< 1 minute readShakib al Hasan has played six Tests before this current one against New Zealand, but he hasn’t hit a fifty and before today he was averaging over a hundred with the ball. Not any more. After Bangladesh recovered from a rocky start to their innings to post a mediocre 245,
Continue reading< 1 minute readNo-one’s scored more Test runs than Sachin Tendulkar and after passing Brian Lara’s record, he went on to pass 12,000 runs as well. We’d say that he was the first to do so, but you can probably deduce that easily enough. It is very hard to express the significance of
Continue reading< 1 minute readAs promised, here is the first installment of our new feature where readers ask delusional sociopath, Laurence Elderbrook, whatever question they want and he rambles on about himself for a bit in response. If you’ve a question for the turgid buffoon, email us. First up, Lisa: Is your genius as
Continue reading< 1 minute readStuart Clark’s injured, so arch woodchopper, Peter Siddle, looks set to make his Test debut for Australia in the second Test against India at Mohali. Ricky Ponting said: “He’s a no-nonsense sort of guy and no-nonsense sort of bowler who will run in and deliver what you want him to
Continue reading2 minute readJRod writes: The day started well. I caught the bus to Victoria Station, sat up top and wasn’t stabbed. At Victoria station things started to go bad. I had to wait 15 minutes to find out which platform my train was on, only to find out it was to be
Continue reading< 1 minute readEngland have been taking a more individual approach to player development in recent times and we’re all in favour. Monty Panesar’s going to spend some time playing for the Bloomfield club in Colombo. He’ll get more experience of bowling in subcontinental conditions, but more importantly he’ll be dumped there on
Continue reading< 1 minute readAll aboard the Rob-Key-fielding-different-foodstuffs bandwagon. Sam sent us this in response to Vin’s exquisite piece of Rob Key art. We asked Sam if he had anything to add that might enrich our enjoyment of the picture. Sam said: “Not really, I think the picture speaks for itself. He’s fielding a
Continue reading< 1 minute readThe four Test series between the West Indies and England will feature the umpire challenging system, whereby batsmen can remove one of their gloves, slap the umpire across the face with it and call for lbw shouts to be decided by a duel. Either that or you get a few
Continue reading< 1 minute readStuart Law’s contract has not been renewed. Partly because he’s associated with the ICL, partly because he called Lancashire’s members gin-swilling know-nothings, but mostly because he’s 40 this week. The gin outburst came when Lancashire decided to do away with Dominic Cork and we always suspected that it was as
Continue reading< 1 minute readHere’s a quote from raving metrosexual, Shane Watson: “It’s a good way to challenge them [the Indians], physically and mentally. Not sledging but having an aggressive persona about you – and that’s the way I play my cricket.” Watson’s always saying things like this about how he plays aggressive cricket.
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