< 1 minute readSo, technically, one-day cricket isn’t ‘all about hitting sixes these days’ because India won. Australia made 359-5 and India skittered to 362-1 in 43.3 overs in reply. Rohit Sharma hit a hundred and looked quite angry about it. Virat Kohli hit a 52-ball hundred and looked extraordinarily angry about it.
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An important seat has become vacant
< 1 minute readFrank Skinner often talks about there being different ‘seats’ for public figures. The premise is that there are certain timeless jokes which require a well-known figure with certain characteristics for the punchline and there always has to be someone to fulfil that role. The person may change, but the joke
Continue readingThe day after Sachin Tendulkar announced his retirement there’s only one thing to do
< 1 minute readAnd that’s make a really obvious and not-particularly-funny joke about something entirely unrelated which would have been timely had it appeared seven months ago, but which probably still wouldn’t have been original even then. Brace yourselves… So, hey, is Justin Timberlake’s ‘new’ album, like, all about Twenty20 cricket or what
Continue readingApparently, the BCCI are waiting
2 minute readHave you been following this India-South Africa brouhaha over the last few weeks? Just because something’s reported as if it’s not massively childish, doesn’t mean it isn’t massively childish. Basically, there’s a whole load of politics going on, which is sod all to do with cricket and everything to do
Continue reading“Vitiated on account of malafide”
< 1 minute readThank you, the IPL, and Lalit Modi specifically, for introducing us to this phrase. It appears to be Modi’s main defence in misconduct charges related to bid-rigging, ‘arm-twisting’ and summat to do with the sale of TV rights. It basically boils down to: “He’s well got it in for me,”
Continue readingHow many Tests against India in 2014?
< 1 minute readFive! A full five! This would appear to be the upside to the fact that Test cricket is pretty much only played by England, Australia and India these days. We finally get a full length series that isn’t the Ashes. When did that last happen? No, really – when? We
Continue readingStumped by Dhoni and his experience
< 1 minute readIndia’s Champions Trophy victory presents a good opportunity to bring this post about Twenty20 wicketkeeping to prominence once again. In a 20-over match, two of England’s top three were stumped by MS Dhoni and he could conceivably have had a third dismissal of that nature towards the end of the
Continue readingIndia are better than everyone
2 minute readAnd are thus honoured with the Champions Trophy white jackets. What an honour. The final was an odd one, not least because it featured only 40 per cent of the scheduled overs. As soon as they announced it would be 20 overs a side, everyone started talking about six-hitting, but
Continue readingA Champions Trophy preview sort of thing
< 1 minute readIt’s a final. We’re happy to do a preview for a final. Bowling Other than Jimmy Anderson, England’s other seamers have been at best mediocre. India’s haven’t been as good as Jimbo, but they have at least had their moments. Spin-wise, James Tredwell has been a faintly-pudgy, slapped back superhero,
Continue readingIndia are better than Sri Lanka
< 1 minute readAnd by some margin. Even India’s bowling’s doing the job at the minute. They usually win one-dayers despite holding some sort of festival of pie-chucking when they’re in the field, so now they’re all but unbeatable. As for the batting, Rohit Sharma’s become unexpectedly efficient, while Shikhar Dhawan and his
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