Regulars

Laurence Elderbrook protects the tail

2 minute readThe team decide that they need a more experienced batsman to bat with the tail. The current number seven doesn’t protect the batsmen below him properly, so this is where I, Laurence Elderbrook, come in. It’s an overcast day and our batsmen struggle. Before long the fifth wicket falls. The

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England / South Africa

That’s a win

< 1 minute read6-1 off three overs? That’s a win. We need to be more decisive about things like this. We can’t just say that there was ‘no result’ because there wasn’t much cricket. That’s just laziness. There was plenty of cricket. Three overs is plenty and what we saw was clearly an

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County cricket / England

Graeme Hick retires

2 minute readWe learnt a lot through Graeme Hick. We learnt that nothing’s preordained. We learnt that heroes can let you down. We learnt that huge talent isn’t the sole ingredient for Test success and we learnt that if you mess about dropping and reselecting players it doesn’t help them one bit.

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England

Peter Moores talks balls

< 1 minute readWe mean that how you think we mean it. He’s not been going on about Kookaburras or whatever. Talking about Andrew Flintoff Peter Moores said: “When it gets tight he takes a deep breath and delivers his skills.” Maybe that doesn’t bother you, but all sorts of alarm bells started

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England

England continue to combat pessimism

< 1 minute readAll is not right with the world. England are dominating another side at one-day cricket. Wins are expected and are being delivered. We are in equal parts delighted and utterly horrified that some fundamental element of existence has been reversed. It’s as if gravity were making objects roar skyward or

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Australia

Andrew Symonds crosses the fishing line

< 1 minute readAndrew Symonds has been sent home from Australia’s one-day series against Bangladesh IN DISGRACE after missing a team meeting because he was out fishing. It’s a fairly minor misdemeanor in itself, but it seems there were other incidents which led the Australian hierarchy to question Symonds’ attitude. Unconfirmed rumours emanating

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Regulars

Laurence slots in at six

2 minute readOne of our batsmen has fallen sick, so I am asked to fill in at the pivotal number six position. Nobody else feels up to the task, but I, Laurence Elderbrook, step up. Our top order find the pitch difficult and while they manage to keep wickets in hand, they

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