< 1 minute readHe was in ‘an altercation’ with some guy in a pub. Apparently the other guy, an official in the Aussie armed forces, asked for a picture with Symonds and when the hulking all-rounder said no, threw a couple of punches at him. That’s not the shocking part though. If truth
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Simon Katich plays a nice innings
< 1 minute readPeople who decide man of the match awards are stupid. If there are loads of runs in the match, man of the match adjudicators think the batsmen have all batted really well and pick the guy who scored the most. If it’s a really low-scoring game, they think the bowlers
Continue readingMoving ball! Moving ball!
< 1 minute readJust close your eyes, stick your arse out, wobble your bat at a funny angle and hope. It’ll be fine. This is the technique for dealing with the moving ball. There is absolutely no way that this is the wrong approach. Three people out? Just stick with it. It’ll reap
Continue readingMatthew Hayden opens his mouth
< 1 minute readAnd an arse falls out. Someone should tell Matthew Hayden to try and blend into the scenery if he ever sees a tape recorder or a microphone in the vicinity. “When you get to my age, you get to a point where the next 12 months is a long, long
Continue readingWhy Andrew Symonds fell out with Michael Clarke
< 1 minute readAndrew Symonds said: “I did something silly with him one night and I suppose I was a bit disrespectful to him.” What does that sound like to you? It sounds like it could only be one thing to us. What act is both silly and disrespectful? Ask yourself that. It
Continue readingAustralia vastly inferior to India who are better than everyone
< 1 minute readAfter winning successive Test series against West Indies, South Africa, South Africa again, Bangladesh, England, Sri Lanka, India and West Indies, Australia finally lost away to India and are now ABSOLUTELY SHOCKING at cricket. India’s recent run of losing a series against Australia, drawing one against South Africa, losing one
Continue readingHarbhajan Singh batting against Australia
< 1 minute readAs often as not this year, Harbhajan Singh has hit a fifty against Australia. Quite literally. He’s had eight innings against them and hit four of the six fifties he’s hit in his entire Test career. He is an improved batsman, but Australia won’t be impressed by that. We’re not
Continue readingIan Botham says England will win the Ashes
< 1 minute readIan Botham’s been doing his bluff overconfidence thing again: “What I’ve seen so far, I don’t see as too much of a threat and if England’s bowlers stay fit then they’ll win the series.” This is why Ian Botham was a brilliant cricketer. He lets a few facts seep in,
Continue readingMore info about Jason Krejza
< 1 minute readWe’re rapidly turning into the authoritative site on Jason Krejza. Here’s what else we’ve gleaned (from comments that have been left on other updates): (1) His brother might well be called George and if he is, he claims to have taught Jason all he knows about cricket. (2) He was
Continue readingVVS Laxman hits another double hundred against Australia
< 1 minute read‘VVS Laxman. How would you rate this among your double hundreds against Australia?’ ‘I would say it was the worst’. No-one asked that really, because everyone knows Laxman’s 281 at Eden Gardens is his best innings. With six hundreds against them and an average of 54, Australia must hate VVS
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