< 1 minute readJason wrote to us to draw our attention to his robust, adult, cricket/crime online novel that he’s writing. Anyone launching themself into a venture like that deserves a link. It’s called The Curly Situation. WARNING: The novel does contain a reference to Flock of Seagulls.
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Australia’s batting stutters again
< 1 minute readIs this the same West Indies side we watched letting balls through their legs at Old Trafford last year? With the honourable exception of Sir Shiv of Guyana they were a shower and were soundly beaten in the series by a rather flattered England side. Australia seem to have had
Continue readingStuart MacGill retires
< 1 minute readStuart MacGill was fun. You never quite knew what to expect from him. He wasn’t erratic in a Shane Warne kind of way. There was a certain consistency in Warne’s back page headlines. MacGill was creatively diverse with his odd behaviour. He would shout at team mates like a nutter.
Continue readingShiv hits some more hundreds
< 1 minute readNot many people would be undersold by a title like Lord Megachief of Gold, but Shiv is. If you haven’t been paying attention to the West Indies v Australia Test series – it has been clashing with crucial County Championship division two fixtures after all – you’ll not know how
Continue readingRicky Ponting has the runs
< 1 minute readHe has 10,000 of them in Tests. That’s the way you phrase it, isn’t it? You ‘have’ runs. We’ve already written one update about Ricky Ponting where we referred to ‘rather spectacular motions‘. That was a rather feeble ‘rushed toilet visit’ joke too. If you’re worried that the site’s becoming
Continue readingShaun Marsh in the IPL
< 1 minute readShaun Marsh has hit five fifties and a hundred in the IPL. He’s streets ahead of anyone else. He’s hit the most runs and he’s averaging 74.12. He’s adding to Kings XI Punjab‘s rich history of great batsmen. The best thing about Shaun Marsh is the way he’s scored his
Continue readingAndrew Symonds, a terrible batsman, hits some very lucky runs
< 1 minute readIn January we said that Andrew Symonds had disproved our feeling that he wasn’t the man you wanted at the crease if you’d lost early wickets and everyone rounded on us for not thinking he was the mutt’s nuts even sooner. So we’re a bit uncertain what to say about
Continue readingMatthew Hayden has another go at talking
< 1 minute readIt never goes well. Matthew Hayden is very poor at executing his talking skills. Thanks to RC for pointing us towards Hayden’s latest attempt in an interview with Cricinfo. Here are some highlights: “I go to the middle, I mark the crease and I squat on the wicket. I feel
Continue readingRinging endorsement of Ricky Ponting’s form from Australia’s coach
< 1 minute readTim Nielsen had the following to say about Ricky Ponting’s four matches for Kolkata Knight Riders, during which he scored 20, 19 and two golden ducks: “I am sure the opportunities to bat outside against net bowlers over there in India will hold him in good stead.”
Continue readingBrad Hodge utterly miserable about earning an enormous sum of money in the IPL
< 1 minute readChannel M is a local TV channel here in Manchester. Every week they broadcast The Lancashire Cricket Show, which is also available online. In this week’s episode, Brad Hodge is interviewed about how he’s leaving for a few weeks in order to go and earn seven boatloads of cash in
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