< 1 minute readWe’re rapidly turning into the authoritative site on Jason Krejza. Here’s what else we’ve gleaned (from comments that have been left on other updates): (1) His brother might well be called George and if he is, he claims to have taught Jason all he knows about cricket. (2) He was
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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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Sourav Ganguly – Test captain and ODI opening batsman
3 minute readSourav Ganguly retires after this Test match and a lot of Indians will be incredibly upset to see him go. In other parts of the world, it might not be quite so apparent why he’s so popular. After all, he averages 42.17 in Tests, which is only ‘very decent’ by
Continue readingTwenty20 finals day 2008 match report
2 minute read668 Neighbour of the Beast writes: For the purposes of cricket tribalism I wore the Durham black training top – it was very hot – but by bringing along civvies-sporting Kent and Essex fans, I spoiled a good half row of Durham colours. The Durham supporters to the right had
Continue readingAnil Kumble retires as India’s top Test wicket taker
2 minute readPeople still slag Anil Kumble off for bowling too fast and not turning the ball. It’s not really the point. 619 Test wickets say that he’s right and they’re wrong. Kumble never spun the ball much – it’s not a recent thing – yet he’s been the best spin bowler
Continue readingMohammad Yousuf joins the ICL
< 1 minute readWell this is a steaming pile of brown stuff. Mohammad Yousuf is probably one of the top Test batsmen in the world and Pakistan have a policy of banning ICL players from the national side. That said, the way the Pakistan Cricket Board found out is quite amusing. They phoned
Continue readingStanford 20/20 VIP party
3 minute readWe were given VIP tickets to a Stanford party at The Living Room in Manchester. We had to wear shoes instead of trainers. Having to wear shoes instead of trainers tends to mean a venue is ‘not our sort of place’. The evening revolved around showing the match on the
Continue readingVVS Laxman hits another double hundred against Australia
< 1 minute read‘VVS Laxman. How would you rate this among your double hundreds against Australia?’ ‘I would say it was the worst’. No-one asked that really, because everyone knows Laxman’s 281 at Eden Gardens is his best innings. With six hundreds against them and an average of 54, Australia must hate VVS
Continue readingStanford Super Series match reports
< 1 minute readThe world of cricket seems to be working itself into a state of rare fervour about the Stanford 20/20 for $20million thing. Cricket’s dead, they say. All plant and animal life too. Probably. We’ve been quite reassured by it all. If absolutely EVERYONE IN THE WHOLE WORLD hates it and
Continue readingMatthew Hayden: the batsman, the weapon, the legend
< 1 minute readMatthew Hayden may have scored 42 runs in four innings, but according to him, it’s the WAY that he’s scored those runs that has been so vital to Australia’s ongoing success… “I think, more than anything, I am such a weapon here, because when I started attacking, they just got
Continue readingGautam Gambhir against Australia
< 1 minute readAnd Gambhir wins! That seems to be the way this is working. It was four years between Gautam Gambhir’s first and second Test hundreds. Now he’s hit two in two innings. He’s basically an attacking batsman who doesn’t feel he HAS to attack, which is pretty much what you want
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