< 1 minute readIf you don’t know who Andrew McDonald is, imagine a side’s seventh batsman and their fifth bowler. Now imagine he bowls medium-pace. Now wake up again. If it weren’t for having hair that’s such a bright shade of red that it clashes with life itself, Andrew ‘Ronald’ McDonald wouldn’t be
Continue reading< 1 minute readHe claims it’s got better spelling and grammar than the website, but he’s put ‘disrepsective’ on the page where he’s selling the thing, so do you trust him on that? The writer of Cricket With Balls gives us The Year Of The Balls 2008: a cricket disrespective. Part with your
Continue reading< 1 minute readFrom the BBC website: “Bresnan ready for Flintoff battle” Tim Bresnan must be getting feisty. Wonder what he’s said about Flintoff. “He’s well within his rights to walk straight back into the team on his past performances and what he has done.” Yep. Timmy Bresnan’s ready for battle all right.
Continue reading< 1 minute readSome of you might have seen that Glamorgan were docked two points for producing a duff pitch. This is at the beautifully monikered Swalec Stadium, where the first Ashes Test is due to take place. ‘Oh no,’ people have said. ‘What if the pitch for the Ashes is sub-standard?’ These
Continue reading2 minute readJames Anderson won this match for England. 5-87 and 4-38. Those are bowling figures that make a difference. James Anderson is now a bowler who makes a difference. ‘Yeah, against the Windies. Wait until he’s playing Australia later in the summer,’ some of you might say. To which we would
Continue reading< 1 minute readThe West Indies won the Wisden Trophy for the first time in years back in March. Some would say that England regained it today after winning at Chester-le-Street, but they’d be wrong. In reality, England regained the Wisden Trophy the moment the entire West Indian squad gathered round their hastily
Continue reading< 1 minute readDo you know who makes the light meters that the umpires use to ruin people’s days? Do you? Do you? It’s only Megatron. From the Megatron website: “Megatron manufactures photoelectric cells and instruments for measuring light.” It’s a strange choice of career for a gun that can transform into a
Continue reading< 1 minute readWhen Chris Gayle reached his fifty today, he punched the air with both hands and then shook his head. Maybe he doesn’t think this Test feels like much of an occasion. We don’t know exactly, but to us it seemed like a cricketer who didn’t think much of his own
Continue reading< 1 minute readFidel Edwards has mostly been bowling at James Anderson’s head of late. Edwards appears to have some sort of a problem with the Lancashire bowler, giving him a mouthful once every few balls and bowling about 5-6mph quicker due to the adrenaline. When these sorts of duels get personal, it
Continue reading< 1 minute readOne of the commentators during the last Test – we forget who – said that Sulieman Benn had a good bowling action. Now we can only presume that he meant it was solid and reliable or maybe ‘funny’. Because it isn’t a good bowling action. He looks like a horse
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