< 1 minute readYou can download the latest version of International Cricket Captain for free here. It’s a two day trial version, but you can get a code after that and play the full version. Or you can buy it from Amazon for just £9.50. Initial impressions are that changes are minimal, but
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Action replays with sound
< 1 minute readBack in the day, action replays didn’t have sound. This was the right way of doing things. You don’t need a big flashing R in the corner of the screen or anything like that, but you do need to know that it’s an action replay. Obviously, if you’re sitting there
Continue readingAshes news stories straight from a banal purgatory
< 1 minute readThe Ashes sees a huge incease in the level of cricket coverage in the UK. A lot of it is very good, such as The Wisden Cricketer’s little guide, Battle For The Ashes, which comes free with this month’s issue. Some of it, like the Guardian’s over-by-over and TWC’s Story
Continue readingVarious beasts being conspicuously indifferent to cricket
2 minute readSW writes: Here are the animals of the SW household demonstrating considerable indifference to key moments of the T20 World Cup. First up there is Jasper (aka Fatty McFat). He is technically the neighbour’s cat, but they don’t feed him and call him Nike so he has rejected this emasculating
Continue readingCricinfo article about Lord’s
< 1 minute readWe did another piece for Cricinfo. It’s about how they could improve the Lord’s atmosphere for Twenty20 matches. It’s okay – possibly even a 7/10 – but the important part is that we’ve managed to squeeze a reference to wacky waving inflatable arm-flailing tube men into an article on a
Continue readingPakistan v Netherlands World Twenty20 match report
2 minute readSomewhat surprisingly, Hippity the Green Bunny writes: I knew that daddy had planned a trip to Lord’s today with one of his friends from work, Uncail Marcas, so I devised a cunning plan. I’d jump into daddy’s picnic bag while he wasn’t looking and cadge a ride to HQ. I
Continue readingGetting cricket scores on your phone and then finding a pub with it
< 1 minute readAs we said earlier in the week, we’re sick to death of receiving press releases at the moment, so we were delighted to receive a brief match report from Simon that in no way promotes anything – least of all Snaptu’s free Cricinfo application for mobile phones. “As I sat
Continue readingRichie Benaud appearing on Channel 5’s Ashes highlights show but unfortunately it’s a no-go zone for viewers
< 1 minute readRichie Benaud is going to be on British TV this summer. He is going to be working as Channel 5’s analyst during the Ashes. We’ve heard that Richie’s recent commentating has gone downhill a bit, but this role must surely be perfect for him and it must be perfect for
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< 1 minute readWe did a piece for Cricinfo. Almost inevitably it features Rob Key. The surprising part is that we had never previously submitted a Rob Key article to them. We have a 100% strike rate when it comes to submitting articles about Rob Key to Cricinfo. They are clearly receptive…
Continue readingMeet Darren Gough
< 1 minute readThis is the second competition to meet a cricketer. It is appearing here largely because we want to publish a picture of Darren Gough with a pork pie in his hand. The competition is over at The Mirror. The prize is actually pretty damn good: tickets to the first two
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