2 minute read“Please don’t let it be the kid,” said Nasser Hussain at the start of all of this. He spoke for most of us. We wanted Mohammad Amir to be innocent, but it turns out that he wasn’t and believing that he might have become a future great makes no sense
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Do some spot fixing – it’s perfectly normal
< 1 minute readWe’ve already made it clear that we would never accept money to underperform, but if we were that sort of person, the court case involving Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif would make us think again. At the time of writing, Butt has been found guilty of conspiracy to cheat and
Continue readingWho should England drop? Who will fix the team?
2 minute readEngland will be tempted to screw up their one-day plans and start again, but that would be the wrong move. There’s a reason why people talk about building a side. It’s because there’s no perfect, fully-formed team that’s just waiting to be compiled through correct selection. But what about [insert
Continue readingHome advantage in cricket
< 1 minute readWe’re a great fan of home advantage. It’s a key part of cricket. If matches between two teams were likely to have the same outcome both home and away then the sport would lose a significant quality. It also means that away wins are even more significant. England’s victory in
Continue readingHow to bat in one-day cricket
< 1 minute readHere is our one-day batting philosophy – take it or leave it. It is not scientific. We are not scientific. We’ve never even owned a lab coat. To us, one-day batting works like this. Try and hit a single If it’s asking for it, try and hit a four That’s
Continue readingSuresh Raina is getting nowhere fast
2 minute readYou’d think you’d be more convinced about a player after he’d hit 80 off 62 balls in a one-day match. At worst, you’d think you’d feel the same about him. Yet somehow Suresh Raina actually managed to erode our confidence in him. This despite the fact that we said India
Continue readingEnglish cricket consciousness
< 1 minute readAll Indians and Australians believe that everyone in England thinks the same thing. (Do you see what we did with that sentence?) We’d just like to refute this. If you see an article in the Telegraph that says England are going to dominate world cricket forever, it is important to
Continue readingWhy England shouldn’t drop Jade Dernbach
2 minute readWe’ve spent the day badmouthing Jade Dernbach and we’ve previously written that his ‘variations’ often blind people to his deficiencies, but despite both of those things, we still don’t think England should drop him. Why? He’s shit No, he isn’t. Calm down. Jade may have looked pretty shit while bowling
Continue readingThree things that would help England win in India
< 1 minute readFor all their progress and despite all their resources, England still can’t compete in one-day cricket in India. We’ve thought of three things that would help their cause. 1. Hire a scientist It’s staggering to think that England don’t have a scientist on their staff. We’re not talking about nutrionists
Continue readingKieron Pollard is overrated and we feel a bit sorry for him
< 1 minute readKieron Pollard made a golden duck today as West Indies were rolled for 61 by Bangladesh. Pollard’s failure isn’t all that surprising, because his record is actually pretty piss-poor. Kieron Pollard’s record Pollard is best-known for his clumping hitting, yet he averages 21.67 in one-day internationals and 12.66 in Twenty20
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