< 1 minute readIt’s been a while since we had a cricket thing in an unusual place – so long, in fact, that many of you won’t even know that it’s supposed to be a regular feature. Ged sent us the following photo and said only: “Sphere Of Influence By Gideon Haigh, spotted
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Innovative T20 scorecards – new ways to tell the story of a cricket match
3 minute readWe were talking T20 scorecards on Friday and this led to a discussion about whether the traditional form is actually fit for purpose. Our point was that in a T20 match, it’s not just ‘how many’ and ‘how quickly’ – it’s also about when runs are scored and when wickets
Continue readingDo you click through to T20I scorecards?
2 minute readWe’ve just realised we quite often don’t. Unlike some, we’re actually into Twenty20 cricket. Its formulaic nature means that a team’s strategy is easier to perceive and assess. But at the same time, unless we’re actively following a series it seems we don’t have any interest in looking at a
Continue readingI Don’t Like Cricket, I Hate It – the new England Test captain edition
2 minute readA semi-regular feature in which we ask Prince Prefab about cricket – even though he hates cricket. We are in bold. Prince Prefab is not. Joe Root said he was ‘humbled’ to be named England Test captain. We vaguely remember you moaning about people’s use of this word. It basically
Continue readingPeople are streaming live cricket online via Kodi
< 1 minute readIf you don’t know about online TV streaming software, Kodi, we’ve written a bit of an explainer. As well as taking a quick look at the software itself, we’ve also looked at what sort of content’s available, the legality of streaming and what this technology might mean for the future
Continue readingICC horse design proposals approved to go before next committee
2 minute readThe Test nations are poised to rain an almighty storm of compromises down on the ICC’s proposals for the international cricket schedule. We know this for a fact because in cricket ‘proposal’ means ‘thing that will never come about in any recognisable form’. These latest proposals – for some sort
Continue readingEngland v Pakistan at Old Trafford – match report
2 minute readWe went to the second Test between England and Pakistan. It was one of your ‘on and off’ type days where the line between raining and not raining becomes blurred. Having greatly enjoyed the timeless rope dragging technique at Bristol earlier in the summer, we were interested to see whether
Continue readingEXCLUSIVE! Rob Key’s position on snow revealed!
< 1 minute readAnd by ‘exclusive’ we mean that we reported information that was already publicly available for a third party before pointing you towards it from here. This week’s Twitter round-up has just gone up on Cricinfo. Critics are calling it ‘recently published and currently without comments’. Needless to say, we’ve led
Continue readingDon Bradman Cricket 17 is the best cricket action game there’s ever been (+ video)
2 minute readWe’ll freely admit that we haven’t actually played Don Bradman Cricket 17 yet, but our keen deduction skills have allowed us to reach the conclusion that is the best ever cricket action game anyway. Our reasoning, in short: Don Bradman Cricket 14 was the best cricket action game at the
Continue readingLord’s net practice report
2 minute readGed’s car, Dumbo the Suzuki Jimny writes: A few weeks after my run in with the law and failed attempt to see Lord’s, Ged organised another out and about day, to include work, a house visit and eventually another net at Lord’s with Charley “The Gent” Malloy and Escamillo Escapillo.
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