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Four Series In One Review (or, SA v Aus, Zim v NZ, Ban v WI and Pak v SL)

If you’re anything like us, you will captivated by the thrilling, intensively competitive one-day series currently going on in India. However we also keep one eye on the other series underway, involving all the Test nations.

India vs England: Second ODI Review

In a sentence It was like 1992/3 all over again as India walked to a comfortable victory of an England team which looks ill-fitting for subcontinental conditions. Player of the match It can only really be Virat Kohli for a quite marvellous century off just 89 balls.  His range of stroke marks him out as […]

1 Comment | October 17, 2011 | | 40/50-over |

England v India, First ODI: Review

After a cooling-off period in which we put on some absolutely horrific accumulators for the football on Saturday, we’ve now come to accept England’s first defeat to India since the Stone Age enough to write a review.

No Comments | October 16, 2011 | | 40/50-over | Tags: , ,

India vs England, One Day Internationals: Preview

After a long spell of rest and recuperation, England and India are back at it again. The hosts, as we’re fond of reminding everyone, failed to win a single international match in England, so they have some scores to settle.

No Comments | October 13, 2011 | | 40/50-over | Tags: ,

South Africa vs. Australia, First T20 International: Preview

A preview of the South Africa vs. Australia T20 series opener, complete with a discussion about beards and a couple of cheap jokes about Steve Smith.

The Commentators: The Tourism Ambassador

One of the most familiar sounds to a cricketing armchair viewer, from Hobart to Hove to Hyderabad, will be the elongated vowel sounds of Tony Greig.

1 Comment | October 12, 2011 | | Opinion | Tags: ,

Whatever Happened To The Unlikely Lads? #1: Ian Salisbury

Ian Salisbury: not very good. Discuss.

2 Comments | October 9, 2011 | | Opinion | Tags: , ,

England Ladder: Test Matches

After a fantabulous summer for England, they now face a long gap until their next Test in Dubai in January, interspersed with the forthcoming five ODIs in India. With nine of the first XI essentially penned in already, it will be interesting to see any of the youngsters perform on the India tour, or if any of the Lions and performance squad players can manoeuvre their way into the squad. Anyway, with no further ado, these are the 30 players ranked in order of what we vaguely call importance to the selectors.

No Comments | October 6, 2011 | | Opinion, Tests | Tags: , , ,

The County Championship: Division One – A Top, Top Trio

The long awaited finale to our review of the County Championship sees us take a look at Lancashire, Warwickshire and Durham.

No Comments | October 4, 2011 | | First Class | Tags: , , ,

The County Championship: Division Two – Top of the Class

Another three county reviews; this time, the cream of division two.