| Jones the opener |
What about Jones the opener ? I mean replacing Strauss, is splitting an opening pair. Like in poker, would you ever split a pair of openers, in hope of a flush ? I have Jones...
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| The proud Father |
Last Saturday, I was on a route march to the stout shoppe. We chose a far away shop, well not the closest, in fact the one you can get to on the cycle path. On our return the cyc...
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| old cricket bat |
I have a few old bats. One is a salter and sons from Aldershot. It has a cane handle, but the springs don't seem to be rubber. The tape on the handle is soft leather, a bit like old dr...
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| live audio bang v zim one dayer |
go to http://fast.streammadness.com:8390 cheers. marco.
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| 1st ODI |
RSA 95 for 7 after 35 overs. Steve Hague
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| A Jardine witicism |
'During an Ashes reunion lunch in the 1950s, the Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies gave a speech describing himself as "the man in Australia whose parentage has been most often questi...
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| What 'A' result..[spoiler] |
Pleasant surprise that, I'd stopped checking the score earlier England looked pretty doomed.... Couple of good performances raise some questions for one day selections... Plenty of tim...
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| Boycs's player by player analysis |
++++++++ ..Mark Butcher Was he here? I can hardly remember any influence he had on the series. He did struggle to 79 in Port Elizabeth, which is actually the way I think he s...
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| live audio pak v wi coming up |
hi everyone. another live broadcast of australia's summer of cricket coming up for you with pak v wi online at http://fast.streammadness.com:8390 the stream will...
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| Justice |
It was justice England won 2-1 IMHO. I predicted 4-0 before the series and had we played at full capacity, I still believe that should have been the result. Credit to SA for their scra...
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| Some simple techniques to improve England's play |
1. When a batsman comes in he plays in the "v" for the first twenty minutes. 2. When a wicket falls after a decent stand the remaining batsman plays defensively for the nex...
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| a good team for the ashes |
The best team for the ashes, would be best chosen when the Australians arrive. For me 80% of any match angainst Oz is played with the head. After catching some of the...
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| Intuitive Cricket Scoring software |
Download an intuitive software program for Scoring a Cricket Match. It uses the familiar paradigm of the manual system without the inaccuracy and inconsistency of the Manual system of pen an...
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| Simon Jones, 94mph ? |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/4200177.stm "It's gone well for me this game; I've really hit my straps, got up to 94mph and found my confidence," Jones added. <...
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| Credit to Nasser |
Although he's now seemingly long retired, I think Nas deserves a fair bit of credit for setting up England's series win. Not only did he and Fletcher get Team England back on track th...
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| Ashes |
Another cracking display from the England lads, but....... are we good enough yet?
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| History |
A couple of questions that have cropped up elsewhere recently .. 1. When was over-arm bowling legalised? I've heard 1864 suggested, but can anyone confirm or otherwise. Also, what h...
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| Man of Series |
It had to be Mathew Hoggard. What the hell were they thinking about? These pitches were by and large all batsmen friendly. Fantastic effort MH. Won it for for me by a c...
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| May i be the first |
to congratulate England on winning the series 2-1
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| Question for anyone watching on Sky |
Has Graeme Smith come out to field in a new leather jacket? ;o) -- David North Email to this address will be deleted as spam Use usenetATlaneHYPHENfarm.fsnet.co.uk ...
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| Harmison and Bill Lockwood |
I can think of only one loss of fast-bowling form which comes close to Harmison's. In 1894 the boat sailed with the England team to play the 1894/5 Ashes series. IT contained the...
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| Arthur Mold |
On Friday, BBC2 was showing some old movies, from the very early 1900s, rescued from a derelict shop. Despite the irritating commentary by Don Cruikshank [who is capable of much better],
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| Possible Results |
With England on 199-4 Lunch on Day 4, here's a few possible scenarios:- The pitch according to Cricinfo seems to be a nice straw batting pitch now which, if true would mean a likely r...
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| Gower on playing windies n... |
++++++ ..toughest cricket I played was against West Indies in the mid-1980s." In 19 Tests against West Indies Gower scored 1,149 runs at 32.82. On the 1985-86 `blackwash' tour whe...
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| El |
The FoxSport commentators alluded to his rather quirky behaviour prior to his debut in the series. I finally saw him in action and something tells me he isn't the full quid. ...
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| My take on Vaughan |
In my view, Michael Vaughan is easily the best England batsman I've seen - and I've been watching cricket with interest from around the mid-70s. I can't pick a flaw in Vaughan's b...
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| Oscar Nominations this year |
Dear All Aside from Paul Giamatti in Sideways (see it when it comes out!), I would have thought that another nomination for best actor would be Andre Nel?? A remarkably bro...
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| New Zealad Vs World 11 |
please somebody tell me where I can watch highlights of this, just for Muralitharan 3.1 0 57 0 (1w) 57 runs conceded from 19 balls (20 with the ...
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| Dropped Catches |
Two dropped catches for England this morning, both off Harmison.
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| live cricket online now |
hi everyone. covering the NZ v Worns XI match online at http://fast.streammadness.com:8390 we also are doing the SA v Eng tests and one dayers + Bang V Zim and VB
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