Since there’s still no news on the team for the tour to India (I know it’s a bit early, but do they ever think of me??), I thought we could have a look at the nominees for this year’s ICC awards. Plus it’s another opportunity to laugh at Graeme Swann, and that’s always fun, right?So, here they are:The nominees in the "Cricketer of the year" category are:Hashim Amla (S...
Dear Mr Notebooky - it’s me Shane,I know at some stage I might be the one making the captaincy decisions for Australia (no, really) and I’m a bit worried, because I am not very smart. Here are some things I might want to do/think about just in case I am captain one day:Learn to keep an eye on what is going on all around the game, rather than just thinking about what I’m doing. Th...
With little Aussie cricket going on, I’ve been deep in the ponderage. Frankly it needs to stop so dammit let’s have some cricket! First up, we were shit against Ireland. Not good with a series against England coming up soon. And there’s the match today.Now I’ve travelled a bit - I’ve seen some of the great cities of world; I’ve ridden a camel through the lost ci...
I know it’s completely the wrong time of year - and I might re-post this when the time is right - but when Sunny from Cricket for Dummies admitted, in a right shameful display of cricket ignorance I must say, that she didn’t know what the "Ashes of English cricket piece from the 1880s" was, I was inspired to write this (and to send bunnies to her home to pelt her with peanut shells as ...
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