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February 26, 2009 England

Giles Clarke – this is what we think of you

< 1 minute read“It’s true that I have received a lot of criticism in the media, some of it hysterical and utterly irrational, some of it immensely rude. I discard those people.” Everybody ready? Let’s get discarded. Giles Clarke is the public face of the ECB. He is there to be ridiculed. He

February 25, 2009 West Indies

Momentum in cricket

< 1 minute readChris Gayle knows how important momentum is in cricket: “After the first game, we picked up that momentum but after that disaster at the Sir Viv Stadium and the change of venue, it kind of put us on the back foot.” He also seems to know how quickly you can

February 25, 2009 Regulars

A cricket hat on an unusual head

< 1 minute readThis is more like it. Pictures of cricket bats and cricket items in unusual places to king@kingcricket.co.uk please. Dan writes: Here is my entry for ‘cricket related things in unsual places’. The item in question is Shane Warne’s hat and the unusual place is ‘on my head’. I’m a primary

February 24, 2009 Pakistan / Sri Lanka

Younus Khan hits 300-and-whatever

< 1 minute readYounus Khan is a sublime batsman, but this innings has little to do with that. All this innings has shown us is that Younus has even more concentration and resolve than we thought he had. A triple hundred’s always impressive, but in a match that’s already had two individual double

February 24, 2009 England

Ravi Bopara should be allowed to have a bat

< 1 minute readRavi Bopara or Ian Bell? We’re saying Ravi Bopara. If you’re going to drop someone, you have to do it properly. Ian Bell has been dropped like a hot pan full of cymbals that’s been grasped with bare hands. Bopara might be crap at tiling and even worse at promoting

February 23, 2009 Match report

West Indies v England at Sabina Park match report

< 1 minute read668 Neighbour of the Beast writes: Me and my friend opted for the cheap seats. They were only twice as expensive as a cider at the Oval. As a new travelling supporter, I took an England flag newly purchased from the Notting Hill Housing Trust charity shop. We sat near

February 22, 2009 Pakistan / Sri Lanka

Thilan Samaraweera averages WAY more than 40

< 1 minute readEngland’s batsmen are very fond of telling anyone who’ll listen how they all average over 40, like it’s a benchmark for greatness. Maybe it was 10 years ago, but not now. Take Thilan Samaraweera for example. Here’s a very decent Test batsman, but by no means a great. In the

February 20, 2009 West Indies

Allen Stanford can be found through the simple method of conspicuously dropping some change

< 1 minute readYou probably saw yesterday that Mexican authorities had a mooch around one of Stanford’s private planes. There were some cheques in there which were allegedly related to the Gulf cartel, Mexico’s most violent gang. Now the media are hinting that Allen Stanford is involved in money laundering. As we said

February 19, 2009 England / West Indies

West Indies cricket not so flimsy

< 1 minute readSome people think that the West Indies are a team who buckle, like a belt. People think they fold, like a clean pair of trousers. But this West Indies team stood defiantly like a man who can’t find his belt or his trousers and doesn’t care about that fact. He

February 19, 2009 Uncategorised

A cricket bat in an ordinary place – twice

< 1 minute readWe’re getting closer, but we’re still not quite there. Send pictures of bats (or whatever) in unusual places to king@kingcricket.co.uk Joe says: “Here’s a picture of my cricket bat. It isn’t really in an unusual place – my hallway. It is, however, in two places at once, which I think