2 minute readSticking with World Cup songs, Bert writes: All proper World Cup campaigns, no matter what the sport, need a World Cup Song, but in the past I think teams have made a tactical mistake. All these songs tell of hope and excitement, of the chance of winning, no matter how
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Otherwise known as Alex Bowden, a lapsed cricket journalist who has written for ESPNCricinfo, wisden.com, Cricket 365, The Cricketer and plenty of other places.
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What has the East Asia-Pacific region ever done for cricket? THIS!
< 1 minute readHowe drew our attention to another official song, saying: “Perhaps deserves a post of its own.” You’re not wrong, Howe. Our favourite line is: “Everyone can win it. From the team of PNG to someone else.” Who says the East Asia-Pacific region hasn’t made its mark on the cricket world?
Continue readingMop-up of the day – tails and knees
2 minute readFirst up, tail-enders. They’re ace, but they’re a dying breed. Blame professionalism. Now we love lower-order shenanigans as much as the next person, but the key word there is ‘shenanigans’. A textbook forward defensive stroke is not a shenanigan. These are shenanigans. A tail-end innings should bring all the fun
Continue reading1992 Cricket World Cup theme song
< 1 minute readWe try and avoid video-based updates because we always consider people skiving work to be our main audience. It’s hard to convince your boss that you’re working when they can hear a video playing on your computer. That said, this is too good to miss. Has rock ever come any
Continue readingT20 World Cup final match report
2 minute readTom writes: I sort of watched the T20 World Cup final. Here is roughly what happened. A motley crew of myself, and myself’s pals William, Lottie and Millie assembled at my house for the purposes of watching something approximating cricket. This was convenient for me as it is closer to
Continue readingMop-up of the day – heads and faces
2 minute readCan New Zealand do what Australia couldn’t and give Pakistan a decent Test match? Brendon McCullum’s already made a major contribution to his team’s cause in the second Test by winning the toss. We don’t actually know whether McCullum went for heads or tails or whether he just passively watched
Continue readingMop-up of the day – legs and hands
< 1 minute readOur latest Kings of Cricket piece is up on the All Out Cricket website. The subject is Paul Collingwood. Bear with us. We think we’ve made our case. It’s mostly about his magical magnetic hand, but there’s more to it than that. Consider it a paean to three-dimensionality; an ode
Continue readingThey call Rohit Sharma ‘Nohit’ – the meaning of big numbers
2 minute readThat nickname seems a tad unfair, no? The guy’s just made his second one-day international double hundred. In 50 overs, that demands a phenomenal scoring rate, but it’s interesting to note that Rohit Sharma played himself in. Here’s the breakdown of his innings: 50 off 72 balls 100 off 100
Continue readingMop-up of the day – rail and radar
< 1 minute readA lot of people were going for the ‘we can land a robot on a comet but we can’t get the trains to arrive on time’ line of reasoning yesterday. Just to let you know, it’s not the same people. Different people are responsible for space missions and rail travel.
Continue readingMop-up of the day – bones, Bangladesh batsmen and battery
< 1 minute readIs MS Dhoni’s arm made out of just one super fast-growing bone? We’re imagining an ever-extending protuberance that requires regular pruning based on the following from Cricinfo: “On the eve of the meeting, a BCCI insider revealed that Dhoni was recovering from a “right forearm” injury. By the time the
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