2 minute readWe’re reviewing Ashes Cricket 2009 at the moment. It’s actually pretty good, although we’re going to play it a bit more to check there’s no massive flaws that ruin the illusion. There was a slower ball bouncer in the original Brian Lara Cricket which would clean bowl cowering batsmen every
Continue reading< 1 minute readWe’ve written some more about 50-over cricket for The Wisden Cricketer. If you’re bored this afternoon, this is all you’re getting off us, so it’ll have to do. It’s not a bad piece of work – probably at least a 6/10 and maybe even a 7/10.
Continue reading< 1 minute readThe unstoppable fun train is careering around the UK during summer 2010 and no mistake. England will play no fewer than 13 one-day internationals. This commitment to 50-over cricket has been reinforced by the ECB’s parallel decision to not play any 50-over county cricket ever again. Instead, county cricketers will
Continue reading3 minute readLemon Bella writes: Indian Skimmer and I went to Twenty20 finals day at Edgbaston. It didn’t go well. In retrospect, we think we were punished for going against our principles and attending a match at Edgbaston. We have a history with Edgbaston. Edgbaston hates us and we hate Edgbaston. First
Continue reading< 1 minute readFollowing Andrew Flintoff’s Test retirement, Steve Harmison is now making rumblings about leaving the international game. He says his body couldn’t last the 18 months that would take him up to the next Ashes series. Steve Harmison is 30 years old. Flintoff has been in hospital about once a fortnight
Continue reading< 1 minute readThe thing about Australians is that when it comes to the crunch situations, they’ve got no backbone. It’s because of how they’re brought up. They’ve got a gentle, sunny climate, they’ve got a high standard of living and they’re all too well off. They don’t have to endure any hardships,
Continue reading< 1 minute readThe Swann v Hauritz 2010 Ashes T-shirt from the King Cricket shop: Available in various colours, with ringer and long-sleeved options. Prices start at £12 for the value white version. It’s the perfect T-shirt for the 2010 Ashes. Buy it here.
Continue reading< 1 minute readBert writes: I have a standing bet of twelve bottles of red wine on the Ashes with an Aussie mate, so I sent him this picture this morning – nothing else, no comment, no title. I find that gloating is best done in a minimalist way.
Continue reading2 minute readIt’s the shape of a club with nails sticking out of it and he’s clumping towards Australia with it, looking like Daniel Day Lewis in Gangs of New York (although Strauss hasn’t got the nauseating stench of an unbearably dull film accompanying him). It seems such a long, long time
Continue reading< 1 minute readWhen Australia first landed in the UK, we renounced level-headed reportage in favour of mindless jingoistic cheerleading. Many of you might have thought that this reached a peak when we asked ‘are England going to win the Ashes?‘ last week and concluded ‘yes, of course they are’. But they did,
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