During my stint as over-by-over text commentator for Times online yesterday, I was asked to listen out for a few “Warne-isms”. I’m not quite sure I know what the dictionary definition of a “Warne-ism” is but there were a couple worth the retelling here, if not in a national newspaper.
In his first commentary stint since [...]
July 16, 2009
The dictionary according to Shane Warne
July 16, 2009
Seatwave goodbye to your hard-earned cash
I’ve looked at it with some consternation on the cricinfo site and now the beggars have gone and dropped one into my inbox. Well, two inboxes if you count the email account I keep for those extra special moments (only joking).
Yes, there it is, at the top. Delivered at 9.35pm. “Buy your Ashes tickets on [...]
July 16, 2009
Ashes update, second Test, close: England stunned in game of two halves
It was like a game of two halves at Lord’s today, Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook putting England into a very comfortable 2-0 lead, and at that point there was only one team in it, but Australia struck back and once Cook had gone, the weaknesses in England’s spine was cruelly exposed.
And we must acknowledge Mitchell Johnson’s [...]
July 16, 2009
Reverse Sweep on over-by-over duty for Times Online
If you’d care to join him, access the Times website from about 10.45am.
