Kevin Pietersen, the ECB, the Champions League, Channel Nine and the Steve Smith victory waddle. Just a typical week in chateau 51allout.
Nick Compton’s summer: good. Joe Root’s summer: less good. Here we drag these basic facts out into 1,200 words, two charts and several references to the cancellation of Knightmare.
Ian Blackwell: the Samit Patel of the mid noughties.
The final word on the World T20. Plus a debate about one of the great Britpop bands.
Schooldays: the happiest days of our lives. Watching England stink up the World T20: not the happiest days of our lives.
After last week’s slating of the World T20 group stages, this week we went in the opposite direction, relentlessly flattering the Super Eights as if it were Steve Smith in a dress.
South Africa vs Australia? Check. India vs Pakistan? Check. An obscure reference to the 90’s shoehorned in? Check. We’re good to go – let’s talk about day thirteen of the World T20.
Day ten should be the best day of the World T20 so far. Although day nine was pretty good.
Podcasts are like buses: you wait ages for one to come along and it turns out that everyone on there is really annoyed about something.
Day Six sees some of the proper nations in action. Plus New Zealand are playing as well.