An interview with an England cricketer

< 1 minute readNo-one in particular, it’s just ‘generic England cricketer’. “It’s going to be tough in the Ashes, but we’re all looking forward to it. We’re going to enjoy the tour and we’re going to enjoy the experience. The great thing about this group of players is that we’re all really, really

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Stuart Broad’s going to need…

< 1 minute readMore ties! From Stuart Broad’s Twitter feed: “There can’t be a worse advert at the moment than Just For Men! ‘I’m gonna need more ties!’” We are currently in a ‘love’ phase in our ever evolving relationship with the ‘more ties’ advert. Broad probably watches less cricket than we do,

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James Anderson gets hurt by the ECB

< 1 minute readComplete this well-known phrase: “You boys stop fighting or someone’s going to get…” The ECB are normally so keen to cotton wool their cricketers that the poor sods can barely take a slash without someone checking they don’t direct the stream into their own eyes, blinding themselves. With that in

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Monty Panesar’s back

< 1 minute readAs in ‘returned’. He hasn’t got anklosing spondylitis or anything. We’re frigging delighted about Monty Panesar being in England’s Ashes squad. In a world of cynicism, underperformance and questionable motives, the man who literally jumps for joy at taking a wicket is king.

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Chris Tremlett’s back

< 1 minute readAs in ‘returned’. He hasn’t got anklosing spondylitis or anything. We’re generally in favour. Not because he had a good season in that netherland, the second division of the County Championship, but because when he’s bowled for England, he’s bowled a bit like Andy Caddick and Andy Caddick was mint.

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Does Eoin Morgan have a girlfriend?

< 1 minute readA 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 readGenerally 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.

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