< 1 minute read Only the gift is a poo in a box and it keeps jumping up and punching you in the face, leaving you bruised and faecal. Eventually the poo knocks you out, whereupon it steals all your money and forces you to dance naked in the car park at work in
Continue reading< 1 minute read There’s no problem picking five bowlers when one hits 87 and another hits 63. There were some pretty expensive bowling figures knocking about after India finished their innings. Perhaps the nicest was Stuart Clark’s 0-92. Now we’ve nothing against Clark, but he shouldn’t be averaging under 20 with the ball.
Continue reading< 1 minute read Our toast is dry and the larder is empty. To the jam shed! This is tricky. Nasir Jamshed’s made a fine start to his career, walloping a 48 ball 61 and now a 64 ball 74. The problem is that both innings have been against Zimbabwe and Zimbabwe aren’t actually
Continue reading< 1 minute read “He hit my best ball for six,” Hogg said. Yes – and you get the impression that Sachin Tendulkar could quite easily hit any delivery he chooses for a boundary. He’s only holding back so that Hogg doesn’t get taken off. He and VVS Laxman got a bit carried away
Continue reading< 1 minute read New cricket game! It’s not out yet though, so we’ve no idea how good it is. It doesn’t matter really. If our short-lived, poorly-paid career as a videogame ‘journalist’ taught us anything, it’s that previews of games only need pictures. Mervyn Athrapatta’s going along nicely. We’ve rather unhelpfully shrunk this
Continue reading< 1 minute read This is good news, because when he’s not playing he can’t fail and humiliate himself. We don’t think it’s any coincidence that he skived the match where India’s bowlers remembered how to swing the ball. Surprisingly, this is the first time our twin obsessions have appeared on the same day.
Continue reading< 1 minute read “The dream scenario was to have Russell Crowe firing down bouncers at Jude Law and Robbie Williams in the final over of the inaugural G’Day USA Hollywood Ashes cricket match in suburban Los Angeles.” Thankfully, that nightmare never arose, because those three idiots didn’t bother turning up. Instead, Rob Key
Continue reading< 1 minute read Uncle J Rod at Cricket With Balls congratulates India but keeps a sense of perspective: “India must look at this win for what it is, a small step in the right direction, but many an explorer has fallen off a mountain. Even Sober.” The Atheist at Are You A Left-Arm
Continue reading< 1 minute read Write something ourself about the ho-hum one-day cricket between South Africa and West Indies or just reproduce some quotes from elsewhere about India’s win last week? People who’ve encountered our legendary capacity for graft first-hand won’t be surprised with the outcome. A fair point from John at Cricket-blog.com: “Opponents complain
Continue reading2 minute read Australia win at home. That’s the way it is. They play to their strengths and they beat everyone. Well not today. India outplayed Australia and they did it via their seam bowlers and at the WACA no less. RP Singh bowled beautifully and Irfan Pathan took wickets with the new
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