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
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Weather forecast for the first Ashes Test at Brisbane
< 1 minute readCricinfo is meteorologically ahead of the game. “Clarke under cloud for Brisbane Test” Clearly England should do away with Tremlett, Finn and Rankin and replace them with Mark Ealham, Mike Watkinson and Alan Igglesden to take advantage of overhead conditions. Yes, we have been reduced to this. What of it?
Continue readingCounty Championship 2013 – statistical epilogue
< 1 minute readCricket fans adore statistics. For most of you, the sport itself is just a convenient means of generating data. Numbers are your true love. Here are some. Most runs Gary Ballance (Yorkshire) – 1,251 Wayne Madsen (Derbyshire) – 1,221 Sam Robson (Middlesex) – 1,180 Best batting averages (at least 10
Continue reading2013 County Championship – the final chapter
2 minute readLet’s wrap things up. As ever, all fixtures and team names may be incorrect. The writer accepts no responsibility for factual accuracy. 1st – Durham Having won the County Championship, Durham promptly lost to Sussex. 2nd – Yorkshire Yorkshire beat Middlesex with a young scamp by the name of Ryan
Continue readingWe wait on the Buttler
< 1 minute readIf you report on player transfers before they’ve been confirmed, you’re starting out on a slippery slope. Next thing you know, you’ve got a section of your website called ‘transfer gossip’ which wastes people’s time telling them about things which won’t happen. We’re not sure exactly where we’re up to
Continue readingDerbyshire are down
< 1 minute readWorcestershire Northamptonshire are up. Surrey have an 18-year-old who can score double hundreds and may finally stop dicking about hoovering up ageing stars from other counties. We’re thinking of rebranding King Cricket ‘the home of in-depth inaccurate county cricket coverage’.
Continue readingEngland include a man called Gary Ballance in their Ashes squad
2 minute readThat’s what we think of you, punsome headlines. No way. No effing way. We might indulge in an opaque vertigo reference should Gary Ballance later get dropped, but that’s as much as you’re getting. So, the England squad then? You knew most of it anyway. These are the other bits.
Continue readingWhen Mr Cricket became Mr Anecdote
< 1 minute readIf you’re thinking of reading Mike Hussey’s autobiography, you’d better HOLD ON TIGHT. Published excerpts reveal that after his final Test, the team were all going to have a boat party, but that Hussey didn’t want to go because his children wouldn’t have been allowed. Apparently some players wanted to
Continue readingSurrey are down
< 1 minute readLancashire are up. Nottinghamshire have won the one-day competition. Never let it be said that we can’t do “news”. If Reuters or Associated Press want to offer us a lucrative contract to churn out those inspid pieces which clog sports pages, we’re open to offers. It would be a dream
Continue reading2013 County Championship – chapter 12
< 1 minute readIt’s worth squeezing in a wedger of a County Championship update, what with Durham having won the title and all. They have 10 wins and two draws from 15 matches and completely deserve their damp September glory. These aren’t necessarily final standings. Most teams still have a match and a
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