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November 8, 2009 Australia / England

Australian cricketers are generally ready for international cricket

< 1 minute readAustralia have managed a cracking one-day series victory over India, particularly considering they’re down to Clint McKay and the likes. There’s a core of first-choice players, but if you were in the vicinity of the Australia side at some point recently and happened to be wearing a yellow T-shirt, chances

November 6, 2009 Cricket computer games | reviews, previews and downloads | PC, Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, Wii

Ashes Cricket 2009 video game review | PC, PS3, Xbox 360

3 minute readAshes Cricket 2009 is an action cricket game, as opposed to a strategy game. It’s probably the best cricket game going of that type. Batting Weirdly, batting’s actually better than bowling. In previous cricket games, batting has largely been about getting frustrated and smashing the joypad because your idiot batsman

November 6, 2009 India

Sachin Tendulkar – 20 years of batting like this is just astonishing

3 minute readDid you know that it took 78 one-day internationals for Sachin Tendulkar to score a hundred? It’s an odd fact, that, considering he’s squeezed in another 44 since then, including a whopping 175 against Australia today. It’s sometimes difficult to appreciate Sachin Tendulkar properly. It’s like thinking about the vast

November 5, 2009 Australia

Do you want to see the best players in international cricket?

< 1 minute readWhere’s Pat Farhart when you need him? Australia need those magic hands, even if previous quotes hint that they might tamper with spin bowlers from time to time. Already without Nathan Bracken, Brett Lee, Peter Siddle and James Hopes, Australia’s bowling attack now has to cope without Moises Henriques because

November 4, 2009 Pakistan

Quite simply the most watchable side in cricket

2 minute readWe’re not generally in favour of hackneyed caricatures, but we’ll make one exception: Pakistan the unpredictable. Pakistan’s cricket team are generally portrayed as equal parts genius and slapstick and with a capacity for self-destruction unrivalled even by Slash. (“I was pissed off at myself for having died. It really ate

November 3, 2009 England

Do South African born cricketers like Jonathan Trott represent you and your country?

< 1 minute readEngland currently have a number of South African born players. Jonathan Trott’s the latest and he seems to be under some suspicion at the minute, despite spending seven years qualifying to play for England. Mike Norrish, writing on the Telegraph’s site, says: “I guess the whole thing boils down to

November 3, 2009 Australia / Regulars

Warney finds the ball

< 1 minute read“Here it is!” “It was tucked between two of my rolls of flab.”

November 2, 2009 Cricket computer games | reviews, previews and downloads | PC, Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, Wii

Howzat free online cricket game preview

2 minute readWe’ve had a quick look at the new free online cricket game Howzat, which is due to be unveiled shortly. We’re giving it the royal seal of approval. Gameplay It’s a player v player action game, as opposed to a management sort of affair. Batting is largely as you’d imagine:

November 1, 2009 Australia

Who the hell is Clint McKay and how did he get picked for Australia?

< 1 minute readAustralia have called up the Victoria bowler Clint McKay, because after being on the road for about nine months all their bowlers are falling to pieces. Who is he? Clint McKay has been selected for Australia because he really, really wants to play cricket for his country. Lots of cricketers

October 31, 2009 India

Mahendra Dhoni is really very cool

< 1 minute readMahendra Dhoni, flustered? India are three wickets down in no time on a pitch that’s nastier than Satan when his haemorrhoids are playing up. Dhoni: “Yeaaaaah. I’ll probably just stick around for 30 overs or so before basically just mincing the ball wherever I please when we get within touching

I’m not convinced that Harry Brook has yet got his own head around the 50-over format. His results in that…

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