2 minute readIf you write for a proper newspaper, reporting on county cricket is largely about identifying the English player who did best on the day and then saying that he’s going to get a national call-up before too long. Yesterday, we read a comment from Jos Buttler’s coach at Somerset, Andy
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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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Nottinghamshire are feisty
< 1 minute readSix wickets down in their second innings and Nottinghamshire still had fewer runs than Yorkshire. Steven Mullaney then made 83 and Chris Read 86. The latter was also the score which Yorkshire would then make for the loss of all ten wickets. Nottinghamshire won by 58 runs. We met Steven
Continue readingLasith Malinga’s knee injury
< 1 minute readLasith Malinga’s knee injury is just about bad enough that he can’t play Tests and just about good enough that he can play one-day internationals and the IPL. Sri Lanka feel that this financially lucrative degree of pain could be sorted with some rehabilitative work back home and has therefore
Continue readingWhat happened in Yorkshire?
< 1 minute readRich Pyrah, first-class bowling average of 48, goes for a run-a-ball against the champions but picks up a wicket every other over. This is one of those where the scorecard doesn’t really tell you the story. Having read some match reports, they don’t particularly tell us the story either, so
Continue readingRajasthan Royals sponsorship
< 1 minute readTake a look at these two people: In the West, having tanned skin is a sign of wealth. In India, having pale skin is a sign of wealth. Many Westerners use sun cream so they can be in the sun for longer or smear themselves in fake tan. Many Indians
Continue readingLal Bahadur Stadium in Hyderabad match preview
2 minute readGed writes: The weather is glorious and the people are extremely friendly. They have named a bazaar after my pseudonym – Lad Bazaar is the place in Hyderabad for bangles and boy is it sparkly. Our guide reluctantly takes us to the Lal Bahadur stadium, explaining that the big matches
Continue readingThe art of getting thrashed Somerset style
< 1 minute readIf you’re going to get thrashed, do the job properly. Do it Somerset style. Somerset lost to Warwickshire by an innings and 382 runs. It was an extremely impressive performance from Somerset. Extremely impressive. Any team can concede 642 and any team can then get bowled out for 210, but
Continue readingRob Key, Bono and ‘dot ball’ signs
< 1 minute readThis is the best article we’ve ever written in which a girl faints at the thought of seeing Lancashire chief executive, Jim Cumbes. It is also the best article we’ve written in which Beyoncé tries to associate herself with Rob Key in order to further her career. Read dreaming in
Continue readingThe Cricketer website
< 1 minute readAs a colossal nerd whose interests include cricket and the internet, we’re interested to know what you think about the newly launched The Cricketer website. It’s the bastard offspring of The Wisden Cricketer and Test Match Extra. The latter you might not have heard of because it looked pretty hideous
Continue readingOut with the old Windies players
< 1 minute readThe West Indies have dropped Chris Gayle, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Shivnarine Chanderpaul for the first two of five one-day internationals against Pakistan. Whether this is actually a strong move, we don’t yet know. It depends whether any of them return. The Windies’ coach, Ottis Gibson, has had fairly transparent opinions
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