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February 24, 2010 India

Sachin Tendulkar hits an ODI double hundred

< 1 minute read Due respect to Saeed Anwar, but from the minute Zimbabwe’s Charles Coventry equalled his world record ODI score of 194 against Bangladesh, someone needed to go past it. That someone was Sachin Tendulkar. There are some pretty ordinary batsmen making big scores these days, but Sachin is not one of

February 24, 2010 Australia

Brett Lee’s Test career

2 minute read Like Andrew Flintoff, Brett Lee’s had to jack in proper cricket because his body’s had it. Fast bowling’s a mug’s game, but anyone who’s seen our Too Cool mug or our robot mug knows that we love mugs. In many ways, Brett Lee was the perfect Australian fast bowler. He

February 23, 2010 England

Craig Kieswetter – yes or no?

< 1 minute read We might as well do our usual thing of formalising our fence-sitting position. Our initial feelings when Somerset wicketkeeper, Craig Kieswetter, started eating up column inches was: ‘No, not another one. Too many wicketkeepers!’ Everyone’s got a favourite wicketkeeper to push and we hate it. No-one can make an informed

February 22, 2010 India / South Africa

Last ball thriller between India and South Africa

< 1 minute read Didn’t watch it. Don’t much feel like reading about it.

February 21, 2010 Extras

A toucan taking guard in a Test match

< 1 minute read If you want to hear our latest failed attempt to get our words out without laughing, listen to Andy Zaltzman’s World Cricket Podcast. It’s a war we’ll always wage, but will seemingly never win. This week’s highlight that was left on the cutting room floor was Andy going to answer

February 20, 2010 Bangladesh

Shakib Al Hasan’s first Test hundred

< 1 minute read Four years after we tipped him for greatness, Shakib Al Hasan hit his first Test hundred. New Zealand were on the receiving end and while they won the match, their bowlers took some stick. After dawdling along on nought for an age, Shakib Al Hasan suddenly engaged the long handle

February 19, 2010 India / South Africa

And the number one Test side is…

< 1 minute read Two frigging Tests. Whose bright idea was it to have a two-Test series between India and South Africa? Don’t tell us that originally there were no Tests scheduled. If you fancy a sandwich and there’s no bread in the house, you don’t go out and buy a single slice of

February 18, 2010 India

Harbhajan Singh defies his series bowling average

< 1 minute read On the first day of the second Test between India and South Africa, we were being fed series bowling averages. Harbhajan Singh’s was really bad. He was in dire form was the insinuation. To be fair to Harbhajan, South Africa had only had one innings in the series up until

February 18, 2010 Extras

Pay attention everyone: breaking cricket bat sticker news

< 1 minute read Bobby K’s been on. In a statement that raises more questions than it answers, he says: “Just so you know, I opted for the blue stickers, because a mate of mine offered to cover the costs.” King Cricket: The world’s foremost source of club-cricketer-bat-sticker-decision related news.

February 17, 2010 Extras

Stan Johnson’s Ashes Tour

< 1 minute read We don’t know Stan Johnson of Accrington, Lancashire, but any man whose will provides funds for 15 friends and family to travel the world, visiting various cricket grounds, on “Stan Johnson’s Ashes Tour” is all right by us. Stan’s ashes will be scattered at 12 different grounds, from Sydney, Lahore