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October 24, 2012 Australia

Australian cricketers need English balls

< 1 minute read Ambiguous headline, you say? Don’t know what you’re talking about. In their painfully desperate attempts to compete with England, Australia are going to use good, solid, dependable, manly Dukes balls in some Sheffield Shield matches instead of the fey, effeminate Kookaburra ball. The idea is that Aussie bowlers will maybe

October 23, 2012 Match report

Yankees v Red Sox match report

4 minute read Richard writes: My impression of baseball is that, while on a different scale to county cricket, it is still the sort of game you can just turn up to and get in. There are loads of games, big stadiums and entry doesn’t generally require tortuous membership schemes or frantically hitting

October 19, 2012 County cricket

Friday night Twenty20 cricket

2 minute read We’re not sure whether we dread changes to the county cricket schedule or look forward to seeing just how demented something can become and yet still have people claiming it makes perfect sense. However, the latest changes are… all right. Now, we aren’t feeling tip-top today, so there’s every chance

October 18, 2012 England

Kevin Pietersen in England selection SHOCKER

< 1 minute read England today announced that a player who has not retired from international cricket, who averages almost 50 and who hit a hundred in his last Test match is indeed going to be included in a Test squad. The press asked England’s selection panel whether this was wise in light of

October 17, 2012 England / India

Eden Gardens in Kolkata for the third Test between India and England

2 minute read We are delighted that England are playing at Eden Gardens. They will almost certainly lose here, but that’s not the point. It’s simply one of the great sports grounds and to have the opportunity to play here is something in itself. Recent Tests at Eden Gardens in Kolkata If you’re

October 16, 2012 Associates

United States of America Cricket Association v ESPN Cricinfo

< 1 minute read The United States of America Cricket Association (USACA) Facebook administrator has thrown a wobbly. Read through their comments on this thread relating to a Cricinfo piece about the organisation written by Peter Della Penna. Essentially, the administrator believes that Della Penna and the managing editor of digital media at ESPN,

October 15, 2012 England

Stuart Broad has published a photograph

< 1 minute read Please take a look at it by clicking here (opens in new tab). We believe this photo provides a window into the future, even though it was actually taken in the past. It’s hard to put your finger on exactly what it is, but basically most of the people in

October 14, 2012 England / India

Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai for the second Test between India and England

2 minute read It’s a common misconception that the Wankhede Stadium was named after Matthew Hayden. It actually takes its name from SK Wankhede, who was secretary of the Mumbai Cricket Association in the Seventies. Recent Tests at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai India last won a Test at Wankhede Stadium in 2004. This

October 12, 2012 Australia

What did Matthew Hayden call Damien Martyn?

< 1 minute read Apparently Jimmy Anderson once hit Michael Clarke in the head with a pad because Clarke was being a knobhead. It’s a slightly disappointing story overall, but made faintly interesting by the subplots revolving around Damien Martyn. Apparently, Jimmy was sitting in the changing rooms and Michael Clarke was giving off

October 11, 2012 England / India

Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad for the first Test between India and England

2 minute read Right now, the cricket world is concerned with the Champions’ League and whether or not Stuart Broad really would deign to drink one single beer with Kevin Pietersen, so we thought we’d move ahead to something that actually interests us. We thought we might do some half-arsed previews ahead of

His nickname at Northern Districts was "flatline", good to see he's living up to it: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ind-vs-nz-pune-test-mitchell-santner-peaks-with-virat-kohli-wicket-1457007

Kohli career was destroyed by his wife.

Santner has got to be the least expressive man I've ever seen. Is he going through a divorce? His potm…

Great test turn-around by New Zealand after their drubbing by Sri Lanka. Never have I enjoyed a test series victory…

When was the last time you saw a bus conductor? Do such jobs still exist? I thought they'd gone the…

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