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March 1, 2008 Bangladesh / South Africa

Graeme Smith and Neil McKenzie set world record opening partnership

< 1 minute readOpening partnerships are the most boring kinds of batting partnership – especially if it’s the first innings. There’s no context to the innings and you’re removing any doubt about the rest of the game. Let’s face it, after 415 runs without a wicket, it’s either going to be a South

February 29, 2008 Australia

Jason Gillespie’s retirement

2 minute readJason Gillespie has effectively retired. He’s going to play in the ICL and that C in place of a P is the difference between making millions for no real sacrifice and making slightly less for being banned from first-class cricket. The IPL being the sanctioned Indian Twenty20 league of course.

February 29, 2008 Australia / India

Get on the edge of your seat

< 1 minute readAustralia v Sri Lanka today might be a meaningless dead rubber, but on Sunday it’s FINALS TIME. Australia and India might have played four one-day internationals against each other already, but they weren’t FINALS. Now its serious. Previously, both teams were only concerned with getting to THE FINALS. But now

February 28, 2008 England / Regulars

Strauss being conspicuously indifferent to Strauss’s selection ahead of Owais Shah for England’s final warm-up match before the first Test against New Zealand

< 1 minute readA catchy title, we think you’ll all agree. It’s been a while since we received a picture of an animal being conspicuously indifferent to cricket – TOO LONG, in fact. There are a whole host of animals who have not yet expressed their indifference to this great game. We’ve never

February 27, 2008 England

Andrew Strauss is a favourite, Owais Shah less so

< 1 minute readWe don’t want to get anti-Andrew Strauss because we quite like him, but his selection in England’s team for their final warm-up worries us. Either it’s his last opportunity to earn a place in the Test team or favouritism’s crept in. Strauss was dropped because of poor form and hasn’t

February 27, 2008 Australia / India

Australia and India sent to headmaster’s office

2 minute read“Oh no. We’re going to get DONE. And, and, and. And Mark says that he’s got a cane, even though it’s against the law and that he’s even got a special stripey cane for when you’re REALLY bad.” So now we all know why players say ‘what’s said on the

February 26, 2008 County cricket / West Indies

Fidel Edwards signs for Worcestershire

< 1 minute readA good signing for Worcestershire, but perhaps an even better deal for Fidel Edwards. The lack of West Indians appearing in county cricket is both a symptom of their current weakness, but also a cause. A great line of West Indians have broadened their cricketing education in England, from Learie

February 25, 2008 England

Andrew Strauss fighting England’s selectors

2 minute readAndrew Strauss has a central contract with England so the selectors want him to play. Unfortunately however, Andrew Strauss is doing his utmost to put his reselection in doubt. Strauss was dropped for the tour of Sri Lanka after getting out for 27 in every single one of his previous

February 24, 2008 New Zealand

Jesse Ryder injures himself gaining entrance to a toilet

< 1 minute readJesse Ryder, you really do appear in the most spectacularly glorious stories. Jesse Ryder injured himself while he was out drinking to celebrate New Zealand’s one-day series win over England. Did he injure himself in a fight? No. Did he injure himself trying to break into a toilet? Yes. He’s

February 24, 2008 Bangladesh / South Africa

Shahadat Hossain skittles South Africa

< 1 minute readThis would have been a much better update if we’d actually written it yesterday, like we meant to. Now everything’s rather tainted by an impending South African victory. In the first Test between Bangladesh and South Africa, Shahadat Hossain took 6-27 as South Africa were bowled out for 170. Those