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June 4, 2009 County cricket

It’s your birthday tomorrow and it’s Christmas tomorrow AND that girl off that television advert that you’ve got a thing for has got something planned for you too

< 1 minute readMaybe you’re feigning indifference. Maybe you think you’re above it all. Maybe you genuinely don’t care. It matters not a jot. We are going to RAIN CAPITAL LETTERS DOWN UPON YOU in the build-up to the greatest post of all time. It is being published TOMORROW at midday to mark

June 4, 2009 England

Openers in Twenty20 cricket

< 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

June 3, 2009 County cricket

Making fun look as cheery as an Eastenders highlights DVD

< 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

June 3, 2009 Uncategorised

Cricket bloggers – advice about covering the Ashes | part one

< 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

June 2, 2009 County cricket

Friday at midday – be there (here)

< 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

June 1, 2009 Extras

Cricinfo’s new design

< 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

June 1, 2009 Australia / England

A reason and a half why England have already won the Ashes

< 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

May 31, 2009 Uncategorised

The Australian cricket team has landed

< 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

May 29, 2009 Uncategorised

A cricket bat invading a rival sport

< 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

May 28, 2009 Uncategorized

The Mongoose cricket bat means business

< 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