2 minute readRavi Bopara’s Test tour of Sri Lanka was complete toss, with innings of eight and 34 on his debut preceding a grim duck sandwich, with two golden ducks as the bread and an altogether meatier seven ball duck as filling. On that evidence, some people think they’ve seen the back
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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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Kent v Nottinghamshire County Championship match report
2 minute readWith a bonus Kent v Essex in the Friends Provident Trophy match report thrown in ABSOLUTELY FREE. This continues this week’s theme of our not really writing anything. How long can we keep it up? Lemon Bella writes: Myself and Indian Skimmer saw our first matches of the season this
Continue readingSurrey v Middlesex Friends Provident Trophy match report
2 minute readIf you attend a cricket match this season, please send us a match report. Our submission guidelines are ever-so-straightforward: on no account mention the actual cricket. Miriam opens the season’s reporting: I went to this match after church (yes, how very English of me). Having heard so much about him,
Continue readingAndrew Strauss murders Surrey
< 1 minute readAndrew Strauss hit 163 off 130 balls for Middlesex against Surrey in the Friends Provident Trophy yesterday. Strauss seems to have remembered what hundreds are and is now getting them in boundaries: 23 fours and four sixes equals 116. This isn’t great news for Rob Key, who even if a
Continue readingReplacing Shane Bond
< 1 minute readYesterday, we suggested that Shane Bond adopt a disguise in order to represent his country. It’s okay, he doesn’t need to. Our scouts have identified four young bowlers who could replace the injury-prone paceman for New Zealand. Ceci has found Ryan Shanebondom: And Andrew Webster, of Spun Out fame, has
Continue readingShane Bond highlights cricket’s self harm
< 1 minute readCricket’s short of fast bowlers these days. New Zealand are short of strike bowlers. The upcoming England v New Zealand series is short of stars. Shane Bond’s a fast strike bowler from New Zealand and is unquestionably one of the stars of international cricket. He’s in England right now, he’s
Continue readingBrendon McCullum hits record Twenty20 score in opening match of IPL
2 minute readIf Twenty20, in the form of the IPL, is supposed to be conquering the cricket world, nobody told Ravi Shastri, who was addressing the crowd before the first match between Bangalore Royal Challengers and Kolkata Knight Riders. With an audience already whipped into high fervour, Shastri was given the task
Continue readingWhat being a Kings XI Punjab fan ACTUALLY MEANS
< 1 minute readThis appears in a section entitled ‘team mandate’. Apparently: “We are all Punjabis; by heritage, by birth or by choice.” That’s nice and inclusive and very fortunate when you’re marketing a franchise that doesn’t really have a great deal of regional appeal beyond the name. So we’re Punjabi. Who knew?
Continue readingThe Kings XI Punjab website
2 minute readNow that we’re a Kings XI Punjab fan, we should probably find out something about them. To the Kings XI Punjab website! It’s loading! It’s still loading! At least there’s plenty of time to get worked up about just how AMAZING the site’s going to be. Plenty of time. We
Continue readingWe have lots in common with Rob Key
< 1 minute read“I am a cricket nut. I used to drive up and down the country with Min Patel talking about cricket, cricket, cricket. Every shot, every ball, every field placing, we discussed it at length. I am always talking about cricket – I must be quite a dull fellow.” – Rob
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