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September 21, 2012 Afghanistan / Associates

Poor Izatullah Dawlatzai

< 1 minute readIzatullah Dawlatzai got up this morning and thought to himself: “Maybe today’s the day that I, Izatullah Dawlatzai, will make a name for myself. I will bowl so well against the World Twenty20 Champions that the name Izatullah Dawlatzai will forever be synonymous with bowling that is both spectacularly destructive

September 20, 2012 Australia

What’s Damien Martyn up to these days?

< 1 minute readYeah, we know Matthew Hayden’s retired again and that there’s a batch of nonsense to savour as a consequence. You can enjoy that without our having to contribute these days. Instead, we’ve got something new. It’s Damien Martyn’s confusingly named ‘Marton Distribution’. Read their ‘about us‘ page before you go

September 19, 2012 Afghanistan / Associates / India

Yuvraj Singh is a good Twenty20 bowler

< 1 minute readMuch has been made of the fact that MS Dhoni wants seven batsmen and four bowlers in his Twenty20 side, even though you have to use at least five bowlers. ‘Sacrilege’, people cry. Not really. Batsman number seven might not contribute much, but the value of a specialist bowler isn’t

September 18, 2012 England

The England Test squad for the Test tour of India is actually quite interesting

2 minute read“Root or Compton? Let’s have both and, er, James Taylor can go elsewhere to make room. He didn’t do much right or wrong, so maybe no-one will notice that he’s gone.” Root and Compton. It’s nice to see a 21-year-old and a 29-year-old both being selected for the first time

September 18, 2012 Extras

ICC World Twenty20 post-match analysis

< 1 minute readWhen each match finishes, you can simply switch off the TV. We’ve saved you from post-match analysis with our team guide for Cricinfo. It explains why your team lost. When Bumble says “start the car” – that’s your cue to switch off the box. You can go and do something

September 16, 2012 England

ICC World Twenty20 format

< 1 minute readWe may be cynical and world-weary, but we’ve always rather enjoyed the World Twenty20. By and large we’re a fan of grey, but in some contexts you can’t beat a bit of black and white brutality and the tournament provides just a little of that. We’re not talking about rogue

September 14, 2012 County cricket

Derbyshire and Yorkshire promoted

< 1 minute readLancashire go down and their two neighbouring counties go up. So it goes. We haven’t been following division two, so we don’t really know how this has happened. Judging by the table and Jason Gillespie’s Twitter updates, Yorkshire have mostly been rained off and picking up points for draws. They

September 13, 2012 England / South Africa

Jos Buttler dismantles Wayne Parnell

< 1 minute readWayne Parnell went for 37 off two overs yesterday. He conceded five in the first. In the second, Jos Buttler took him apart as if he were an old, rotten shed which had tried to have sex with his daughter. We’re not exactly sure how a shed would go about

September 12, 2012 England / South Africa

What are England and South Africa playing for tonight?

< 1 minute readAre they playing for pride, honour, a trophy? No! They’re playing for momentum. Going into the Twenty20 World Cup with this batting line-up, England will need as much momentum as they can get, because it rather feels like they’re about to roll into a brick wall rather than a little

September 10, 2012 South Africa

Hashim Amla WILL NOT GO AWAY

< 1 minute readWe really like Hashim Amla, but by the box of Dujon, will he EVER stop batting? There’s one more match this summer and we have every reason to believe that he’ll bat out the overs and make a hundred. It seems the most likely outcome, even if it’s another nine