Posts tagged with ‘Philip Hughes’

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October 21, 2009

NSW thrash Vics, Hughes technique inspiration

Some might say that a cricket contest took place today. Others, including all of New South Wales, would disagree with a certain amount of muscular vitality. But far more importantly, we can reveal for the first time a hidden secret about the much scrutinised technique of Philip Hughes.

July 30, 2009

The Ashes: Phillip Hughes tweets dropping

The news from Phillip Hughes on his personal Twitter account is that he will not be playing in the 3rd Test, presumably with Shane Watson taking his place.

July 29, 2009

The Ashes: 3rd Test Preview

All of the attention over the last 10 days has surrounded players either injured or badly out of form. Both sides are in a certain amount of disarray, but it promises to be the weather that holds the trump card at Edgbaston.

July 26, 2009

The Ashes: Wigley decides Ashes fate

David Wigley has apparantly had the defining say in the course of the Ashes series. A ridiculous story on the Telegraph website goes on to say that Wigley “reprised the Stephen Harmison role” by aiming the ball at various outfielders. Or that he got Phil Hughes out, I don’t recall.

July 22, 2009

The Ashes: Flimsy Aussie excuses

With Australia now trailing in the Ashes, the flimsy excuses have started to show their acne-ridden faces. First we had all the fuss over umpiring decisions and “dirty cheat” Andrew Strauss, and now Shane Watson reveals that it is all because Cricket Australia have imposed a sledging ban on the squad.

May 8, 2009

The cricket bat: a weapon of mass destruction?

This might be the feeling of the Surrey bowlers this evening after Philip Hughes marmalised them all over south London. A club cricketer from Lancashire has found himself at the mercy of customs, who decided that his order of new cricket bats might pose a terrorist threat.

May 1, 2009

County Cricket Team of the Month April

These are my selections for the best performers in English cricket for the month of April, in all competitions.

April 23, 2009

Broad and Hughes benefit from County game

Stuart Broad’s decision to stay in England in order to prepare for the International summer seems ever more vindicated. Meanwhile, a century on his Middlesex debut for Philip Hughes suggests that all the fuss made about his Ashes warm-up may be irrelevant after all.

April 14, 2009

The GCW Test XI

I have decided to announce the inaugural GoodCricketWicket Test XI, a selection of test match performers who I deem to be worthy of praise. This XI will be updated on a rolling basis, although there is no time limit.

April 12, 2009

Is Mike Gatting an Australian double agent?

Has one of England’s finest been nobbled by the Aussies in a dastardly plot to ensure they retain the Ashes? GoodCricketWicket investigates a potential scandal that could rock cricket to it’s foundations.

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