2 minute readEngland are also through to the semi-finals. A handful of percussive mid-sized innings and some hearty bowling were enough to dispatch New Zealand. Jason Roy was still there, continuing his ill-advised experiments with flips and flicks, and Adil Rashid was back. England’s template was therefore pretty much back in place
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British Weather through to semi-finals of Champions Trophy
< 1 minute readAfter a dominant performance against Australia/New Zealand and a narrow victory over Australia/Bangladesh, the British Weather has booked itself a place in the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy. After displaying dreadful, relentlessly sunny form throughout May, UK meteorologists were left fearing that their side would be knocked out during the
Continue readingVideo: Yuvraj Singh goes nuts against Pakistan
< 1 minute readSuperb power hitting in the final overs of the innings from Yuvraj Singh ???? #INDvPAK #CT17 pic.twitter.com/qtk6tW23Am — ICC (@ICC) June 4, 2017 It’s nice to see that Yuvraj Singh’s nuts-at-the-end-going capabilities are largely undiminished because going nuts at the end has always been very much his thing. For their
Continue readingIndia and Pakistan resolve to fulfil fixture obligation despite Abdul Razzaq’s retirement
< 1 minute readThe cliché is that cricket is a religion in India, which has always seemed to us to greatly overstate the importance of religion in a country where such things are basically ten a paise. Pakistan’s pretty keen on the sport too. It’s good to find things you have in common.
Continue readingEngland go with a bit of right-arm fast-medium
2 minute read‘Will four right-arm fast-medium bowlers be sufficient?’ England apparently asked themselves before the opening match of the ICC Champions Trophy. ‘No, better make it five,” they concluded, for reasons that were clear to no-one. It was very odd. One of the few things we said about England’s likely strategy for
Continue readingEngland need some E45 cream
< 1 minute readAfter snatching the second one-day international, England decided to test the notion that they can now win from any position by giddily launching themselves towards 20-6 in the third. Now 20-6 is definitely a score you can win from, but ideally you’d be fielding when it occurred. South Africa got
Continue readingSo Kumar Sangakkara’s in form then (and not even put off by snapping his bat in half)
< 1 minute readKumar Sangakkara’s last five County Championship innings have been 136, 105, 114, 120 and 200. Today’s double hundred came in a team total of just 369. And he wasn’t even put off by snapping his bat in half. SNAP. Sanga’s bat ends up in two pieces off the bowling of
Continue readingCambridge MCCU v Middlesex CCC – match report
2 minute readEdwardian writes: Cambridge is heaving at the best of times, but taking the quiet back streets from the station to Fenner’s was very pleasant. A few ‘good mornings’ and I was there by 10.30am. I was there to meet my wife’s uncle Spike who said he would do his best
Continue readingSouth Africa have already choked
< 1 minute readWe were quite keen to be first off the mark in using the word “choked” to mean “lost a cricket match” in reference to South Africa this summer. Hopefully we have achieved our aim. When you see the term deployed by others in the weeks to come, be sure to
Continue readingA featherbed of Roses – The County Championship round-up
< 1 minute readThey bothered playing some of the County Championship this week. Need they have? The Roses match After little more than a day, Jimmy Anderson had succumbed to groin knackage, Jack Brooks had made a hundred and this match already seemed like it was no longer a going concern. All that
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