There has been renewed press speculation that the 2012 Olympic stadium could be used for cricket once The Torch has begun it’s four-year crawl in the general direction of Rio.
Naturally, the ECB and surrounding counties say they know nothing about it.
Piyush Chawla will be Surrey’s overseas player for 2010, as they continue to try and hoover up the better county performers from last season.
Do me a favour, and take a look out of the nearest window. There may well be a winged hog somewhere in the vicinity. Meanwhile, in the cricket world, a county chairman has been heard saying the things that Giles Clarke gets paid to sweep under the carpet: English cricket is as anachronistic as the crew of USS Enterprise strolling around the Wild West.
Somerset hoped to take advantage of Kieron Pollard-inflicted shell-shock when they played NSW Blues. They didn’t want a backlash, and in the end got neither. Instead they gave it away with careless batting early on, and got creamed as a result.
On 2ndYellow: World Cup: Are Spain boring? http://bit.ly/96aPJD #fb
10th July 2010, 9:13am
On 2ndYellow: Everton: Spot the Gosling http://bit.ly/bHQGH4 #fb
7th July 2010, 12:25pm
GoodCricketWicket: Lazy Ashes reporting starts early http://bit.ly/bD6ko4 #cricket
6th July 2010, 10:27am
You can enjoy the commentary from Test Match Sofa right here using this player, for cricket's alternative listening experience. There may be the occasional swear, but absolutely no dear old things.