Worcestershire triumphed at Edgbaston on Saturday, defeating the mighty Lancashire in the semis and then much fancied Sussex (Jofra Archer and all) in the final. It was a fairytale in many ways because Worcs have never been to finals days before, had the youngstest team in the competition, and were missing their [...]
Apologies for not writing about days 2 & 3 of the test match. It's a dead rubber, so it's not particularly compelling unless you're caught up in the Alastair Cook storyline, and I've been otherwise engaged with family and other sports. In fact, news is just reaching me that Cook has indeed [...]
So England have made two changes for the second test. I think there’s a case for both of them. In fact, the second one (Woakes for Stokes) most certainly involves a case … and even a resulting trial. I’ll get my coat. I really must stop making terrible contrived gags. Before I [...]
If I told you today that the ECB's new Hundred competition would involve ten overs of ten balls, all bowled from the same end, using florescent yellow balls, with only eight fielders allowed at any one time, you'd probably believe me. It doesn't matter how ridiculous an idea may seem. Anything and [...]
Sorry I've been largely absent for the last week. I've had loads of work on, plus I'm in the middle of a rather complicated house move with buyers threatening to walk out and solicitors moving at Gavin Larsen pace. Needless to say I'm rather stressed out. However, at least I've had a [...]
First of all we should congratulate Hants on their splendid win in the Royal London Cup Final at Lord's. It was a pretty comfortable win in the end. Hants started the game strongly with the bat, and Kent never really looked like chasing the runs. Rilee Rossouw made a fantastic century, with [...]
What's on the agenda today? The headline says it all. We're about to enter the height of summer, a time synonymous with long sunny days and Richie Benaud saying "morning everyone", yet England won't be playing a test match this month or next. Instead our ECB overlords have created what amounts to [...]
First let me begin on a sympathetic note. When I heard the news that Andrew Strauss would be stepping away from the ECB for a while to look after his wife my heart sank. It must be a horrible time for him and his family. I hope this seemingly unscheduled break doesn't [...]
Back in February, Kevin Galvin wrote about Irish cricket as his team built up to their test debut against Pakistan. Today he's back, fresh from helping Cricket Ireland with their media duties, to tell us how it all went down at Malahide. One sensed, when Kevin O’Brien raised his bat to acknowledge [...]
Morning all. I hope you had a good weekend. Mine was a bit of a blur really. I made the annual mistake of watching Eurovision, drinking far too much, and then getting angry when our song finished third from bottom. But before I could say "sod the lot of them" I realised [...]