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Bird flies south on players appealing

Bird flies south on players appealing

Dickie Bird, the Denny Krane of umpiring, I love him to bits

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff
Public defender turns prosecutor.

Public defender turns prosecutor.

In January of this year, Dave Richardson, the ICC’s General Manager, responded to a rising wave of umpire bashing by writing an article for Cricinfo extolling the virtues of the ICC elite panel of umpires.

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff
My Aunt Doris

My Aunt Doris

A distant aunt of mine is a psychic

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff
New Zealand's Mr Nearly

New Zealand's Mr Nearly

Domestic cricket is splattered with players that have flirted with an international career having never managed to turn the romance into a marriage.

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff
Someone please teach Andre how to sledge

Someone please teach Andre how to sledge

Whether you love it or loathe it, sledging is a part of the game

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff
Tender treatment

Tender treatment

If the cricketing nations of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh were a design company looking to bid on a printing contract for a multinational organisation, they would by now have been told to pack up their printing press and hit the road.

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff
Where did all the quicks go?

Where did all the quicks go?

If I say “Golden Arches”, you think “McDonalds”

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff
Kicking a dog when he’s down

Kicking a dog when he’s down

It seems a fashionable moment in time to be having a crack at England

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff
Stuff that sticks

Stuff that sticks

Poor old Mick Lewis

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff
Replacement ball swings out Windies

Replacement ball swings out Windies

Cricketers can be a canny lot, prone to using any means possible to eek out an advantage, however small

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff
Second chance for Kiwis and Aussies to harmonise

Second chance for Kiwis and Aussies to harmonise

The last time Australia and New Zealand attempted to co-host a sporting tournament of any significance, the result was nothing short of farcical.

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff
Bowl off’s, bashed babes and bye byes.

Bowl off’s, bashed babes and bye byes.

For the vast majority of the crowd at Eden Park, tonight’s Twenty20 game against the West Indies was about just one thing

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff
Tapping into Generation X-box

Tapping into Generation X-box

Raise the subject of Twenty20 cricket and you will inevitably witness a polarisation of opinion on the scale of the Red Sea parting.

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff
Move over or I’ll wag my tail

Move over or I’ll wag my tail

That Malcolm Speed should be compared to Kofi Annan surprises me little

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff
Cricket in the year 2020

Cricket in the year 2020

Okay, so I picked the particular year as a lame Monday morning pun, but my point is to try and take a peek at what the game might look like fifteen or twenty years from now.

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff
The white ball wonder

The white ball wonder

When the cricket equipment manufacturer Kookaburra, describes the composition of their cricket balls, you can almost taste the century of history the company has behind it

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff
Shaken and stirred but licensed to thrill

Shaken and stirred but licensed to thrill

New Zealand Cricket uncovered a rare gem the day they unleashed a Canterbury policeman on batsmen of the world

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff
Memorabilia gone mad

Memorabilia gone mad

There’s a shirt for sale at Sportsonline.com signed by the Australian team and the members of the World XI (remember them?) The price……a tad over $4,000 of your finest Australian dollars.

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff
It had me at “Hello”

It had me at “Hello”

I’ve loved the game of cricket ever since my father invented ‘roof-catch’

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff
Retirement planning, Earl Woods style

Retirement planning, Earl Woods style

Earl Woods bred a Tiger

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff
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