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July 3, 2008 County cricket

Martin van Jaarsveld thrives under his captain

< 1 minute readNot literally under his captain. That would be painful, even allowing for Rob Key’s new, racing snake physique. Against Surrey, Martin van Jaarsveld hit two unbeaten hundreds and took 5-33, even though he’d never taken more than two wickets in an innings before. When asked what precipitated this rare spell

July 3, 2008 Pakistan

For this forfeit, you get a drawn Test

< 1 minute readUmpires accuse Pakistan of ball-tampering. Pakistan refuse to play in protest. After an investigation, Pakistan are found not guilty of ball tampering, but Inzy is banned for keeping his side off the field, so they’re saying that while he was right, he was also wrong. Now the match is being

July 2, 2008 County cricket

The Durham bowling attack

2 minute readWe’ve come up with an ingenious plan that will make England’s bowling attack the envy of the world: tell each of the bowlers that he’s playing for Durham. Seriously. Tell someone – anyone – that they’re playing for Durham and they’ll take wickets. The presenters of Loose Women could take

July 2, 2008 County cricket / England

Who is Jade Dernbach?

< 1 minute readHe is both a cad and a bounder and you should beware his dandy ways. We’d say that Jade was a girl’s name if it were, in fact, a name at all. 24 first-class wickets at 40.62 and somehow he bowled Rob Key first ball. Some facts about Jade Dernbach:

July 1, 2008 County cricket / England

Tim Bresnan crosses the line

< 1 minute readIt’s okay – it’s a good line. It’s the line you have to cross to get written about on King Cricket. Tim Bresnan has been having one of those quietly productive seasons in which our Ones To Watch seem to specialise. Despite having taken more wickets than anyone else in

July 1, 2008 Sri Lanka

Benevolent Uncle Sanath scythes on

< 1 minute readTell you what we like in cricket: we like people who made their names doing one spectactular thing in particular to do exactly that thing only at a slightly advanced age. For example, you might say to a cricketing newcomer: “This is Sanath Jayasuriya. He’s famous for scoring runs ludicrously

June 30, 2008 Extras

Yes, they really are letting us do that and no, we don’t know why

< 1 minute readWe’re doing some writing on The Wisden Cricketer website as part of our Care in the Community rehabilitation scheme. It’s okay – we’re being supervised. The Wisden Cricketer is a friend to cricket blogs, so we feel obliged to link to their home page as well as our first blog

June 30, 2008 South Africa

Quote of the year

< 1 minute read“I’ve got a wife and child now and don’t have much time to worry about toilet seats and taping bats to the ceiling.” – Neil McKenzie You know what it’s like when you’re younger and you’re free to do as you please, you can merrily worry about toilet seats to

June 30, 2008 County cricket

Simon Jones mops up the tail

< 1 minute readGive Simon Jones a mop and present him with a flexible rear appendage and he will GET TO WORK. Jones took 5-30 against Leicestershire yesterday, clean bowling eight, nine and ten to finish the innings. It’s not the first time this season he’s bulked up the wickets column by polishing

June 29, 2008 England / New Zealand

England v New Zealand: it’s been…

< 1 minute read…of a lengthy duration. We’re not the kind of cricket site that’s ashamed when we completely overlook an England one-day international and the nineteenth match in a row between England and New Zealand was no time to adopt professionalism. When England were in New Zealand, they won the Tests and