< 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
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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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Matthew 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
Continue readingStanford Twenty20 prize and trophy
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
Continue readingStanford 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
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