2 minute readNot so long ago, England were claiming that they had little regard for par scores any more. Henceforth, their only target was to be ‘as many as we can get’. Maybe this is still the case, but today’s batting against the West Indies seemed initially cautious to these sometimes blurry
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It’s the India cricketers we feel for
2 minute readImagine you work in accounts for a biggish company that leases out some of its office space to other firms. Imagine that one of your company directors inexplicably removes the coffee machine from the shared kitchen and places it in the middle of your firm’s office. Now imagine that you
Continue readingWorld T20 begins with ‘six and out’
< 1 minute readThen a dot ball. Then another six. Post-qualifying kicked off as if it had a bit of catching up to do. It was almost as if the tournament had begun a couple of weeks ago without the majority of teams being present until now. India are playing New Zealand. Martin
Continue readingSome of you may remember Omari Banks…
< 1 minute readHe was a West Indies off-spinner. He averaged 117 against England in 2014. Here’s his Cricinfo profile page. As that record suggests, Omari wasn’t the greatest spinner of all time. However, somewhat miraculaously, he can now boast an even worse record – his godawful single Me & You, which makes
Continue readingSomehow Afghanistan have qualified for the World T20
< 1 minute readThe ICC are calling this ‘the group stage’ of the World T20. Everyone else is correctly referring to it as the qualifiers. Afghanistan have qualified. Despite the best efforts of the organisers, someone had to. Afghanistan did of course have the good fortune to be in Group B. It’s not
Continue readingTurns out AB de Villiers is rubbish at T20 cricket
1 minute readThere’s only so many times you can hear how wonderful something is before you want to hit it with a hammer or push it down a flight of stairs at the luxury five-star hotel at which it’s staying ahead of its team’s first match at the World T20. However, this
Continue readingA committee of cooks designing a horse for broth
2 minute readThey’ve had a meeting about renovating the entire structure of county cricket. They’ve resolved to repaint one of the bedrooms and maybe replace some of the sealant around the bath. In 1890, it was suggested that county cricket be divided into first, second and third classes with eight teams in
Continue readingIs Bumrah ever-living?
< 1 minute readThis is the question everyone’s asking. Mumm-Ra was ever-living – and therefore presumably still is. It therefore stands to reason that Jasprit Bumrah is ever-living too, what with his name sounding slightly similar and all. Bumrah bowled well in the 15-over-a-side Asia Cup Final. He did a lot to ensure
Continue readingAndre Russell, dope testing and cricket’s changing culture
2 minute readAndre Russell has not been caught doping, but he’s been unavailable for three tests in a year. At best, this is moronic and being a moron is no defence. Russell should face a two-year ban, but we’re interested to see what actually happens. Cricket has traditionally been pretty soft on
Continue readingIndia v Pakistan – five things to make subheadings out of
< 1 minute readEveryone likes a listicle – and how’s that headline for clickbait? Pretty brazen, eh? They’ll be flocking here from Twitter when they see that auto-tweeted at some point in the next hour. Pakistan still can’t bat Teams do get bowled out in Twenty20. It’s not unheard of. They usually manage
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