2 minute readFirst, a disclaimer: we went to Jarrod’s wedding. Set against that is the fact that he’s Australian, so we probably average out as being impartial. People always talk about the swearing and the sex references when they talk about Jarrod’s writing. Jarrod himself often plays up to this, but he’s
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Listen to Test Match Sofa
< 1 minute readIf you’ve just arrived at work and you were planning on listening to the cricket, you could do a lot worse than listen to Test Match Sofa. It’s not too difficult to explain what it is. Imagine Test Match Special broadcast from someone’s house and with absolutely no pretence of
Continue reading2009: The year in cricket
2 minute readIt’s got to be done. Brace yourself for some links. Maybe bookmark the page for later but never actually read it. That’s what we’d do. January Peter Moores said Liberty X were derivative and Kevin Pietersen said that Moores was an inbred Maxonian obsessed with wheelie bin collections. England lost
Continue readingA post about Flintoff and socks because frankly we can’t be arsed
< 1 minute readMaybe it’s all the seasonal ales that we knocked back over the weekend, but we’ve lost a bit of enthusiasm this week. Christmas beers are always about three times as strong as normal beer – presumably because you need to be completely leathered to endure the festive period. So, because
Continue readingWhen Freddie Became Jesus
< 1 minute readJarrod Kimber from Cricket With Balls has written another book. We’ve not actually read it yet, but we feel we’re on pretty safe ground recommending it. If you’ve read his site, you know the kind of thing to expect. The book is about the 2009 Ashes series and being as
Continue readingRoyal Challengers Bangalore v Cape Cobras match report
2 minute readDapper Dan writes: My day began as most of my days have begun recently: Girlfriend’s alarm goes off at 6.15am, she gets up, goes in shower, I go back to sleep. Girlfriend leaves for work approximately 7.15am, wakes me up to say goodbye, I go back to sleep. Sunlight in
Continue readingAsk Bearders by Bill Frindall | book review
2 minute readWe were supposed to review this ages ago. Note to publishers: don’t push cricket stuff during the Ashes. We know it’s the cricket Christmas, but everyone’s a bit busy. Ask Bearders is subtitled Answers to the World’s Most Challenging Cricket Questions. It’s a compilation of Bill Frindall’s columns for the
Continue readingCricinfo article about variation in bowling and English leg spinners
< 1 minute readYes, it’s another lazy Friday morning non-post. We’ve written something for Cricinfo which you could generously say poked fun at the English attitude to leg spinners and cricket’s newfound love of variation and innovation. More truthfully, you could describe it as a big pile of lies. It’s a 6/10. Read
Continue readingAshes Cricket 2009 Wii review
< 1 minute readThe Wii version of Ashes Cricket 2009 is quite different from other formats. Having played both, we’d also say it was worse. Batting technique Don’t imagine that you’ll be playing hooks and drives. What you will actually be doing is carrying out a pendulous swing as if you’re putting a
Continue readingEngland’s billion-and-one development squads and some other stuff
< 1 minute readWe’re generally of the opinion that despite reading a website written by us, you wouldn’t actually be that interested in anything we’ve written, so by and large we don’t tell you about any of it. That said, we’re feeling lazy and can’t be arsed doing a proper update, so we’ll
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