Into the wild?

One can only hope.

Flung aside like one his leg-side wides....

Wonder if that's a sign that Shahzad's move is to become permanent

And now Cumbes' replacement has been announced, meaning his retirement is definite this time around.

And Eoin Morgan recalled on the back of a Championship average of 18 since he was dropped for being hopeless on last winter's Pakistan tour.



Just to put that into perspective, Rikki Clarke scored three Championship centuries this year, playing every match for the county champions and averaging 45, as well as taking couple of dozen wickets @ 27. Eoin Morgan is now aged 26 and has scored three Championship centuries in his entire career.

Having spoken with him a couple of week's ago it would appear that it is dependant on where James Harris decides to go. Can't for the life of me see Harris choosing 2nd division Lancs ahead of moneybags Notts so Shahzad to join Lancs permanently I would say.

ICC super-schedulers strike again.
Why not get the bigger teams in the group playing each other first? The way it's going, the little side will be out of it before the major nations meet, rendering all the group games irrelevant. A simple change to the schedule and the games between the full members and the associates would at least have some jeopardy attached.

Why do they always feel the need for two group stages? Why not just have two groups of 8 and the top 2 from each go into the SF?

TV coin, innit. Guarantee a certain number of games featuring the big teams - well, India - to the big broadcasters.
They got burned by India and Pakistan getting knocked out of the 2007 World Cup early and are going out of their way to make sure it never happens again.

First proper massive knock of the tournament as Bazza McCullum smacks 123 from 58 balls. Trial by spin? Tell that to the buggers sat on the bank avoiding the shelling.

Luke Wright at 3. Nope, don't get it.

Honestly wouldn't mind if Afghanistan won this. They won't, but that's a side issue

Luke Wright got 101 not 99. One of his 4s bounced on the blue boundary markers so should have been a 6.

Yeah, I thought that. Still, like I was saying, he's obviously the right man for the job *ahem*

Well that was an interesting performance.

We made Bhajji look good ffs

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Another poor batting display from the top order. (well, two of them) Morgan has been very lucky to still be in there.

Champions League T20 gets the Gary Ballance treatment.

As Bumble would say. Wallop.

Good old Barry Gallons. Like the old adage says, if the top order can't do it for you, leave it to a southern African middle-order biffer.

Circus cricket.

Yes indeed, but circus cricket that we're involved in.

Gary Keedy leaves Lancs to go to Surrey. I cry.

I've always rated Keedy over the years - best uncapped English player of his generation etc.

After my initial surprise I'm very happy with this signing. We're clearly looking for a top order batsman as our main overseas player, so Keedy seems like an ideal replacement for Murali Kartik (the best spinner I saw in the Championship last season) who is only one year younger, and a good foil for Gareth Batty. Furthermore it can surely only benefit our two young left arm spinners Zafar Ansari and Freddie van den Bergh to have someone like Keedy to mentor them.

Ricky Ponting will retire after this test match against SA.

Great player, but he's one of those that you just don't like. Gilchrist was always the same.