< 1 minute readWe’ve heard some odd things during this Test match, all of which revolve around the fact that the Duke cricket ball swings more than the Kookaburra used in Australia. Apparently This year’s Dukes swing more than the ones used last year as well. The implication is that James Anderson’s blistering
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Eoin Morgan is better than Sachin Tendulkar
< 1 minute readOf course he isn’t, but Morgan’s 130 was better than Tendulkar’s 203 against Sri Lanka – we’ll say that much. England v Pakistan has been a game for bowlers and only then does batting really mean something. Most of us are happy about this. People mistakenly believe that sport is
Continue readingAndrew Strauss hits sixes
< 1 minute read13 sixes in 106 one-day international innings and then he hits five during one knock. Andrew Strauss’s six-hitting has gone up a notch. It’s now at notch one. Not sure what notch Shahid Afridi’s up to, but he’s hit 272 one-day international sixes. Afridi’s probably not got much time for
Continue readingCraig Kieswetter media coverage Venn diagram
< 1 minute readThoughts about the media coverage of Craig Kieswetter have been bubbling inside us for a while like Dave’s Insanity Sauce in an otherwise empty stomach. Rather than terrify you all with more than four sentences in a row, we decided it was probably better if we evacuated our system over
Continue readingEngland finally lose to Bangladesh
< 1 minute readThat’s that out of the way then. Up until yesterday, England had won every match they’d ever played against Bangladesh. Not any more. Is it a good thing that Bangladesh won? Unquestionably. Why? Well some of our friends were at the match in Bristol yesterday and one pointed out that
Continue readingWe like that Ian Bell was not out
< 1 minute readIan Bell’s made larger steps towards forcing us into an opinion before now. Yesterday’s 84 not out against Bangladesh was more of a shuffle, but we like that he got the job done – because that is, after all, the whole point. Number three is a funny spot in one-day
Continue readingAndrew Strauss’s wedgie handle
< 1 minute readThere’s all sorts of odd cricket equipment around these days, but we’ve no idea why someone would attach a handle to their own underwear to better enable them to self-wedgie. [God knows what this image was. It must have been hilarious though.]
Continue readingCraig Kieswetter, Shaun Tait and marketing brave new England
< 1 minute readWhen we suggested that Australia’s current one-day team wasn’t its strongest, people took this as making excuses on their behalf. We’re not a naysayer when it comes to this England one-day side. We’re just pleading for perspective. For example, when Shaun Tait didn’t play, England lost 12 wickets in two
Continue readingIan Botham’s rich mahogany armpits
< 1 minute readNow there’s a post title for you. We’ve had another Sunday post at Cricinfo that you’ll all have missed. It’s about great English cricket embarrassments and we wrote it after England had nearly lost to Ireland in the World Twenty20. They’ve been great since then and we’re taking the credit.
Continue readingEngland cricketers taking penalties
< 1 minute readWorst. Collection of nicknames. Everrrrrr. You can watch England’s cricketers taking penalties here. We’d have put the video on this page, but there isn’t a YouTube option small enough. A site redesign is probably in the offing, but really, how often do we feature videos? It can wait. The video’s
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