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September 6, 2007 England / India

Robin Uthappa totally unarsed by insane amount of pressure

< 1 minute readWhat is it with ridiculously young Indian batsmen? They just think they can come over here and chase down 300 plus one-day scores without so much as a hint of knock-kneed panic or paralysing defeatism. Yuvraj Singh and Mohammad Kaif are prime examples and yesterday Robin Uthappa, 21, shrugged his

September 6, 2007 England / India

Luke Wright’s debut

< 1 minute readWe were moaning about Matt Prior as opener the other day. When Luke Wright was called up to the England squad, it opened up the possibility of his opening up some possibilities through opening… up. He didn’t and Matt Prior scored six, so Wright didn’t do his opening ambitions any

September 6, 2007 England / Extras / India

Video of Dimitri Mascarenhas’s five sixes to end England’s innings

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September 5, 2007 England / Regulars

Darren Gough’s sinister offer

< 1 minute readIt’s a shoe. We’re not scared of a shoe, Darren. There’s nothing wrong with having a shoe. It’s not like you’re trying to get us hooked on class A drugs or something.

September 4, 2007 India

Yuvraj Singh in one-day cricket this summer

< 1 minute readWe’ve made one or two rash pronouncements in our time. Fortunately most of them are now all-but-invisible on the old site. However, we’re going to bring one to the fore today in a fairly transparent bid to make a player lose form for a couple of matches against England. This

September 3, 2007 England / India

Paul Collingwood papers over fragile England batting line-up

< 1 minute readBecause if you’ve got a fragile batting line-up, paper is the greatest disguise. You can conceal all manner of batting sins through judicious use of paper. England’s batting folded at Old Trafford but they got away with it. It happened at Headingley and they didn’t. Paul Collingwood’s innings of 91

September 3, 2007 County cricket

Rob Key fined for throwing bat in Twenty20 final

< 1 minute readWe thought it was a hissy fit of poise and dignity. If anything, it’s the ECB who should be fined – fined for crimes against perfection. Whatever that might mean. Luckily Rob mastered alchemy years ago and makes his own gold.

September 2, 2007 County cricket

Rob Key hits 182 against Lancashire

< 1 minute readRob’s now hit 1130 first-class runs this season at an average of 59.47. After last season’s aberration (he was recovering from shoulder surgery) Rob’s back on track. Now seems a good time to fill you in on The Origin Of Rob Key. Just over a score and eight years ago,

September 1, 2007 England

James Anderson cruelly overshadowed

< 1 minute readWe have several other points to make about the Old Trafford one-dayer. We didn’t want to overburden you yesterday – our slightly addled hero worship seemed sufficient match analysis for one day. James Anderson bowled really well. Probably better than Stuart Broad. Anderson v Tendulkar is turning into an excellent

September 1, 2007 India

Ajit Agarkar tries to fool us with wickets – we won’t be fooled

< 1 minute readAjit Agarkar is still all kinds of terrible, despite taking four wickets in the fourth one-day international at Old Trafford. We’re not going to be swayed. We accept that his ball to Ian Bell was a beauty, although it was a hideously dreadful leave on Bell’s part. You don’t think