< 1 minute readSarah Comma Canterbury sent us these, ‘hot off the camera card’. Ian Botham could learn a hell of a lot from this: Where Botham removed his helmet and opted for a low-visibility tabard, Rob Key has got everything right. Rob Key is better than Ian Botham in every conceivable way.
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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.
The autumnal cricketing wasteland
< 1 minute readIt’s not the English cricket season and it’s not yet the Ashes. People aren’t interested in cricket at this time of year, but that’s why we started this site; for the days when the newspapers don’t feature a single cricket article. The good news is we’ll be ticking over as
Continue readingEvil Monty Panesar improves his bowling figures
< 1 minute readNo, Monty! Say it hasn’t come to this. In a desperate bid to advance his case for England inclusion, Monty Panesar has been reduced to tampering with scoreboards. 2-20 sounds so much better than 2-120.
Continue readingSurrey v Glamorgan CB40 match report
2 minute readWickman from Royal Cricket writes: My sister in law and I are Surrey members so we decided to go to a 40 over game. I’ve only become a member this year, but I haven’t been organised enough to get to the Oval. So I was pretty excited about getting into
Continue readingMonty Panesar’s back
< 1 minute readAs in ‘returned’. He hasn’t got anklosing spondylitis or anything. We’re frigging delighted about Monty Panesar being in England’s Ashes squad. In a world of cynicism, underperformance and questionable motives, the man who literally jumps for joy at taking a wicket is king.
Continue readingChris Tremlett’s back
< 1 minute readAs in ‘returned’. He hasn’t got anklosing spondylitis or anything. We’re generally in favour. Not because he had a good season in that netherland, the second division of the County Championship, but because when he’s bowled for England, he’s bowled a bit like Andy Caddick and Andy Caddick was mint.
Continue readingDoes Eoin Morgan have a girlfriend?
< 1 minute readA lot of people seem to be searching the internet trying to find out whether Eoin Morgan has a girlfriend or not. We can’t say this is something that’s unduly concerned us. However, using our extraordinary ability to put ourself in someone else’s shoes, we have gained an accurate insight
Continue readingWhat Ryan Sidebottom should do next
< 1 minute readGenerally likeable, weirdly tetchy and a world-beater for an oddly unexpected and brief period of time. We’ll miss Ryan Sidebottom now that he’s retired from international cricket. On the plus side, he’s one step closer to that BRILLIANT sitcom we came up with. We’re open to offers.
Continue readingYuvraj Singh is a role model
< 1 minute readThere’s a good interview with Yuvraj Singh at Cricinfo. He’s always struck us as a man who thinks life is largely about wearing sunglasses, but that’s not the way he comes across here. He talks quite thoughtfully about the challenges for young players and how he can offer them advice,
Continue readingUmar Gul and reverse swing
< 1 minute readWe like Umar Gul. He moves like a puppet. That’s always a likeable quality in a person (unless they remind you of Zelda from Terrahawks). Umar Gul is also a brilliant reverse swing bowler. Give him a red ball, he’s mediocre. Give him a new white ball, he’s okay. Give
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