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September 7, 2010 Cricket computer games | reviews, previews and downloads | PC, Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, Wii

International Cricket 2010 game review | PS3, Xbox 360

3 minute readInternational Cricket 2010 is a rubbish name, but it’s a great game. Batting The batting in Ashes Cricket 2009, the last version of this game, was excellent. It’s now slightly better with greater control of each shot’s power. If you don’t try and knock the leather off the ball, you’ve

September 6, 2010 County cricket

What is The Point?

< 1 minute readBert writes: I answer the question that’s been plaguing the world of county cricket all summer. It’s a fan heater. It’s got heating elements in it.

September 5, 2010 Pakistan

Yasir Hameed exclusive: he reads the News of the World

< 1 minute readOr he’s read other reports about the News of the World story. Or he’s overheard someone talking about it. Yasir Hameed has been BLOWING THE LID OFF CRICKET CORRUPTION by repeating things he’s read in the News of the World to someone from the News of the World. He’s been

September 3, 2010 County cricket

We haven’t totally crippled Durham’s players

< 1 minute readOur 2010 cricketers to watch list weighs heavily on our shoulders like a yoke of inaccuracy. It’s not been a vintage year, but thoughts that we had cursed the Durham contingent can now be banished. They’ve all come good in the same match. Well, not Will Smith. He’s not getting

September 2, 2010 Match report

150% SERIES report

3 minute readDandy Dan writes: Eager to avenge his defeat in last summer’s Test, Ben had spent some of the considerable amount of time that he had on his hands in preparing slightly more professional equipment than we had at our disposal last year. Unfortunately, given that he’d been away from Blighty

September 1, 2010 England / Pakistan / West Indies

Giles Clarke – an unfair but fairly amusing comparison of two pictures

< 1 minute readCharged with massive fraud involving $8bn investment scheme Alleged to have bowled a deliberate no-ball

August 31, 2010 Pakistan

A rousing speech about spot fixing

< 1 minute readFriends, we must take a stand. This great game has been our lifeblood for oh so many years and now is the time to return that favour. Just as cricket sustained us, so must we now sustain it in these times of hardship. This noble game of ours is badly

August 30, 2010 Extras / Pakistan

Receiving money for underperformance

2 minute readA man with a pencil moustache approaches King Cricket. Man: Hellooooo. KC: Er, hello? Man: How are you doing this fine day? KC: I’m fine. Sorry, do I know you? Man: No, you don’t know me. But perhaps you should. The man raises an eyebrow and looks King Cricket up

August 29, 2010 England / Pakistan

How do you feel about the Pakistan betting scam?

< 1 minute readWe just feel depressed. Cricket is joyful escapism and this kind of thing just knackers it up. Questioning on-field events Assuming it’s true (and having seen Mohammad Amir’s giant no-ball, we’re pretty sure it is) the real damage is in the fact that people question everything that happens in a

August 27, 2010 England

Jonathan Trott and Stuart Broad v Pakistan – what a partnership

< 1 minute readOne’s a balding, short-arsed, right-handed batsman. The other’s a boyish, lanky bowler who bats left-handed. Together they gave James Anderson the longest wait of his career. Trott and Broad caused Pakistan’s bowlers no little distress as well, which was entirely unexpected given the circumstances. Mohammad Amir started the day taking

Ah, that's pretty recent. Some of our 'new' clothes are ten years old.

Daisy and I saw a wonderful play entitled (and about) Pomona: https://ianlouisharris.com/2014/11/15/pomona-by-alistair-mcdowall-orange-tree-theatre-15-november-2014/ I was going to write "quite recently", until…

Pomona is not just a stop on the tram, it also gives its name to the Pomona Island Brew Co,…

Oh and looks like Sam Cook's going to be playing the Zimbabwe Test. Probably should have thrown that one in…

Woah there. Stop trying to pin us down to one particular array of opinions.

In praise of the matter-of-fact dynamism of Travis Head

Mark’s wood: Talking joinery and timber with England’s fastest bowler

23 of the best, worst and weirdest cricket moments of 2024

Lord Megachief of Gold 2024

Are we already watching peak Harry Brook?