< 1 minute readThanks to Sam for pointing this out – although he did make the mistake of saying “Jade Dernbach has got a tattoo on his doing arm,” which is not quite correct. In reality, the tattoo DENOTES the doing arm. Dernbach is merely acknowledging this by choosing to bowl right-handed –
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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.
Links to some non-cricket writing and a bit more background here.
A not-at-all hubristic graph about England’s recent Test form
2 minute readBert writes: Pride comes before a fall, they say. But surely that’s obvious. If you’re ever going to be proud, the time to do it is definitely BEFORE a fall. There’s nothing to be proud about AFTER the fall – you’re too busy being embarrassed and having grazed knees. With
Continue readingSri Lanka slightly taken aback by England attack
< 1 minute readImagine you’re Sri Lanka. You’re four days into the world’s most uneventful bike ride. You’re in the middle of the Nullarbor Plain on a beautiful flat road and you can clearly see that there is nothing threatening for 50 miles in any direction. You’re tootling along at about 8mph feeling
Continue readingIan Bell’s year – an actual opinion
< 1 minute readDon’t be afraid. We’re experimenting with having opinions. We meant to say it before the first Test – and maybe this isn’t the best timing when he’s on 98 not out – but we think Ian Bell will be England’s best batsmen in the next 12 months. Ashes 2010-11 Bell’s
Continue readingJonathan Trott is relentless
< 1 minute readJonathan Trott is on holiday with his family. They decide to play table tennis – winner stays on. After Trott has won the first 18 games, Mrs Trott quietly suggests that he might like to find a way to let the kids win a couple. Trott says no. After 86
Continue readingChuck Fleetwood-Smiths hit Cricinfo
< 1 minute readWe have to plug the Chuck Fleetwood-Smiths (Jarrod Kimber and Sam Collins, formerly Two Pricks at the Ashes) because Jarrod wore our T-shirt yesterday. We had an extended discussion about Jarrod’s mooted attire earlier in the week, during which we told him about the time a friend had seen us
Continue readingSri Lanka’s bowling attack without Murali
< 1 minute readOur latest Cricinfo piece is picking up rave reviews. cud hav been more funnier!!! Extremely lame. Nothing to laugh at all who is Alex Bowden? I am sure ppl will remember Murali long after him We thought it was one of the better ones. Have a read, see what you
Continue readingPlaying Sri Lanka will be hard work
< 1 minute readA good first day of Test cricket for England, in the sense that it put them straight. Playing Sri Lanka demands perseverance. It demands perseverance so earnest it comes with a pipe and a scowl. If Sri Lanka’s feisty wins in their warm-up matches hadn’t got the message through to
Continue readingKyle Hogg takes a lot of wickets
< 1 minute readHe took seven, in fact. For 28 runs. That is acceptable. That is very, very acceptable. He’s not quite up there with his grandfather yet, but he made Lancashire’s 328 look as whopping as a medium-sized block of flats, as Hampshire were bowled out for 133. England hold the Ashes,
Continue readingRoyal Challengers Bangalore get another life
< 1 minute readThose who suggest we might have lost track of the IPL during the league phase may have a point. We were at a friend’s house yesterday and he switched on the IPL, asking: “Is this important?” to which we answered, with some confidence: “No.” Turns out it was important and
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