< 1 minute readWill writes: “This was my cat Spike’s response to my entire attention being focused on the cricket last night.” For the sake of clarify, we should point out that ‘last night’ wasn’t the highlights of Canada v Kenya, it was during the Ashes.
Continue reading< 1 minute readEngland’s 327 wasn’t enough against Ireland, but 171 was enough against South Africa. It’s not a matter of different opponents, it’s different conditions. This is why between-innings analysis is so often virtually worthless. What constitutes a good score varies because a run doesn’t have a set value – it changes
Continue reading< 1 minute readEngland could have beaten India and Ireland, but beat neither. They’ve a far better claim to being chokers than South Africa at present. In the last 12 months, Australia have lost a Twenty20 international off the last ball to England; lost a one-dayer by one wicket to Sri Lanka; lost
Continue reading< 1 minute readCricinfo have a headline describing Zimbabwe as ‘woeful’ after they were bowled out for 162 by New Zealand. However, Bangladesh were bowled out for 58 against West Indies. And they were at home. Cricinfo’s editorial staff really need to get together and establish an adjective hierarchy. Like most people, we
Continue reading< 1 minute readWe know why. We worked out the reasons, then wrote them down, then asked Cricinfo to publish them – and they did. Those of you who only read our Cricinfo stuff so that you can better appreciate the comments will be delighted to see that already one person appears to
Continue reading< 1 minute readPlenty of opportunities to appreciate the beautifully patterned grass at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Illusions of subcontinental bowling adequacy extinguished He could have been out after just 45 balls (admittedly, he was on 91 at the time)
Continue reading< 1 minute readWe’re really struggling to know how to feel about Ireland in this World Cup. When they played Bangladesh the other day, they were the underdogs, but Bangladesh are underdogs at Test level. Do we support the underdog on the day or our long-term underdog? For England v Ireland, we’re obviously
Continue reading< 1 minute readA side-on game of angles, the square cut is to cricket what a near-miss on a red is to a bad game of snooker played by Pagans. Square everything. Square your footwork; square your bat stroke; square your follow-through. Should time allow, a counter-squaring of extraneous footwork will balance the
Continue reading< 1 minute readBeing out in cricket is ordinarily a bad thing, but Steven Davies being out is actually quite positive, because he is the first openly homosexual professional cricketer. At times like this, you remember how backwards the world is – particularly the cricket world. It is 2011 and Steven Davies is
Continue reading< 1 minute readWhat a match. Here are three things that struck us about it: Boundaries “People want to see boundaries” – you always hear people say that as if it’s a fact, but this match wasn’t exciting because there were 76 boundaries; it was exciting because it was a close match. Andrew
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