2 minute readWhen a system’s broken, a large proportion of people will only lose their temper with whoever’s closest. Overworked due to cutbacks? Blame the colleague who just asked you a question. Huge queue of traffic on the motorway? Focus your bad mood on the driver of the car in the adjacent
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What’s it like to attend a day-night test in England?
3 minute readEngland are playing the West Indies at Edgbaston in the first day-night Test match in this country. Everyone’s been wondering what the experience would be like for the fans. We’ve had a handful of early reports and we’ll add any more we get to this page. Day one attendee, Tom
Continue readingJason Holder’s old ball half-over
< 1 minute readMany things happened during the UK’s first day-night of Test cricket, but the most memorable was the 81st over. The whole focus of the day was on what would happen when a new pink ball was used under lights – but no-one told the captain of the bowling side. It
Continue readingAre you attending the day-night Test at Edgbaston?
2 minute readWith its short surges of action and long playing hours, cricket is an unusual sport to watch in person. This is why we started publishing match reports from our readers that don’t actually mention the cricket. We’ve always been interested in other people’s live cricket experiences. A day at a
Continue readingCricket is getting used to pink balls
2 minute readPink balls have been around for a while. We were making jokes about them a decade ago, but interest really spiked when they held the first day-night Test in Australia in 2015. The weeks and months leading up to that match were characterised by endless versions of the same two
Continue readingMark Stoneman took the long way round
< 1 minute readWe’ve done this one already. Mark Stoneman has finally turned up in an England squad about a month after we expected him to. He’s a patient man though – the oldest something-or-other to maybe do something, according to a piece we read earlier. We’ve covered Mason Crane too, so you’ve
Continue readingEngland should think about playing their main spinner
2 minute readWhen Moeen Ali was first labelled England’s second spinner, it was widely assumed that Liam Dawson must therefore be the first spinner. It stood to reason. However, Moeen supposedly remained the second spinner even when he was the only one of the two selected, which raises the possibility that Dawson
Continue readingThe more batsmen England pick, the fewer they have
< 1 minute readThe big question before this fourth Test was could England’s batsmen start making some runs and maybe win a few more Tests? When the answer revealed itself to be “no and yes” it became apparent that these were actually two separate questions. England somehow cobbled together a half-decent first innings
Continue readingOld Trafford’s Anderson End
< 1 minute readFew initially remarkable features, but you often get nice swing. If Jimmy has an end, Cricket Badger readers will soon be aware that Vernon Philander has two – a top and a bottom. This week’s Philander ailment is a light case of back knack. Violent full body convulsions can do
Continue readingMoeen Ali, England’s second spinner, takes a hat trick
< 1 minute readWe’ve told you before how we once saw a story in the local paper where a woman had come second in some sort of vegetable growing competition despite being the only person to enter something in that particular category. The judges decided that her entry was only worthy of a
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