< 1 minute read No, Monty! Say it hasn’t come to this. In a desperate bid to advance his case for England inclusion, Monty Panesar has been reduced to tampering with scoreboards. 2-20 sounds so much better than 2-120.
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Monty Panesar’s back
< 1 minute read As in ‘returned’. He hasn’t got anklosing spondylitis or anything. We’re frigging delighted about Monty Panesar being in England’s Ashes squad. In a world of cynicism, underperformance and questionable motives, the man who literally jumps for joy at taking a wicket is king.
Continue readingMonty Panesar plays lower standard of cricket to improve confidence
< 1 minute read Surely this won’t help. If Panesar’s in the slips then this is beneath back garden standard.
Continue readingIs Monty Panesar hearing voices?
< 1 minute read Panesar’s current coach at Highveld Lions, Dave Nosworthy, says: “Somewhere along the line he had lost who Monty Panesar is.” This does seem to be the case. Panesar says: “What happened last year is that I had so many external voices to listen to … When I was searching for
Continue readingMonty Panesar to take control of his own mind
< 1 minute read If you’re not in charge of what you’re thinking, just what ARE you in charge of? A recent interview with Monty Panesar reads like a philosophical follow-up to MS Dhoni’s comments that led us to ask: Do you control the mind or does the mind control you? “My mind was
Continue readingMonty Panesar playing for Lions in South Africa
< 1 minute read What, like as a prize or something? No. Highveld Lions are a South African domestic side. So he’s not being paid in big cats then? No. Are you keeping an eye on his performances? Yes. So how’s he been doing? Why haven’t you reported anything? Er, well… he’s been okay.
Continue readingMonty Panesar’s bowling speed
< 1 minute read People say that Monty Panesar bowls too fast and that he doesn’t adapt. People say that he’s a mindless idiot who hasn’t got the potential to develop his game. He’s not moved on as most England supporters would have liked, but people have been going a bit overboard. There’s nothing
Continue readingMonty Panesar to live in Sri Lanka for a bit
< 1 minute read England 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 readingMonty Panesar at Old Trafford
2 minute read It’s been three years since we last went to the Old Trafford Test and didn’t see Monty Panesar take five wickets. Actually, that’s not strictly true. We went to two days of last year’s West Indies Test and on one of the days he only took four wickets. In 2006
Continue readingMonty Panesar’s celebration
< 1 minute read There it is. We haven’t seen much of it this winter, but the grin, run and airborne five got a welcome airing as England won the final Test to take a 2-1 win. Is there a dedicated recipient of the airborne five? It seems to be choreographed well enough that
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