< 1 minute readWe could just reproduce the article about Fidel Edwards signing for Worcestershire, but can we really be bothered reading through it and changing the names? It’ll be interesting to see what Leicestershire’s team will be like this season. At present they’re an intriguing mix of old, experienced foreigners and virtually
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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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Another post about Andrew Strauss
< 1 minute readIt’d be better for everyone if Andrew Strauss got dropped again. We wouldn’t have to write about him and you wouldn’t have to read about him. Strauss retired out with 104 in the second innings of the warm-up match against a New Zealand Selection XI. Frankly, he shouldn’t have been
Continue readingGraeme Smith and Neil McKenzie set world record opening partnership
< 1 minute readOpening partnerships are the most boring kinds of batting partnership – especially if it’s the first innings. There’s no context to the innings and you’re removing any doubt about the rest of the game. Let’s face it, after 415 runs without a wicket, it’s either going to be a South
Continue readingJason Gillespie’s retirement
2 minute readJason Gillespie has effectively retired. He’s going to play in the ICL and that C in place of a P is the difference between making millions for no real sacrifice and making slightly less for being banned from first-class cricket. The IPL being the sanctioned Indian Twenty20 league of course.
Continue readingGet on the edge of your seat
< 1 minute readAustralia v Sri Lanka today might be a meaningless dead rubber, but on Sunday it’s FINALS TIME. Australia and India might have played four one-day internationals against each other already, but they weren’t FINALS. Now its serious. Previously, both teams were only concerned with getting to THE FINALS. But now
Continue readingStrauss being conspicuously indifferent to Strauss’s selection ahead of Owais Shah for England’s final warm-up match before the first Test against New Zealand
< 1 minute readA catchy title, we think you’ll all agree. It’s been a while since we received a picture of an animal being conspicuously indifferent to cricket – TOO LONG, in fact. There are a whole host of animals who have not yet expressed their indifference to this great game. We’ve never
Continue readingAndrew Strauss is a favourite, Owais Shah less so
< 1 minute readWe don’t want to get anti-Andrew Strauss because we quite like him, but his selection in England’s team for their final warm-up worries us. Either it’s his last opportunity to earn a place in the Test team or favouritism’s crept in. Strauss was dropped because of poor form and hasn’t
Continue readingAustralia and India sent to headmaster’s office
2 minute read“Oh no. We’re going to get DONE. And, and, and. And Mark says that he’s got a cane, even though it’s against the law and that he’s even got a special stripey cane for when you’re REALLY bad.” So now we all know why players say ‘what’s said on the
Continue readingFidel Edwards signs for Worcestershire
< 1 minute readA good signing for Worcestershire, but perhaps an even better deal for Fidel Edwards. The lack of West Indians appearing in county cricket is both a symptom of their current weakness, but also a cause. A great line of West Indians have broadened their cricketing education in England, from Learie
Continue readingAndrew Strauss fighting England’s selectors
2 minute readAndrew Strauss has a central contract with England so the selectors want him to play. Unfortunately however, Andrew Strauss is doing his utmost to put his reselection in doubt. Strauss was dropped for the tour of Sri Lanka after getting out for 27 in every single one of his previous
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