< 1 minute readThat Ian Bell, eh? Rubbish, isn’t he? First he cashes in on a flat deck at Taunton and expects everybody to be all impressed. Then he follows it up with another hundred against the same opponents, as if that’s somehow proving something. You can’t play against Somerset every week, Ian.
Continue reading< 1 minute readA whole host of sites offering free fantasy IPL cricket have sprung up. We’ve entered one and set up a league, which you can join if you want. League members won’t be playing for a cup or even a plate. We’ll be playing for The King Cricket Takeaway Box. It’s
Continue reading< 1 minute readJames Hildreth actually hit three hundreds in succession without being dismissed against the same set of irritated and increasingly despairing bowlers. This is our way of saying that he hit 303 not out against Warwickshire off 338 balls. This time last year, we spent a long time deliberating over whether
Continue reading< 1 minute readLancashire’s batsmen were full-on toss last year. Pretty much the sole exception was Paul Horton. Paul Horton is an opening batsman and that’s a position where Lancashire have been short of class for a while now. He’s also 26, which is pretty reassuring in a side which has had a
Continue reading< 1 minute readThat title’s tongue-in-cheek. You know that, right? You do now. Ian Bell hit 172 for Warwickshire as part of his bid to return to the England side. It’s a handy start and we’d be tempted to get ever-so-slightly agitated about it, if it weren’t for the fact that he scored
Continue reading< 1 minute readEva writes: “This is my cat Harold. Here he is, nonchalantly enjoying a meal. (Don’t question that. Cats can be nonchalant. No-one’s ever questioned a cat’s ability to display indifference.) “In doing this, he made a choice. He chose to ignore the legacy of Michael Vaughan. “He’s actually almost sitting
Continue reading< 1 minute readSimon Jones isn’t one to watch for the reasons you think. A lot of English (and Welsh) cricket supporters think Simon Jones is England’s Imran Khan or something; a master of fast swing bowling who can destroy any batting line-up. On top of his game, he’s a great bowler, but
Continue reading< 1 minute readIn any working relationship, there’s bound to be a degree of friction. The important thing is that you respect each other and are working towards the same goals. If you have completely different characters, that’s okay, but ideally you’ll have at least one thing in common. Fortunately for the Bangalore
Continue reading< 1 minute readWe decided to make Will Smith one to watch this season in August last year. That was before he was made Durham captain. Don’t know whether that will affect him. We’d been keeping an eye on him anyway, but the match that decided it was against Hampshire at Basingstoke. The
Continue reading2 minute readTim Bresnan’s 2007 season saw 34 wickets at an average of 32, accompanied by two hundreds and a batting average of 39. His understated 2008 season saw 45 wickets at 28 and 506 runs at 33. It’s solid stuff. He’s an asset to Yorkshire, but he’s not at the stage
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