3 minute readWe were given VIP tickets to a Stanford party at The Living Room in Manchester. We had to wear shoes instead of trainers. Having to wear shoes instead of trainers tends to mean a venue is ‘not our sort of place’. The evening revolved around showing the match on the
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Stanford Super Series match reports
< 1 minute readThe world of cricket seems to be working itself into a state of rare fervour about the Stanford 20/20 for $20million thing. Cricket’s dead, they say. All plant and animal life too. Probably. We’ve been quite reassured by it all. If absolutely EVERYONE IN THE WHOLE WORLD hates it and
Continue readingStanford Twenty20 prize and trophy
2 minute readHow much do you care that this match is for $20million? Would you care ten times as much if it were 20/20 for $200 million? No. Would you balls. So how could Sir Allen Stanford possibly pique your interest? What prize might get you interested in the outcome of this
Continue readingStanford 20/20 – what happens if there’s rain?
< 1 minute readIt’s a shame the Stanford 20/20 for 20 match is floodlit, because a match of this financial magnitude being abandoned because of bad light would be too gloriously hilarious for words. There could be rain delays though and we wouldn’t bet against it. At times cricket can seem wilfully offended
Continue readingStanford 20/20 gimmicks
< 1 minute readIt was only a matter of time before they introduce BIGGER and therefore BETTER balls. But the Miami Vice style attire? That’s a step too far.
Continue reading20/20 for $20million – what is that in pounds?
< 1 minute readWhat will the victors in the Stanford 20/20 for 20 match become? They will become “dollar millionaires” or ‘not real millionaires’ to you – because of course we don’t have dollars in this country. It really brings it home that this isn’t really about you, the supporter and it isn’t
Continue readingLow scores in Stanford Super Series
< 1 minute readThus far scores in the Stanford Super Series have been heading south faster than Boris Johnson after being offered chips and gravy by a whippet in a flat cap. Scores, in order, have been 146, 124, 121 and 109. These aren’t the scores Twenty20 marketers want. They want sixes to
Continue readingNo win no fee cricket
2 minute readNo win, no fee cricket starts today in the shape of the Stanford Super Series, which culminates in a $20million winner-takes-all match between England and the Stanford Superstars next Saturday. We ordinarily support England, so we suppose that we’re supposed to follow them here as well. But why? They won’t
Continue readingChallenging umpires’ decisions
< 1 minute readThe four Test series between the West Indies and England will feature the umpire challenging system, whereby batsmen can remove one of their gloves, slap the umpire across the face with it and call for lbw shouts to be decided by a duel. Either that or you get a few
Continue readingDurham’s championship winning batting
< 1 minute readDurham’s bowling attack is getting all the attention, but don’t forget that they’ve prepared pitches to suit it and their batsmen have had to bat on those very same tracks. Not many of Durham’s batsmen have prospered. Most of their 2008 averages aspire to mediocrity. Of Durham players who’ve played
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