< 1 minute readWe selected a fantasy IPL team on Cricinfo and were about to set up a league so that people could compete against us when we suddenly thought: ‘No, wait, this is bollocks.’ Do you want to know who the best players are for a Cricinfo fantasy IPL team? It’s whoever
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Two cats being indifferent to King Cricket
< 1 minute readBradders writes: “Please see evidence of the indifference shown by my two cats (Jaffa on left, Seamus the Celtic Warrior on right) to cricket, but also more specifically your website. “I left it on for a bit and for a while nothing happened. However, eventually Jaffa (through some careful standing
Continue readingEdwina Currie on the death of Tom Maynard
< 1 minute readIt’s always reassuring when someone you suspect of being a complete dickhead confirms that yes, in fact they really are a complete dickhead. “@courtnewsuk: Tom Maynard abandoned his Mercedes with the engine still running,Blackberry logged in to his Facebook page” Darwinism at work — Edwina Currie (@Edwina_Currie) February 26, 2013
Continue readingIan Chappell’s view of squad rotation
2 minute readThere’s an interview with Ian Chappell over at The Guardian (in which he comes across very well) and there’s a couple of things in it that we want to talk about. The first is Chappell’s view of the modern world of rest and rotation: “I can understand that you’ve got
Continue readingWhen is an ODI not an ODI?
< 1 minute readEngland Lions are in the process of playing (and losing) ‘unofficial ODIs’ against Australia A. Even though it’s of no consequence whatsoever, we aren’t happy with that label. ODI stands for one-day international, but if two sides defined by their players being from particular countries play each other, is that
Continue readingMassive error on Cricinfo homepage
< 1 minute readThis is pretty much unforgivable. Reporting on the Women’s World Cup, they’ve gone with: “Spirited WI make it to maiden final” Clearly, it should be: “Spirited WI make it to maidens’ final.”
Continue readingThe Perundi being conspicuously indifferent to a letter signed by Sir Don Bradman
< 1 minute readTom sent us a photo of a cat named The Perundi who he was temporarily looking after over the festive period. “Here you can see the cat showing significantly more attention to the radiator than to a nearby letter, signed by no less a man than the late, great Sir
Continue readingHow do you pick a Test team?
2 minute readHere’s a question: if all records and memory of Test history were erased, how would you select your playing XI for the next match? Would the side differ from the one that would take the field normally? There’s always context. There are always past Test achievements to go off. Many
Continue readingAlan Mullally to Craig McMillan – dot ball
< 1 minute readWelcome to the third and final part of Cricket’s Greatest Dot Balls. We hope it’s been worth the wait as we now revisit perhaps the greatest dot ball of them all. The backdrop It was the fourth Test of the 1999 Test series between England and New Zealand, a momentous
Continue readingRonnie Irani to Matthew Bell – dot ball
< 1 minute readHello and welcome to part two of our three-part feature, Cricket’s Greatest Dot Balls. The backdrop It was the fourth Test of the 1999 Test series between England and New Zealand, a match in which Ed Giddins was making his Test debut. England had yet to make a breakthrough in
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