< 1 minute readA whole host of sites offering free fantasy IPL cricket have sprung up. We’ve entered one and set up a league, which you can join if you want. League members won’t be playing for a cup or even a plate. We’ll be playing for The King Cricket Takeaway Box. It’s
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Ray Jennings and Kevin Pietersen find common ground
< 1 minute readIn any working relationship, there’s bound to be a degree of friction. The important thing is that you respect each other and are working towards the same goals. If you have completely different characters, that’s okay, but ideally you’ll have at least one thing in common. Fortunately for the Bangalore
Continue readingBurt Cockley – possible new inexplicable obsession
< 1 minute readIt’s well hard to get to play for one of the IPL teams. Look at all the disappointed Englishmen for proof of that. But wait. What’s this? Burt Cockley’s been signed by Kings XI Punjab? Who the hell is Burt Cockley? Burt Cockley’s an Aussie fast bowler. He hasn’t actually
Continue readingIPL teams in 2009
2 minute readBangalore Royal Challengers What’s their ‘thing’? Bought loads of stonewallers, like Jacques Kallis, Rahul Dravid and Shivnarine Chanderpaul and promptly finished second to last in 2008. New players Wisely added Robin Uthappa, Kevin Pietersen and Jesse Ryder to their obdurate batting roster. Chennai Super Kings What’s their ‘thing’? Second stupidest
Continue readingKings XI Punjab get ready for IPL action
< 1 minute readThe IPL’s fast approaching. Are you all excited? It won’t be taking place in India, of course. It looks like it’ll be in South Africa at the minute. But while all the fixtures and all the scheduling might be a bit last minute, the teams themselves are primed and ready
Continue readingIPL window for England players
2 minute readA group of guys who aren’t you have got an opportunity to earn a lot of money. The situation is that any England players who might actually be wanted by an IPL franchise will play Twenty20 in India for three weeks and then their next match after that will be
Continue reading‘Cricketainment’ – has it come to this?
< 1 minute readOne thing we know about people: they love to get wound up about stuff. People love getting irritated, even incensed by things they could so easily avoid. Nowhere is this more true than on the internet. So if you’re one of those people, steel yourself for a good old fashioned
Continue readingYou’re reading about the Test when there’s Twenty20 on?
< 1 minute readThere are two articles. One says Twenty20’s clearly going to kill Test cricket. One says that probably, on balance, that won’t happen. Newspaper editors will tend to publish the first one. The former’s punchier and it provokes debate, so we get to read a disproportionate number of articles about how
Continue readingCricket’s Champions Leagues
2 minute readThe Board of Control for Cricket in India, the BCCI, wishes to run a Champions League featuring Twenty20 sides from around the world. The BCCI backs the IPL Twenty20 league and says sides featuring players from the rival ICL can’t appear in its Champions League. Various county cricketers have played
Continue readingHalf of England in love with money
< 1 minute readApparently half of the England team would consider retiring early to play in the IPL. The greedy blighters. How dare they come down on the side of fiscal wealth against such lofty notions as pride, honour and respect. How dare they forfeit the unique opportunity to be slagged off in
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