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May 10, 2012 England

Alan Mulally is CEO of Ford

< 1 minute readWe always wondered what happened to flaxen-haired wrong-handed Nineties seam bowlers when they retired. Turns out they go all corporate. After retiring from cricket, Mullally spent quite some time working for Boeing, where he rose to become executive vice president despite his CV being stained by the fact that he

May 9, 2012 County cricket

Yorkshire fast bowlers and competition for places

< 1 minute readIt’s popular these days to encourage ‘competition for places’. However, as a means of keeping players on their toes, it’s expensive and according to Yorkshire stereotype, that’s not an option. The county has instead adopted a policy whereby it instils fear in its pace bowlers. Ajmal Shahzad was bundled across

May 8, 2012 County cricket

Ajmal Shahzad enters a completely different world

< 1 minute readAjmal Shahzad has shacked up with Lancashire following the barney with Yorkshire which led to him sleeping in the box room. Welcome to the civilised world that lies on the correct side of the Pennines, Ajmal. Leave your thermal underwear behind, but bring a light waterproof. The move makes a

May 6, 2012 County cricket

Count Cricket’s county cricket round-up – May 6th

< 1 minute readGood day. I am Count Cricket. My parole officer told me it would aid my rehabilitation to find some form of employment and King Cricket has offered to pay me £2.70 to cover the county cricket season for his “website”. I assume he needs to subcontract because he is too

May 4, 2012 West Indies

Chris Gayle genuflects

< 1 minute readIt’s easy to characterise Chris Gayle as a man who’d rather play Twenty20 for money than international cricket for less money. However, recent jumping has taken him through a number of hoops in order that he is now, once again, able to play for the West Indies. Essentially, the West

May 3, 2012 County cricket

Limp top orders and wily old gnarl-dogs – Lancashire v Nottinghamshire

< 1 minute readBoth good teams. Both good teams who wait until six wickets are down before scoring any runs. So far Lancashire are having the better of things, bowling Nottinghamshire out for 169 before producing a staggeringly huge 48-run opening stand. Our man Paul Horton still stands a chance of top-scoring for

May 1, 2012 County cricket

Why is Ajmal Shahzad leaving Yorkshire?

< 1 minute readWho knows? It’s Yorkshire. The only thing that can be stated with any certainty is that the decison will have been made by someone muttering: “All right, well ruddy sod yer then.” Our guess is that Ajmal Shahzad has never felt too loved by his county. England always seemed to

April 30, 2012 County cricket

Warwickshire still top by a couple of points

< 1 minute readIt rained last week. You might have noticed. This meant that very little happened in the County Championship. No-one won. Warwickshire stayed top largely due to the vast bat of Jonathan Trott who is entirely unarsed by green pitches and cloudy skies and hit 178. Whether it’s a packed MCG

April 27, 2012 West Indies

A tribute to Shivnarine Chanderpaul

< 1 minute readShiv has just hit his 10,000th run and Cricinfo wanted someone to pay tribute to him. Being as we named him not just Lord Megachief of Gold, but Grand Lord Megachief of Gold, we were well-placed to pass comment. For some reason, our idea of a tribute is to describe

April 26, 2012 Extras

We now write Cricinfo’s weekly Twitter round-up

< 1 minute readIt would seem that we’re selling off our newsletter for parts. Following cricketers on Twitter is actually pretty boring. James Anderson and Graeme Swann are smart and funny and Dale Steyn used to be, but the rest are generally either illiterate or don’t know when to shut up. The original

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