< 1 minute read A lot of people seem to be searching the internet trying to find out whether Eoin Morgan has a girlfriend or not. We can’t say this is something that’s unduly concerned us. However, using our extraordinary ability to put ourself in someone else’s shoes, we have gained an accurate insight
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What Ryan Sidebottom should do next
< 1 minute read Generally likeable, weirdly tetchy and a world-beater for an oddly unexpected and brief period of time. We’ll miss Ryan Sidebottom now that he’s retired from international cricket. On the plus side, he’s one step closer to that BRILLIANT sitcom we came up with. We’re open to offers.
Continue readingWhy Andrew Flintoff was a great cricketer
< 1 minute read Andrew Flintoff’s only going to retire the once, so we’ve written about him again. A lot of people have picked apart his career with the recent past at the forefront of their minds, but we’re choosing to look at why he became such a significant figure in the first place.
Continue readingAndrew Flintoff – batsman, bowler, slip fielder, England representative
3 minute read Throughout his career, people talked about Andrew Flintoff being the new Botham. He wasn’t. He was the new Darren Gough. He was England supporters’ representative on the field of play. For the rest of this article, we will be referring to him as Andy Flintoff because that was what he
Continue readingMohammad Irfan conquered by England
< 1 minute read Mohammad Irfan is 7ft tall. That makes him a giant. As everyone knows, giants came to our world many millennia ago and have been watching over us ever since, occasionally stepping in when humanity has been in need of help. Sure, Irfan isn’t one of the 19ft tall Moroccan giants
Continue readingCricket in the southern hemisphere
< 1 minute read We understand why Kevin Pietersen is going to play a couple of matches for Kwa-Zulu Natal, but what the hell is he blathering about? “These two matches would enable me to work on my game against the Kookaburra ball in southern hemisphere conditions, which is the ideal preparation for Australia.”
Continue readingGiles Clarke – an unfair but fairly amusing comparison of two pictures
< 1 minute read Charged with massive fraud involving $8bn investment scheme Alleged to have bowled a deliberate no-ball
Continue readingHow do you feel about the Pakistan betting scam?
< 1 minute read We just feel depressed. Cricket is joyful escapism and this kind of thing just knackers it up. Questioning on-field events Assuming it’s true (and having seen Mohammad Amir’s giant no-ball, we’re pretty sure it is) the real damage is in the fact that people question everything that happens in a
Continue readingJonathan Trott and Stuart Broad v Pakistan – what a partnership
< 1 minute read One’s a balding, short-arsed, right-handed batsman. The other’s a boyish, lanky bowler who bats left-handed. Together they gave James Anderson the longest wait of his career. Trott and Broad caused Pakistan’s bowlers no little distress as well, which was entirely unexpected given the circumstances. Mohammad Amir started the day taking
Continue readingLord’s getting two Test matches in 2011 as usual
< 1 minute read Most grounds are pleased if they get even one Test match, let alone two. Lord’s is the home of cricket What does that even mean? People just bandy the phrase about mindlessly. It’s propaganda. We grew up with cricket and have followed it our whole adult life and never went
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