< 1 minute readIan Bell is one of England’s better one-day batsmen. He’s quite experienced now having played 53 one-day internationals. During this time he’s hit 1,854 runs. That’s a lot of runs. You’ll never hit that many. However, Ian Bell is a shrimp, a gnat, or even an atom when compared to
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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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Robin Uthappa totally unarsed by insane amount of pressure
< 1 minute readWhat is it with ridiculously young Indian batsmen? They just think they can come over here and chase down 300 plus one-day scores without so much as a hint of knock-kneed panic or paralysing defeatism. Yuvraj Singh and Mohammad Kaif are prime examples and yesterday Robin Uthappa, 21, shrugged his
Continue readingLuke Wright’s debut
< 1 minute readWe were moaning about Matt Prior as opener the other day. When Luke Wright was called up to the England squad, it opened up the possibility of his opening up some possibilities through opening… up. He didn’t and Matt Prior scored six, so Wright didn’t do his opening ambitions any
Continue readingDarren Gough’s sinister offer
< 1 minute readIt’s a shoe. We’re not scared of a shoe, Darren. There’s nothing wrong with having a shoe. It’s not like you’re trying to get us hooked on class A drugs or something.
Continue readingYuvraj Singh in one-day cricket this summer
< 1 minute readWe’ve made one or two rash pronouncements in our time. Fortunately most of them are now all-but-invisible on the old site. However, we’re going to bring one to the fore today in a fairly transparent bid to make a player lose form for a couple of matches against England. This
Continue readingPaul Collingwood papers over fragile England batting line-up
< 1 minute readBecause if you’ve got a fragile batting line-up, paper is the greatest disguise. You can conceal all manner of batting sins through judicious use of paper. England’s batting folded at Old Trafford but they got away with it. It happened at Headingley and they didn’t. Paul Collingwood’s innings of 91
Continue readingRob Key fined for throwing bat in Twenty20 final
< 1 minute readWe thought it was a hissy fit of poise and dignity. If anything, it’s the ECB who should be fined – fined for crimes against perfection. Whatever that might mean. Luckily Rob mastered alchemy years ago and makes his own gold.
Continue readingRob Key hits 182 against Lancashire
< 1 minute readRob’s now hit 1130 first-class runs this season at an average of 59.47. After last season’s aberration (he was recovering from shoulder surgery) Rob’s back on track. Now seems a good time to fill you in on The Origin Of Rob Key. Just over a score and eight years ago,
Continue readingJames Anderson cruelly overshadowed
< 1 minute readWe have several other points to make about the Old Trafford one-dayer. We didn’t want to overburden you yesterday – our slightly addled hero worship seemed sufficient match analysis for one day. James Anderson bowled really well. Probably better than Stuart Broad. Anderson v Tendulkar is turning into an excellent
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