< 1 minute readThe Unicorns lost to Nottinghamshire yesterday. This reminded us that a friend was asking about them the other day. We suppose we’d better clear up a few questions. Who are the Unicorns? The Unicorns are the ECB Recreational XI. Where are they from? They are from “long ago.” Why should
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Remember Alex Loudon?
< 1 minute readPosh bloke. Played cricket. Retired in favour of a career in ‘business’. Well, apparently he’s even posher than we had suspected. Poshness is largely beyond our comprehension. If you turn your nose up at food that’s been on the floor, you fall into our ‘posh’ category and we struggle to
Continue readingEveryone point at Warwickshire and laugh
< 1 minute readBecause that’s how you fold. It’s not so much the being bowled out for 97 on a pitch of kofte bhuna spiciness, it’s the Lancashire bowling figures their middle and lower order so generously created: Simon Kerrigan – five wickets for seven runs Gary Keedy – three wickets for two
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< 1 minute readHowe zat, the sports sub-editors of the nation will forever be in your debt for this:
Continue readingThe Robin Hoods lead the Stephen Tomkinsons
< 1 minute readHmm. We might abandon our plan to give every county new, ever-changing nicknames deriving from the names of famous people from the respective areas. It’s not so much that using a different nickname in every post will be confusing – we’ve no problem with that – it’s just that we
Continue readingBilal Shafayat will be back
< 1 minute readMany of you will have read this week’s Spin in which Andy Bull describes Bilal Shafayat’s skittery descent to the Birmingham Leagues. Shafayat was one of our ones to watch in 2006 and 2007. Stories like Shafayat’s sometimes seem like tragedies, but that’s only really when the player in question
Continue readingNottinghamshire are feisty
< 1 minute readSix wickets down in their second innings and Nottinghamshire still had fewer runs than Yorkshire. Steven Mullaney then made 83 and Chris Read 86. The latter was also the score which Yorkshire would then make for the loss of all ten wickets. Nottinghamshire won by 58 runs. We met Steven
Continue readingWhat happened in Yorkshire?
< 1 minute readRich Pyrah, first-class bowling average of 48, goes for a run-a-ball against the champions but picks up a wicket every other over. This is one of those where the scorecard doesn’t really tell you the story. Having read some match reports, they don’t particularly tell us the story either, so
Continue readingThe art of getting thrashed Somerset style
< 1 minute readIf you’re going to get thrashed, do the job properly. Do it Somerset style. Somerset lost to Warwickshire by an innings and 382 runs. It was an extremely impressive performance from Somerset. Extremely impressive. Any team can concede 642 and any team can then get bowled out for 210, but
Continue readingAdil Rashid is getting worse
< 1 minute readHow much worse? One worse. Having taken 6-77 in Worcestershire’s first innings, Adil Rashid could only manage 5-37 in their second innings. This grave loss of form is deeply worrying. Ben Stokes is getting better How much better? 125 better. Having scored 10 in Durham’s first innings, Ben Stokes then
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