reading< 1 minute readWe’ll be honest with you. The Champions’ Trophy won’t be getting our full attention. Partly we’re a bit tired with the relentless fixture list, partly it’s because England are likely to be toss, mostly it’s because we’re going on holiday next week. So excuse us if there’s a cursory air
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