Zaheer Khan and James Anderson

2 minute read We’re all pretty lucky, you know. For the next few weeks, we’re going to get Zaheer Khan one innings and then James Anderson the next. It’s like our metabolism has suddenly allowed us a curry-pizza-curry-pizza diet. No muesli. What follows isn’t really meant to be a comparison. It’s more about

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The James Anderson plan

< 1 minute read England showed us Plan A today – James Anderson beheads the innings with the new ball and then returns to sweep away the ankles with the second new ball. But you’re aware how fragile it is. Today it worked, but even after taking three wickets in 2.1 overs, Australia still

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Listen to the tin!

< 1 minute read Unsure how to approach opening the bowling in the Ashes? Simply consult ‘the tin’. “Jimmy does what it says on the tin – he swings it both ways at pace with the new ball.” – Peter Moores The tin is clearly very wise.

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James Anderson gets hurt by the ECB

< 1 minute read Complete this well-known phrase: “You boys stop fighting or someone’s going to get…” The ECB are normally so keen to cotton wool their cricketers that the poor sods can barely take a slash without someone checking they don’t direct the stream into their own eyes, blinding themselves. With that in

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James Anderson and swing bowling

< 1 minute read We’ve heard some odd things during this Test match, all of which revolve around the fact that the Duke cricket ball swings more than the Kookaburra used in Australia. Apparently This year’s Dukes swing more than the ones used last year as well. The implication is that James Anderson’s blistering

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Jimmy Anderson sullied by marketing

< 1 minute read Jimmy Anderson’s been signed up by everyone’s favourite overexposed cricket bat brand, Mongoose. All you need to know is that the designer thinks that Anderson’s bowling is “an ideal brand fit for Mongoose”. Imagine what state your soul would be in if you worked somewhere where people regularly said things

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