When George Dobell wrote his profile of Warwickshire’s Rikki Clarke for ESPNCricinfo, he probably felt quite justified in penning the line “Promoted too early and written off too soon”. On the surface it seems a fair assumption. Selected for England the year after his First Class debut, Clarke was then discarded after two Tests and … More Rikki Clarke: more than a journeyman
December the 19th, 2013. The West Indies are 78/3, with Southee having just snared Kirk Edwards caught-behind. With Marlon Samuels the not-out batsman, Shivnarine Chanderpaul strides to the wicket. The first ball from Southee is defended; immediately the cackling starts from the crowd. 50-something part-time ‘cricket fans’ start drunkenly howling derision. That’s not batsmanship! It … More Farewell, Shivnarine
Tie-breakers always seem unnecessarily cruel. No matter what method is used, no matter what decision is decided, it always seems unfair in one way or another. And the European Division One Twenty20 tournament, held this month in Jersey, was no exception. Coming into the final day of play, the victors of the two main matches … More Cricket in Jersey: “we’re punching above our weight”
HEAVY HITTING BLOWS, MATE AGAINST MATE, FIGHTING FOR THEIR PRIDE. Well, no. It’s not a Channel 9 State of Origin promo. I’m Dev, my mate’s Dan, and we both write for Mind the Windows! Surely it was only sensible to combine ideas and resources? Actually no, the idea had to come from Dan’s girlfriend. But that’s … More Dev vs Dan: The #ENGvNZ wicket-keepers
It is April 2011, in the shadow of another sun-soaked summer of cricket. But change is in the air. The Big Bash League, Cricket Australia’s attempt to revitalise the domestic cricketing landscape, is still heavily conceptual. It is, in theory at least, a clean break from Australia’s traditional state-based structure, eschewing the representative pyramid for … More A Tale of Two Careers: The Lee Carseldine Story
When, at the end of the 2003/04 Australian domestic season, Jo Angel decided to retire, a giant presence was leaving the Western Australia ranks. A giant man too, at six-foot six-inches tall. For more than a decade, Angel had been the man WA turned to match after match. The final statistics said it all: 485 … More Jo Angel; ‘It’s a pretty simple game overcomplicated by people’
And with a pull for four from a Paul Stirling half-tracker, Ireland’s courageous 2015 Cricket World Cup campaign was officially over as Pakistan ran out seven wicket winners on Sunday night at Adelaide Oval. With the West Indies winning earlier in the day and no rain in sight, the equation for the Irish was fairly … More Larry’s Lost Diary: Give us a Test Match
David Wiese: South Africa’s answer to Zadran While Dale Steyn has already controversially expressed a lack of interest in the upcoming ODI series against Bangladesh, South African fans are just grateful we get to see us finally play some cricket. While Australia, England and India get to play four or five Tests per series, South … More South Africa’s ODI team: time for progression
It’s November 12th, 1991. India are hosting South Africa in the second match of a three-game ODI series. South Africa are playing their first series back from isolation, so the historic occasion isn’t lost on anyone. The Gwailor crowd are cheering their home fans on, with Kris Srikkanth and Navjot Sidhu putting on a fantastic … More Clive Eksteen; ‘they stuck the badge on with glue!’
An eight wicket victory with 13 overs to spare may have seemed that it was a walk in the park by the Indians in their latest World Cup match in Hamilton but it was anything but that for the reigning world champions on Tuesday. Ireland’s 259 was the highest total posted against the undefeated Indians … More Larry’s Lost Diary: When Swamy bet Blarney
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