South Africa’s bowlers look scary

English batsmen should be scared. South Africa’s bowlers look menacing. Morne Morkel is picking up form at the right time, Andre ‘King of Frustration‘ Nel is as angry as ever (he has much to be angry about), and Bat-breaker Ntini could soon be yelping like a demented puppy. Oh, and there’s Dale Steyn, too. Gulp.

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The Ghost of 2005 takes 5-30

Simon Jones (remember him? He used to be really good) took 5 wickets for 30 runs in just shy of 13 overs for Worcestershire against Leicestershire today, in the battle of the counties Americans find difficult to pronounce. This will probably get some people excited, especially as he has so far managed to stay fit [...]

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Twenty20 Cup: The last eight

With the Twenty20 Cup having reached the Quarter-Final stage, the remaining eight sides are only three matches away from the riches of the inaugural Twenty20 Champions’ League (providing, of course, they don’t field any players from the ICL, and aren’t replaced by teams from Pakistan). Durham, before this year’s tournament began, had won fewer games [...]

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Things get silly

What a One-Day series. First there was Pietersen’s ‘switch-hitting’, which got some people a bit overexcited (although common sense prevailed once everyone had calmed down). Then there was the controversial lunch-break, which is probably the most excited anyone has been about lunch since Boots briefly put the price of their Meal Deal up to £3.29. [...]

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For those of you looking for what happened yesterday…

Here it is (updated link).

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India Vs Pakistan – again

It seems that India and Pakistan play a One-Day International against each other roughly every five minutes. They faced each other twice in the Kitply Cup earlier this month, with India winning the first game comfortably, only for Pakistan to win the final, and now they will face each other at least twice more in [...]

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England heap the pressure on the ICC over Zimbabwe

Following Cricket South Africa’s suspension of bilateral agreements with Zimbabwe yesterday, the ECB (in response to government pressure, with the matter even being discussed in today’s Prime Minister’s Questions) has followed suit, which has increased the pressure on the ICC to take strong action when they meet to discuss the issue next week. Hopefully, the [...]

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Minnows show varying degrees of fight

Today was all about the minnows. The UAE took on Bangladesh, whilst Hong Kong were up against Pakistan. The results were never really in doubt, but there were at least some creditable performances. Not least of these was from Hong Kong’s young left-arm spinner Nadeem Ahmed, who took 4-51, and (as has been mentioned elsewhere) [...]

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The ICC and Cricket South Africa finally take action on Zimbabwe

Following the recent political developments in Zimbabwe, it has been made painfully clear that the cricketing authorities would have to take some sort of action. Today, Cricket South Africa (possibly reacting to player unrest and media pressure) severed its bilateral agreements with the Zimbabwean cricketing authorities. This, along with the general tone of recent developments, [...]

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A role for cricket in changing Zimbabwe?

Anyone who’s been watching the news recently will know all about what’s been happening in Zimbabwe (except, of course, for those who live in Zimbabwe). The rapidly deteriorating situation in the country will have many effects, but one of the (admittedly less important, given the many other problems) repercussions of recent developments will be that [...]

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Asia Cup Preview

The Asia Cup 2008 gets underway on Tuesday, with the ‘established’ Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan and ‘semi-established’ Bangladeshi (no link because the official site ‘may harm your computer‘) teams competing against the ‘emerging’ UAE and Hong Kongese sides. Group A Sri Lanka will be looking to recapture the One-Day form that brought victory over England, [...]

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Flintoff eases back in some more

Andrew Flintoff made 56 yesterday (albeit in a losing cause) for the Lancashire Second XI in their game against Durham, nearly breaking a pavilion window in the process. The English talisman is now in line to make a comeback for the main Lancashire side in the Twenty20 Cup game against Yorkshire. The two sides met [...]

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