2 minute read Match reports are still welcome. The guidelines are: don’t write much and don’t mention the actual cricket. 668 Neighbour Of The Beast writes: Seduced by advertising? Never! But the comfy retro chairs looked inviting. To Riverside, home of the Durham Doodahs. The scorecard stated entertainment provided by the Durham Allstarzz.
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Middlesex v Kent Twenty20 match report
2 minute read Soviet Onion writes: I returned from a holiday in Sri Lanka last week, and within minutes of getting home I did what I usually do after work and went through lots of pages on Teletext (does anyone else still do this?). On page 354 I noticed upcoming cricket fixtures –
Continue readingRavi Bopara does even more DIY
< 1 minute read If you’re tired of updates about an indifferent Ravi Bopara helping to promote Nuts magazine via a National Shed Week PR stunt, then you might want to stop reading now. Because here’s Ravi standing outside a shed with his drill and his barbecue and also his rake: We’re hungry by
Continue readingColeshill 3rd XI v Visitors match report
2 minute read Spigot of 4.5 Inches fame writes: My first match! I waited a season and a half for the privilege of turning out for the Coleshill Thirds and when the call finally came, oh I was there. You betcha. Not least because it turned out we were playing Visitors – the
Continue readingEngland v New Zealand, Bristol one-day international match report
2 minute read Mel writes: The scene was set. Both sides had prepared for battle. The protagonists eyed each other with a sense of anticipation – who would triumph today? I talk not of the 22 men in pyjamas, but of a far more absorbing contest. Crowd v Stewards. Lengthy delay at security
Continue readingLancashire v Durham Twenty20 match report
2 minute read Mahinda writes: So, what better way to spend a Tuesday evening than by leaving work a little early and heading over to Old Trafford to watch Lancashire Teef**kingtotallers mash up Durham Donkeymoes? This may or may not have happened. My matchmates were to be Colin, one of our trainers, and
Continue readingEngland v New Zealand second one-day international match report
< 1 minute read Lemon Bella writes: Indian Skimmer and I attended this match due to my brother and his drunken bidding at a charity auction. Phil Tufnell was the guest speaker at the auction and was, according to my brother, “rubbish”. If I ever have cause to arrange a guest speaker from the
Continue readingAndrew Flintoff unveils his big surprise
< 1 minute read “Voila!” Brilliant, Fred. It’s a cricket ball. We’ve all seen a cricket ball before. What’s next in your box of tricks? A bat? A box?
Continue readingDon’t get a cricketer to do your tiling
< 1 minute read Here’s Ravi Bopara trying to do some tiling. Ravi! Stop! Everyone knows that you’re supposed to apply the adhesive to the wall and not to the tile. Now here’s Charlotte Edwards putting up the exact same tile. Q: How many cricketers does it take to put up one tile? A:
Continue readingKent v New Zealand match report
2 minute read Lemon Bella writes, or rather ‘wrote’. Sorry for the delay. The disorganisation that led to this match report’s delayed appearance is totally, totally uncharacteristic. Totally. TOTALLY… Anyway, Lemon Bella writes: Indian Skimmer and I went to the Kent v New Zealand match. On the first day there was quite a
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