2 minute readAn exodus of playing staff has led Worcestershire to make some unusual signings. Their latest recruit is 55-year-old Canadian, James Cameron, who recently directed the hugely successful film, Avatar. “I have always dreamed of being a professional cricketer and I am thrilled to take up this opportunity with Worcestershire.” Cameron
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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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Latest news from the Bangladesh-aren’t-shit camp
< 1 minute readOver the years, we’ve firmly positioned ourself in the Bangladesh-aren’t-shit camp. This is partly because there are fewer people in this camp and that always appeals to us. Mostly it’s because the Bangladesh-aren’t-quite-as-shit-as-you-say-they-are camp doesn’t exist though. You’ve got to pick a side and we’ve chosen ours. Our normal approach
Continue readingMohammad Yousuf given the slow boot
< 1 minute readDespite the fact that there are still a few matches to go on the tour of Australia, Pakistan Cricket Board chairman, Ijaz Butt, has already confirmed that Mohammad Yousuf will not be captain when it finishes. Having to do a job when you already know you’re being made redundant is
Continue readingCricinfo appearance with Andy Zaltzman and an article
< 1 minute readSome of you may have heard us being interviewed on Andy Zaltzman’s World Cricket Podcast over at Cricinfo. We were going to direct you all towards Andy’s excellent fortnightly podcast a few weeks ago, but we knew that we were due to appear and it seemed reasonable to assume that
Continue readingDheeraj Jadhav does the decent thing
< 1 minute readAnd turns rubbish as soon as we draw attention to him. Dheeraj Jadhav, playing in the quarter-final of the Duleep Trophy, was dismissed for 28 by Sanjay Bangar today. You may remember Sanjay Bangar from decades such as ‘the Eighties’.
Continue readingWhen Freddie Became Jesus by Jarrod Kimber | book review
2 minute readFirst, a disclaimer: we went to Jarrod’s wedding. Set against that is the fact that he’s Australian, so we probably average out as being impartial. People always talk about the swearing and the sex references when they talk about Jarrod’s writing. Jarrod himself often plays up to this, but he’s
Continue readingDheeraj Jadhav hitting hundreds for fun
< 1 minute readShould probably write about Bangladesh v India or the IPL auction or something. Have decided to do a follow-up to a 2006 post about Dheeraj Jadhav instead. If you read that post, you’ll see that in 2005 we tipped Gautam Gambhir for great things, but only to ourself. Being as
Continue readingAlastair Cook: future England captain
2 minute readWe appreciate England’s desire to identify the next England captain in advance, but why has Alastair Cook been chosen? Warning: this article may contain some petty, bigoted views about certain strands of British society Leadership attributes There is no standout candidate to be the next England captain, yet England have
Continue readingTours of Bangladesh are real tours
< 1 minute read“They can’t beat us in Test matches. They can surprise you in ODIs but not in Tests.” So said Virender Sehwag about Bangladesh before his side fell to 213-8 on the first day. Presumably Sehwag saw this coming as well as an almost infinitely better second innings in which India
Continue readingWhat can England take from the South Africa tour?
< 1 minute readA lesson in momentum: South Africa will take momentum from winning this last Test handsomely. England will take momentum from drawing a series they truthfully expected to lose. Everyone’s a winner. Such is momentum in cricket. England can take quite a lot of pride after winning the one-day series, saving
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