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England 269-6 (50 overs). Australia 221-9 (50 overs) Boxing isn’t everyone’s cup of Twinings, but the blogosphere would be a much poorer place without boxing analogies. Saturday’s ODI at Edgbaston was round one of the forthcoming heavyweight contest between England and Australia. England didn’t quite secure a knockout blow – they’re far too cautious for…
On the eve of this test match, we implored England to be ruthless – arguing our lacklustre showing against the Windies last summer was a prelude to our limp showing against the Cricketboks. As a result, we’ve got mixed feelings about this test. On the one hand, Cook’s failure to enforce the follow on was…
To spice up our coverage of the Ashes this year, we’re going to bring you an Aussie perspective every now and again. When we were growing up, and England were captained by the likes of Chris Cowdrey, we used to see Aussie fans as extremely confident (cocky, one might say) with a penchant for extracting…
Much as I’d like to write off Australia’s Ashes hopes, there’s this little thing niggling away inside me. Steve Waugh, a bloke whose cricketing brain I admire immensely, reckons Michael Clarke’s bunch of crocks could actually win. Waugh believes that England are vulnerable; a fair opinion considering our abject showing in New Zealand. If there’s…
So the new season is upon us. It’s time to dig out the kit bag, and then discover you forgot to wash your whites after the last game of 2012 – which is always a nice mouldy surprise. It’s also time to consider your goals for the season. How many centuries will you score? Or…
If you’re looking for a way to make yourself feel better after the weekend’s loss to New Zealand, why not do a good deed? There’s nothing like a selfless act of charity to make oneself feel good – especially when you get to buy a shiny new piece of equipment for your cricket bag as…
Seldom have the England cricket team endured such a turbulent year of cricket. Frightening frailty against spin derailed our attempts to stay world No1 in the UAE, then South Africa piled on the misery in the second instalment of the English summer. And remember, had it not been for Kevin Pietersen’s mesmeric performances in Sri…
We’ve debated the future of ODIs on this blog before. The consenus was that ODIs are a dying breed outside the subcontinent, and that the cricketing world would be better off without them. However, maybe this is because we’re a bunch of old farts. What about the views of someone under 30? Does the next…
We received this very very serious submission via email earlier in the week. It discusses India’s test humiliation at the hand’s of Alastair Cook’s Barmy Army with intelligence, eloquence (and not a trace of sarcasm). It also prevents us from having to consider England’s abject showing in the T20 yesterday … something which will come…
So there was no match winning triple century. There was no miracle. Ricky Ponting was caught Kallis bowled Peterson for just 8 in his last test innings – and Australia lost by 309 runs. The contrast to the start of Punter’s test career could not have been more stark – and not just because Mitchell…
England 413 and 58 for 0 beat India 327 and 142 by a country mile Ok, so ‘miracle’ might be too strong a word, but be honest. How many England supporters really thought we’d have a rat’s posterior’s chance of winning this match – especially when we lost the toss on Friday morning? Test matches…
India 327. England 178-2 Let’s turn things on their head for a minute. If England had won the toss on what looks like a decent pitch, got bowled out for little over 300, and India were 178-2 in reply, we’d probably fear the worst. In fact, I’d be predicting double centuries for Sehwag and Tendulkar,…
India 521-8 dec. England 191 & 340-5 lead by 10 runs Here’s a message to all the Indian fans who post on cricinfo. I’m not talking about the mature, respectful and insightful ones, I’m talking about the childish ones with a chip on their shoulder: this is what ‘fight’ looks like. In times gone by,…
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