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June 9, 2009 Australia

What can Australia do with their fortnight off?

< 1 minute readHaving had a couple of turd matches, Australia find themselves knocked out of the World Twenty20. Before playing Sri Lanka, Ricky Ponting joked about how they weren’t considering failure because the alternative, a fortnight in Leicester, was too horrific to contemplate. Quite apart from the fact that Sri Lanka are

June 8, 2009 England / Extras

Meet Darren Gough

< 1 minute readThis is the second competition to meet a cricketer. It is appearing here largely because we want to publish a picture of Darren Gough with a pork pie in his hand. The competition is over at The Mirror. The prize is actually pretty damn good: tickets to the first two

June 8, 2009 Extras / India

Meet Sachin Tendulkar

< 1 minute readIt’s probably the World Twenty20 and the Ashes, but we’re getting an insane number of press releases sent to us these days. Today we’re going to tell you about two separate competitions where you can meet a cricketer. This is the first one. It is classy. Sachin Tendulkar is doing

June 8, 2009 England

Taking risks when batting in Twenty20 matches

< 1 minute readEngland should have learnt a major lesson from their first two matches in the World Twenty20. Against the Netherlands, they thought they were the better team and thought that if they didn’t make any mistakes when batting, they’d win. You don’t win Twenty20 matches by not making any mistakes. You’re

June 7, 2009 England

How can we convince England they’re not losers?

2 minute readWe wrote this for a grown-up website, but they didn’t want it, so we’re fobbing it off on you lot instead… Dress them in orange and change their names From the Pavilion End, James Van Andersen; and from the Nursery End, Stuart den Broad. Feed them spinach Tell them it’ll

June 6, 2009 Australia / West Indies

Chris Gayle is awesome at Twenty20

< 1 minute readAmid all the furore when Chris Gayle said he wouldn’t be all that sad if Test cricket died, one key fact slipped into the background: Chris Gayle is phenomenally good at this form of the game. Why wouldn’t he prefer it? Gayle is an exceptional Twenty20 batsman. Arguably the best

June 6, 2009 Associates

Darron Reekers – Netherlands opening batsman and short-term cult hero

< 1 minute readIs there anything on earth that can’t be improved by the presence of a fat man who achieves his ends using amateurism and brute force? No, of course there isn’t. Think of Walter in The Big Lebowski. “You see what happens, Larry? You see what happens?” Incidentally, here’s a surreally

June 6, 2009 England

When Holland beat England in the Twenty20 World Cup

< 1 minute readThat was a good finish. You can keep your sixes. You can keep your big name players. You can keep your England-remaining-in-a-major-tournament-for-more-than-five-minutes. Produce a finish like the one in today’s match and cricket’s the best sport in the world. Nerves, misfields, a yo-yo run rate and a huge upset off

June 5, 2009 County cricket

The greatest post of all time

< 1 minute readYou should all thank SimonC for this in the comments.

June 5, 2009 County cricket

Is this the greatest post of all time?

< 1 minute readNo. This is not the greatest post of all time. This is quite possibly a competitor for the title ‘worst post of all time’. Two hours, people. We’re on the edge of our seat and we’ve seen the thing maybe a thousand times already. You will literally NEVER get bored

Damnit. I'm back to the weird toilet seat thingy again.

Yeah, was expecting the loss of just a wicket or two. Was strangely gratifying to hear a silent crowd at…

Yeah, that one unfolded... rapidly.

Indeed. Unfortunately, I cannot join the ranks of those who provide such reviews on Amazon, as, seven years ago, I…

Meanwhile, despite Bumrah's efforts, great result for another touring side, South Africa in India - incredible match https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/south-africa-in-india-2025-26-1479563/india-vs-south-africa-1st-test-1479571/live-cricket-score

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From Chris ‘Napoleon’ Woakes to unbreakable Mohammed Siraj: 9 moments of pure cricket madness from the final day of a blinding and brutal Test series