< 1 minute readAmid all the furore when Chris Gayle said he wouldn’t be all that sad if Test cricket died, one key fact slipped into the background: Chris Gayle is phenomenally good at this form of the game. Why wouldn’t he prefer it? Gayle is an exceptional Twenty20 batsman. Arguably the best
Continue reading< 1 minute readIs there anything on earth that can’t be improved by the presence of a fat man who achieves his ends using amateurism and brute force? No, of course there isn’t. Think of Walter in The Big Lebowski. “You see what happens, Larry? You see what happens?” Incidentally, here’s a surreally
Continue reading< 1 minute readThat was a good finish. You can keep your sixes. You can keep your big name players. You can keep your England-remaining-in-a-major-tournament-for-more-than-five-minutes. Produce a finish like the one in today’s match and cricket’s the best sport in the world. Nerves, misfields, a yo-yo run rate and a huge upset off
Continue reading< 1 minute readYou should all thank SimonC for this in the comments.
Continue reading< 1 minute readNo. This is not the greatest post of all time. This is quite possibly a competitor for the title ‘worst post of all time’. Two hours, people. We’re on the edge of our seat and we’ve seen the thing maybe a thousand times already. You will literally NEVER get bored
Continue reading< 1 minute readThe big news is that during the press conference, Ricky Ponting went a little bit boss-eyed. Look:
Continue reading< 1 minute readMaybe you’re feigning indifference. Maybe you think you’re above it all. Maybe you genuinely don’t care. It matters not a jot. We are going to RAIN CAPITAL LETTERS DOWN UPON YOU in the build-up to the greatest post of all time. It is being published TOMORROW at midday to mark
Continue reading< 1 minute readWe’ve written before about how important wicketkeepers are in Twenty20, but arguably the most important positions are your opening batsmen. A single batsman can win you a game of Twenty20. A single bowler probably can as well – just about – but they only do their thing for four of
Continue reading< 1 minute readIf you think by failing to engage us, you’re going to discourage us, you’re kidding yourselves. If you think your silence is going to avert an excruciatingly unnecessary, day-by-day countdown, you’re wrong. It is two days until Rob Key plays for England in the Twenty20 World Cup. It is two
Continue reading< 1 minute readWith the Ashes on its way, the internet will see a huge number of cricket blogs being started in the next month or so. Most will die on their arses within a few weeks, but some will stick around. We’ve been doing this since January 2006 and in new media
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