2 minute read With its short surges of action and long playing hours, cricket is an unusual sport to watch in person. This is why we started publishing match reports from our readers that don’t actually mention the cricket. We’ve always been interested in other people’s live cricket experiences. A day at a
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Jason Holder starts to play how you always imagined he would
< 1 minute read India failed to chase down 190 against the West Indies and there were a couple of prominent reasons for this. Firstly, MS Dhoni hit India’s slowest half-century in 16 years – although ‘hit’ seems an entirely inappropriate word to use for an innings of 54 off 114 balls. MS Dhoni
Continue readingShannon Gabriel nicks one for the Windies
< 1 minute read Maybe this is why people have started saying ‘snick’ to mean ‘nick’ – to prevent headlines like this one from being ambiguous. Shannon Gabriel – arguably the finest fast bowler called Shannon currently plying his trade – took 5-11 as the West Indies dismissed Pakistan for just 81 to win
Continue readingMisbah-ul-Haq – King of the Daddy Fifty
< 1 minute read Embed from Getty Images Last week Ian Bell was dismissed for 99 and we wondered whether that was more or less painful than Misbah-ul-Haq being left stranded on 99 not out against the West Indies. Well, it seems Misbah was wondering the same thing. One Test later, he executed a
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How much does Rahkeem Cornwall weigh?
2 minute read All across the UK, people are waking up and asking: ‘Who is Rahkeem Cornwall?‘ after the majestic blob of cricket damn near beat England in a tour match. It is for precisely this reason that we always try and stay abreast of the world’s fat cricketers long before they rise
Continue readingViv Richards has a chilli sauce
< 1 minute read Or possibly had. Graeme Swann doesn’t make it clear in his tweet just how long the bottle’s been at the back of his cupboard. Amazing find in the sauce cupboard at home…just sampled it for lunch…nearly blew my head off!! #kingviv #masterblaster #raspinhot pic.twitter.com/EDIfBjVTiO — Graeme Swann (@Swannyg66) January 30,
Continue readingWhy Andre Russell was banned
2 minute read If you didn’t know it already, “it’s not my fault, I asked someone else to do it for me” is not a legitimate defence for failing to tell dope testers where you’re going to be. Andre Russell has therefore been handed a one-year ban. If that sounds harsh, consider that
Continue readingAndre Russell might actually find out whether he’s going to be banned from cricket next week
2 minute read If you’ve a decent memory, you might remember that Andre Russell had a possible two-year ban from cricket hanging over him after being unavailable for three doping tests during a 12-month period back in 2015. ‘Oh yeah,’ you may think. ‘What happened with that in the end?’ Well, the answer
Continue readingVideo: Cricket, penguins and lasers – together at last
< 1 minute read Finally! It’s the video for the latest version of Dwayne Bravo’s Champion song, in which our man lists everyone and everything he’s ever encountered and brands them all champions. Toast is a champion, plate is a champion, floor is a champion, wall is a champion… If you don’t immediately comprehend
Continue readingThe riddle of Kraigg Brathwaite’s extra G
< 1 minute read Maybe one day someone will be able to answer the riddle of Kraigg Brathwaite’s extra G. The K we can understand – it’s jarring, but not unprecedented. But the second G? What does that contribute to proceedings? Maybe his parents wrote Kraig, knew it looked wrong and added a bonus
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