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June 27, 2008 England

Kevin Pietersen to captain England

2 minute readPaul Collingwood’s been banned for four matches for England’s slow over rate and Kevin Pietersen‘s picked up the reigns to the haggard, lifeless horse that is the England one-day side. We’re not unhappy about this. We’ve said before that we think Kevin Pietersen would make a half-decent captain. KP said

June 27, 2008 India / Pakistan

Suresh Raina was there too

< 1 minute readWith Virender Sehwag doing some spectacular repairs to his surprisingly ordinary one-day record, it’s easy to overlook his juvenile, boundary-hitting accomplice, Suresh Raina. Sehwag followed his 44 ball 78 against the might of Hong Kong with a 95-ball 119 against Pakistan’s increasingly mediocre attack. Suresh Raina took 68 balls to

June 26, 2008 England / New Zealand

Running out a player who’s on the deck

< 1 minute readWe like a bit of ruthlessness, but there’s a fairly clear line between ‘ruthlessness’ and ‘being a dick’. We call it the ‘being a dick line’ and we always try and stay the right side of it. England didn’t. Ryan Sidebottom went after the ball and inadvertently decked Grant Elliott

June 26, 2008 England / New Zealand

Last ball finishes are good whatever length the format

< 1 minute readWhat a great match. What a fantastic finish. One-day cricket’s an idiot – how can it not know that it’s dead? Twenty20 waited for one-day cricket in an Indian backstreet and when one-day cricket arrived, Twenty20 beat it senseless with a black cricket bat. One-day cricket’s bloodied and barely conscious,

June 25, 2008 County cricket

Graham Napier’s ‘mensely bad timing

< 1 minute readThis is what we’re pommily whinging about. Graham Napier hit ‘mense amounts of runs off negligible balls due to a ‘mense number of sixes. Yet where’s our report? Napier’s innings ended during the beer hours and we can’t be expected to remain coherent at that time. How much more ‘mensely

June 25, 2008 Match report

Lancashire v Durham Twenty20 match report

2 minute readMahinda writes: So, what better way to spend a Tuesday evening than by leaving work a little early and heading over to Old Trafford to watch Lancashire Teef**kingtotallers mash up Durham Donkeymoes? This may or may not have happened. My matchmates were to be Colin, one of our trainers, and

June 24, 2008 England / India / New Zealand

Half of England in love with money

< 1 minute readApparently half of the England team would consider retiring early to play in the IPL. The greedy blighters. How dare they come down on the side of fiscal wealth against such lofty notions as pride, honour and respect. How dare they forfeit the unique opportunity to be slagged off in

June 24, 2008 County cricket

Once upon a time Joe Denly did something good

< 1 minute readThree problems with the Twenty20 Cup. (1) While the matches are at a great time for supporters, they’re at a rubbish time for people writing about them because they finish during the beer hours. (2) There are about ten matches a day and we quite simply don’t have ten pieces

June 23, 2008 Match report

England v New Zealand second one-day international match report

< 1 minute readLemon Bella writes: Indian Skimmer and I attended this match due to my brother and his drunken bidding at a charity auction. Phil Tufnell was the guest speaker at the auction and was, according to my brother, “rubbish”. If I ever have cause to arrange a guest speaker from the

June 22, 2008 Extras

Match reports and other assorted crap

< 1 minute readJust to let you all know, we’ve changed our email address to kingcricket@hotmail.co.uk. Our old email provider, Bluebottle, said we had to start paying for their service. They gave us 72 hours notice. Any of the following will be more than welcome at the new address: (1) Match reports. Keep