County Cricket Matters
I long for white flannel-wearing Velociraptors
Kenny Shovel 17 May 2012According to the recent BBC series The 70’s, my formative years were played out in a country enjoying an enormous Space Hopper bounce forward in socio-economic progress. A kind of Generation Game era second enlightenment that gave us anti-discrimination legislation, foreign holidays for the masses and Brut’s ‘Splash it all over’ campaign inventing the metrosexual man. I can’t say that...
The Surfer
Matt Prior's climb to the top of the world
17 May 2012England’s wicketkeeper Matt Prior marks the fifth anniversary of his Test debut today at the same ground and against the same opponents as he first made an international impression. Stephan Shemilt, writing for bbc.co.uk, says that in a span of five years, Prior has become one of the best wicketkeeper-batsman in the world.
At 43.09, Prior's batting average...
County Cricket Live 2012
LV= County Championship, Thursday May 17
George Dobell 17 May 20125.15pm: Jon Culley at Warwickshire v Lancashire Warwickshire's declaration came after they had added 37 runs to their total at tea, the object of which seemed to be to allow their opening batsmen only 10 minutes rather than 20 to prepare themselves after five sessions in the field, and to impose the psychological pressure of needing to score in excess...
The IPL Watcher
Newsfile: May 17
Akhila Ranganna 17 May 2012Middle order not a concern – Jayawardene: Delhi Daredevils batsman Mahela Jayawardene has dismissed concerns over the team’s vulnerable middle order. Daredevils' batting has been top-heavy this season with the bulk of runs being scored by captain Virender Sehwag (484). However, Jayawardene, who made an unbeaten 56 in the win over Kings XI Punjab, said it was “good” that the...
Shot selection
A stumping to remember at Lord's
Philip Brown 16 May 2012The photographs of India wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik diving and stumping England’s Michael Vaughan were taken on September 5, 2004 at Lord’s during a one-day series. The shots were taken with a Canon body with a 500mm lens and a 1.4 teleconverter. I had in 2004 changed to Canon equipment as I believed Canon had overtaken...
The Buzz
Michael Clarke goes rallying
Carlyle Laurie 16 May 2012Australia’s captain Michael Clarke, known for his cover drive, is going to try driving of a different kind when he makes an appearance in next week’s International Rally of Queensland. Clarke will compete in two stages of the race between May 25 and 27. The rally has attracted some of the biggest names in the sport, including former world rally...
Inbox
The Brown Headley
16 May 2012In the 1920’s and 1930’s, West Indies cricket was in its infancy and the side was a hodgepodge of amateurs and weekend cricketers. This team was often bettered by the stronger English and Australian sides. During those forlorn decades, one world-class batsman emerged. He was the bulwark of a frail batting line-up and the team’s fortunes often rested on...
The View From Row Z
Why so angry, Mumbai?
Andrew Hughes 16 May 2012The IPL’s Fair Play League is a splendid idea, if not an original one. There is, believe it or not, a similar tally of chivalrous conduct in the English Premier League, although given that the spirit of sportsmanship in that particular competition is as fragile as a daisy seedling in the middle of a rugby pitch, the threshold for...
The Confectionery Stall
The Sobers-Kallis debate resolved for the final time ever
Andy Zaltzman 15 May 2012Andy Zaltzman goes where no man has gone before to get stats that prove who the world's best allrounder is, while also finding time to answer other readers' questions. Download the podcast here (mp3, 14.3MB, right-click to save).
IPL Inbox
IPL not a conspiracy against Test cricket
Devashish Fuloria 14 May 2012As an Englishman my initial reaction is to lambast the IPL for making a mockery of the sport played by such esteemed gentlemen as Denis Compton and Jack Hobbs. Yet the more I watch it (in place of studying, I might add), the more necessary it seems to the international game. It is beneficial for all the players who...
Pak Spin
Professor takes the T20 chair
Kamran Abbasi 14 May 2012Mohammad Hafeez, professor of the Pakistan cricket team, has now also become its Twenty20 captain. The professor’s research interests might initially be restricted to T20 international cricket but impressive early work is a logical path to a more substantial role in one-day internationals. Misbah-ul Haq, who stepped down as the T20 captain, will be equally reluctant to surrender his...
The Cricket Sadist Hour
Cricket's new head warden
Jarrod Kimber 10 May 2012America gets to vote on whether they want to be run by a Mormon with a cricketer’s name or a guy some of their country is convinced is a socialist traitor in waiting. But if they get off work on stupid Tuesday they can waddle down to their local booth and vote based on how much they care about gay...
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- Nick - Yes 150 for CC. Hallelujah and praise the Lord! The Bears finally declare. If they don't ..
- Shot selection: A stumping to remember at Lord's
- Posted by Gill Sheldon
- Great pics....as ever, of course!
- Pak Spin: Professor takes the T20 chair
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- afridi deserved dis chance as he is d most talented member of his team... gud luck afridi for futur..
- The IPL Watcher: Newsfile: May 17
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- Bhajji! With no good performance how could you qualify for the playoff? It will never happen. Yeste..