2 minute readHow much do you care that this match is for $20million? Would you care ten times as much if it were 20/20 for $200 million? No. Would you balls. So how could Sir Allen Stanford possibly pique your interest? What prize might get you interested in the outcome of this
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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.
Stanford 20/20 – what happens if there’s rain?
< 1 minute readIt’s a shame the Stanford 20/20 for 20 match is floodlit, because a match of this financial magnitude being abandoned because of bad light would be too gloriously hilarious for words. There could be rain delays though and we wouldn’t bet against it. At times cricket can seem wilfully offended
Continue readingStanford 20/20 gimmicks
< 1 minute readIt was only a matter of time before they introduce BIGGER and therefore BETTER balls. But the Miami Vice style attire? That’s a step too far.
Continue reading20/20 for $20million – what is that in pounds?
< 1 minute readWhat will the victors in the Stanford 20/20 for 20 match become? They will become “dollar millionaires” or ‘not real millionaires’ to you – because of course we don’t have dollars in this country. It really brings it home that this isn’t really about you, the supporter and it isn’t
Continue readingLow scores in Stanford Super Series
< 1 minute readThus far scores in the Stanford Super Series have been heading south faster than Boris Johnson after being offered chips and gravy by a whippet in a flat cap. Scores, in order, have been 146, 124, 121 and 109. These aren’t the scores Twenty20 marketers want. They want sixes to
Continue readingNo win no fee cricket
2 minute readNo win, no fee cricket starts today in the shape of the Stanford Super Series, which culminates in a $20million winner-takes-all match between England and the Stanford Superstars next Saturday. We ordinarily support England, so we suppose that we’re supposed to follow them here as well. But why? They won’t
Continue readingMiddlesex v Gloucestershire County Championship match report
2 minute readQuick recap of our submission guidelines for match reports: (1) Don’t mention the cricket. Ged Ladd writes: The weather forecast for day three had looked far from promising all week and so waking up to rain and a dismal forecast came as a disappointment but no surprise. My guest, Charley
Continue readingLancashire sign VVS Laxman
< 1 minute readVVS Laxman is a great player who doesn’t play one-day internationals or Twenty20 internationals. He’s been at Lancashire before and done extremely well and everyone like him. Good signing. It also bolsters Lancashire’s batting, which needs a little bit of enbolsterment right now. Hopefully the enbolstery brought by Laxman will
Continue readingAustralian Test batting averages
2 minute readTell you which two players have scored most runs for Australia over the last ten or fifteen years: Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne. Stick with us on this.
Continue readingDaniel Vettori – the premier slow left-arm all-rounder
< 1 minute readDaniel Vettori took 9-133 in this Test. Shakib al Hasan took 9-116. Daniel Vettori hit 76 in his second innings. Shakib al Hasan hit 71. Daniel Vettori hit 55 not out in his first innings. Shakib al Hasan got five. Daniel Vettori wins. New Zealand win. Shakib al Hasan loses.
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