A slow but ultimately very good game of one-day cricket.
A look back over the T20s.
Where are all the county cricketers this winter?
The main topics this week included playing Radiohead at T20 matches, loving Jos Buttler and Luke Wright and boldly predicting South Africa to beat Pakistan. Plus the Australia vs. West Indies series gets an almighty kicking for basically wasting everyone’s time.
Back in the pre-51allout age, everyone hated Luke Wright. From the moment we formed and began singing his praises, his stock has gone from strength to strength. Coincidence?
Tours to India may not be the voyages into the unknown that they once were, but it still helps to bring along a pallet or two of baked beans just in case.
The fact the Australian cricket team hit a rich vein of form the moment Shane Warne started picking fights with its management is probably a mere coincidence, but no less hilarious for that.
In the shadows of every success are the nearly men, those who might have contributed but just didn’t get the chance. We look at a few of these shady figures lurking around Team England.
The recent IPL auction was utterly ridiculous and nothing exemplified that more than the conduct of the Pune Warriors, who threw money at rubbish they didn’t even need. Was there method in their madness? No, probably not.
In a rare moment of clarity, the shadowy figure who organises cricket tours like a master puppeteer has managed to schedule this one the right way around. A T20 series gets England’s visit to New Zealand under way. And boy are we excited.