< 1 minute readWe’ve written before about how important wicketkeepers are in Twenty20, but arguably the most important positions are your opening batsmen. A single batsman can win you a game of Twenty20. A single bowler probably can as well – just about – but they only do their thing for four of
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Making fun look as cheery as an Eastenders highlights DVD
< 1 minute readIf you think by failing to engage us, you’re going to discourage us, you’re kidding yourselves. If you think your silence is going to avert an excruciatingly unnecessary, day-by-day countdown, you’re wrong. It is two days until Rob Key plays for England in the Twenty20 World Cup. It is two
Continue readingFriday at midday – be there (here)
< 1 minute readFriday is a very special day. Friday is a very, very special day. Friday is the day when Rob Key represents England in the World Cup. At this point in time, we’re not even considering the slight possibility that he might not play. If he doesn’t play in the warm-up
Continue readingA reason and a half why England have already won the Ashes
< 1 minute readSwing bowling Give an Australian bowler the solidified lump of blancmange known as a Kookaburra cricket ball (which is used in Australia) and he’ll pound in and bowl at off stump until the batsman deliberately misses one to save himself from the boredom. Give an Australian bowler an English Duke
Continue readingThe Mongoose cricket bat means business
< 1 minute readSpecifically, it intends to attend meetings and conferences, do Powerpoint presentations and take care of ‘the bottom line’. Whatever that might mean. The Mongoose is a cricket bat that looks like it’s got a ridiculously long handle, but actually it’s just that the main bit’s shorter. The thinking is that
Continue readingKolkata Knight Riders T-shirt
< 1 minute readSee our latest cricket T-shirts here They do one with a picture of the owner, Shah Rukh Khan, on: We’re waiting for Lancashire to start selling Jim Cumbes T-shirts, but he’s retiring soon, so it’ll probably never happen.
Continue readingEngland pass 300 in a one-day international
< 1 minute readThis is very much a red-letter day. England pass 300 in one-day internationals very rarely. Where other nations are forever launching sixes and sailing past 300, England are usually batting quite sensibly for a bit before thinking ‘OH MY GOD! WHAT ABOUT THE RUN RATE? WE’VE TOTALLY FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE
Continue readingThe best of New Zealand’s sporting stalking
< 1 minute readHave you ever wished that there was an online resource where you could submit an encounter with a well-known sports star and peruse other people’s similar brushes with fame? Do you wish that the recording of such information could be done in New Zealand, perhaps for legal reasons? Well then,
Continue readingHow accurate are cricket speed guns?
< 1 minute readYou would have to say that cricket speed guns aren’t hugely accurate. They seem okay most of the time, then every now and again you get a wonky match where everbody’s bowling at 93mph. This is what happened at Lord’s a week or so ago when England’s bowling attack suddenly
Continue readingThe best team in the IPL
< 1 minute readApparently it’s the Deccan Chargers. They won the IPL, therefore they’re the best. The format of the IPL is brilliant. It revolves solely around identifying the best team over a period of time to show which team is best. It’s totally fair and it lets supporters know which team should
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