Clik here to view.
Multistat: 94
When in the 90s, hug your partner tight to calm yourself. Then proceed to your century © AFP The number of times Kevin Pietersen had batted in a Test since he last hit two sixes in an innings. He did...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The England puzzle, and the case for/against Sammy
Darren Sammy: he’s a Star Trek character, he’s not © Getty Images The dust is settling on England’s fascinating, and, until Colombo’s belated redemption, spectacularly unsuccessful Test winter. And...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Am I wrong in not caring about the IPL?
Former South African and former Royal Challenger from Bangalore, and current Delhi Daredevil Kevin Pietersen shakes hands with former Royal Challenger and current South African and Deccan Charger Dale...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Questions from the kids, and a bit about Jaisimha
“Daddy, why does that man have no sartorial sense?” © AFP Thank you for your responses to last week’s blog on English interest in the IPL, which provoked some lively and varied reactions. Some agreed...
View ArticleClik here to view.
When Chanders went bonkers
Shivnarine Chanderpaul accepts trophies on behalf of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde © AP The engrossing 2011-12 Test season came to an end last week, as Australia sealed a 2-0 win in the West Indies. The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The fate of West Indies and the Rolly Janglers
On this tour of England, Darren Sammy will hope to need his umbrella more often than Mary Poppins did © PA Photos The West Indies must have arrived in England in confident mood for their three-Test...
View ArticleThe Sobers-Kallis debate resolved for the final time ever
Andy Zaltzman goes where no man has gone before to get stats that prove who the world's best allrounder is, while also finding time to answer other readers' questions. Download the podcast here (mp3,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Multistat: 588
After the Egdbaston Test of 1957, Ramadhin learnt that it's better to keep your hands to yourself than than involve them in ball-flinging © The Cricketer International West Indies’ total runs in the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Boring, boring England
England: nowhere near the glory days of the 1980s © PA Photos Another home Test, another thumping victory for England, another surgical cauterisation of a visiting top order hopelessly ill-equipped...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why has KP retired? Time will tell
Reason No. 42: his personal stylist said white suits him so much better © Getty Images News of Kevin Pietersen’s characteristically unorthodox retirement from limited-overs international cricket shook...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Samuels' Hooperesque breakthrough
What does the future hold for Samuels? Becoming West Indies' batting lynchpin or getting lynched for not batting well enough? © Getty Images In the absence of any play on the first day at Edgbaston,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Multistat: 9.8
Tino Best was understandably distraught to find a scorpion in his helmet during his innings © Getty Images Tino Best’s batting average when he strode to the wicket at Sogbaston last Sunday for his...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Stop flogging a groggy horse
Norman Gordon could not be persuaded out of retirement to appear at this weekend’s cricket marathon, but the Inspiral Carpets will be there © ESPNcricinfo Ltd Four Things We Have Learned From Phase...
View ArticleThe importance of Sehwag’s hair, and the most average cricketer ever
In this readers’ questions special: what’s more wasteful - Mitchell Johnson or carbon emissions? Does one pick eternal torment over watching Gary Kirsten? And is the BCCI evil? Download the podcast...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The diminishing returns of disembowelment by eagle
England celebrate their victory in the fourth ODI at an overcast Chester-le-Street © Getty Images England mercilessly claw-hammering Australia at cricket would normally provoke intense reactions on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The best eagerly awaited series of the last two years
Vernon Philander: George Lohmann in track pants © Getty Images One of England’s most eagerly awaited Test series of recent times launches into action today. Even the weather, which has been so...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What comes after surgical disembowelment?
After playing a risky sweep, Matt Prior believes his chances at double or nothing are very good © Getty Images From today, cricket will be on England’s sporting back burner. The London Olympics,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Morne Morkel and a pot of yoghurt
Through dramatisation, Vernon Philander explains to his captain that like everything his bowling graph too is eventually affected by gravity © Getty Images The second Test in the Olympics-buried...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Multistat: 4
Horses waltzing: better than KP © Getty Images The number of consecutive final Tests in home series against South Africa that England have won. The Proteas have lost every single final Test they have...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Kids having banana fights in the back seat
”... And I’ll need a case of sedatives this big” © Getty Images There was always a likelihood that the potentially fascinating England v South Africa Test series would be overshadowed by events off...
View Article
