< 1 minute readWe’d be interested to know what our female readers make of Viagogo’s latest press release, entitled: ‘Make way for the Barbie Army’. Apparently, they have seen a 240 per cent increase in females purchasing cricket tickets. Why might this be? “Possibly inspired by Liz Hurley’s ‘passion’ for the game and
Continue readingCategory: Extras
This has to be the last Matthew Hayden post
< 1 minute readIn 2006, we started writing about how Matthew Hayden spoke bollocks. At that point, his batting drew most people’s attention and it hadn’t been widely acknowledged that the man was sucking all meaning out of words and then piling them together arbitrarily. Now everyone has noticed. Even Michael Atherton’s slagging
Continue readingPosh Strauss and the Yorkshire stereotype in cricket
< 1 minute readWe did two things wrong in this piece for Cricinfo. We depicted Andrew Strauss as a socially disconnected toff, which is unfair and also something of a cliché. There are two dissatisfied Yorkshiremen in it and having once lived in God’s own county, we hate cricket’s Yorkshire stereotype and fear
Continue readingEngland should copy Australia
< 1 minute readThat’s the premise of this piece that we wrote for Cricinfo. It’s funny because Australia are really, really bad at cricket while England are amazing, so it’s ridiculous that the latter would ape the former. We thought we’d state that explicitly in case you weren’t aware of those facts and
Continue readingEngland v Sri Lanka Twenty20, Bristol | match report
< 1 minute readD Charlton writes: It was my brother (G Charlton)’s stag do. We went to Bristol and watched the Twenty20. As is customary, he dressed as a morph. And he made some friends. By the end of England’s innings, the bloke at the back had said: “You’re allowed peanuts in, Orange,
Continue readingAnyone else sick of DRS talk?
< 1 minute readIndia don’t like some elements of the decision review system (DRS) and their refusal to use it might at some point come back to haunt them. Okay, we get it. Does the schadenfreude really have to be so obviously primed for deployment? We also have issues with the term ‘DRS’.
Continue readingMatch report of garden cricket at the Frangipani Tree near Galle
2 minute readGed writes: On arrival at the Frangipani Tree, we couldn’t help but notice the cricket bats and stumps mixed in with tennis equipment and swimming gear. “Oh yes”, we are told, “the staff are always up for a late afternoon game of cricket if any of the guests request it”.
Continue readingAlastair Cook still proving people wrong
< 1 minute readNo comments as yet on our latest Cricinfo article. We predict that at least one of the first ten will be about how Alastair Cook isn’t actually all that good and how Virender Sehwag’s better. The other nine will be asking whether the article is supposed to be funny or
Continue readingUnder-nines match report
3 minute readBert writes: What an exciting start to the season it has been for the Old Filchonians Under-nines Junior Development Squad. The first match of a new season is always a fascinating one, with the crowd and coaches wondering whether any of the players remember their techniques, the rules, or which
Continue readingEngland v India Oval tickets – competition result
< 1 minute readWe asked which player top-scored with 110 not out in the 2007 England v India Oval Test. The answer was Anil Kumble. We didn’t do the names-in-a-carrier-bag draw in the end, because there were too many entries and we didn’t have enough ink. We instead opted for the spreadsheet and
Continue reading