< 1 minute readIt is so easy to take Sachin Tendulkar for granted. He’s 191 not out against Australia. You see that and you think: “Of course he’s 191 not out against Australia. Why wouldn’t he be?” The statistics are everywhere. Picking some pretty much at random, this was his eighth hundred in
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Kings and Royals shunted from their IPL thrones
< 1 minute readThere is only one acceptable way to get a royal title: by going along with what everyone’s calling you because you can no longer be arsed explaining that Brian Lara’s the king, not you. Royalty through exasperated resignation. Any other route to a title is flat-out wrong. If you self-apply
Continue readingRob Key and “ha ha”-gate
< 1 minute readRob Key’s on Twitter now. We knew we had to make contact, but we were painfully aware that we’ve spent the last three or four years being mental about him on the internet. This made the situation a little awkward. We knew Rob had seen the greatest post of all
Continue readingWhy a run chase needs context and another reason why Tests are best
< 1 minute readRun chases are exciting. Why? Some people think that run chases are exciting because there are fours and sixes, a target and an eventual victor. These people brought us one-day cricket in all its forms. These people just don’t get it. Run chases are exciting because we care what happens.
Continue readingIndia v Australia Tests still clearly a big deal
< 1 minute readA warm-up for the Ashes in the eyes of some of the Australians. A dying form of the game in the eyes of a few Twenty20 fans who think they see an inevitability about the spread of that format, despite it being ridiculously early days. India v Australia Tests still
Continue readingIshant Sharma benefits from Care in the Community
< 1 minute readIndia are right to persevere with spindly, lank-haired Rubik’s Cube swallower, Ishant Sharma, but of late it’s seemed a bit like a Care in the Community obligation rather than a forward-looking show of faith. There comes a point where you’re not encouraging a player, you’re just putting him on a
Continue readingRobert Key and his health and safety wisdom
< 1 minute readSarah Comma Canterbury sent us these, ‘hot off the camera card’. Ian Botham could learn a hell of a lot from this: Where Botham removed his helmet and opted for a low-visibility tabard, Rob Key has got everything right. Rob Key is better than Ian Botham in every conceivable way.
Continue readingEvil Monty Panesar improves his bowling figures
< 1 minute readNo, Monty! Say it hasn’t come to this. In a desperate bid to advance his case for England inclusion, Monty Panesar has been reduced to tampering with scoreboards. 2-20 sounds so much better than 2-120.
Continue readingMonty Panesar’s back
< 1 minute readAs in ‘returned’. He hasn’t got anklosing spondylitis or anything. We’re frigging delighted about Monty Panesar being in England’s Ashes squad. In a world of cynicism, underperformance and questionable motives, the man who literally jumps for joy at taking a wicket is king.
Continue readingChris Tremlett’s back
< 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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