< 1 minute readWe’ve written before about how important wicketkeepers are in Twenty20, but arguably the most important positions are your opening batsmen. A single batsman can win you a game of Twenty20. A single bowler probably can as well – just about – but they only do their thing for four of
Continue reading< 1 minute readIf you think by failing to engage us, you’re going to discourage us, you’re kidding yourselves. If you think your silence is going to avert an excruciatingly unnecessary, day-by-day countdown, you’re wrong. It is two days until Rob Key plays for England in the Twenty20 World Cup. It is two
Continue reading< 1 minute readWith the Ashes on its way, the internet will see a huge number of cricket blogs being started in the next month or so. Most will die on their arses within a few weeks, but some will stick around. We’ve been doing this since January 2006 and in new media
Continue reading< 1 minute readFriday is a very special day. Friday is a very, very special day. Friday is the day when Rob Key represents England in the World Cup. At this point in time, we’re not even considering the slight possibility that he might not play. If he doesn’t play in the warm-up
Continue reading< 1 minute readCricinfo has changed. This is likely to be of at least some significance to you as someone who follows cricket online. What’s your opinion on the change? ESPN The first thing that struck us is that Cricinfo has been ‘acquired’ by ESPN. You have to say ‘acquired’. We don’t know
Continue reading< 1 minute readSwing bowling Give an Australian bowler the solidified lump of blancmange known as a Kookaburra cricket ball (which is used in Australia) and he’ll pound in and bowl at off stump until the batsman deliberately misses one to save himself from the boredom. Give an Australian bowler an English Duke
Continue reading< 1 minute readImpartiality is a worthy quality, but as of this minute our love-hate relationship with many of Australia’s players has clarified into a hate relationship. There might be a World Cup before the first Test, but let’s be honest, this Ashes series has started. It began the minute our pensioner-skinned cousins
Continue reading< 1 minute readSam writes: Please find attached a picture of a cricket bat in an unusual place, namely being used as a cue in a game of pool. In an attempt to educate our co-worker Vita in the ways of King Cricket, we equipped her with said blade and sent her in
Continue reading< 1 minute readSpecifically, it intends to attend meetings and conferences, do Powerpoint presentations and take care of ‘the bottom line’. Whatever that might mean. The Mongoose is a cricket bat that looks like it’s got a ridiculously long handle, but actually it’s just that the main bit’s shorter. The thinking is that
Continue reading4 minute readYou have to write in some detail when you do a book review, but in our eyes there are two main types of books. There are books that you enjoy and there are books that you have to force yourself to read. We enjoyed What I Love About Cricket and
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