< 1 minute readThen a chronic inability to spell people’s first names shouldn’t hold you back: “England cricketers Andrew Strauss, Alistair Cook and Eion Morgan put the Jaguar XJ through its paces” At least they got ‘Andrew’ right. One out of three isn’t too bad and the surnames are all spot-on. Good work.
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Middlesex v Australians match report
3 minute readGed Ladd writes: I had been invited to a 30th anniversary reunion at school for this day. The thought of a formal school reunion horrified me, so I arranged to be at cricket during the day and at the theatre in the evening, to ensure my unavailability. I had met
Continue readingFind out whether you’ll one day captain Pakistan
< 1 minute readUsing a Venn diagram!
Continue readingLeg stump – the third of the wicket that you wouldn’t invite round for dinner
< 1 minute readThe leg stump is the poor man’s stump. We think it’s time it got equal rights. How often have you heard the following, or similar, after an LBW appeal is turned down: “Hawk-Eye shows that would have just clipped leg, so that’s probably a fair decision.” No it isn’t. If
Continue readingCricket Venn diagrams
< 1 minute readIs there enough interest in cricket Venn diagrams to warrant making it into a regular feature? After literally more than one person complained after we didn’t provide one, we feel there is. The above is by prbass and is an excellent Venn diagram with which to kick off. The people
Continue readingListening to Test Match Sofa via this site
< 1 minute readCan we have some reader feedback? We’ve added a Test Match Sofa player in the right sidebar so that you can listen to Test Match Sofa while you’re on this site. When there isn’t a match, it plays highlights. One, will you use it? Two, does it affect the loading
Continue readingJohn Howard ICC vice-presidency bid – Mani reacts
< 1 minute readTo some people, Mani is Ehsan Mani, former president of the ICC and a man who once mistakenly shook hands with special correspondent Dad. To us and to many of our generation, Mani is ex-Stone Roses bassist, Gary Mounfield, now with Primal Scream and also working on Peter Hook’s hilariously-named
Continue readingVote for the Sidearm even though it should have a better name
< 1 minute readFrank’s been on. He’s made a thing: “It has been shortlisted in a business competition run by Barclays. If I beat the other two finalists in a public vote, I win 50 grand to help get the things on the market. I’ve had some great support from Goochie, two Floweries
Continue readingRoyal Challengers Bangalore v Mumbai Indians match report
2 minute readRitesh writes: This was my third game at the ground during this year’s IPL. At the previous game, my marriage was almost destroyed when the missus and I had to wait in line for an hour and subsequently had to sit on hard concrete rafters approximately at square leg. So
Continue readingA different Monty being conspicuously indifferent to cricket
< 1 minute readDandy Dan writes: When visiting my friends Simon and Esther in Durham, I couldn’t help notice their cat Monty being conspicuously indifferent to the cricket. However, what we can see from this photo is that Mohammed Ashraful has obviously sensed Monty’s indifference to him and his batting, so has decided
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