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Category: Limited Over

The format nowadays caught between two stools. A quick thrash with boring bits.

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May 21, 2009

Anything Cardiff can do…

In Yorkshire it has a tendency to rain. Every now and again. Yorkshire CCC knows this, therefore, they decided to spend £600,000 of ECB funding installing a new drainage system at Headingley, which they didn’t finish until April. Today, the weather said “oh yeah, well drain this”. To which Headingley replied “nay lad, not worth t’bother”.

May 20, 2009

KP out of ODI series

He was off the field on the last day of the recent test. We were told (on TMS) that he was feeling “queasy”. Perhaps not.

For England, this may well be a blessing in disguise where the rest of the summer is concerned.

May 4, 2009

Sussex break their duck

Sussex have had a difficult start to the season. Today they won, against Durham of all teams. And it was an efficient performance.

April 3, 2009

England’s ODI win shifts opinions

Suddenly, we will be viewing the winter tour of West Indies as a greater success having won the One Day series

March 30, 2009

Strauss answers his critics

Andrew Strauss has answered those critical of his place in the short-format team in the best way possible. First a century, and now an innings of 79 in just 61 balls.

March 28, 2009

England still don’t get limited overs cricket

Despite being shown the way by every other international team around the world for well over a decade, England still have no comprehension of how to approach one-day international cricket

March 4, 2009

Lack of fitness spells trouble for Patel

It is perhaps indicative of the problems that cricket faces in England when one of the most promising young players, having recently broken into the team, lets themselves down by neglecting something as fundamental as fitness

September 5, 2008

Much to ponder as South Africans head home

A false dawn bred frustration bred despair bred a new (false?) dawn. That about sums up England’s summer exploits against South Africa.

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