< 1 minute readMakhaya Ntini should make his 100th Test appearance this week. What strikes us about this is that an African nation’s first black cricketer is still playing.
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Napier groundsman in saying New Zealand batsmen are shit SHOCKER
< 1 minute readNapier groundsman Phil Stoyanoff was asked if there will be a result in the current Test between New Zealand and Pakistan: “Yes, because both sides have such bad batsmen. That’s my honest opinion, they’re useless.” As this might be considered a bit inflammatory, New Zealand Cricket public affairs manager Stephen
Continue readingChris Gayle is a Twenty20 cricketer who can’t play Test innings
< 1 minute readThat’s Chris Gayle’s reputation. We’ve been reading it all week as people say they didn’t know Gayle had it in him to bat the way he did against Australia in hitting 165 not out off 285 balls. Really? You didn’t know that? Are you sure you weren’t just making a
Continue readingDo you like Mahendra Singh Dhoni?
< 1 minute readAt first he was all sixes and flowing locks. Now he’s all nudged singles and hair that should be in charge of train timetables; hair you’d happily lend £20 to, safe in the knowledge that it would be returned promptly and possibly even with interest because it had been invested
Continue readingKevin Pietersen booed in South Africa
< 1 minute readIf you’re relatively new to cricket, you might think Kevin Pietersen came to prominence because of a shit haircut and an Ashes-winning hundred. You’d be wrong and not just because cricket series are won by bowlers and not by batsmen ensuring a draw in the final Test of a series.
Continue readingECB priorities – geraniums and counties
< 1 minute readAn ECB statement describes how they’re going to try and persuade the government that the Ashes should remain on subscription TV. “In the coming weeks we will set out to them the hugely detrimental impact the panel’s recommendations would have on our successful community projects as well as the potential
Continue readingICC Test rankings system
< 1 minute readIndia have risen to be number one in the rankings and many people will say that the rankings are questionable. Are India the best Test cricket team? A lot of people say the rankings are meaningless. When they make this criticism, they always do it according to a team’s position.
Continue readingAre India the best Test cricket team at the moment?
< 1 minute readWe’d say India have as good a claim as anyone to being the best Test cricket team at the moment. Batting Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman and Mahendra Dhoni. This is not shit. They’re all fantastic batsmen and they’re all different. We mean they’re all
Continue readingMark Davies’ England call-up demands some new exclamations
< 1 minute readOne to watch veteran, Mark Davies, has finally been called into the England squad. If he plays a Test, it is not acceptable to use mundane exclamations like ‘well bowled!’ The obvious substitutes are ‘hammer of Thor!‘ and ‘great Odin’s raven!‘ but if you tire of shouting those, here are
Continue readingThree ways in which we’ve been right in the last 24 hours
< 1 minute readThis is quite unusual. We’re not usually right about stuff. Normally, you can ask us questions about things that have happened to us and we’ll get the answers wrong. “Did Dan tell you he was moving to Australia?” “No!” [Long pause] “Don’t think so.” [Another long pause] “Well, maybe…” Dwayne
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