< 1 minute readWorried that Test matches aren’t selling out? Make tickets a bit cheaper. You can make other changes – maybe allow people to bring a few beers in, stuff like that – but basically it’s just too expensive. It’s 40-odd quid for the cheapest ticket at the Oval. Whether it’s down
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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.
Looking too far forward to the Ashes
3 minute readIf England are playing cricket, we’re supporting them. That’s the rule. However, if it came down to it, we’re wondering whether a Pakistan win in the third Test might not be the worst thing in the world. Why? Because of the Ashes. It’s almost Monday We know someone who sometimes
Continue readingGraeme Swann, his cat and drink driving
< 1 minute readAnother day, another cricket story where all the most important facts are being omitted. Graeme Swann’s defence for being caught driving while slightly under the influence at 3am was that he had to go and get some screwdrivers from Asda because the cat was caught under the floorboards. So many
Continue readingTwenty20 Finals Day 2010 match reports
2 minute readApologies to all of you in the match report queue, but we’ve for once decided to publish a report at roughly the right time. If you’re worried that we’ve changed, we’d like to emphasise that this step has been taken purely because we can’t be arsed writing anything today. Mel
Continue readingThe mascot race on Twenty20 finals day 2010
< 1 minute readWe missed Twenty20 finals day this year. We’ve read loads of reports, but we haven’t found the most important piece of information. Who won the mascot race? How did Lanky do?
Continue readingIs this pitch spongy, Dhoni?
< 1 minute readMS Dhoni said that New Zealand beat India by 200 runs in a one-day game because the pitch was a bit spongy. We presume he meant it was like the sponge above, rather than being like those jelly creatures that race along the sea floor at speeds of up to
Continue readingShould they stop playing ODIs?
< 1 minute readMartin Crowe says they should stop playing one-day internationals (ODIs). Do you agree? We can’t honestly say that we pay much attention to ODIs – even England’s – but set against that, we do have great memories of 50-over World Cups. The Twenty20 World Cup is hugely entertaining, but we’re
Continue readingDurham 2nd XI v Surrey 2nd XI match report
2 minute read668 writes: I started at Newcastle station. “A day return to Seaton Carew, please” “Why do you want to go there?” the ticket guy quizzed me, with genuine amazement and some concern. “Umm, to watch some cricket.” “So you’re not taking a kayak ride then?” “No,” I said. “There is
Continue readingAn eventful innings and some uneventful innings
< 1 minute readWe’ve covered both while whoring ourself out to other people this week. Kevin Pietersen’s blindingly haphazard knock over at the Wisden Cricketer Some earth-shatteringly tedious knocks over at Cricinfo The Cricinfo one features someone called MCG Gladlyaddled-Smeethington drinking brandy in the sixth tiffin break, if that makes the article sound
Continue readingEngland bowling teams out – how do you feel about it?
< 1 minute readSome England supporters seem upset when their team bowls a side out for double figures. Pakistan are our second favourite side and we want to see them become stronger, but frankly they can do all their run-scoring against other teams. When England are taking wickets as greedily as Mark Cosgrove
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