Posted in england, new zealand, tagged england, james anderson, matthew hoggard, new zealand on May 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Jimmy Anderson took three wickets today. That probably means he’ll still be in the side for the Second Test, which means little hope for the Hoggster, to whom Anderson was preferred. Some people won’t be happy about this. If I was a box, I’d be worried.
Posted in west indies, tagged icc, marlon samuels, west indies on May 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Marlon Samuels, the West Indian batsman who some say may have been molested by cricket as a youngster, has been banned from cricket for two years for breaching the ICC code, specifically committing offence C4 (ix)- receiving “any money, benefit or other reward (whether financial or otherwise) which could bring him or the game [...]
Posted in england, new zealand, tagged aaron redmond, brendon mccullum, england, james anderson, matthew hoggard, michael vaughan, new zealand, ryan sidebottom, stephen fleming, tim southee on May 12, 2008 | No Comments »
Even though it’s barely five minutes since the last Test series between these two sides, the next one gets underway on Thursday. The short interval means that the sides facing each other at Lord’s will be very familiar. The players who excelled in New Zealand, such as Ryan Sidebottom and Tim Southee, will be [...]
Posted in india, tagged hat-trick, hattrick, indian premier league, ipl, lakshmipathy balaji, youtube on May 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Lakshmipathy Balaji has taken the IPL’s first hat-trick (youtube highlights here).
After a long period of dominance of the competition by the batsmen, it seems the bowlers are getting their own back.
Posted in england, tagged andrew flintoff, england, new zealand, paul collingwood on May 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Andrew ‘Ashes Hero Freddie’ Flintoff, who looked to be on the verge of an England recall, has been ruled out of the first two Tests against New Zealand, after picking up a side strain.
This is a shame, partly because he was bowling like a beast, and partly because it tars him once again with the [...]
Posted in youtube, tagged beach cricket, bowl out, graham hick, haka, ice cricket, indian premier league, indoor cricket, ipl, power cricket on May 10, 2008 | No Comments »
Long before the advent of Twenty20, with its bowl-outs and 36-run overs, people have tried to come up with ‘interesting’ variants of cricket, and the trend shows no sign of abating.
There’s ‘Power Cricket‘, an indoor variant where hitting the roof was worth 12 runs; marginally more straightforward Indoor Cricket, complete with the Haka when New [...]
Posted in australia, tagged australia, baseball, billy beane, john buchanan on May 8, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Andy Bull, writing for the Guardian, has picked up on the sterling work of David Barry (and many others) in the field of ‘cricket sabermetrics‘.
As noted by pretty much everyone who’s ever written on this subject, baseball is way ahead in terms of using stats to improve the way the game is played, and even [...]
Posted in england, tagged ecb, england, test cricket on May 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Interesting stuff in the Guardian today about the possibility of Lord’s hosting neutral Test matches in future. This is one to keep an eye on, as the ECB are unlikely to be best pleased.
Posted in england, new zealand, tagged adil rashid, brendon mccullum, daniel vettori, england, new zealand, rob key, test cricket on May 7, 2008 | No Comments »
Rob Key, Adil Rashid (if he plays) and the rest of the England Fringe will take on New Zealand tomorrow in the tourists’ final warm-up game before the Test series gets underway.
Daneil Vettori won’t be playing as he has a cut on his finger, so Brendon McCullum will captain the Black Caps’ side. The New [...]
Posted in australia, india, tagged indian premier league, ipl, rajasthan royals, shane warne on May 6, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Of all the International stars in the IPL, the one who has arguably profited most (purely in terms of reputation - we all know who’s profiting the most financially) has been Shane Warne.
Warne’s team, the Rajasthan Royals, have been doing pretty well (as I knew they would, of course), and this, combined with the fact [...]
