Recent content by thewrongun

Cricket betting in Australia is certainly massive, as it is in England too. I am unsure about how big it is in Pakistan but with the recent spot-fixing scandals, I would suggest there must be a climate for betting there too. Perhaps it's more underground for the political and religious reasons...

What do people think about players getting a runner when they have cramp? As this cricket blog points out it's a particular problem in the 50 over, but as they stand the rules don't seem to allow it (although it often happens). Should the rules be changed to explicitly state that anyone with...

As I think might have been pointed out in other places, ITV 4 has Ashes highlights every night. 10pm the following day, which is a bit late, but better than nothing.

That looks fantastic... Although from an England fan's point of view, I'm not sure how pleased I'll be if SA can field a quartet of Ntini-alikes in 20 years time!

I think out of the bowlers, Finn will have to have a big series. Like you say, we can't rely on the turn of Anderson, so it's going to have to be pure pace, especially in the first Test. Not sure Finn will cope with the responsbility.

Have you seen his lass? (Number four on this Ashes cricket blog). The lucky devil.

Yeah. I was reading players don't like going to the ICC either because even though it's meant to be confidential, their names always end up in the papers somehow... A lot needs doing to clamp down on this sort of thing.

Find out what works best for you. Some players do well copying the coaching book 100%, others find their own way of doing things are are just as good.

As this Ashes cricket blog points out, it all depends on whether England's key men put in a performance and it's never like they've gone missing in Australia before... *Ahem*. 3-1 the Ausies, I'd say. England will bottle it again.

Intersting Pakistan cricket blog from the BBC about the Haider affair. Didn't realise he'd just been fined for breaking curfew, but that doesn't seem to have anything to do with it. All very fishy.

Ha ha ha. Can't beleive I've never noticed the resemblence before, but if you check out this Ashes cricket blog there's something there. Father and son, maybe? ;)

Yeah, and let's not forget he was a trail blazer after in South African cricket history. A few more years in him, then hopefully he can oversee the rise of a generation of black South African talent in the sport.

A few years ago, no one would have been asking this, but as this Ashes tips blog points out Kevin Pitersen is now a bit of a liability off the field. Should be be dropped if he has a bad Ashes series? I'd say yes...

The BBC has revealed Makhaya Ntini has decided to end his career for South Africa. Great bowler and it looks like he's going to get a great send off. Hope he ends up in County cricket for a season or two.

Bit like Collingwood, who also comes in for a lot of stick. For some reason players these days are though of as being rubbish if they don't hit run-a-ball centuries every other Test.