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Back to the cricket news of the week. The USA Women, captained by Shebani Bhaskar (above) have dominated at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Americas Region Qualifier in Mexico City, winning all three of their games handily. Brazil, led … Continue reading All Things Cricket: October 22nd
I’m doing something a little different in this edition of All Things Cricket. Instead of the usual rundown of the week’s news, I’m going to review the 2021 season in Minor League Cricket, the USA’s most recent attempt at a … Continue reading All Things Cricket: Minor League Cricket 2021 Season in Review
I’m starting off with the Minor League Cricket semifinals and finals, being held tomorrow and Sunday at Church Street Park in Morrisville, NC. Empire State Titans will meet New Jersey Stallions in the early game at 10:15 am ET, and … Continue reading All Things Cricket: October 1st
The IPL continues! After a COVID break, the teams are back in the UAE. The most remarkable game of the week was a confounding loss by Punjab Kings to Rajasthan Royals when Kings needed only 8 runs from 12 balls … Continue reading All Things Cricket: September 24th
The CPL Final was held at Basseterre, as was every other game, and it was a thriller. St. Kitts and Nevis, the home team, battled Saint Lucia Kings right down to the last ball and won it on a Dominic … Continue reading All Things Cricket: September 17th
The fourth England v India Test was all India after Day 1. India’s bowlers kept England from running away with the match by holding England to 290 in the 2nd innings. and then Rohit Sharma did what he does so … Continue reading All Things Cricket: September 10th
More Test cricket this week. England easily defeated India at Headingley by having another almost perfect day on Day 4 to bowl out India for 278, 76 runs short of the total they needed to force a second innings by … Continue reading All Things Cricket: September 3rd
So much happening. Let’s start with more Test cricket, of course. England had an almost perfect first day in the third Test at Headingley. Jimmy Anderson was on fire with the new ball, getting KL Rahul in the first over, … Continue reading All Things Cricket: August 27th
Test cricket is BEST CRICKET! The indelible image above showing Jimmy Anderson frozen in position after being clean bowled by Mohammed Siraj and the India players celebrating around him tells a great deal of the story of the 2nd England … Continue reading All Things Cricket: August 20th
England and India moved to Lord’s for their second Test. The first one was an unfortunate draw for India, who only needed 157 more runs to win when rain wiped out all of Day 5 at Trent Bridge. The Men … Continue reading All Things Cricket: August 13th
I went to a real, live professional cricket match! The opponents are shown above. Houston Hurricanes overcame an almost impossible situation at Moosa Stadium in Pearland, needing 10 with 2 balls to go, to beat Austin Athletics in the Minor … Continue reading All Things Cricket: August 6th
A day late and zero dollars short (this is free and I don’t get paid). The Hundred is here! What is The Hundred? It’s cricket. That’s what The Hundred is. Early winners in this format that is tearing families apart … Continue reading All Things Cricket: July 24th
England whitewashed Sri Lanka, winning all three T20Is and two ODIs, with the final one getting mercifully (from the Lions perspective, anyway) abandoned after the first innings due to rain. Sri Lanka has a lot of problems and will need … Continue reading All Things Cricket: July 9th
New Zealand rules the Test cricket world! They beat India, a nation containing approximately 1.495 billion more people, at the Hampshire Bowl (special naming rights! Why? No one knows!) in Southampton, UK by 8 wickets this Wednesday. There wasn’t supposed … Continue reading All Things Cricket: June 25th
Can there be too much cricket? No, of course not, but we are getting close. Test matches are always great, but the first one between England and New Zealand at Lord’s was only moderately great. There were a lot of … Continue reading All Things Cricket: June 11th
It’s dry in England! Briefly, anyway. The Roses match is happening this week. Yorkshire is shorthanded and is getting pounded by the much more in-form Lancashire bunch at their home at Old Trafford. Essex and Durham are playing a crucial … Continue reading All Things Cricket: May 28th
It. Never. Stops. Raining. (See above). Apparently, a tropical system originating in the Houston area and extending all the way to Bristol is wiping out all hope of cricket being played in both places, because even my youth cricket sessions … Continue reading All Things Cricket: May 21st
I’m forced to be off on Fridays for a while, so we are moving this thing! Pakistan completed the 2-0 sweep of Zimbabwe in Harare with an innings win. Hasan Ali (seen above hugging it out with his teammate Shaheen … Continue reading All Things Cricket: May 14th
It’s not Tuesday, but I have a minute, so here we go! The IPL has been postponed due to you know what. There have been all sorts of speculation as to when and where it might resume, including at English … Continue reading All Things Cricket: May 7th
I am just checking in to let you know that I still want to keep doing this, but because a lot of customers have put off work because of COVID and are all now hitting me with work they’ve postponed, … Continue reading All Things Cricket: Update
Two weeks in a row! Not as busy as I have been. The BBL takes center stage. The playoffs are set, and Adelaide Strikers will play Brisbane Heat to decide the first eliminated team. Then Perth Scorchers take on Sydney … Continue reading All Things Cricket: January 26th
