Kiwis 2, England 0. Yus. A puss poor iffort from a puthetic Inglish team today. Beaten by a keeper and a fat bloke playing cricket in the way it was intended - village-esque slogfest. Lads, say no to attempted quick singles and play some shots. Sound the attack, chhhhhhhhhiiiiiiarge!
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February 12, 2008
Ingland, puss poor
Posted by thevillagecricketer under cricket, England cricket team, New Zealand cricket[2] Comments
February 11, 2008
Kiwi business
Posted by thevillagecricketer under cricket, England cricket team, New Zealand cricket1 Comment
Kiwis 1 – England 0. Read all about it from Derek Pringle in the Telegraph. Also, in the same paper, Mike Atherton gives a spot-on assessment of Shane Bond’s ‘boning’.
February 7, 2008
England take second T20 match
Posted by thevillagecricketer under cricket, England cricket team, New Zealand cricket1 Comment
Another puss poor iffort from the Kiwis, who got smished around the park before stumbling to eighty sux for sux in reply and iventually funishing 50 runs short of England’s 198 for 8.
CrucInfo called it a “proficient and professional allround display from England”, for whom keen as Mustard and Mr Wright starred up front. Collingwood and Shah put on a great partnership too. All the bowlers were good, especially so Sidebottom and Mascaranhas.
February 5, 2008
Kiwi crucket commintirry
Posted by thevillagecricketer under cricket, England cricket team, Entertainment, New Zealand cricket[2] Comments
By way of offering a Kiwi commentary to balance views on the forthcoming massacre of New Zealand cricket, TVC offers a link to Sideline Slogger, a fush and chup eating blogger from the puss poor crucketing nation of En Zed. Let battle commence!
Was delighted to see an England victory in the fust TwintyTwinty mitch today. Sideshow Bob carved through the Kiwi batting, which included proper village cricketer turned international ‘athlete’ Jesse Ryder. Ryder is only 23, but has already been labelled “fat, disloyal and… having a bad attitude“. He obviously enjoys a good meal, but he also gives the ball a whack. TVC wants more of this sort of player on the international scene.
November 28, 2007
Winter prospects
Posted by thevillagecricketer under cricket, England cricket team, New Zealand cricket, Sri Lanka cricket1 Comment
Apologies to regular readers for the lack of posts recently, I am afraid that with England not in action, and the rather obvious nature of what cricket has been played, I have been less than inspired to commit fingers to keyboard.
However, things are on the up. Am excited about the prospect of the England v Sri Lanka test series, particularly as England need to start re-establishing its test credentials.
Was delighted that Matthew Hoggard has performed well in the warm-ups and that most of the batsmen have had some time in the middle.
Given how poor the Kiwis were in South Africa recently, I would expect us to win that series, however Sri Lanka will be the big challenge. Murali will once again be the deciding factor. Nullify him and England could enjoy a very good winter indeed.
September 20, 2007
Chokers out and Canary’s fly through
Posted by thevillagecricketer under Australian cricket, cricket, England cricket team, India cricket, New Zealand cricket, South Africa cricket, Sri Lanka cricket, World Twenty20 Cup1 Comment
Its a funny old game. In a little over 24 hours England’s bright young hope with the ball was being pumelled for the first set of six sixes against a major international side, by an Indian side that looked like they’d be joining England on the plane out. Just over a day later and it is the Saffas that are using the exit door and taking an early trip to Maverick’s. The perpetual chokers lived up to their tag and capitulated against the Indians. Sri Lanka also crashed out, after being boshed by the Canary Yellows. This is a great tournament.
September 18, 2007
The winner takes it all, the loser flies away (almost)
Posted by thevillagecricketer under cricket, England cricket team, New Zealand cricket, Twenty20, World Twenty20 Cup1 Comment
Another game another disappointing run chase. Desperate cricket, desperate result, another desperate competition. England invented Twenty20 and is being shown how to play it by the rest of the world. Collingwood reckons England were “ten per cent off the mark… one innings and one partnership away from winning the game.” Apparently England can qualify if NZ beat the Saffas, England beat India and India beat the Saffas too… then it is on run rate.
