2 minute readAnyone know how to stop Cricinfo videos from automatically playing? Action! In our line of work, we read an awful lot of cricket stories. This sometimes involves opening tens of tabs at a time and we then have to play ‘hunt the video’ when we hear that one or more
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The tallest order
< 1 minute readLancashire started their must-win-by-a-mile match quite well, but James Harris and Ravi Patel secured a batting bonus point for Middlesex which means we now have a clearer idea of exactly what each team needs to do to survive. Lancashire need to either score 350, or declare with fewer than eight
Continue readingMop-up of the day – first-class status and second division performances
2 minute readThe Champions League is on. We managed to watch half of one innings, but it’s such a stupid, managed tournament, it isn’t really sport in any meaningful sense, so it’s back to county cricket. First-class but second-rate In these triple-format days, is first-class status as meaningful as it once was?
Continue readingMop-up of the day – spreading Roses
< 1 minute readThe Pennines have long separated good from bad, but there’s been an odd inversion in county cricket this year. White Rose good Nottinghamshire were the only team who could have prevented Yorkshire from winning the County Championship. Being as Yorkshire are positively monstering them with just one more game to
Continue readingMop-up of the day – England won two games
< 1 minute readEngland finally found a modicum of limited overs success. They’ve analysed the stats and apparently scoring hundreds and making big totals will give them a better chance of success in the World Cup. Common sense might also tell you such a thing. The fifth one-day international Joe Root became the
Continue readingMop-up of the day – Bears and backs
< 1 minute readWe’ll come to England’s latest one-day exploits later. For now… The upskilling of one-day skillsets This was the other Cricinfo article of ours to be published yesterday. Apparently we were to be found at both ends of the cricket writing spectrum on the 4th of September, 2014. This particular article’s
Continue readingMop-up of the day – negativity and The Kingdom
< 1 minute readFirst up, our fortnightly Twitter round-up for Cricinfo where Grobbelaar has correctly identified that we bring nothing but negativity to the world. We’re pretty sure Shaun Pollock would have a groansome quote about judging people to deliver as a riposte to that, but he’d probably also have one about bitter,
Continue readingMop-up of the day – demons and barometers
< 1 minute readFirst, some links: Summat about a demon for Cricinfo The latest Shire Horse for All Out Cricket Our cycling site should you wish to follow the Tour of Spain with us Now let’s spend the rest of Bank Holiday Monday in classic fashion by moaning about rain.
Continue readingMop-up of the day – an unappealing slice of Beef
2 minute readIt seemed logical to assume that India’s batting at The Oval would be the most repulsive and upsetting thing any of us saw this week. Then Ian Botham put everything in perspective. Sir Beef has a history of advertising meat. This morning he appeared to be promoting pork sword via
Continue readingMop-up of the day – who cares wins
< 1 minute readOr, more accurately, in the eyes of many: who wins cares and who loses doesn’t. We touched on this a couple of days ago. India’s batting at Old Trafford warrants scrutiny, but we’re still wary of drawing conclusions about the players’ motives and feelings based on what happened. After all,
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