< 1 minute read Here’s a comparison. The Rugby World Cup finished last Saturday. England played in the final. Their next international fixture will be on the second of February. England’s final match in the Cricket World Cup was on the 21st of April, against the West Indies. Their next international fixture, a Test
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Derbyshire sign Mahela Jayawardene as well
< 1 minute read What’s going on? Derbyshire are getting serious. Their latest signing is none other than Mahela Jayawardene – only one of the finest batsmen in the world. Jayawardene will also be playing alongside four other top drawer new signings for Derbyshire: Wavell Hinds of the Windies, who doesn’t count as an
Continue readingDilhara Fernando’s slower ball
< 1 minute read Every bowler’s got a slower ball nowadays. Some have got several. Sajid Mahmood bowls about 20, but appears to have absolutely no clue when he should use them or what they’re supposed to achieve. Dilhara Fernando bowls one, as far as we can tell. He spreads his fingers widely so
Continue readingEngland win a one-day series on the subcontinent
2 minute read It’s England’s first one-day series win on the subcontinent since ages ago. Except for one they won in Bangladesh, because everyone knows that you don’t include Bangladesh in things like this. They’re not a ‘real’ team. They’re just messing about. It’s definitely England’s first one-day series win in Sri Lanka
Continue readingGraeme Swann the hero for England
< 1 minute read We’ve been waiting to write that headline since March 31st last year, when we made Graeme Swann one to watch for that season. Graeme let us down then, but since being given a chance in the England side, he’s been encouragingly solid at a time when solidity has been at
Continue readingWin the toss and bat
< 1 minute read There’s one more match at Dambulla and so far that appears to be the best route to victory. In the first match, Sri Lanka batted sensibly and then England were skittled. In the second match, England batted haphazardly at first, then pragmatically later, once Owais Shah got to the crease
Continue readingWe’re a young side and we’ll learn from this
< 1 minute read There’s not a great deal to write about England’s loss in the first one-day international against Sri Lanka yesterday. This is partly because it’s a very ho-hum one-day series, coming about 20 minutes after the Twenty20 World Cup, which itself was hot on the heels of a seven match one-day
Continue readingWill Ryan Sidebottom take wickets in Sri Lanka?
< 1 minute read We’ve written a proper article. Being as that’s totally inappropriate for this site, we’ve hidden it away off the main page. So if you’d like to read a totally illogical article about Ryan Sidebottom worrying that he won’t take wickets in Sri Lanka on the rather spurious grounds that Chaminda
Continue readingDhanuka Pathirana sets the standard
< 1 minute read We’re in the middle of the Twenty20 World Cup and what is considered acceptable batting behaviour is changing by the day. Yuvraj Singh’s 12 ball fifty the other day is only three balls shy of the perfect half-century – the minimum number of balls required to pass the landmark. However,
Continue readingSri Lanka win a record
< 1 minute read It’s the oh-so-rare 12″ version of Blue Monday by New Order. No, not really. They just won a game by a record margin. ‘Win’ is a noun in this instance. Oh the fun of pretending that nouns are in fact verbs. Don’t say you don’t get value for money at
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