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Guess who this is
By Will last year, mid-August, 5 Comments »
Well? Go on. Guess. Leave a comment. You’ll win the applause of millions, and the respect of me.
Correctamundy. It’s Bumble. Drawn by the very talented Beach who may or may not be appearing on Cricinfo one of these days, if I can persuade the powers that be. He drew and produced the superb Postcards from the Sledge from a few years ago.
5 Comments »Palin’s view of the world
By Will 2 years ago, at the start of October, No Comments; be the first!
Nice front cover from The New Yorker on Sarah Palin’s view of the world.
The always-fascinating Strangemaps blog explains:
No Comments »In its most recent issue, The New Yorker magazine revisits one of its most famous covers ever. Saul Steinberg’s cartoon on the front page of the 29 March 1976 issue showed the world as seen from New York’s 9th Avenue. Mr Steinberg’s ironic, iconic cartoon, mentioned earlier on this blog (#72), has been recycled, imitated and parodied many times – and now by the New Yorker itself, as a comment on vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s world view.
The world outside Alaska knew little of Sarah Palin before Republican presidential candidate John McCain announced, on August 29, that she would be his running mate. It seems that before that date, Sarah Palin also knew little of the outside world. She has been outside of the US only once, on a visit to Alaska National Guard troops in Germany and Kuwait.
Rob Key dives…for a pie
By Will 2 years ago, at the start of October, 1 Comment »
Yes, it’s a bit clichéd. Yes, it’s a bit unfair. But it’s too good not to share:
[via King Cricket and Vin]
1 Comment »Twenty20 sledging match
By Will 2 years ago, at the start of February, 1 Comment »
“Each team has only 20 seconds to insult the opposition”. Witty animation from Nicholson at The Australian.
Harbhajan and Symonds find resolution
By Will 3 years ago, at the end of October, 1 Comment »
I don’t know why but Harbhajan Singh and Andrew Symonds appear to have settled their differences. They’ve hooked up with a couple of lady friends and decided that the best way to resolve their spat is with a damn good dance. Click here if you can’t see it below (takes a while to load).
1 Comment »Elias Henry Hendren
By Will 3 years ago, mid-September, 1 Comment »
Here’s an old caricature drawing of Patsy Hendren, the former England and Middlesex batsman (and a bit of a leg end, it must be said. 170 first-class hundreds…)
More info on Patsy at Cricinfo. Drawing found at Flickr.
1 Comment »The rules of cricket…in French
By Will 3 years ago, at the start of May, 16 Comments »
This landed in my inbox this evening: the French rules of cricket, including the modes of dismissal. Or rather, “les suivants d’eliminations” (I think):
I like lbw (obstruction) and hit-wicket (autodestruction). Download the PDF for more.
16 Comments »Cartoon of Brian Lara
By Will 3 years ago, mid-April, No Comments; be the first!
A cartoon of Brian Lara following the West Indies’ dismal display against South Africa
Thanks Ryan
No Comments »‘I was playing cricket’
By Will 3 years ago, mid-March, 6 Comments »
Today’s Matt in The Telegraph
Herschelle Gibbs cartoon
By Will 3 years ago, mid-January, 7 Comments »
Herschelle has been at it again.
Via Miller and his cronies. See the video of the incident here.
7 Comments »Matt’s cartoon view of England
By Will 4 years ago, at the start of December, 3 Comments »
Ashley Giles the Borat of Spain
By Will 4 years ago, at the start of December, 6 Comments »
Oh it’s cruel, it’s painfully cruel
Courtesy of The Ashes Blog who provide the following reasons Ashley Giles should continue playing for England:
6 Comments »1. He makes James Anderson look threatening.
2. His bowling average is almost as good as Matthew Hayden’s batting average.
3. As the Personal Life Coach for Ricky Ponting, Ashley Giles felt that the Australian captain was in desperate need of a bit of encouragement, so he sacrificially dropped that catch on the boundary. But that’s just the sort of kind, generous guy that he is.
4. His Royal Highness brings a certain amount of class and dignity into the England team. Well, they need to make up for Kevin Pietersen’s presence somehow.
So please, keep Ashley playing, and make benefit glorious King of Spain.
Postcards from the Sledge (10 of 10)
By Will 4 years ago, at the end of November, 1 Comment »
The last of 10 postcards from Postcards from the Sledge. It’s the end of our exclusive run, and many thanks to Beach for allowing them here. Hopefully I’ve helped him sell a few. In 24 hours, the first ball will be hurled down in Brisbane and the sledging can really start.
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1 Comment »Postcards from the Sledge (9 of 10)
By Will 4 years ago, mid-November, 5 Comments »
The ninth of 10 postcards from Postcards from the Sledge
This has added relevance as Ian Thorpe is due to retire, apparently…
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5 Comments »Postcards from the Sledge (8 of 10)
By Will 4 years ago, mid-November, 1 Comment »
The eighth of 10 postcards from Postcards from the Sledge
