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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

April 29, 2008 Match report

Oxford UCCE v Nottinghamshire match report

< 1 minute readMel writes: I arrived at the home of the Oxford University Cricket Club with a sore shoulder and a light wallet. The former was due to packing a heavy bag to cover all weather eventualities (although in hindsight the mosquito repellent was a tad unnecessary). The latter was due to

April 28, 2008 County cricket

Rob Key punishes New Zealand

< 1 minute readPunish them! Rob Key today doled out a punishing barrage of punishment. New Zealand were the unfortunate punishees, punished for being an international team with the temerity to take on The Big Key. “Punish them!” cried the crowd and The Big Key obliged with 178 not out. This would happen

April 28, 2008 County cricket

The Chris Read new hat appeal

< 1 minute readChris writes: “This bugged me last season and it seems it’s going to continue to bug me this season too. “Can I suggest a whip round to buy him a new hat? That’s what, a tenner? So £2 per King Cricket reader.”

April 28, 2008 County cricket / England

Steven Finn proves himself completely

< 1 minute readSteven Finn bowled Rob Key for one yesterday. We said that Steven Finn was one to watch this season. How much more right could we be? The answer, of course, is none. None more right. Rob’s been recovering from a virus. This is the only time he is at all

April 26, 2008 India

Well if you wanted to make Sreesanth cry, mission accomplished

< 1 minute readHarbhajan Singh slapped Sreesanth. Sreesanth had a bit of a cry. This happened because Harbhajan Singh’s a little bit of a dick and because Sreesanth’s also a little bit of a dick. Harbhajan Singh would slap anyone and anyone would slap Sreesanth. It’s a huge surprise that it hasn’t happened

April 25, 2008 Australia / India

Andrew Symonds hits Twenty20 hundred

< 1 minute readAnd this annoys us. When people are throwing huge money around, there’s nothing quite like watching them make a right balls of it. Andrew Symonds sold for $1.35 million and we’d have quite liked him to be a colossal failure. Unfortunately, he’s been okay and even if Deccan Chargers lost