< 1 minute readAs in ‘returned’. He hasn’t got anklosing spondylitis or anything. We’re generally in favour. Not because he had a good season in that netherland, the second division of the County Championship, but because when he’s bowled for England, he’s bowled a bit like Andy Caddick and Andy Caddick was mint.
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Does Eoin Morgan have a girlfriend?
< 1 minute readA lot of people seem to be searching the internet trying to find out whether Eoin Morgan has a girlfriend or not. We can’t say this is something that’s unduly concerned us. However, using our extraordinary ability to put ourself in someone else’s shoes, we have gained an accurate insight
Continue readingWhat Ryan Sidebottom should do next
< 1 minute readGenerally likeable, weirdly tetchy and a world-beater for an oddly unexpected and brief period of time. We’ll miss Ryan Sidebottom now that he’s retired from international cricket. On the plus side, he’s one step closer to that BRILLIANT sitcom we came up with. We’re open to offers.
Continue readingYuvraj Singh is a role model
< 1 minute readThere’s a good interview with Yuvraj Singh at Cricinfo. He’s always struck us as a man who thinks life is largely about wearing sunglasses, but that’s not the way he comes across here. He talks quite thoughtfully about the challenges for young players and how he can offer them advice,
Continue readingUmar Gul and reverse swing
< 1 minute readWe like Umar Gul. He moves like a puppet. That’s always a likeable quality in a person (unless they remind you of Zelda from Terrahawks). Umar Gul is also a brilliant reverse swing bowler. Give him a red ball, he’s mediocre. Give him a new white ball, he’s okay. Give
Continue readingWhy Andrew Flintoff was a great cricketer
< 1 minute readAndrew Flintoff’s only going to retire the once, so we’ve written about him again. A lot of people have picked apart his career with the recent past at the forefront of their minds, but we’re choosing to look at why he became such a significant figure in the first place.
Continue readingIjaz Butt and the bookies circle
< 1 minute readPakistan Cricket Board chairman, Ijaz Butt, says: “There is loud and clear talk in the bookies circle that some English players were paid enormous amounts of money to lose the match.” What the hell is ‘the bookies circle’? Is it like the women’s institute? Do all the illegal bookmakers of
Continue readingAndrew Flintoff – batsman, bowler, slip fielder, England representative
3 minute readThroughout his career, people talked about Andrew Flintoff being the new Botham. He wasn’t. He was the new Darren Gough. He was England supporters’ representative on the field of play. For the rest of this article, we will be referring to him as Andy Flintoff because that was what he
Continue readingNottinghamshire take the 2010 County Championship title
< 1 minute readBy the broad blade of Tavaré that was exciting. The County Championship title was decided just as it should be – by abject Lancastrian batting. Lancashire’s increasingly fragile top order allowed Nottinghamshire to record a bowling bonus point just in the nick of time. Nottinghamshire’s rivals for the title, Somerset,
Continue readingYorkshire out of County Championship race
< 1 minute readBeard of Amla! It is ABSOLUTELY going off out there in the County Championship. Yorkshire have lost. Repeat, Yorkshire have lost. This means that Yorkshire are out of the running and it’s now going to be either Somerset or Nottinghamshire who take the title. It’s like Ali v Foreman, only
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