< 1 minute read Andrew Strauss is so painfully sensible, he’s allowed to engage in a bit of nonsense every now and again. Over the last year or so, he’s tended to crave nonsense round about the point that he’s scored 22 runs in a Test match. “The underpants are ironed, the silverware’s nicely
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Andrew Strauss – Test specialist
< 1 minute read Say what you like about the cheap, oversized banquet that is one-day international cricket – at least it gives batsmen a bit of practice for the matches we give a toss about. When Andrew Strauss played one-day cricket, he scored more Test runs. He’s averaged 25.50 since he decided he
Continue readingPietersen, Strauss and recent Test innings
< 1 minute read Kevin Pietersen’s out of form. Andrew Strauss has developed a problem against left-arm pace. Those were the stories at the start of yesterday’s play and the evidence came in the form of their recent Test records. When play did occur, Pietersen looked amazing, but he made the grave error of
Continue readingStrauss v Dilshan sums it up
< 1 minute read When Tillakaratne Dilshan opened the bowling, Andrew Strauss couldn’t get him off the square. This was largely because he couldn’t make contact with the ball. When one of the most experienced batsmen in English cricket finds himself in this position against a part-time off-spinner, you have to ask yourself whether
Continue readingHow many times will England become airborne?
< 1 minute read We only ask because they’re hitting the ground running with alarming frequency. After Ben Hilfenhaus looked forward to a sprint landing last week, some of you questioned our assertion that cricketers no longer know what ‘hit the ground running’ means. Well, consider this new evidence. England’s captain’s had a go
Continue readingAndrew Strauss hits sixes
< 1 minute read 13 sixes in 106 one-day international innings and then he hits five during one knock. Andrew Strauss’s six-hitting has gone up a notch. It’s now at notch one. Not sure what notch Shahid Afridi’s up to, but he’s hit 272 one-day international sixes. Afridi’s probably not got much time for
Continue readingAndrew Strauss’s wedgie handle
< 1 minute read There’s all sorts of odd cricket equipment around these days, but we’ve no idea why someone would attach a handle to their own underwear to better enable them to self-wedgie. [God knows what this image was. It must have been hilarious though.]
Continue readingAndrew Strauss and Mike Gatting have a go at painting
< 1 minute read Not Michael Vaughan style painting. DIY style painting. We all know how rubbish cricketers are when it comes to DIY. Andrew Strauss probably gets a man in to load the next toilet roll. He doesn’t even know which way he’s supposed to face. At least he’s pointing the brush the
Continue readingAndrew Strauss moulds the world into a shape of his choosing
2 minute read It’s the shape of a club with nails sticking out of it and he’s clumping towards Australia with it, looking like Daniel Day Lewis in Gangs of New York (although Strauss hasn’t got the nauseating stench of an unbearably dull film accompanying him). It seems such a long, long time
Continue readingOverly dramatic headline of the week
< 1 minute read The BBC go with “Strauss makes Ashes rallying call”. England’s captain is geeing up the troops with fist-pumping lines such as: “You have to earn the right to be on top in a match and that is why what we did at Headingley was a bit of shocker. We have
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