< 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?
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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.
Is 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
Continue readingSalman Butt’s leave | Pakistan batting propaganda
< 1 minute readPretty sure propaganda has to be clearly labelled as such in order for it to be properly effective. In the comments on our last post, Ceci suggested that the Pakistani batsmen believe what they read. With that in mind, we’d like to put this site forward as official Pakistani cricket
Continue readingPakistan’s middle-order – what we want from them
< 1 minute readAs anyone who’s read a newspaper in the last week or so knows, Pakistan have picked a batting line-up made entirely out of number 11s. Apparently, Azhar Ali only started playing cricket in February and Umar Amin was spotted trying to affix his batting helmet to his elbow a couple
Continue readingCounty Championship leaders engage in not-so-titanic struggle
< 1 minute readWith first playing second in the County Championship, it’s a good time for a brief update on the state of the tournament. Nottinghamshire have been the best side this year. They’re second with a game in hand on Yorkshire, who they’re currently battering. This season Yorkshire have been reliant on
Continue readingFreddie Flintoff’s Powerplay Cricket – press release timing failure
< 1 minute read“Play as Freddie Flintoff and become an integral player for England in this fast moving, high scoring arcade cricket game.” That should perhaps read: “Play as Freddie Flintoff and engage in long, soul-destroying rehabilitation programmes that are ultimately unsuccessful. Slowly come to accept that your days as an international cricketer
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