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Duncan Fletcher shows a new side
By Will 2 months ago, 2 Comments »
Ah. Maybe not then. Go on, Dunc – cheeeeeeeeeese.
From Test Match Special on Flickr.
2 Comments »Behind the scenes at Lord’s
By Will last year, mid-May, 2 Comments »
Stop what you’re doing and look at this gallery of behind-the-scenes at Lord’s, by Graham Morris, the Times’ outstanding cricket photographer and a top bloke to boot. The 18 shots tell the modern Lord’s tale brilliantly.
Cricket camp in Afghanistan
By Will last year, at the start of May, 2 Comments »
As you may or may not have read, I recently interviewed Matthew Fleming on the eve of his MCC-affiliated trip to Afghanistan to unveil new pitches, as well as provide equipment to rural villages. Leslie Knott, who is the producer of a film called Out of the Ashes covering Afghanistan’s rise, has been in regular touch with some fabulous photos from the camp, and I thought you’d like to see them below.
All photos are copyright Leslie Knott 2009. If you want to link to them or purchase others, please contact me and I’ll put you in touch with Leslie. Kindly don’t lift them straight from the blog
Monks playing cricket
By Will 2 years ago, at the end of November, 4 Comments »
A monk plays cricket outside a Buddhist monastery in Shimla, India. Found on the Wall Street Journal from a few weeks ago.Great photo; better bigger though.
Ancient photos. Cricket in Germany, 1942
By Will 2 years ago, mid-November, 6 Comments »
Google has teamed up with LIFE to unveil an incredible amount of photography (free). Obviously, I did the honourable thing by searching for any cricket photos, and there are a few interesting ones. It’s by no means as comprehensive as Hulton or Getty Images, but I enjoyed this photo of cricket being played in Germany in 1942. You’d imagine they were British, but who knows?
And here are C. Aubrey Smith (R), Henry Stephenson (C) and Boris Karloff (L) in 1948, taken by the brilliantly named Loomis Dean:
The real gems lie in their historical coverage. Search for London blitz and you’ll find rare beauties like these:
So, anyway. Have a look and enjoy wasting hours and hours.
6 Comments »Pietersen auditions for the role of Oliver
By Will 2 years ago, mid-June, No Comments; be the first!
Michael Knight does a pitch report
By Will 2 years ago, mid-April, 1 Comment »
Chucklish photo from The Guardian’s obo team prior to the first IPL bollocks:
Umpires are made of wood
By Will 2 years ago, at the start of March, 3 Comments »
It’s official: umpires are made out of wood after all. This genius shot of a dead tree carved into an umpire was found on Flickr:
When I eventually build my own house – one of my lifelong ambitions – I’d find it hard not to resist carving my own umpire. It’s a must-have for any cricket tragic and makes me wonder what else you might chisel out of an old tree…
3 Comments »The new Afridi
By Will 2 years ago, mid-February, No Comments; be the first!
Maybe in 10 years, anyway. Great shot found on Flickr.
K a i r o s – Away in Pakland.
Cricket comes to St Moritz
By Will 2 years ago, at the end of January, 1 Comment »
St Moritz: playground of the rich and fameless, and now playground of the cricketer. The sport is no stranger to ice, and the novelty has totally worn off. Come on – can’t they think of anything new? We’ve had icey cricket, we’ve had desert cricket. Come on, Branson: let’s have gravity-free cricket on the moon.
Bollocks to the side strain: give me the ball
By Will 2 years ago, mid-January, 1 Comment »
South Africa won the first one-dayer against West Indies by six wickets today in Centurion. You can tell by that sentence how excited I was by the game, but the dullness was enlivened dramatically by the most stunning of caught-and-bowleds from Dwayne Bravo. He has a side strain and was not, by his own admission, expected to bowl for another two weeks. But balls to that, he thought, and on he trundled.
He found one to bounce on Justin Ontong who was squared up, fending it up in the air about a metre from his crease. Somehow, Bravo sprinted down the pitch, dived, clung on with both hands with the ball just a few inches off the turf. A brilliant piece of fielding, of spirit in adversity, of courage – and of captaincy.
Photo by Neil Lane Cricinfo Ltd ©
Bend it like Samuels
By Will 2 years ago, mid-January, 9 Comments »
So then, Marlon Samuels’ action has been reported. What’s the verdict? Legitimate action?
Marlon Samuels loses his head
By Will 2 years ago, mid-January, 2 Comments »
Is Marlon Samuels finally growing up? I’m not so sure. It was a wonderful innings, his hundred against South Africa today, but all too often he nibbles and pokes at those decent deliveries outside his off stump. I admired his determination, and his coolness under raging pressure from Dale Steyn. The ball he fell to was spectacular, and I can’t remember seeing a better one. It was one for the memories.
Anyway, we have a photographer at the ground, Neil Lane, who’s been providing us with some excellent (and occasioanlly lewd) shots, including this one of Samuels ducking. Where’s his head gone?
The standard of photography from the agencies – Getty Images use Gallo Sports, Touchline and AFP – has been generally weak for the entire series. Neil’s, on the other hand, are crisp and inventive.
‘Please wait here for first available wicket’
By Will 2 years ago, mid-January, 3 Comments »
This is superb:
Somehow, watching the West Indies collapse in fine style this morning against South Africa, I couldn’t help thinking about this sign I saw while waiting in line to renew my driver’s license.
From Sean, who built/administers CaribbeanCricket.com – a website about bicycle tyre pricing. No, not really; it’s dedicated to West Indian cricket.
He told me that a wicket (in Canada, and probably America, and probably everywhere else) is a ticket boot where you are served, like in a post office. Shamefully, perhaps because I’ve been a cricket fan most of my life, I was completely ignorant as to the other meanings of the word.
3 Comments »Light sabre batting
By Will 2 years ago, mid-January, 2 Comments »
Enough of monkeys and racism and all that nonsense. Let’s talk light sabres.
Me and a colleague were remonstrating our dislike of Graeme Smith’s batsmanship today. At best, he is agricultural; at worst, his strokeplay is downright ugly. This isn’t to discredit him – he’s unstoppable on his day, as he was today against West Indies – but he’s a getter of runs, not a glider.
Anyway, wafflings put to one side, it got me thinking about those photos you see of him carving past point…and a static photo isolates the ugliness and turns his bat (and others like him) into a light sabre. Look, here’s Shaun Marsh:
WHOOSH:
And here’s Wasim Jaffer. WHOOMF:
Any others you’ve spotted?
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