Jarrod Kimber's Blog, page 120
May 29, 2010
Previously at Lord's
Bangladesh
They might leave this series with nothing but several room service bills with Porn charges, but today they played a good day of test cricket. They should be proud.
England
Seemed uninterested in really moving the game on. Seemed muddled. Seemed to have no back up plan when hitting the deck short of a length didn't work. Seemed to miss the 5th bowler.
Can Bangladeshi still draw?
Yes they can, and Shakib hasn't even entered the pitch with his Uzi yet.
Play of the day
Any play of the day ...
Daily Report England Vs Bangladesh: Junaid Siddique puts runs in the book
Where I learned my cricket, runs in the book was the most important thing you could do.
It didn't matter if your runs were scooped to the leg side, slashed on the onside, in fours or singles, taken from good shots or from accidental shots.
The phrase, "that's what it says in the book" was used on constant rotation.
It was hard not to think about that when watching Junaid Siddique bat at Lord's.
The boy is a bunch of nerves when he bats, he seems to open the face or edge almost everything.
Against ...
May 28, 2010
Blood on the ball
Today a pointless one dayer had a moment of pure cricket goodness.
Johan Botha got a leading edge into his face.
This leading edge had enough force on it to wedge itself between three hard places, the grill, the lid of the helmet and the Robotic Kevin Bacon face of Johan Botha.
Just the ball getting wedged in the grill is a great scene, but for him then to take off the helmet, with ball still wedged, and reveal his now bloody face, that is just awesomeness wrapped in just more awesomeness.
This w...
Previously at Lord's
Bangladesh
Decided to bowl first. I'm sure someone thought it was a good idea. Their fielding was as good as putting 9 newborn babies still cased in amniotic fluid out on the field.
England
The one player who was playing for his career, well not for his career, but for his immediate future, stood up. Everyone else looked bored. KP couldn't even be bothered to be bored.
Can Bangladeshi still draw?
If it rains and Shakib Al Hasan takes an Uzi out to the middle with him, then Bangladesh will...
May 27, 2010
Daily report England Vs Bangladesh 1st Test 1st Day: ICC to regulate Bangladesh
Being the well-connected internationally renowned blogger to the stars, I have some pull.
So when I watched Bangladesh win the toss and bowl I called my good personal friend Haroon Lorgat.
He answered straight away, as he always does, and we had a good chat about life, love, accountancy, twincest and cricket. He really is a wonderful man, and I'm sure you'd like him.
After the general chitchat we got to the reason I'd called him, Bangladesh winning the toss and bowling.
I told Haro that...
When Bangladesh did Lord's
I'm sure there is an air of anticipation in the air.
The smell of freshly cut and expertly manicured grass, the small tear in the eye of a Bangladeshi player who steps out there for the first time, the hushed silence as the cap parts Eoin's short gingerish locks and the glint of sunlight that filters through the gloom onto the father time weathervane.
Old men shuffling in with their telegraph's wedged under their arms.
Bangladesh supporters being just a little too loud and excited for pink...
May 26, 2010
An Admission
It is with a heavy heart that I tell you about this, dear reader.
I hope you know that it hurts me to tell you, but nowhere near as much as it did to do the initial act.
My heart is so heavy that only by telling you of my disgusting act will I ever feel whole again.
Ofcourse that won't change my fate, as the despicable actions I was involved in can never truly be eradicated from the limp piece of lettuce that is my soul.
Oh, readers, how could I betray you? You, who have helped me become all I c...
Australia A gets all wristy and smooth
Usman Khajawa, the stylishly dogged Hashim Amla wannabe from NSWales, has been selected for the New Australia A squad to take on Sri Lanka A.
I know this because of all the information on the Australia A squad I have heard is about his inclusion. Which means that John Wayne Hastings and Ben Cutting's ridiculous omissions have gone without comment.
According to reports Usman is vying with a spot as back up top order batsman with George Bailey and Michael Klinger.
If Khajawa were to play for...
May 25, 2010
Shahid Afridi as test captain – what could go wrong
The problem with Pakistan is as soon as you have written something funny about them they come up with something funnier.
"It is a quality of a captain that he fosters cooperation and good relations among the players while following the rules and regulations of the game. Afridi has done all that."
Ijaz Butt said that, and the only way this could be better was if at the end he just said. "Sorry, the dudes in the media department bet me a barrel of beer that I wouldn't say that with a straight...
