The numbers crunch
By Scott MacLean Now that the Bangladeshis have been dispensed with, the focus – at least in the coloured clothing forms of the game – turns towards the upcoming World[…]
Category: cricket
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Ruling the World
This Friday sees the 27th anniversary of the start of arguably the best Cricket World Cup to take place. The reintroduction of South Africa, the dibbly-dobbly-wobbly New Zealand attack, that run out[…]
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QUIZ: ‘The Swinehound’ #5
By The Spotter Welcoming old and new quizzers alike to the ‘Swinehound’ for 2019… Since the launch of the ‘hound quiz last year to as little fanfare as possible, the prestigious (cough), and totally fictitious Swinehound Shield has gone[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 15 February
Former Manchester United flop Di Maria returned to Old Trafford this week in the Champions League. The locals threw some sponsors’ product at him, and he handled it really well.[…]
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Competitive Journalism
This whole Scott Kuggeliejn thing is kind of getting out of hand. When a major sporting body issues a statement and no mainstream organisation is willing to run with it…[…]
Kane Williamson Competition
Cricket, by Kane Williamson is an old-fashioned How to book; albeit a richly coloured one. Like you would expect from Kane Williamson the short chapters are laid out methodically. There[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 8 February
Bless. You’re the team mascot and you’re watching your team being eliminated from the Super Smash, so you go to the scoreboard to make sure. And this is pretty much[…]
The Double Header
What is with India being so dogmatic about chasing? This was a dying pitch that had been used on Sunday. Conventional wisdom says you bat first but twice they didn’t,[…]
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Picking a T20 game
The anatomy of a T20 is still being worked out. What makes a good score? How important are the first 6 overs? Is a predominately spin attack the way to[…]
That Low Ball from ’81
By The Spotter You may have been just a far-off glint in the milkman’s eye or you may have even been close to our Prime Minister’s age at the time and sat and snarled as he did, but[…]
