< 1 minute readIt rained last week. You might have noticed. This meant that very little happened in the County Championship. No-one won. Warwickshire stayed top largely due to the vast bat of Jonathan Trott who is entirely unarsed by green pitches and cloudy skies and hit 178. Whether it’s a packed MCG
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A tribute to Shivnarine Chanderpaul
< 1 minute readShiv has just hit his 10,000th run and Cricinfo wanted someone to pay tribute to him. Being as we named him not just Lord Megachief of Gold, but Grand Lord Megachief of Gold, we were well-placed to pass comment. For some reason, our idea of a tribute is to describe
Continue readingSourav Ganguly’s hair
< 1 minute readIf you’ve missed or boycotted this year’s IPL, you have only missed one thing: Sourav Ganguly’s hair. Young Sourav brought himself on to bowl against Delhi and promptly bowled Kevin Pietersen first ball. He then went on a raised-fist jaunt across the field sporting a bizarre bouncing flap of hair.
Continue readingThe fecklessnesslessness of the West Indies
2 minute readNo, it’s not a typo. We were just thinking of how this current West Indies side operates and how it’s completely different to the feckless outfits of recent years. We’re struck by their fecklessnesslessness. They’re still not winning much But they’re not winning in a far more impressive way. They
Continue readingWarwickshire are now top of the County Championship
2 minute readWe’re doing these county update posts for our benefit rather than yours. It’s our way of keeping on top of things, because following county cricket is like trying to catch rain – you might get a handful, but you’ll definitely miss most of it. People might also ask you why
Continue readingAre you watching Nick Compton?
< 1 minute readWe knew he was worth watching this season. He’s currently 19 not out off 88 balls against Nottinghamshire, including a boundary which we damn well hope was an accident. That’s the stuff. That’s why we picked him. Few players have the iron will required to be less entertaining than a
Continue readingRegrouping between Ashes series
< 1 minute readLet’s get an early moan in about the five-match one-day series that’s taking place between England and Australia this summer. It’s not just the fact that it’s pointless and elbows aside the build-up to a Test series against South Africa. It also sabotages the experience of watching next year’s Ashes
Continue readingCounty cricket – let’s at least try and stay on top of things for a bit
2 minute readFollowing county cricket is not easy. Sooner or later it’ll get away from you and you won’t have a clue what’s going on. It might happen when all your attention is on a Test match or it might happen when they squeeze in two rounds of the County Championship while
Continue readingKing Cricket’s county players to watch in 2012
3 minute readRight, let’s get this over with. First, let’s restate the qualification criteria: Qualified to play for England No established internationals Youngish Playing in the first division of the County Championship Think that’s it. There might be other things. Who knows? Presumably us, but we don’t like to scrutinise the workings
Continue readingLancashire are making a proper balls of their first match
< 1 minute readAt the start of this sentence, Lancashire were 39-4 in their first innings of the season against Sussex. We fully expect five wickets to have fallen before we click publish. We are not unduly concerned by this. Lancashire won the Championship in an odd way. They didn’t generally look like
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