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A beast called Ricky

A beast called Ricky

Mr Ponting is losing touch with his animal instincts, apparently

25-Feb-2013•Andrew Hughes

Being Jonty

Being Jonty

Or what Pakistan are imagining themselves as these days

25-Feb-2013•Andrew Hughes

Get Lalit

Get Lalit

And get Shane Warne while you’re at it as well

25-Feb-2013•Andrew Hughes

Winged creatures attack Bangalore Test

Winged creatures attack Bangalore Test

And why Punjab were evicted from the IPL on the grounds of breaching the Apostrophe Accuracy clause

25-Feb-2013•Andrew Hughes

The Long Handle awards

The Long Handle awards

Includes shiny trophies for most appearances, biggest twit and captain with the most sinister smile

25-Feb-2013•Andrew Hughes

Now on sale: Ricky Ponting wind-up doll

Now on sale: Ricky Ponting wind-up doll

Friday, 1st October Watching little Ricky lose it with Zaheer today was just like old times and particularly welcome at the headquarters of Hughes Cricket Toys Limited, where we are well into the marketing phase of our latest product

25-Feb-2013•Andrew Hughes

Safety procedures for India v Australia

Safety procedures for India v Australia

As well as a Michael Clarke appeal, an Ashes forfeit, and a relook at the structure of county cricket

25-Feb-2013•Andrew Hughes

The Most Hideous Cricket Structures Competition

The Most Hideous Cricket Structures Competition

And the still-unsolved mystery of why Ravi Shastri feels compelled to shout

25-Feb-2013•Andrew Hughes

Conventional wisdom is a deceitful blighter

Conventional wisdom is a deceitful blighter

Because it tells us this is England’s best chance in a long time of leaving Australia with the Ashes

25-Feb-2013•Andrew Hughes

Time for a series of peace and brotherly love

Time for a series of peace and brotherly love

Right after India v Australia VI: This Time It’s Even More Personal

25-Feb-2013•Andrew Hughes

The most challenging tweeting contest ever

The most challenging tweeting contest ever

Andrew Hughes asks all of you to come up with some expletive-laden entries, and has advice for how to deal with bookies if you're not Yuvi

25-Feb-2013•Andrew Hughes

Fielding is important to Pakistan? Sez who?

Fielding is important to Pakistan? Sez who?

No coach, nothing on the introductory video - why should Mohammad Irfan practise diving and catching?

25-Feb-2013•Andrew Hughes

Heinous treachery alert

Heinous treachery alert

KP done wrong again, the attack of the green lipstick, and pointless Twenty20 tournament time

25-Feb-2013•Andrew Hughes

A scandalous confession

A scandalous confession

Andrew Hughes has something unpleasant to tell all you readers

25-Feb-2013•Andrew Hughes

Boom Boom goes boring

Boom Boom goes boring

Afridi says the past is what has happened, and there will be some good cricket in the future

25-Feb-2013•Andrew Hughes

The fixing of England games

The fixing of England games

What's with the 18-year-olds of today

25-Feb-2013•Andrew Hughes

Sledging, ancient Greece style

Sledging, ancient Greece style

Tuesday, August 24th Psyops was the least intimidating of all the monsters of Ancient Greece

25-Feb-2013•Andrew Hughes

The Chuckle Brothers in the house

The Chuckle Brothers in the house

And more from the longest-running standoff in the history of cricket standoffs

25-Feb-2013•Andrew Hughes

The plight of the South Asian effigy burners

The plight of the South Asian effigy burners

The Sehwag-Randiv controversy cannot be allowed to fizzle out

25-Feb-2013•Andrew Hughes

Exclusive: Australia's seven-point winning plan leaked

Exclusive: Australia's seven-point winning plan leaked

And you thought Long Handle was just a fan's diary

25-Feb-2013•Andrew Hughes

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