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August 31, 2007 England / India

Ravi Bopara and Stuart Broad given the ultimate honour

2 minute readWhat were you doing when you were 21 or 22? We were mostly not leaving our room for weeks on end and feeling kind of numb inside. Not Stuart Broad and Ravi Bopara. They were exhibiting extraordinary amounts of steel in rescuing a disastrous one-day international run chase in front

August 31, 2007 England

Stuart Broad has won us over

< 1 minute readWe made Stuart Broad one of our ones to watch this season. Despite that endorsement, we’ve not been fully-convinced of his worth yet. A lot of hyperbole’s been spat in his direction and we weren’t really sure where it was coming from. We think we get it now. It wasn’t

August 30, 2007 Pakistan / Regulars

Shahid Afridi puzzles over which glove’s the left and which glove’s the right

< 1 minute read[There used to be an image of Shahid Afridi staring at some gloves here] Just try and cram one on. If you haven’t succeeded within two minutes try the same glove ON THE OTHER HAND.

August 29, 2007 England

Allan Donald preaches aggression

< 1 minute readAllan Donald became England’s bowling coach at the start of summer. Today marks the fiftieth occasion when an England bowler has said something along the lines of: “AD’s just been telling us to go out there and be really aggressive.” It was James Anderson on this occasion, but Ryan Sidebottom

August 29, 2007 Match report

Kent v Somerset Pro40 match report

< 1 minute readA match report, again from Lemon Bella who’s swiftly earning the title of ‘roving reporter (who tends to rove to the same destination)’: I was sat in front of two old ladies who couldn’t read the scoreboard or tell the players apart, so I had to help them fill in

August 28, 2007 England / India

Ian Bell – ink him in at three

< 1 minute readWe’d planned to write something about how Ian Bell supplied the padding in the ‘meal’ of an England innings – the bulk that everyone takes for granted, without really paying any attention to it. Slightly dull, but integral to the construction of the meal. There were going to be lots

August 27, 2007 County cricket / England

Phil Mustard scores runs quickly

< 1 minute readIt’s often said that Philip Mustard is a headline writer’s dream. He’s a nicknamer’s dream as well. The Durham players call him ‘The Colonel’ for obvious reasons. With so many options at our disposal however, it would be lazy of us to use someone else’s creation. That’s why, after an

August 27, 2007 Australia / England

Wicketkeepers open the batting in one-day internationals – apparently

< 1 minute readEngland are always on the lookout for a wicketkeeper who can bat and particularly one who can open the batting in one-day internationals. This is because Adam Gilchrist opens the batting for Australia in one-day internationals and Australia are better than England and therefore must be copied in EVERY CONCEIVABLE

August 25, 2007 County cricket

Rob Key hits 125 against Worcestershire

< 1 minute readAfter one-day hundreds versus Surrey and Derbyshire and County Championship hundreds against Durham, Hampshire and Warwickshire, you’d think we’d be running out of things to say about how great Rob Key is. Good job we hit upon that idea of asking prominent experts for their opinions after each of his

August 25, 2007 England / India

Rahul Dravid’s cool destruction

< 1 minute readSome observers seemed surprised by Rahul Dravid‘s innings of 92 off 63 balls as India won the second one-day international yesterday. Why? Dravid’s more than capable of doing this. People get blinded by his careful approach to Test cricket, but he only plays like that because he thinks that’s the