< 1 minute readThe Ashes is all about propaganda, so we have produced a handy media cheat sheet for England’s cricketers. It is over at Cricinfo. The article currently seems to be ‘big on Facebook’. We’re not on Facebook, so we don’t really know what that means. As far as we can tell,
Continue reading< 1 minute readHave you ever thought to yourself how hip hop music could be improved if the artists used Received Pronunciation and made tracks about cricket? Thought so. Thanks to Vil for pointing us towards this and apologies to those of you who knew about Mr B the Gentleman Rhymer already and
Continue reading< 1 minute readWe contributed to The Wisden Cricketer’s ‘My Favourite Cricketer’ section earlier in the year (think it appeared in the July issue). Did we ever point you towards it? We don’t think we did. Our favourite cricketer is not who you think it is. It’s actually Waqar Younis. We’re quite proud
Continue reading2 minute readRob Steen has written a great piece for Cricinfo about the generally sorry state of cricket photography. Basically, a lot of the agency people couldn’t give a toss about cricket and reaction shots are an easy way to get something vaguely usable. Steen mentions the highly regarded Patrick Eagar as
Continue reading< 1 minute readWe only ask because they’re hitting the ground running with alarming frequency. After Ben Hilfenhaus looked forward to a sprint landing last week, some of you questioned our assertion that cricketers no longer know what ‘hit the ground running’ means. Well, consider this new evidence. England’s captain’s had a go
Continue reading< 1 minute readZulqarnain Haider literally says: “leaving pakistan cricket because get bad msg fr 1 man fr lose the match in last game.” But what does he ACTUALLY say? Can anyone help us? What does that mean? Pakistan won their last match, so this Facebook message is a bit confusing. Why has
Continue reading< 1 minute readChris Martin has always struck as being a good bowler with a knack for not taking wickets. Opening the bowling in India and dismissing Gambhir, Dravid, Tendulkar, Raina and Dhoni in no time at all, it’s safe to say he no longer has that knack. Or perhaps he now has
Continue reading2 minute readAs the overseas professional (unpaid), my influence extends beyond the field of play. I am proud that I have brought a little something to my Australian club beyond my stellar on-field contributions. I am not just the most important player at the club. I am a role model and mentor
Continue reading< 1 minute readBert sent us these, plus some other pictures and some text. We left out half the pictures and then changed one of the lines to make the whole thing more repetitive. This gives you some insight into our “style”. Chris Read’s day just gets better and better. Here he gets
Continue reading< 1 minute readHaving lost to Sri Lanka in the first one-day international, Australia are now on their worst losing streak of all time. Admittedly, we have discounted a few of their wins to reach that conclusion, but it still counts. Sri Lanka were 107-8 chasing 240 for victory and still won. The
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