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February 27, 2012 India

MS Dhoni and Virender Sehwag – do they want to punch each other’s lights out?

< 1 minute read India’s tour of Australia has been a bit poo. They have lost a lot of cricket matches and as a result of all this losing, some of the players are getting tetchy with each other. The media are gleefully pouncing on the tetchiness and seem to be weaving a few

February 24, 2012 Match report

Pakistan v England in Abu Dhabi match report

2 minute read Bradders writes: This was a curious day on which I learnt much. It began however, if not badly, certainly disappointingly. I shouldn’t complain of course seeing as it was a free day out but when you get an unexpected invite to a ‘Corporate Networking Day’ which just happens to be

February 23, 2012 England

England might keep their one-day openers

2 minute read You go away for a few days and the unthinkable happens. England at least appear to have settled on a pair of one-day openers. It’s like we’ve been to a faraway planet and have returned to a parallel earth. We had to switch Radio 1 on for a minute just

February 22, 2012 Regulars

Tino Best cups his balls in his left hand

< 1 minute read A ‘balls’ joke. You can tell we’re on holiday.

February 21, 2012 Australia / Regulars

Watch the bail, Ricky

< 1 minute read As most of you know, this site uses pictures taken by Sarah Ansell. While perusing her site last week, we found this beauty: We like the way the ball is behind his head. As a batsman, it’s never good to have the ball behind your head. This is never more

February 20, 2012 Australia

Michael Clarke ain’t all that

< 1 minute read A lot of people are backtracking on Michael Clarke’s captaincy. He was astonishingly unpopular when he got the job – largely on the grounds that he looks like he drinks Smirnoff Ice – but many Australians seem to have warmed to him, what with all the wins and all. On

February 17, 2012 Extras

We’re away for a few days

< 1 minute read We’re going to the Lakes. But it’s okay, we’ve got stuff written and ready to go. You might well ask why we didn’t use some of that stuff yesterday. Well, er, it was already scheduled for next week and we, er… dunno. Shut up. This opens up the delightful possibility

February 15, 2012 England

England’s one-day victory template

< 1 minute read A hundred from Alastair Cook, a fifty from Ravi Bopara and four wickets for Steven Finn. As templates go, it’s quite specific. It’ll never last. Templates get worn out. Give us a bottle of Tab Clear, some prawn crackers and a copy of Sensible Soccer and we would NOT have

February 14, 2012 Pakistan

Does anyone know what a back yard is?

< 1 minute read Samit Patel said of playing Pakistan: “It would be a great achievement to beat them 4-0 in their own backyard.” Yes, it would, considering you’re in the Middle East. There seems to be an issue defining ‘back yard’. Kevin Pietersen used the same term last week. As a rule of

February 13, 2012 England

Alastair Cook seems to be England’s best one-day batsman at the minute

< 1 minute read And after all of 12 matches, Steven Finn would seem to be their best bowler. How do you feel about these things? Angry or amazed? Before this series, each of Sky’s commentary team picked their preferred England one-day side. We weren’t really paying attention (cooking, eating, playing games or just

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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…

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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