< 1 minute readAustralia coach, Tim Nielsen, has described Australia’s match against India as being a “mini-grand final”. We prefer the more traditional term ‘quarter final’ ourself. But that match is on Thursday. Pakistan v West Indies is the first of seven one-day internationals that are actually worth watching. It’s the World Cup,
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Chris Gayle Graham Gooches it
< 1 minute readChris Gayle didn’t make it to 400. People might think that just because a batsman’s hit 333, he’s more than likely to get another 67, but it doesn’t work like that. Batsmen aren’t robots. They get knackered. Batting isn’t like triathlonnery, but it is tiring and it does go on
Continue readingA Test double hundred must be quite good fun for Chris Gayle
< 1 minute readStill a man defined by his ‘wouldn’t be so sad if Test cricket died’ pronouncement, Chris Gayle can’t help but have enjoyed hitting a double hundred against Sri Lanka in the first Test at Galle. All those gaps in the field, plenty of overs in which to keep swishing –
Continue readingFoo picked for West Indies A-team
< 1 minute readDo we pity him? We were brought up to believe that a foo’ was someone to be pitied and the one place where we wouldn’t expect to find one would be in an A-team. This actually is political correctness gone mad – employing a foo’ as a key component in
Continue readingGiles Clarke – an unfair but fairly amusing comparison of two pictures
< 1 minute readCharged with massive fraud involving $8bn investment scheme Alleged to have bowled a deliberate no-ball
Continue readingSomeone’s challenged Shiv to a crease occupation contest
< 1 minute readAshwell Prince’s 262-ball 78 not out effectively said to Shivnarine Chanderpaul: “You think you can bat time? Come on. Let’s see what you’re made of.” Why would you do that? Shiv has now found himself in a situation where the West Indies are deep into their second innings, only a
Continue readingChris Gayle knows where England go wrong
< 1 minute readChris Gayle knows why England rarely perform well at these tournaments: “I’m sure they come out here with blood in their eyes.” That can’t help. Even if it doesn’t affect their vision too much, it’s got to be a bit unsettling.
Continue readingAbout even for the Taylors
< 1 minute readYesterday, we were presented with the following two headlines via our RSS feeds: Taylor delighted by ‘special’ MBE and Taylor charged after bar scuffle Slightly disappointingly, Claire Taylor didn’t celebrate her MBE by going on an all-dayer that culminated in a drunken argument with bar staff because they wouldn’t give
Continue readingChris Gayle likes Test cricket a little bit
< 1 minute readHow would you describe Chris Gayle’s normal on field expression? Like someone’s wiped shit on his sleeve but he’s too tired to do anything about it. How did Chris Gayle look when he got his hundred? He dropped to his knees and started beaming. It seems he does like Test
Continue readingKemar Roach to Ricky Ponting
< 1 minute readKemar Roach didn’t break Ricky Ponting’s elbow, but Ponting must have been mainlining milk for the past six years for that not to happen. He’s David Dunn to Nasser Hussain’s Mr Glass. Kemar Roach bowls at 90-95mph and when he learns that he should bowl with the wind instead of
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