England then suffered a little bit of a collapse. Charlie Dean’s role with the bat for England is generally to play sensibly and stick around after the top order have messed up – in other words, to play what we might think of as a “Test match innings”; but when it came to an ...
CRICKETher also notes that participating in a single Test would have cost New Zealand Cricket over $100,000 in match fees due to the recent equalisation of match fees with the men – a substantial sum which they can presumably ill-afford. Suzie Bates, who has represented New Zealand since ...
This women’s match also had visibly more fans in attendance than the men’s game which preceded it. It is almost certainly the case that if the roles were reversed and every women’s match was played second in a doubleheader, then they would attract more TV viewers and higher attendances...
His keeping began with a neatness born of excellent footwork and good hands, but, like much of England’s play, it wilted under the tight schedule and rigours of touring in Pakistan’s security bubble. It’s to his credit that it was easy to forget, on both sides of the crease, that...
16 sixes was a world record. So when I was at the presentation ceremony for man of the match and also player of the series, one of these guys – we call him PD – he was the one that came to me and said, “You know, you are a hitman yaar. The way you hit the ball is a ...
I always laugh at people who knock the schedule, and I think of the poor bloke who has to sit in a room at Lord's or wherever and come up with it while everyone's just moaning about it. Well, good luck sorting it all out!
What makes Cricbuzz really tick for me is the ball by ball commentary that the app offers. It is really refreshing and engaging to the point that you can easily visualize what is happening on the field. Never forget to watch a match again with in-app reminders for important or favorite m...
On March 15 1877, Charles Bannerman and Nat Thomson strode out to open the batting for Australia at Melbourne against an England team, in what is generally acknowledged to be the first “Test” match—a cricket game of two innings each between nations. Over the course of four days, slightly...
to record the cricket just as long as Sky sticks to its schedule. I look at Sky Cricket Channel and think of the missed opportunity from my selfish eye. I’d be replaying the entirety of test matches like Edgbaston 2005, Bridgetown 1999, and more besides, but they prefer pre-made package...
Your international white ball careers were magnificent, and influenced international cricket. One of your first standard partnerships came in a series clincher in Pune in 2006 against Sri Lanka and that’s a match I still think my folks could have let me go for because it was a holiday and ...