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MAY 18, 2013

Why I don't really care about the Ashes

Andrew Hughes: The tide of hyperbolic drivel has been rising with every series since 2005

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MAY 16, 2013

When Kings XI Punjab refused to leave

Andrew Hughes: Much as I love them, Adam Gilchrist's men are in serious danger of overstaying their welcome

MAY 11, 2013

The inter-continental Twitter saga

Andrew Hughes: Also known as the Lav Committee controversy

MAY 08, 2013

Daredevils: abandoned by mathematics

Andrew Hughes: Just when you think it can't get more painful than a session with your dentist, the Daredevils arrive

MAY 05, 2013

The race for Mr Angry Pants 2013 Trophy

Andrew Hughes: A rude Royal Challenger, a nose-out-of-joint Knight Rider, and a muppet of a Mumbai Indian are up for the title

MAY 01, 2013

Pakistan cricket's style problem

Andrew Hughes: Wasim Akram has employed a stylist to advise youngsters on presentation. We beg you, Wasim, stop

APRIL 27, 2013

The non-cricket fan's guide to Australia's Ashes squad

Andrew Hughes: Just returned from a trip into deep space and clueless about the players from down under? Not to worry, help is at hand

APRIL 24, 2013

Why Gayle's sermon is the beginning of the end

Andrew Hughes: You can't just block a couple and then start swinging in a five-day game, they say. But why not?

APRIL 21, 2013

The idea of shirtism

Andrew Hughes: The colour of the team jersey may affect fan loyalty, but not how the team plays

APRIL 17, 2013

A boxing bout between two blindfolded masochists

Andrew Hughes: Punjab v Kolkata: the team that doesn't know how to win against the team that can lose from any position

APRIL 13, 2013

Danny Morrison and the Missing Pronouns, and other tales

Andrew Hughes: Cricket books of the year you may not have had time to read

APRIL 09, 2013

Consider the flea

Andrew Hughes: Inaccurate animal-sport metaphors getting you down? You've come to the right place

APRIL 06, 2013

The epic battle in the Twitterverse

Andrew Hughes: Is between those who want to watch noisy cricket and those who'd rather hear birds er tweet

APRIL 03, 2013

Backing the no-hopers from Punjab

Andrew Hughes: And other important IPL analysis you won't get elsewhere

MARCH 30, 2013

If it's spring it must be time for county-cricket moaning

Andrew Hughes: But who's doing the hating?

MARCH 27, 2013

Sport can be exciting? Who knew?

Andrew Hughes: Or why an exciting draw does not prove that draws are exciting

MARCH 23, 2013

Press-conference piffle, and the Professor's leanings

Andrew Hughes: Do you spend precious minutes of your life listening to unmemorable things players have to say?

MARCH 20, 2013

Don't mention the Ashes

Andrew Hughes: Build-up? I'll tell you where to stick your build-up

MARCH 16, 2013

The Steven Smith innings o' meter

Andrew Hughes: Will he be boy genius or imitation ectoplasm of Shane Warne, in Mohali?

MARCH 13, 2013

International cricketers are miserable too

Andrew Hughes: Think your life's a drudge and a chore? Well, join the queue, why don't you?

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