< 1 minute readIt’s probably the World Twenty20 and the Ashes, but we’re getting an insane number of press releases sent to us these days. Today we’re going to tell you about two separate competitions where you can meet a cricketer. This is the first one. It is classy. Sachin Tendulkar is doing
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Taking risks when batting in Twenty20 matches
< 1 minute readEngland should have learnt a major lesson from their first two matches in the World Twenty20. Against the Netherlands, they thought they were the better team and thought that if they didn’t make any mistakes when batting, they’d win. You don’t win Twenty20 matches by not making any mistakes. You’re
Continue readingHow can we convince England they’re not losers?
2 minute readWe wrote this for a grown-up website, but they didn’t want it, so we’re fobbing it off on you lot instead… Dress them in orange and change their names From the Pavilion End, James Van Andersen; and from the Nursery End, Stuart den Broad. Feed them spinach Tell them it’ll
Continue readingChris Gayle is awesome at Twenty20
< 1 minute readAmid all the furore when Chris Gayle said he wouldn’t be all that sad if Test cricket died, one key fact slipped into the background: Chris Gayle is phenomenally good at this form of the game. Why wouldn’t he prefer it? Gayle is an exceptional Twenty20 batsman. Arguably the best
Continue readingDarron Reekers – Netherlands opening batsman and short-term cult hero
< 1 minute readIs there anything on earth that can’t be improved by the presence of a fat man who achieves his ends using amateurism and brute force? No, of course there isn’t. Think of Walter in The Big Lebowski. “You see what happens, Larry? You see what happens?” Incidentally, here’s a surreally
Continue readingWhen Holland beat England in the Twenty20 World Cup
< 1 minute readThat was a good finish. You can keep your sixes. You can keep your big name players. You can keep your England-remaining-in-a-major-tournament-for-more-than-five-minutes. Produce a finish like the one in today’s match and cricket’s the best sport in the world. Nerves, misfields, a yo-yo run rate and a huge upset off
Continue readingThe greatest post of all time
< 1 minute readYou should all thank SimonC for this in the comments.
Continue readingIs this the greatest post of all time?
< 1 minute readNo. This is not the greatest post of all time. This is quite possibly a competitor for the title ‘worst post of all time’. Two hours, people. We’re on the edge of our seat and we’ve seen the thing maybe a thousand times already. You will literally NEVER get bored
Continue readingThe big news about Andrew Symonds being sent home from the Australia squad
< 1 minute readThe big news is that during the press conference, Ricky Ponting went a little bit boss-eyed. Look:
Continue readingIt’s your birthday tomorrow and it’s Christmas tomorrow AND that girl off that television advert that you’ve got a thing for has got something planned for you too
< 1 minute readMaybe you’re feigning indifference. Maybe you think you’re above it all. Maybe you genuinely don’t care. It matters not a jot. We are going to RAIN CAPITAL LETTERS DOWN UPON YOU in the build-up to the greatest post of all time. It is being published TOMORROW at midday to mark
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