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  • "One day I was up on the roof, the next I was playing at the MCG. Now I'm never going near a roof again."
    Darren Pattinson, the Victoria and Nottinghamshire quick bowler, on his rise from roof tiler to strike bowler after his six wickets against Lancashire

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    Learn to bat like Chris Martin

    By Will 1 month ago, 3 Comments »

    Quality video. Click here if you can’t see it below.

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    Blu Tack England

    By Will 1 month ago, 12 Comments »

    I urge you with all my might to watch this video by LeftArmChinaman. It is a thing of majestic beauty and brilliance.

    If you can’t see it above, head to his blog.

    12 Comments »

    Highlights of Sidebottom’s 7 for 47

    By Will 2 months ago, No Comments; be the first!

    Some highlights of Ryan Sidebottom’s 7 for 47.

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    England Under-19s’ crossbar challenge

    By Will 2 months ago, 1 Comment »

    You’ll have to be really bored to watch this, but as I’m wide awake when I should be asleep in prep for tonight’s Test, it’s been the perfect tonic. Hilarious nicknames that they’ve all got, and it’s good to see the complete lack of political correctness among the squad. It was uploaded by James “The sheep” Harris who, unless you’re completely ignorant, hails from Glamorgan…

    Click here or here if you can’t see it above.

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    Cricket’s wealth in Australia

    By Will 3 months ago, 3 Comments »

    We talk and moan about India’s vast financial grip over the game, but however much it narks us, it is of little surprise: with a growing economy and a colossal population, the majority of whom love the game, India have the two crucial ingredients to making a lot of money out of an entertainment sport. The same goes for football in the UK: it’s watched and loved by millions, and advertisers know they’ll get decent exposure and are willing to pay for it.

    The same can’t be said for cricket in the UK. After the Ashes, in particular the following summer, advertisers were swarming like bees over all things cricket. Even this humble blog was targeted. But the interest, like England’s Test form, has slipped away with depressing haste and we’re back to where we were pre the 2005 Ashes.

    The same can’t be said for cricket in Australia either, and they come up with some brilliant advertising campaigns. I’m not a sales man and nor will I ever be, but I do find it fascinating how each country uses advertising to exploit the interest of a game to attract new visitors. Inevitably Australia do it with humour, and do it pretty well. Thanks to Duncans.tv here is Mike Hussey in an advert for the CB Series:

    …continued…

    …and…

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    Highlights of the Stanford 20/20

    By Will 3 months ago, 1 Comment »

    Someone’s uploading the highlights of the Stanford 20/20 to Youtube. Thanks to Ryan.

    1 Comment »

    Twenty20 sledging match

    By Will 3 months ago, 1 Comment »

    “Each team has only 20 seconds to insult the opposition”. Witty animation from Nicholson at The Australian.

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    England’s beauty tips

    By Will 3 months ago, 2 Comments »

    What key attributes do England need in order to succeed in New Zealand? Moisturiser and paper pants. The full horror show can be watched at The Times.

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    Post your Adam Gilchrist videos

    By Will 4 months ago, No Comments; be the first!

    Go forth and find videos. Post your favourites from Youtube and co and leave them in the comments. Here’s a belter: his 162 against New Zealand in 2005.

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    Ishant Sharma to Ricky Ponting (video)

    By Will 4 months ago, 5 Comments »

    I managed to catch some of the highlights today of India’s rather epic win over Australia, and what an effort from Ishant Sharma. His long spell to Ricky Ponting, which lasted about an hour, was skilful fast bowling and must have been mesmeric to watch live. It reminded me of Andrew Flintoff’s over to Ponting at Edgbaston in 2005, but this was a sustained examination of the batsman’s technique - not just six crackerjack deliveries. Some brief highlights of it, and the rest of the fourth day’s play from Perth, are below:

    If you can’t see them, click here or here.

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    Video of Harbhajan and Symonds sledging

    By Will 4 months ago, 41 Comments »

    Well why not? Here are the winning pair in their now infamous day three tussle. The best line is from Ian Chappell right at the end, when he says “I’m not sure Matthew Hayden would be my choice as UN peace-keeper”. Hayden was an intermediary, stepping in to break things up.

    Click here if you can’t see the video above.

    41 Comments »

    Video highlights of VVS Laxman’s hundred against Australia

    By Will 4 months ago, 3 Comments »

    This is only a short glimpse - one over, in fact - but he takes 18 off Mitchell Johnson and it’s well worth watching. Do post a link to the full highlights if you see them lurking on tinterweb.

    Match scorecard here.

    3 Comments »

    Video of Shane Warne’s TV adverts

    By Will last year, at the start of December, No Comments; be the first!

    Thanks to Allie for writing in with the link. (see photos, too)

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    Matthew Hoggard’s video diary from Sri Lanka

    By Will last year, at the start of December, 3 Comments »

    Matthew Hoggard is video-blogging his tour of Sri Lanka. Have a look below, or click here.

     

     

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    Matthew Hoggard, England all-rounder, animal lover and technical wizard gives
    us a warts-and-all look behind the scenes as the tour of Sri Lanka gets
    underway.

    In the first episode, he struggles to cope with jetlag, enjoys the view of a
    building site outside his bedroom, turns the tables on a Sky Sports reporter
    and gets up close and personal with a Male Body Toucher.

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    Video of Lehmann’s final one-day innings

    By Will last year, at the end of November, 4 Comments »

    Nice line on the recently retired Darren Lehmann:

    Lehmann was never less than a sublime batsman. He was not so much unorthodox as post-orthodox. Batsmen talk of using the length of the crease, but few can have used its width as he did. There he was the other night in Adelaide, taking a stance two feet outside leg stump to face Brad Hogg and utterly confounding him. Next week, Hogg will be playing for Australia, Lehmann for no one.

    And you can see Lehmann’s brilliant 126* below, including the hammering he gave Hogg (who was clueless). What a knock. 126 not out in your final one-dayer - and just check out the final shot to secure South Australia’s win.

    Click here if you can’t see the video above.

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