Not much going on. The Windies are busy training in Manchester, with no issues reported. Fingers crossed that they and the England team can make it to July 8 safely. Finnish and Swedish leagues are playing. I have been checking … Continue reading All Things Cricket: June 16th

Helsinki CC leads the the Finnish Premier League in the early going, along with the imposing mouthful of a name SKK Stadin ja Keravan Kriketti. Mighty Efate Panthers lead the 3-team Vanuatu Blast T10 league. I confess I haven’t tuned … Continue reading All Things Cricket: June 9th

The Vincy Premier League finished Sunday with a 19-run win by Salt Pond Breakers, who had dominated throughout. Salt Pond beat La Soufriere Hikers, avenging their only loss in the tournament. Salt Pond lost the toss and were put into … Continue reading All Things Cricket: June 2nd

I said I would return if cricket was being played. Well, here is the table for the Vincy Premier League after 12 matches: Group A M W L NR Pts NRR Salt Pond Breakers 4 4 0 0 8 2.592 … Continue reading All Things Cricket: May 26th

I saw this article on ESPNCricinfo yesterday, and I thought I should include it here in case you hadn’t seen it. It is the complete run-down of where all the member nations are at in their attempt to comeback from … Continue reading All Things Cricket: May 20th

I just wanted to check in to say that this will be the last All Things Cricket until actual cricket is played again. I hope you are healthy and safe. Continue reading All Things Cricket: March 24th

COVID-19. COVID-19. COVID-19. COVID-19. COVID-19. No symptoms for me yet, but all I can do is wait. I live in the US, so no testing for me in any event. I hope you are healthy and safe. Continue reading All Things Cricket: March 17th

Australia trounced India by 85 runs in the Women’s T20 World Cup final. Openers Beth Mooney and Alyssa Healy led all scoring and Megan Schutt took four wickets, including the crucial wicket of Shefali Verma in the first over to … Continue reading All Things Cricket: March 10th

India, England, South Africa, and Australia are left in the Women’s T20 World Cup. Unfortunately for England and Australia, bad weather is forecast for the semifinals Thursday (Wednesday night/Thursday morning in the US) in Sydney. Since two of the teams … Continue reading All Things Cricket: March 3rd

The Women’s T20 World Cup is underway. A huge upset in the opener as India upended the hosts Australia. Another upset (maybe not?) today as Pakistan beat the Windies. New Zealand did a number on India in their first test … Continue reading All Things Cricket: February 25th (late again, sorry)

The Women’s T20 World Cup starts Friday in Sydney. Australia and India kick it off at 3 am ET. In a cricket-centric remake of Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road,” England chased down South Africa’s 222 at Centurion with five balls to … Continue reading All Things Cricket: February 18th

Too busy this week. Tawk amongst yawselves. Continue reading All Things Cricket: February 11th

Mankad at the U19 World Cup (pictured above)! Noor Ahmed of Afghanistan gets Mohammad Huraira of Pakistan as he wanders out of his crease. Twitter had the usual meltdown. Speaking of which, India has just secured a victory over Pakistan … Continue reading All Things Cricket: February 4th

Sorry, I was busy yesterday and forgot to post. How about that NZ v IND super over! BBL09 is now into the only playoff with 5 names: Eliminator, Qualifier, Challenger, Knockout, Final. U19 CWC is heating up. Afghanistan still leads … Continue reading All Things Cricket: January 28th (almost)

In the U19 World Cup opening game that mirrored the 2019 Cricket World Cup Game I attended in Wales, Afghanistan flipped the result by beating South Africa by 7 wickets in only 25 overs. India, West Indies, Bangladesh and Afghanistan … Continue reading All Things Cricket: January 21st

West Indies took the 2nd ODI of their series with Ireland in a thriller, winning by one wicket. They were nine wickets down and trailing by one run when the photo above was snapped. Unfortunately for Ireland, Mark Adair couldn’t … Continue reading All Things Cricket: January 14th

England are trying to close out South Africa in the 2nd Test at Cape Town. SA were down 5 wickets at tea on Day 5 with a seemingly insurmountable total to achieve. Australia won the third and final test over … Continue reading All Things Cricket: January 7th

South Africa got in the win column in the World Test Championships with a convincing victory over England at Centurion. Quinton De Kock was all over the scoresheet, including the catch pictured above. Australia pantsed New Zealand at the Boxing … Continue reading All Things Cricket: December 31st

The BBL is in full swing. Chris Jordan made the flying catch shown above for the Perth Scorchers. The Sydney Thunder are out to a 2-0 start, with another match vs. Adelaide in Canberra abandoned because of the Australian wildfires. … Continue reading All Things Cricket: December 24th

Australia won a lopsided day/night Test in Perth over New Zealand. Steve Smith transformed himself into an X-Man to make that catch above. The West Indies lost a third T20I in India, but bounced back and defeated the home side … Continue reading All Things Cricket: December 17th

There were some good competitions going on during the past week: The WBBL Finals, won by Brisbane for the second year running. The Windies and India played a couple of excellent T20I matches, each winning one. Team USA won both … Continue reading All Things Cricket: December 10th