< 1 minute read“You want to know what time it is? There’s an app for that. You want to make a phone call? There’s an app for that. You want your iPhone to remain inactive unless someone phones or texts you? There’s an app for that.” It seemed safe to assume that we
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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.
Out of the Ashes salt in the wounds update
< 1 minute readThese people didn’t win, either because they were too late or in Ireland. We liked their entries though. We asked people to name a non-Test playing nation and say how they’d get them to the 2015 World Cup. V | Finland Finland should definitely be on the list. As there
Continue readingThe greatest one-day series of all time
< 1 minute readWe have done a review of the overly-short seven-match one-day series between Australia and England for Cricinfo – the series that had everything. On the plus side, Luke Wright gets a mention. On the down side, we got disappointingly complimentary comments, which is not what we’re used to at Cricinfo.
Continue readingOut of the Ashes DVD winners 6-10
2 minute readHere are the other winning entries to the Out of the Ashes DVD competition. Everyone else who wants a copy will have to pay money for a copy. We asked people to name a non-Test playing nation and say how they’d get them to the 2015 World Cup. Sarah, Canterbury
Continue readingOut of the Ashes DVD winners 1-5
< 1 minute readHere are the first five winning entries to the Out of the Ashes DVD competition. The other five will appear either tonight or tomorrow, depending on ‘arsedness’ on our part. We asked you to name a non-Test playing nation and say how you’d get them to the 2015 World Cup.
Continue readingOut of the Ashes extra scenes
< 1 minute readWorth watching to see Matthew Fleming getting super-nervy whenever a batsman hits a shot towards the car while he’s coaching at the MCC Cricket Camp in Afghanistan. Win a copy of the DVD: 50 words on how you’d get any non-Test playing nation to the 2015 World Cup Send your
Continue readingWe know how you all feel about change
< 1 minute readWe’re pretty sure that none of you are in favour of change, so apologies for making things look different. Just try and ignore it. If you want someone to blame, blame The Crowe. We got him to do this design for us. We’d link to his website, but he hasn’t
Continue readingIf only there were an eighth one-day international between Australia and England
< 1 minute readWhat is the greatest mark of quality for any given one-day international? We’ve always thought that if a game features four wicketkeepers, that’s a pretty good sign. During the seventh one-day international between Australia and England, that dream was finally realised. In many ways, this match represented a high water
Continue readingWin Out of the Ashes on DVD (UK residents only)
< 1 minute readTo be in with a chance of winning one of 10 copies of Out of the Ashes on DVD, simply name a non-Test-playing nation and in 50 words or fewer explain how you would get them to the 2015 World Cup. Funniest and most colourful answers win. Don’t put your
Continue readingSpot fixing bans and second chances for Amir, Asif and Butt
2 minute readPeople are idiots. That’s a rule that pretty much always stands up to scrutiny. Put people in a position where there’s a choice to make and they will naturally veer towards the stupid option by default. Even so, some options are sufficiently stupid that most of us don’t take them.
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