2 minute readChuck writes: I have never been to a cricket match of any description, level or length, even though it is my all time favourite sport. Despite that, or maybe because of it, I had absolutely no intention of attending the Ireland/England versus England/Ireland one-day international in Malahide in person. (Old
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Tutenkhamen’s Tracksuit and other Christmas cricket books
4 minute readA quick bit of housekeeping before the second Test. We received a review copy of Alan Tyers’ new book a few weeks ago and haven’t yet said anything about it. On a related note, we’ll freely admit to not having read all of the cricket books, so if you’ve any
Continue readingAshes Cricket 2013 looks jeffing amazing
< 1 minute readAt least it does if you’re a connoisseur of games which have really bad bugs. We once spent an entire afternoon trying to get a game to reproduce the caption “Docking completercycle”. As such, this looks magic to our eyes. They should rename it “Stuart Broad v The Netherlands Simulator”.
Continue readingYearning for a good old-fashioned display of incompetence
< 1 minute readWriting this kind of a website, there’s an optimum level of seriousness when it comes to bad news. Good news is hard to write about, but so is truly bad news like the current Jonathan Trott thing. What’s easiest is a good old-fashioned display of incompetence. That gives you something
Continue readingAshes Test highlights are on what channel?
< 1 minute readThey’re on Pick. You know… Pick! Yeah, you do. It’s the one you always skip past on your way to Eden when you think that maybe, just maybe, you’ll fancy watching something informative if exactly the right sort of programme just happens to be on. But it isn’t, so you
Continue readingEngland v Australia, fourth Test match report from Chester-le-Street
3 minute readGed writes: A change of venue for the Heavy Rollers Test match jaunt this year; in the absence of a Test match at Edgbaston, we opted for the first three days at Chester-Le-Street. Nigel “Father Barry” White, Charley “The Gent” Malloy and I were the three regular rollers on display.
Continue readingWedding match report
3 minute readDandy Dan writes: The day started well. I got married. Once that was out of the way, the serious matters of the day came into view. I’ve been to a fair few weddings over the years and in most, I’ve found there to be a ‘lull’ at some point. Eager
Continue readingMandy being conspicuously indifferent to King Cricket
< 1 minute readEd writes: Please find attached a picture that seems to tick all the boxes. Found it while going through some old pictures yesterday. The kitten was called Mandy and is sadly no longer with us.
Continue readingLord’s Indoor School match report
2 minute readGed writes: An occasional, regular feature of my summer these days is to spend a few evenings with friends in the nets at the Lord’s Indoor School. 29 July was our third net this year; me, Escamillo Escapillo and Charley “The Gent” Malloy. I was sporting my new “Thirst Extinguisher”
Continue readingA quick Cricket Badger update
< 1 minute readWe won’t do this regularly because that would be boring, but we thought we’d at least let you know how week one of Cricket Badger went. We picked up a couple of hundred subscribers – most within the first day. More pleasingly, we will have about 20 per cent more
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