The quiet man who
changed a country. In his own quiet way Basil D'Oliveira probably changed South Africa and the fortunes of it's people more than anyone else. read the rest of this rubbish
Category: Cricket
Toxic ramblings about cricket, especially England and Yorkshire CCC.
Does whitewash even cover
this series thumping. Has there ever been a team to come to these shores and be on the end of such a shellacking in a test match series? read the rest of this rubbish
Are you Bangladesh in
disguise? England yet again stuff India, this time by an innings and plenty, to take over from the visitors as the number one ranked team in the world. read the rest of this rubbish
Which team is number one
again? If you didn't know the test rankings but were told one of these was number one and then watched the first two tests of this series you wouldn't pick India, would you even have them in the top 5? read the rest of this rubbish
We’ve Ian Bell as Dopey, just need 6 more dwarves
for the set. Ian Bell wasn't naive but just slack and stupid to be run out before tea on the fourth day of the second test. But apparently he was only partly to blame. read the rest of this rubbish
They were screaming, shouting and booing
right up until they got stuffed. With a full house at Lord's for the final day of the opening Test of the series against India it got a bit screechy until the Indians were put out of their misery. read the rest of this rubbish
Thank you Sri Lanka, just piss all over
my chips why don't you. Thought England would struggle to manage anything but a thrashing at the hands of one day specialist Sri Lanka. Not so. read the rest of this rubbish
That World Cup win looks
a bit of a fluke now. It's only a little over a year ago that England were crowned World Twenty20 Champions and it really looks like a one off after yet another inept limited overs display. read the rest of this rubbish
So it ends how it started
with a damp meh. Three damp squid test series against Sri Lanka finished appropriately with rain stopping play as England yet again struggled to bowl the visitors out to win the final test. read the rest of this rubbish
Didn’t Strauss trust his bowlers
not to lose. Andrew Strauss needed a carrot to dangle in front of the Sri Lankan batsmen to get a result at Lords' but chose to bat on and on and on, seemingly scared his bowlers would give it up in extras. read the rest of this rubbish