< 1 minute readThe Ashes is all about propaganda, so we have produced a handy media cheat sheet for England’s cricketers. It is over at Cricinfo. The article currently seems to be ‘big on Facebook’. We’re not on Facebook, so we don’t really know what that means. As far as we can tell,
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King Cricket’s favourite cricketer
< 1 minute readWe contributed to The Wisden Cricketer’s ‘My Favourite Cricketer’ section earlier in the year (think it appeared in the July issue). Did we ever point you towards it? We don’t think we did. Our favourite cricketer is not who you think it is. It’s actually Waqar Younis. We’re quite proud
Continue readingHow many times will England become airborne?
< 1 minute readWe only ask because they’re hitting the ground running with alarming frequency. After Ben Hilfenhaus looked forward to a sprint landing last week, some of you questioned our assertion that cricketers no longer know what ‘hit the ground running’ means. Well, consider this new evidence. England’s captain’s had a go
Continue readingWhat does Zulqarnain Haider say?
< 1 minute readZulqarnain Haider literally says: “leaving pakistan cricket because get bad msg fr 1 man fr lose the match in last game.” But what does he ACTUALLY say? Can anyone help us? What does that mean? Pakistan won their last match, so this Facebook message is a bit confusing. Why has
Continue readingChris Martin loses the knack
< 1 minute readChris Martin has always struck as being a good bowler with a knack for not taking wickets. Opening the bowling in India and dismissing Gambhir, Dravid, Tendulkar, Raina and Dhoni in no time at all, it’s safe to say he no longer has that knack. Or perhaps he now has
Continue readingChris Read meets Paul Allott
< 1 minute readBert sent us these, plus some other pictures and some text. We left out half the pictures and then changed one of the lines to make the whole thing more repetitive. This gives you some insight into our “style”. Chris Read’s day just gets better and better. Here he gets
Continue readingAustralia’s worst losing streak of all time
< 1 minute readHaving lost to Sri Lanka in the first one-day international, Australia are now on their worst losing streak of all time. Admittedly, we have discounted a few of their wins to reach that conclusion, but it still counts. Sri Lanka were 107-8 chasing 240 for victory and still won. The
Continue readingDr Pietersen, he talks with the animals, talks with the animals…
< 1 minute readLike most people, we’ve always assumed that Kevin Pietersen was a trained zoologist. That was proven this week when he offered this insight into the workings of the animal kingdom when talking about the Australian cricket team: “They’re a wounded animal at the moment and you know what happens when
Continue readingAn interview with an England cricketer
< 1 minute readNo-one in particular, it’s just ‘generic England cricketer’. “It’s going to be tough in the Ashes, but we’re all looking forward to it. We’re going to enjoy the tour and we’re going to enjoy the experience. The great thing about this group of players is that we’re all really, really
Continue readingMark Greatbatch assesses New Zealand’s performance in Bangladesh
< 1 minute read“We played like dicks really.” Punditry is far from dead.
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