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May 26, 2009 England

England pass 300 in a one-day international

< 1 minute readThis is very much a red-letter day. England pass 300 in one-day internationals very rarely. Where other nations are forever launching sixes and sailing past 300, England are usually batting quite sensibly for a bit before thinking ‘OH MY GOD! WHAT ABOUT THE RUN RATE? WE’VE TOTALLY FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE

May 26, 2009 New Zealand

The best of New Zealand’s sporting stalking

< 1 minute readHave you ever wished that there was an online resource where you could submit an encounter with a well-known sports star and peruse other people’s similar brushes with fame? Do you wish that the recording of such information could be done in New Zealand, perhaps for legal reasons? Well then,

May 25, 2009 England

How accurate are cricket speed guns?

< 1 minute readYou would have to say that cricket speed guns aren’t hugely accurate. They seem okay most of the time, then every now and again you get a wonky match where everbody’s bowling at 93mph. This is what happened at Lord’s a week or so ago when England’s bowling attack suddenly

May 25, 2009 India

The best team in the IPL

< 1 minute readApparently it’s the Deccan Chargers. They won the IPL, therefore they’re the best. The format of the IPL is brilliant. It revolves solely around identifying the best team over a period of time to show which team is best. It’s totally fair and it lets supporters know which team should

May 22, 2009 Match report

Middlesex v Glamorgan match report

< 1 minute readGed writes: My guest for the day was Charley “The Gent” Malloy. My last visit of 2008 saw Charley walk off with my tie. When I reported the loss to my mum, she informed me that the correct etiquette in such circumstances would be for me to inform Charley that

May 21, 2009 England / West Indies

Super Sopper, why have you forsaken us?

< 1 minute readMany will blame the abandonment of today’s one-day international between England and the West Indies on the weather and Headingley’s new £600,000 drainage system (which apparently won’t reach its full potential until later in the year for some reason). We don’t. We lay the blame firmly at the door of

May 21, 2009 Pakistan

Shoaib Akhtar has genital warts

< 1 minute readPress releases are rarely of this standard. Lahore May 21, 2009: Mr. Shoaib Akhter was examined today by a Medical Board constituted by PCB for the purpose of Clinical assessment/Fitness due to his ongoing current ailment. The Medical Board consists of following experts. 1. Professor Javed Raza Gardezi – Consultant

May 20, 2009 Australia

Andrew McDonald instead of Andrew Symonds

< 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

May 20, 2009 Cricket books | reviews and recommendations

Jrod’s book

< 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

May 20, 2009 England

Cricket headline of the week

< 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.