The Confectionery Stall

Captain Cook avenges his bowlers

Captain Cook avenges his bowlers

The wrestle for supremacy in Mumbai continued on another taut day of spin-dominated cricket at the Wankhede

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

England still unscrambling the Pujara puzzle

England still unscrambling the Pujara puzzle

And how the BCCI control the food intake of their players via spectators

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

Why England must not learn from their mistakes

Why England must not learn from their mistakes

A fundamental tenet of learning is that it is pointless, because in the long run we will all be dead

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

Were England careless or strategically insane?

Were England careless or strategically insane?

And some good news for England and bad news for India

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

The novelists who ate bowlers

The novelists who ate bowlers

Or how Robert Ludlum and John Updike turned promising ODI superstars into long-format wrecks

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

Saleem Elahi and the rich man's Saleem Elahi

Saleem Elahi and the rich man's Saleem Elahi

Star in the ODI Legends but Test Muppets XI

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

The Don Bradman of bowling unpenetratively in ODIs

The Don Bradman of bowling unpenetratively in ODIs

And the five of his cohorts who complete our XI who were good in Tests but rubbish in ODIs

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

Good in Tests, rubbish in ODIs XI - part one

Good in Tests, rubbish in ODIs XI - part one

Five batsmen who made you raise your eyebrows in one format and face-palm yourself in another

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

Dr Stumps, Agony Aunt

Dr Stumps, Agony Aunt

Is subbing for Confectionery Stall and answering some questions that needed answers

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

Well, that was all a bit strange

Well, that was all a bit strange

Why West Indies' World Twenty20 win was mucho bizarro

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

Why Watson's going to cost Australia the World Twenty20

Why Watson's going to cost Australia the World Twenty20

Semi-final and final predictions using a highly sophisticated round metallic gadget

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

Why the Super Over is the future of cricket

Why the Super Over is the future of cricket

What's not to like about competition boiled down to a crazed cocktail of skill and luck?

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

'Teams that start rubbishly always win'

'Teams that start rubbishly always win'

An indisputable assertion from WG Grace kicks off this World Twenty20 special edition of the World Cricket Podcast

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

New Zealand to take the World Twenty20

New Zealand to take the World Twenty20

Or a team that contains Afridi, or someone like Afridi

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

Goodbye Strauss

Goodbye Strauss

Who showed us he was as decent a mountaineer as he was a batsman

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

Stop ruining cricket's schedule, you knuckleheads

Stop ruining cricket's schedule, you knuckleheads

Anyone feeling that three Tests was just enough to satisfy the appetite?

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

Kids having banana fights in the back seat

Kids having banana fights in the back seat

In which we find out what the England team have been reduced to

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

Multistat: 4

Multistat: 4

A Kevin Pietersen special

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

Morne Morkel and a pot of yoghurt

Morne Morkel and a pot of yoghurt

This statistical analysis of England and South Africa's bowling attacks is helped along by some good bacteria

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

What comes after surgical disembowelment?

What comes after surgical disembowelment?

If it's England that's getting its intestines removed, it'll probably be followed by a Test victory

25-Feb-2013•Andy Zaltzman

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