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February 15, 2017 England

A bit of advice for Joe Root

< 1 minute read If there’s one thing the England captain generally lacks, it’s advice from random members of the public. Fortunately for Joe Root, we are prepared to step in and fill that void. It’s a little-known fact that our critically-acclaimed Club Captain’s Handbook for All Out Cricket was originally penned as a

February 14, 2017 Extras

I Don’t Like Cricket, I Hate It – the new England Test captain edition

2 minute read A semi-regular feature in which we ask Prince Prefab about cricket – even though he hates cricket. We are in bold. Prince Prefab is not. Joe Root said he was ‘humbled’ to be named England Test captain. We vaguely remember you moaning about people’s use of this word. It basically

February 13, 2017 Extras

People are streaming live cricket online via Kodi

< 1 minute read If you don’t know about online TV streaming software, Kodi, we’ve written a bit of an explainer. As well as taking a quick look at the software itself, we’ve also looked at what sort of content’s available, the legality of streaming and what this technology might mean for the future

February 12, 2017 Bangladesh / India

Bangladesh three long sessions away from Test series victory over India

< 1 minute read Relatively speaking. Escape with a draw and that’s basically a win for the tourists, isn’t it? And being as it’s a one Test series, that would also mean a Bangladesh series victory. Again, relatively speaking. Three sessions seems an awful long time when you’ve only got seven wickets left though.

February 10, 2017 India

Virat Kohli dealing in daddies and doubles

< 1 minute read Is ‘supersizing’ still a thing or did it die out after that Morgan Spurlock film? We’re old enough now that we should probably research our knee-jerk cultural references to see whether they still apply. Let’s not bother and just assume that this one’s still current. Virat Kohli had never hit

February 8, 2017 England

Were Alastair Cook (and his family) ‘let out to dry’ by the ECB?

2 minute read Alastair Cook has said that the ECB “kind of let me out to dry a little bit” over Kevin Pietersen’s sacking and the ensuing brouhaha. Being ‘let out to dry’ makes him sound like a cat who’s mistaken bubble bath foam for solid land and now needs the back door

February 7, 2017 Associates / England

Eoin Morgan to be Ireland Test captain?

< 1 minute read “Even more than making it in Twenty20 or 50‑over cricket my real ambition has been to become a Test player,” said Eoin Morgan when England first gave him a shot at the five-day stuff. After 16 Tests and two hundreds, it seems highly unlikely they’ll give him another go, but

February 6, 2017 England

Alastair Cook finally works out that he doesn’t much like being England captain

2 minute read After four-and-a-half years and 59 Test matches, Alastair Cook has finally thought to himself: “Wait a minute, this is a rubbish a job and I don’t actually have to do it.” It sometimes seems like every England captain’s career is simply a long, slow deduction that the honour and prestige

February 4, 2017 Extras

ICC horse design proposals approved to go before next committee

2 minute read The Test nations are poised to rain an almighty storm of compromises down on the ICC’s proposals for the international cricket schedule. We know this for a fact because in cricket ‘proposal’ means ‘thing that will never come about in any recognisable form’. These latest proposals – for some sort

February 3, 2017 West Indies

Viv 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,

Huh! Interesting cricket in Western Australia... https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/one-day-cup-aus-2024-25-1444469/western-australia-vs-tasmania-10th-match-1444479/match-report Meanwhile, in India...

He certainly has land.

Slight bus conductor vibe c/w an absence of said vibe? I think not. I think of those two spinners in…

Only one phrase can describe this day's cricket: it's astounding.

Time will tell. Indeed, I am shivering with antici…pation.

Hats off to Harry Brook’s very particular ‘steamrollered pancake pitch’ set of skills

Let’s pick the All-Time Greatest Middle-Aged XI

Less than the sum of their parts: Six Test batting partnerships that invariably disappointed

Five Graham Thorpe innings that were equal parts silly, brilliant and vital

Show me the money. Inattention and monetisation in Major League Cricket, The Hundred and Test cricket