< 1 minute readEmbed from Getty Images “There’s a line that you don’t cross on the cricket field,” said Virat Kohli, shortly after suggesting that the Australians had been looking to their dressing room for help when deciding whether to review decisions or not. You realise what this is, don’t you? It’s an
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Did India give Australia a 1.4 Test head start?
< 1 minute readEmbed from Getty Images It would seem a bit much to give the opposition a 1.4 Test head start in a three Test series. The finish line could be crossed with little more than a trip and a fall. Apparently this is a four Test series though, so perhaps India
Continue readingNathan Lyon transforms into Australia’s Steve O’Keefe
< 1 minute readEmbed from Getty Images Or at least it could be seen that way if Australia didn’t already have a Steve O’Keefe. Nathan Lyon still bowled like one though. You know that classic Steve O’Keefe thing; the one where you go to India and spin them out for under 200? Lyon
Continue readingThe hefty, graceful Inzamam-ul-Haq is slightly older
< 1 minute readEmbed from Getty Images Apparently it’s Inzy’s birthday today. We know this because All Out Cricket linked to an old Kings of Cricket piece we wrote about him on that basis. If recycling content on a Friday because it’s someone’s birthday is good enough for All Out Cricket, well it’s
Continue readingA new source of images – so obviously we just went and found a load of Rob Key photos
< 1 minute readGetty has got a thing that allows us to embed images. They say it’s free to use and entirely legal – although with Getty being famously litigious when it comes to unauthorised use of their photographs, we still feel a little nervous, like they’re luring is into a trap or
Continue readingA poor pitch? And Australia won?
< 1 minute readThe Pune pitch on which Australia beat India was rated poor on the grounds that it gave too much assistance to spinners. This is a paradox. Australia made 260 and 285. Australia did. Australia. Australia, with their leaden hands and their be-aggressive-but-patient-and-show-a-bit-of-mongrel-and-play-in-this-one-specific-way-but-find-your-own-method approach to facing spin bowling. They managed to
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