< 1 minute readWe wrote an article about Kevin Pietersen’s advisors, but we weren’t really sure about it. Cricinfo liked it. The readers didn’t. Or maybe they did. Is ‘aweful’ their way of saying ‘full of awe’? Is ‘disaster’ their way of… um… Funnily enough, we’re actually experiencing a crisis of confidence at
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If Usain Bolt plays Twenty20 cricket will that add to the format or detract from it?
< 1 minute readUsain Bolt hasn’t got much left to prove as a sprinter. Shane Warne has suggested he might like to try Twenty20 cricket instead. ‘Why not play in Australia’s Big Bash?’ he said. The Melbourne Stars franchise has now opened negotiations with Bolt’s management company. Wherever Bolt appears, you get extra
Continue readingEngland v Australia day-night match report from Birmingham
3 minute readNe writes: We had arranged to meet at Marylebone station, in order to get the Chilterns Railways line up to Birmingham. This route had many advantages: firstly, on the day tickets are significantly cheaper than those offered by Virgin at Euston; secondly, the train nerd in APB (my travelling companion)
Continue readingWest Indies v New Zealand T20 International in Fort Lauderdale, Florida – match report
3 minute readDaneel writes: It’s a tough life being a cricket fan in the USA; no coverage on television and sometimes even TMS is blocked if the rights aren’t available over here. In desperation, I’ve had to resort to watching baseball. This wasn’t so bad when we were in Seattle. Although the
Continue readingJulius Caesar was a cricketer
< 1 minute readWhy does no-one tell us these things? That title should perhaps read ‘there was a cricketer called Julius Caesar’ but a little ambiguity never harmed anyone. Our Julius Caesar was a Surrey short-arse who was ‘a fine steady bat’ whose fielding at point was ‘extremely beautiful’. Apparently, he could also
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2 minute readSam writes: We were moving house. Or rather, we had already moved house, and now we were back in the old house for a day of cleaning, painting, sorting and tidying. It was not going to be fun. On arrival, we got down to business in the bedroom (wink wink,
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< 1 minute readYou may have noticed that we’re prone to cycling metaphors (see here and here for examples). This is because we like cycling. We like it for much the same reasons as we like cricket: it takes ages, it’s a team sport heavily-reliant on individuals, different people come to the fore
Continue readingWhat a game of cricket looks like to Americans
< 1 minute read“Look how he fringes the ring there.” Thanks to Ne for sending this to us.
Continue readingRemember Dwayne Leverock?
< 1 minute readAlso known as ‘Sluggo’, Leverock was a cricketer who played for Bermuda in the 2007 World Cup. He was fat. Sluggo’s finest moment was a diving catch at slip to dismiss Robin Uthappa. His second finest moment was the surging, wobbling sprint that served as his celebration of that dismissal.
Continue readingUnder-11s match report
2 minute readBert writes: While the opening weeks of the 2012 County Championship season have brought continued glory for champions Lancashire, in the Ted’s Roofing (All your roofing needs met, by Ted) Mid-North Cestrian Third Division Championship League West, Old Filchonians Under 11s have made a somewhat less impressive start. Bert Junior
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