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May 7, 2008 County cricket

Mark Davies materialises

< 1 minute readWe’ve always liked Mark Davies. He was like the invisible man that only we could see. If he wasn’t injured, he’d be there, chipping away for Durham, taking 2-30 or 3-45 – nondescript-yet-efficient bowling figures that kept his first-class average surprisingly low. It was 22.63 before this match. But now

May 7, 2008 Match report

Lancashire v Somerset County Championship match report

2 minute readMatch reports are still welcome. James writes: The start had been delayed, but when I arrived John Holder and Nigel Cowley were already on their way to the wicket, despite the fact that the main cover was still in place and it was raining quite hard. They gave up and

May 6, 2008 County cricket

Lancashire lose to Scotland again

< 1 minute readThere were some low-scoring matches in the Friends Provident Trophy this weekend and not only where matches were shortened because of rain. Scotland, who had won at Old Trafford in 2003 and 2007 managed a relatively feeble 155-9 from their 50 overs, but Lancashire completely ballsed up their chase and

May 4, 2008 Australia / India

Ringing endorsement of Ricky Ponting’s form from Australia’s coach

< 1 minute readTim Nielsen had the following to say about Ricky Ponting’s four matches for Kolkata Knight Riders, during which he scored 20, 19 and two golden ducks: “I am sure the opportunities to bat outside against net bowlers over there in India will hold him in good stead.”

May 3, 2008 County cricket

Chris Read’s raw deal

2 minute readWe think Chris Read got a raw deal. The story is: best keeper, duff batsman – but everyone knows it’s not that clear cut. We’re not going so far as to say Chris Read’s should be playing for England, but we do think he should have been given a proper

May 2, 2008 Australia / County cricket / India

Brad Hodge utterly miserable about earning an enormous sum of money in the IPL

< 1 minute readChannel M is a local TV channel here in Manchester. Every week they broadcast The Lancashire Cricket Show, which is also available online. In this week’s episode, Brad Hodge is interviewed about how he’s leaving for a few weeks in order to go and earn seven boatloads of cash in

May 2, 2008 County cricket / England

Tim Ambrose: still short, still batting well

2 minute readJonathan Agnew will be astounded to hear that Tim Ambrose hit a hundred yesterday, despite not having grown an inch over the winter. He hit 156 not out against Leicestershire. One of England’s multitude of wicketkeepers needs to make a definitive case for the Test spot. As the current England

May 1, 2008 Match report

Middlesex v Glamorgan County Championship match report

2 minute readSuave writes from La Republique: The rain had stopped when I got off the tube at Regent’s Park, and I was looking forward to a nice afternoon definitely not watching cricket. Unfortunately, it started lashing it down as I was halfway through the park. I got soaked and battered by

May 1, 2008 Australia / India

We’re actually glad that Glenn McGrath took some wickets

2 minute readThis is so wrong. How can we be sure we’re really us? Maybe later we can go near some normal people for a minute to check that we still detest all of humanity. It’s Twenty20’s fault. Bowlers get 24 balls to influence a match and for the majority of those

April 30, 2008 County cricket

EPL: counties or regions?

3 minute readWhat is the EPL? There’s going to be an English version of the IPL. We’re calling it the EPL, because we’re pretty sure that’s what it’ll be. England already has a Twenty20 tournament of course. There are three leagues and the best teams go through to quarter finals. For some