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Pakistan: News Of The World exposes huge betting scandal - Link includes videoI am absolutely shattered. Still hoping it is set up, not true... Read More
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Our 2010 cricketers to watch list weighs heavily on our shoulders like a yoke of inaccuracy. It’s not been a vintage year, but thoughts that we had cursed the Durham contingent can now be banished. They’ve all come good in the s...(more)


Dandy Dan writes:
Eager to avenge his defeat in last summer’s Test, Ben had spent some of the considerable amount of time that he had on his hands in preparing slightly more professional equipment than we had at our disposal last year...(more)

Charged with massive fraud involving $8bn investment scheme
Alleged to have bowled a deliberate no-ball
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Friends, we must take a stand. This great game has been our lifeblood for oh so many years and now is the time to return that favour. Just as cricket sustained us, so must we now sustain it in these times of hardship.
This noble game of ou...(more)

•••Top End T20 Challenge[all scorecards as screenhots][scorecards on Facebook]Kudos to NT Cricket for the coverage.Scroll down for the Shaun Tait video.Well well.With the Champions League T20 looming in just a few days distance the tw...(more)

A man with a pencil moustache approaches King Cricket.
Man: Hellooooo.
KC: Er, hello?
Man: How are you doing this fine day?
KC: I’m fine. Sorry, do I know you?
Man: No, you don’t know me. But perhaps you should.
The man raises a...(more)

(match post delayed because of Pakistan betting scandal, apologies)Derbyshire v Middlesex[scorecard]The season is obviously fizzling out, instead of itching to get the post out I feel more like ahh blahh drawwww... Although, one has to admi...(more)

We just feel depressed. Cricket is joyful escapism and this kind of thing just knackers it up.
Questioning on-field events
Assuming it’s true (and having seen Mohammad Amir’s giant no-ball, we’re pretty sure it is) the rea...(more)

Just in case you haven’t read the story that is making all the news, here it is. Don’t deny it, Aamir and Asif are spot-fixers. Mazhar Majeed, the match-fixing leader, said the day before the Test exactly when the no-ball...(more)



Most grounds are pleased if they get even one Test match, let alone two.
Lord’s is the home of cricket
What does that even mean? People just bandy the phrase about mindlessly. It’s propaganda. We grew up with cricket and have f...(more)


We went to Lord’s once. It was fairly normal until we went round the far side of the ground and heard a guy talking about real tennis.
Lord’s has a real tennis court.
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Derbyshire v Middlesex (CB40)[scorecard]Middle got Wagged and kicked in the guts by the Kung Fooman. Bowling started off so well, Pedro grabbing three and Toby bowled like the the total man (... he is), alas, increasing sloppiness induced b...(more)
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Okay, we know we say not to mention the cricket in your match reports, but can there at least be some cricket that you avoid mentioning from now on? We’re including this one because it’s largely about food and because it contain...(more)

TV analysis can get a bit nit-picking and it turns us all into experts. Alastair Cook was in poor form and there had to be a reason: “His footwork’s not good. Here’s an example of that.” There’s your proof. Ca...(more)
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Yorkshire v Middlesex (CB40)[scorecard] [over comparison]Highlights when upAh well. Middle needn’t be ashamed. They’ve had a sniff, a sniff in the match of the bullies against the total underdogs. They battled hard, I am not too...(more)
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