Leicestershire v Australia
Leicestershire are batting first against Australia, and finally it’s starting to feel like an Ashes tour. It seems utterly mad that we are this far into the English summer, and not only has the England-Australia series not yet begun, but we’re only getting the first three-day tour match today. Interesting to see that the Cricket […]
Oh Asia where art thou?
The 2005 ICC Trophy is almost run and won, but the final still to be played on Wednesday, the five berths for the 2007 World Cup have been filled. Congratulations to Bermuda and Ireland, who have qualified for their first World Cup. Congratulations also to Canada and Holland, who remain in World Cup play, and […]
And cricket goes on
I don’t know what I would have done if I had tickets to Lord’s today. I’m pleased, nonetheless, to see that the two remaining England v Australia ODIs at Lord’s and The Oval are going ahead. The British response to Thursday’s outrage has been quite stirring.
Why a tie?
For those who cared enough to follow the NatWest Series, the tournament ended in anticlimax when England and Australia played out a tie. But why was it called a tie? Both sides scored 196, that is true – but Australia was bowled all out while England only lost nine wickets. There’s an easy way to […]
Eleven a side: The grand final
England and Australia are meeting today in what could well be the last one-day international played between teams of eleven players each. Lawrence Booth is doing the blog you have when you’re not having a blog at The Guardian. Follow the live scorecard at The Cricket Site (who, hopefully, will fix their home page which […]
Enough, Zimbabwe!
Sadly, I think it’s time for the ICC to suspend Zimbabwe from all international cricket competition. Mugabe’s conduct in running the country has finally, in my opinion, made it untenable for any side to play cricket there. The ICC, of course, is going to do no such thing. In the past I’ve supported Zimbabwean cricket’s […]
Keeping it Cricket in the City of Compton
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4724238 We’ve heard much over the years of Ted Hayes and his work in organising street kids into cricket teams in Los Angeles. NPR‘s (National Public Radio) News and Notes program on Thursday did a feature on Hayes’ latest project – the Dome Village of Compton, California – and its cricket team, the Compton Homies.
Andrew Symonds 5-18
Is there a message in this somewhere? Something along the lines of “try sacking me now you bastards”…
Symonds saves Australia
The question has to be asked: If Andrew Symonds stayed off the turps last Friday night, would Australia be undefeated in the NatWest Series today?
Random thoughts during NWS 5
In my BBC interview on Tuesday, Rhod Sharp described me as “following the NatWest Series avidly”. I have no idea how he arrived at that conclusion.