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April 19, 2010 India

Bombs at Chinnaswamy Stadium Bangalore

< 1 minute readHow did the locals respond when it was announced that the semi-finals of the IPL were being moved due to the fact that five bombs were found during and after the last match at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore? To paraphrase one cricket fan interviewed in the Deccan Chronicle: “They were only

April 18, 2010 Extras

Guess where we’re not

< 1 minute readIf you answered ‘Bangalore’, you’re wrong. If you answered ‘home’, well done. In fact, if you answered anything other than Bangalore, you’d also be right. Now that we think about it, we’re predicting a list of places where we aren’t in the comments. Knock yourselves out. Bangalore is fine, but

April 16, 2010 England / Regulars

Monty Panesar plays lower standard of cricket to improve confidence

< 1 minute readSurely this won’t help. If Panesar’s in the slips then this is beneath back garden standard.

April 15, 2010 Match report

India v South Africa at Eden Gardens – match report

3 minute readD Charlton writes: When myself and the soon-to-be Mrs D Charlton were enjoying a holiday in South-East Asia, I realised that it was the India-South Africa second Test at Eden Gardens. So, I decided to try and find the score. I’ve had previous trouble finding the score in Italy and

April 14, 2010 Extras

Project Free Test Match Tickets For Life Because Son Is England Captain

2 minute readBert writes: A few days ago, I enrolled Bert Jr. (aged 7½) at our local cricket club. This is Phase 1 of Project Free-Test-Match-Tickets-For-Life-Because-Son-Is-England-Captain. The club was holding its junior indoor net. Eighteen kids, aged between 7 and 12, all being “organised” by two coaches (or, as I shall see

April 13, 2010 Regulars

Churro being conspicuously indifferent to the status of Wisden

< 1 minute readMiriam writes: This is Churro, the kitten we were looking after for a fortnight. As you can see, he isn’t conspicuously indifferent to cricket, as he is using the Wisdens as a protective wall from humans who try to stop him gnawing at books. He is obviously also ruminating on

April 12, 2010 England

Andy Caddick’s Test career – awkward bounce from an awkward bowling action from an awkward bloke

2 minute readWe never wrote about Andy Caddick when he retired. We should have done. Say what you like about Andy Caddick. Say that he was mad as pies; say that he got picked for England because people wanted him there to fix stuff while they were on tour; say he was

April 11, 2010 County cricket

County cricket players to watch in 2010

< 1 minute readWe’re watching these guys when there isn’t an international match on, which is never: Liam Plunkett Mark Davies Adil Rashid Will Smith Paul Horton Phil Mustard Ravi Bopara

April 9, 2010 County cricket / England

Ravi Bopara, Essex: first-class batsman to watch in 2010

< 1 minute readThe plight of Ravi Bopara makes an interesting case study. He’s trying to establish himself as a Test cricketer and only Test runs will really persuade anyone that he’s ready. He gets a series of ducks in Tests in Sri Lanka and gets dropped. He promptly makes a one-day double

April 8, 2010 Match report

South Africa v England, Centurion Test – match report

2 minute readI hadn’t been feeling terribly well, having been off work for a couple of weeks with an ear infection, but had arranged to meet a couple of friends in London on the afternoon of the first day of the series. It was very cold. I think it was snowing. I